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Design and Technology Concentration
(50 credits)
Core Requirements (29 credits):
*Students should take the following core courses before taking courses within their concentration. Students must choose area(s) of concentration before the beginning of their junior year.
- THTR 101 - Introduction to Theater for Majors and Minors 3 credits
- THTR 102 - Introduction to Theater Production 3 credits
- THTR 151 - Acting I 3 credits
- THTR 191 - Introduction to Play Analysis 3 credits
- THTR 275 - Introduction to Design 3 credits
- THTR 170 - Scenic Studio Practicum I 1 credit
- THTR 171 - Costume Studio Practicum I 1 credit
- THTR 272 - Theater Administration Practicum 1 credit
- THTR 295 - Theater History I 3 credits
- THTR 355 - Working in the Theater 1 credit
- THTR 370 - Production Practicum 1 credit
- THTR 372 - History of Style in Theater and Dance Performance 3 credits
- THTR 482 - Theater Theory 3 credits
Concentration in Design and Technology (21 credits):
Design and Technology Concentrators are to take 21 credits: 12 among the three-credit design and technology courses; 3 credits worth of courses from the list of design and technology practicum courses; and six credits from among the distribution courses below, three in each of the two other concentrations. Theater Administration can substitute for any three distribution credits.
- THTR 274 - Theater Technology 3 credits
- THTR 279 - Graphic Arts in the Theater 3 credits
- THTR 374 - Costume Construction 3 credits
- THTR 379 - Stage Management 3 credits
- THTR 470 - Scene Painting 3 credits
- THTR 473 - Costume Design 3 credits
- THTR 475 - Lighting Design 3 credits
- THTR 476 - Technical Theater Practices 3 credits
- THTR 477 - Scenic Design 3 credits
- THTR 481 - Sound and Projection Design 3 credits
Choose at least three credits from the following (Playwriting, Dramaturgy, & Directing Courses)
- THTR 252 - Playwriting 3 credits
- THTR 299D - Directing and Dramaturgy Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 340 - Theater Administration 3 credits (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
- THTR 381 - Directing for the Proscenium and Thrust 3 credits
- THTR 465 - Devised Theater Practicum 2 credits
- THTR 483 - Dramaturgy 3 credits
- THTR 499D - Advanced Directing and Dramaturgy Production Credit 1-2 credits
Choose at least three credits from the following (Acting Courses)
- THTR 250 - Acting II 3 credits
- THTR 278 - Introduction to Stage Makeup 1 credit (if not taken as a Design and Technology Practicum course)
- THTR 299A - Acting Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 340 - Theater Administration 3 credits (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
- THTR 499A - Advanced Acting Production Credit 1 credit
- PE 124 - Modern Dance 1 credit
- PE 125 - Jazz Dance 1 credit
- PE 126 - Beginning Tap Dance 1 credit
- PE 127 - Ballet 1 credit
Design and Technology Practicum Courses
Concentrators are required to take THTR 455 and two other course credits among the options below.
- THTR 270 - Scenic Studio Practicum II 1 credit
- THTR 271 - Costume Studio Practicum II 1 credit
- THTR 278 - Introduction to Stage Makeup 1 credit
- THTR 299T - Design and Technology Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 399 - Stage Management Practicum 3 credits
- THTR 455 - Portfolio and Resume for Designers and Technicians 1 credit
- THTR 498T - Independent Project in Design and Technology 2 credits
- THTR 499T - Advanced Design and Technology Production Credit 1-2 credits
