Theatre

College of Liberal Arts
Department of Theatre and Film
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BA Degree; Minor

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Minimum Requirements for Degrees: 120 credits

The theatre and film department teaches basic and advanced courses in theatre arts, technology and appreciation. The department recognizes the importance of the role of fine arts within the humanities program of a liberal arts education. Courses in theatre help develop a student's sense of self worth while encouraging independent, original and creative thinking.

Classes and productions are open to theatre majors and minors and students in other fields. These experiences provide unique opportunities for creative expression and development when coupled with other programs.

Additional upper-division credits are required to complete the program.

Major -- BA Degree

Concentrations: Design/Technical Theatre, Directing, Performance

  1. Complete the general university requirements.
    Please be advised: To graduate, all students must complete 39 upper-division credits. Some of these will be covered by the upper-division required courses for the Theatre, BA, but not all of them. Theatre students will need to take upper-division electives (in Theatre or elsewhere) to complete the upper-division requirement.
  2. Complete the BA degree requirements.
  3. Complete the following program (major) requirements:*
    THR F121--Fundamentals of Acting--3 credits
    THR F190--Audition or Portfolio Review Participation--0 credit
    THR F191--Audition or Portfolio Review Participation--0 credit
    THR F215--Dramatic Literature--3 credits
    THR F241--Basic Stagecraft--4 credits
    THR F254--Beginning Costume Construction and Crafts--3 credits
    THR F290--Audition or Portfolio Review Participation II--0 credit
    THR F291--Audition or Portfolio Review Participation II--0 credit
    THR F332--Stage Directing I--3 credits
    THR F335--The Collaborative Process--3 credits
    THR F411W--Theatre History I--3 credits
  4. Complete one of the following concentrations:*
    Design/Technical Theatre
    1. Complete the following:
      THR/FLM F245--Stage and Film Production Management--3 credits
      THR/FLM F271--Let's Make a Movie--3 credits
    2. Complete three of the following:
      THR F343--Scene Design--3 credits
      THR/ART F347O--Lighting Design--3 credits
      THR F348--Sound Design in the Entertainment Industry--3 credits
      THR F356--Costume Design--3 credits
    3. Complete a minimum of 3 credits of the following:
      THR F341--Intermediate Stagecraft--3 credits
      THR F354--Intermediate Costume Construction--3 credits
      THR F447--Lighting Design II--3 credits
      THR F456--Advanced Topics in Costume Design and Construction--3 credits
    Directing
    1. Complete the following:
      THR F221--Acting II--3 credits
      THR/FLM F245--Stage and Film Production Management--3 credits
      THR F432--Stage Directing II--3 credits
    2. Complete two of the following:
      THR/FLM F271--Let's Make a Movie--3 credits
      THR F320--Voice and Speech for the Actor--3 credits
      THR F321--Acting III--3 credits
      THR/FLM F331--Directing Film/Video--3 credits
      THR/ART F347O--Lighting Design--3 credits
      THR F343--Scene Design--3 credits
      THR F356--Costume Design--3 credits
    Performance
    1. Complete the following:
      THR F221--Acting II--3 credits
      THR F310--Acting for the Camera--3 credits
      THR F320--Voice and Speech for the Actor--3 credits
      THR F321--Acting III--3 credits
      THR F423--Acting IV--3 credits
    2. Complete one of the following:
      THR F343--Scene Design--3 credits
      THR F347O--Lighting Design--3 credits
      THR F348--Sound Design for the Entertainment Industry--3 credits
      THR F356--Costume Design--3 credits
  5. Minimum credits required--120 credits

Minor

  1. Complete the following:
    THR F121--Fundamentals of Acting--3 credits
    THR F215--Dramatic Literature--3 credits
    THR F241--Basic Stagecraft--4 credits
    THR electives**--8 credits
  2. Minimum credits required--18 credits

* Students must earn a C- or higher in each course.

** No more than 5 credits in theatre practicum may be applied to the minor. The minor program requires the approval of a member of the theatre faculty in advance of formally declaring the minor, preferably no later than the first semester of the junior year.

Note: Production participation requirement -- Theatre, being a collaborative art, is dependent on the participation of people in all aspects of theatrical production: acting, designing, crew work, box-office, publicity, directing, etc. For this reason, students majoring or minoring in theatre are expected to participate actively and continuously in the production activities of the theatre department throughout their academic career at UAF. Theatre majors are strongly encouraged to take at least 3 credits of upper-division theatre practicum to help fulfill the general university requirement of 39 upper-division credits. Theatre majors and minors are expected to attend all theatre department "Town Meetings" and to talk regularly with a theatre department faculty member (an advisor) regarding their participation so that they may plan a working course of action to fulfill this requirement.

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