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Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

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Students receiving the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• IU South Bend Campuswide General Education Curriculum (33 cr.) to include:
  • Fundamental Literacies (12 cr.)
    • Writing | ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing, and Inquiry I (minimum grade of C)
    • Oral Communication | SPCH-S 121 Public Speaking (minimum grade of C)
    • Quantitative Reasoning | Accomplishment of Level 6 placement or 3 credits from approved courses
    • Critical Thinking; selected from curriculum approved as Critical Thinking
  • Common Core | at least one course at 300–level or above (12 cr.)
    • Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity | selected from curriculum approved as Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity; THTR-A 399 preferred for theatre majors
    • Human Behavior and Social Institutions
    • Literary and Intellectual Traditions | selected from curriculum approved as Literary and Intellectual Traditions; THTR-T 190 preferred for theatre majors
    • The Natural World
  • Contemporary Social Values (6 cr.)
  • Extended Literacies (3 cr.)
    • THTR-T 228 Design for the Theatre preferred for theatre majors
• Theatre Core (40 cr.)
• Concentration (26 cr.)
• Required Minor (15-18 cr.)
• Additional Requirements
• Free electives (balance of credits needed to equal 120 cr. requirement)

• At least 30 credit hours just be at the 300– or 400–level
• Minimum Major GPA of 2.0
• Requirement of one academic minor outside of the Department of Theatre and Dance
• Reviews at the end of each spring semester
• BA students must declare their intent to focus on either performance or design and technical production by the end of their first semester of matriculation.  
• Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C- or higher.
• All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.

Theatre Core (40 cr.)

• THTR-T 120 Acting One: Fundamentals of Acting
• THTR-T 225 Stagecraft 1
• THTR-T 230 Costume Technology I
• THTR-T 340 Directing I: Fundamentals of Directing
• THTR-T 341 Theatre Production I (2 cr.)
  Taken three times total (Semesters 1, 2, and 3)
• THTR-T 342 Theatre Production II (2 cr.)
  Taken three times total (Semesters 4, 5, and 6)
• THTR-T 343 Theatre Production III (2 cr.)
  Taken two times total (Semesters 7 and 8)
• THTR-T 405 Stage Management 
• THTR-T 470 History of the Theatre 1
• THTR-T 471 History of the Theatre 2

Select one of the following:

• THTR-T 326 Introduction to Scenic Design
• THTR-T 335 Stage Lighting Design
• THTR-T 339 Introduction to Costume Design

Concentration (26 cr.)

• THTR-A 190 Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
  VT: Introduction to Theatre
• THTR-T 102 Acting Ensemble for Directing (1 cr.)
• THTR-T 220 Acting II: Scene Study 
• THTR-T 327 Period Styles
• THTR-T 434 Historic Costumes for the Stage

Select two of the following (6 cr.)

• THTR-T 249 Drafting and Color Media
• THTR-T 326 Introduction to Scenic Design
• THTR-T 332 Scene Painting
• THTR-T 335 Stage Lighting Design
• THTR-T 339 Introduction to Costume Design
• THTR-T 413 Acting: Period Perfomance Styles
• THTR-T 424 Stagecraft 2
• THTR-T 430 Costume Technology II

Select one of the following (3 cr.)

• THTR-T 402 The Business of Acting
• THTR-T 449 Profession of Theatre Design

Dance Techniques (4 cr.)

Select two of the following:

• THTR-D 110 Social Dance (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 111 Introduction to Latin Dance (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 115 Modern Dance I (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 120 Ballet I (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 130 Flamenco I (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 135 African Dance 1 (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 140 Jazz Dance I (2 cr.) 
• THTR-D 150 Middle Eastern Dance I (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 170 Tap I (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 215 Modern Dance II (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 220 Ballet II (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 230 Flamenco Dance II (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 240 Jazz Dance II (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 250 Middle Eastern Dance 2 (2 cr.)
• THTR-D 270 Tapp II (2 cr.)

Additional Requirements

• THTR-T 114 Theatre and Dance Symposium (0 cr.)
  Required every semester of enrollment