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Academic/Artistics Tracks:
acting | music/dance | design/technical | directing/dramatic literature | administration |
minor in theater arts | teaching | permanent curriculum

Students entering the acting track undergo the challenging rigors of actor training and rehearsal to expand and extend their own expressive capabilities through performance. Opportunities to perform include mainstage plays and musicals, one-act festivals in the Studio Theater, student-directed scenes/one acts, and occasional roles at regional commercial venues.

Grading policy in studio courses emphasizes focused participation and meaningful progress in conjunction with inherent talent and acquired skill. Production and class critiques provide an open forum to provide feedback and acknowledge strengths and discoveries.

In addition to satisfying all General Education, Interdisciplinary and Theater Core requirements, the acting track requires:

1) THEA 330^, 332, 334, 430, 432
2) Select one: THEA 238, 338, 431, or 434
3) Twelve additional hours of approved upper-level Theater electives
4) Performance participation in at least three productions

5) Successful completion of Theater Arts Graduation Examination

^ Repeatable for credit

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