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BFA in Acting (79.5–80.5 hours*)



This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this program.

The acting degree program was developed for students who are committed to acting as a career. It is focused to better prepare them to compete professionally and/or for admission to advanced acting conservatory programs or graduate work.

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  1. Successfully pass a preliminary audition and a final acceptance audition. These auditions are held at the end of each fall and winter semester.

  2. Complete the following theatre courses with a B grade or better:
  3. Complete the following foundation courses:
      TMA 114 : Reading and Constructing Narratives. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      TMA 114 : Reading and Constructing Narratives. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      PREREQUISITE: Animation majors--admittance to the animation program; media arts studies majors/minors--TMA 102, 113, and admittance to media arts program; MDT--admittance to the MDT program; theatre arts studies majors/minors and BFA Acting--TMA 101; theatre education majors--Sc Ed 276R.
      DESCRIPTION: Analyzing basic narrative principles; conceptualizing and writing narratives for theatre and media.

      TMA 128 : Acting Fundamentals: BFA Track. (3:6:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      TMA 128 : Acting Fundamentals: BFA Track. (3:6:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      PREREQUISITE: pre-BFA acting major status or instructor's consent.
      RECOMMENDED: Concurrent enrollment in TMA 122, 125.
      DESCRIPTION: Fundamental acting skills: exercises in perception, objective/action, thought processes, scoring of scripts. Lab.

      TMA 236 : Directing Fundamentals. (2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      TMA 236 : Directing Fundamentals. (2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      PREREQUISITE: TMA 114 or instructor's consent (except theatre education majors).
      DESCRIPTION: Fundamental elements of stage and media directing, including observation, collaboration, imagination, casting, working with actors, camera, spaces, words, images, rehearsals, and final product.

  4. Complete the following core courses:
  5. Complete the following major courses:
  6. Complete the following:
  7. Complete 12 hours from the following or other approved courses:

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.



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