Theatre and Dance Studies Major - Acting/Directing and Design/Tech

Required Theatre courses

• THEA 101 - Beginning Acting
• THEA 103 - Introduction to Theatre
• THEA 205 - Stagecraft
• THEA 275 - The History of Western Theatre
• THEA 276 - World Theatre: Global Perspectives

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• THEA 399 - Selected Topics

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• THEA 471 - Ensemble Experiments (by department interview only)

Additional courses

Three courses in one of the following areas of specialization

Dramatic Literature requirements

One course from the following

• ENG 309 - Shakespeare and the Performance of Cultures
• ENG 310 - Shakespeare and the Company He Keeps

Elective courses

Two courses from the following

• CLAS 254 - The Drama of Fifth-Century Athens
• CW 287 - Writing for Performance
• CW 388 - Advanced Playwriting
• ENG 241 - Modern Drama
• ENG 246 - Modern Irish Literature
• ENG 252 - Contemporary Drama: The Tip of the Iceberg
• ENG 273 - Revenge and Domesticity in Renaissance Literature
• ENG 274 - Narrating Britain, 1900 to the Present
• MUSC 292 - Broadway Bound: American Musical Theatre
• THEA 215 - Theatre and Social Change
• A second semester of Shakespeare