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BA in Theatre Arts Studies (50 hours*)



The theatre arts studies major is an open enrollment program that provides a strong liberal arts foundation that can be used effectively in a variety of performance-related careers or graduate studies. The major provides practical training, critical thinking skills, and the development of professional ethics across the various performance disciplines. Students may focus studies in areas of interest — critical studies and dramaturgy, design and technology, directing and stage management, playwriting, or theatre for young audiences — but graduates are generalists with skills and proficiencies that can be used in multiple production venues and media environments.

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  1. Complete the following prerequisite courses:

  2. Complete and submit declaration form for the theatre arts studies major to the department office (D-581 HFAC).

  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 123 : Acting Fundamentals. (2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      TMA 123 : Acting Fundamentals. (2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      RECOMMENDED: Concurrent enrollment in TMA 122, 125.
      DESCRIPTION: Fundamental acting skills: exercises in perception, objective/action, thought processes, scoring of scripts. Lab required.

      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 theatre core courses:

  5. Complete 20 hours (12 must be upper-division) in consultation with the faculty mentor. These individually tailored programs will allow the student maximum flexibility while guaranteeing quality control.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.



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