Major Requirements The theater major is required to complete the following:
1) a) All of the following: THEA 101. An Introduction to Drama: Theater and Film. THEA 130. Introduction to Design. THEA 200. The Classical Stage. THEA 261. Beginning Acting.
b) One of the following: THEA 132. Theater Technology. THEA 231. Scene Design. THEA 232. Lighting Design: The Aesthetics of Light. THEA 233. Costume Design.
c) One of the following: DANC 251. Dance Composition. THEA 227. Seventies and Eighties Avant-Garde Theater and Performance Art. THEA 370. Directing. THEA 371. Acting and Directing for the Camera.
d) Two additional courses in theater.
2) Two courses from two of the following: art and visual culture, music, and dance. At least one of these courses must be in the history of the field.
3) A comprehensive examination in the senior year, except for those majors invited by the department to enroll in Theater 457 or 458.
Theater majors must enroll in one semester of dance or in a physical education activity course approved by the Department of Theater and Rhetoric.
Pass/Fail Grading Option There are no restrictions on the use of the pass/fail option within the major.
Minor in Theater The minor in theater consists of six courses drawn from the following:
1) THEA 101. An Introduction to Drama: Theater and Film.
2) Two of the following: DANC 251. Dance Composition. THEA 130. Introduction to Design. THEA 132. Theater Technology. THEA 227. Seventies and Eighties Avant-Garde Theater and Performance Art. THEA 231. Scene Design. THEA 232. Lighting Design: The Aesthetics of Light. THEA 261. Beginning Acting. THEA 262. Acting for the Classical Repertory. THEA 263. Voice and Speech. THEA 363. Playing Comedy. THEA 364. Advanced Voice and Speech. THEA 370. Directing. THEA 371. Acting and Directing for the Camera.
3) Two of the following: THEA 200. The Classical Stage. THEA 220. The Modern Stage. AA/TH 225. The Grain of the Black Image. AA/TH 226. Minority Images in Hollywood Film.
4) One of the following: THEA s10. Bates Theater Abroad. THEA s22. Contemporary Performance Poetry. THEA s26. Theater Production Workshop I. THEA s33. Central European Theater and Film. RH/TH s40. Digital Video Production.
Pass/Fail Grading Option There are no restrictions on the use of the pass/fail option with the minor in theater.
General Education Information for the Class of 2010 Any one theater Short Term course may serve as an option for the fifth humanities course.
