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Oct 10, 2024
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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Theatre Major (BA)
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Theatre Major - Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Please see the UNLV College of Fine Arts - Department of Theatre web page at http://www.unlv.edu/theatre for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.
Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Fine Arts Advising Center at www.unlv.edu/finearts/advising.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Learning Objectives
- Communication Techniques- visual communication techniques
- Production Skills- responsibility for a production aspect
- Academic Skills- writing, research, discussion
- Professional preparation- self marketing as is timely and appropriate in their program.
- The ability to study and analyze plays; an understanding of genre, style, and direction.
- An understanding of the contextual importance of theatre in the humanities, in the fine arts and part of the human experience.
- Research- Gather, interpret and communicate historic, interpretive, and conceptual ideas within the theatrical framework.
- Collaboration- Build verbal and written communication skills with all members of the collaborative design and production team.
University Graduation Requirements
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Theatre Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 37-40 Credits
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirements - Credits: 19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts:
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
- Social Science: 9 credits
- One course each from three different fields
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 10 credits
- Two courses from Life and Physical Science; at least one course must have a lab
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International
Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students Pre-Major Requirements - BA in Theatre - Subtotal: 12 Credits
These classes, as well as classes designated with asterisk (*) above, must be completed before continuing in the preferred concentration.
Major Requirements - BA in Theatre - Design /Technology Concentration - Subtotal: 75 Credits
Major Requirements - BA in Theatre - Stage and Screen Acting Concentration - Subtotal: 78 Credits
Theatre - Credits: 54 - THTR 199 - Play Structure and Analysis I
- THTR 200 - Introduction to Design/Technology
- THTR 230 - Voice and Movement for the Actor I
- THTR 231 - Acting: Basic Technique
- THTR 240 - Acting: Camera
- THTR 330 - Voice and Movement for the Actor II
- THTR 331 - Acting Studio II: Technique
- THTR 335 - Speech for the Actor I
- THTR 380 - Stage Management
- THTR 430 - Voice and Movement for the Actor III
- THTR 431 - Acting: Scene Study
- THTR 435 - Speech for the Actor II
- THTR 454 - Directing Laboratory
- THTR 467 - Acting: Audition
- THTR 481 - Theatre History I
- THTR 482 - Theatre History II
- THTR 493 - Acting as a Profession
Select from the following - Credits: 6 - DAN 108 - Pilates I
- DAN 116 - Hip Hop I
- DAN 132 - Jazz Dance I
- DAN 135 - Ballet I
- DAN 138 - Modern Dance I
- DAN 144 - Tap Dance (Beginning)
- MUSA 174 - Voice for Musical Theatre Majors
- MUSA 248 - Voice for Musical Theatre Majors IV
- MUSA 348 - Voice for Musical Theatre Majors VI
Design/Technology - Credits: 3
Select one of the following: - THTR 201 - Costume Design I
- THTR 202 - Scenic Design I
- THTR 203 - Lighting Design I
- THTR 204 - Theatre Technology I
Select one of the following options:
Option A ( Stage/Screen) - Credits:18 - THTR 440 - Voice and Movement for the Actor IV
- THTR 441 - Cold Reading for the Actor
Two of the following: - THTR 468 - Acting: Shakespeare
- THTR 469 - Acting: Comedy of Manners
- THTR 470 - Acting: Modern Styles
- THTR 471 - Acting: Musical Theatre
Two of the following: - THTR 342 - Acting: Daytime Drama (Soaps)
- THTR 343 - Acting: Commercials
- THTR 344 - Acting: Situation Comedy
- THTR 346 - Acting: Film
Option B (Stage) - Credits: 18
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Option C (Screen) - Credits: 18
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Major Requirements - BA in Theatre - Theatre Studies Concentration - Subtotal: 51 Credits
Electives - Credits: 16-17
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