Major & Minor Requirements

Requirements for Major in Theatre

• A minimum of 10 units in theatre, including: 209, 211, 251, 280, 281, and four ¼ unit practica (175, 176), and four units of electives chosen from 208, 210, 260 or any 300 or higher level course.
• A total of two cognate courses must be completed for a major in theatre: one course in English (English 375, 349 or 374) and one course in music or art (Art History 111 or 112 or Music 111).
• Courses required for the major must be taken for a numerical grade.
• Theatre majors are required to participate in at least one of the major productions each semester. The nature of the participation will be agreed upon by the student and theatre faculty.
• Theatre majors must attend at least 75 percent of the departmental American College Theatre Festival responses and the departmental post-production meetings each year. Additionally, majors are required to participate in the departmental comprehensive examination.
• Theatre majors are expected to serve as an assistant stage manager for a production and to have a major creative role in a production such as directing, designing, acting in a major role, stage managing, or serving as technical director for a major production.

Requirements for Minor in Theatre

• Six units in theatre, including: 111 or 209; 211, 251, 280, 281 and one elective chosen from 208, 210, 260 or any 300 or higher level course, or four ¼ unit practica (175, 176).
• Courses required for the minor must be taken for a numerical grade.
• Theatre minors are expected to participate in at least one of the productions each semester.

Requirements for Minor in Dance

• Six Six units in dance, including: 260 (1 unit), 134 (½ unit), 135 (½ unit), 186 (½ unit), ½ unit to be completed by repeating 134, 135, 186 or 185 (¼ unit, taken twice), 391 or 392;  one unit from 208 (½ unit, taken twice) or 332 (½ unit per semester, taken in Fall and Spring of one academic year); and a minimum of two units must be taken from the following: 330, 331, 360, 411, or 412.  The directed study units (411, 412) must be completed in consultation with Heather Vaughan-Southard, director of the dance program.