2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts, Dramatic Arts Concentration

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

1. Students will demonstrate advanced skills as they relate to their chosen theatre aspirations as demonstrated through reviewed campus productions and the senior production project.
2. Students will develop an E-Portfolio that will represent their synthesized understanding of their undergraduate experience and serve as a presentation of materials needed for the post-graduation process.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Core

The core should include:

DRA 131/ENG 131Drama and the Theater

3

Required Drama Courses (33)

DRA 101Acting I

3

DRA 102Acting II: Character and Performance

3

DRA 201Acting III: Advanced Scene Study

3

DRA 202Acting for the Camera

3

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 234Theatre Production Practicum

1

Or

DRA 235Film Production Practicum

1

DRA 300Theatre Production

3

DRA 310Film & Video Production

3

DRA 315Careers in the Performing Arts

3

DRA 405Directing

3

DRA 425Senior Production

3

DRA 234 or DRA 235 must be taken six (6) times for credit.

Applied Skills Requirements (to be selected from the following courses) (9)

DRA 301Voice and Movement for the Stage I

3

DRA 302Voice and Movement for the Stage II

3

DRA 311Performing Verse

3

DRA 312Accents and Dialects

3

DRA 401Advanced Acting Intensive

3

DRA 415Film Editing and Post-Production

3

 

Required Theory/Survey (to be selected from the following courses) (6)

DRA 305Modern Drama

3

DRA 402/ENG 402Shakespeare

3

DRA 408/ENG 408Playwriting

3

ENG 423Film Studies

3

 

For the Bachelor of Arts Degree: Foreign Language or Upper-Level English Requirement

General Electives (25)

Forty-two (42) hours must be upper level. 

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for Fine Arts, Dramatic Arts Concentration