Performing Arts: Theatre - Acting Education, BFA/MAT 4+1 Degree Plan

Fall - Semester 1 (17 Hours)

• ENGL 1113 - Composition I
• Mathematics Choice
    
• THEA 1000 - Production Run Crew
• THEA 1013 - Acting I
• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• MUS 2013 - Music Appreciation
• World History Choice
    or 
  U.S. History/Government Choice
    
• GSTD 1002 - Freshman Seminar

Spring - Semester 2 (16 Hours)

• ENGL 1123 - Composition II
• THEA 1000 - Production Run Crew
• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• THEA 2023 - Acting II
• THEA 2613 - Stagecraft
• HUM 2003 - Film Appreciation
• Biological Science Choice
    

Fall - Semester 3 (16 hours)

• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• THEA 2103 - Acting III
• THEA 2503 - Fundamentals of Design
• Physical Science Choice  
• Social Science Choice
    
• World History Choice
    or 
  U.S. History/Government Choice
    

Spring - Semester 4 (15 Hours)

• THEA 2203 - Acting IV
• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• THEA 3433 - Musical Theatre History
• THEA 3763 - Script Analysis
• World Literature/Philosophy Choice
    
• Elective*

Fall - Semester 5 (12 Hours)

• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• THEA 3643 - Theatre History I
• THEA 4633 - Directing I or 
  THEA 3673 - Creative Dramatics
    
• THEA 3423 - Dialects and Accents or 
  THEA 3533 - Business of Acting
    
• THEA 2603 - Improvisation or 
  THEA 3403 - Playwriting I
    

Spring - Semester 6 (12-15 Hours)

• THEA 1110 - Acting Studio
• THEA 3413 - Acting for the Camera
• THEA 3653 - Theatre History II
• THEA 3663 - Performance in Shakespeare or 
  THEA 4853 - Devised Theatre
    
• THEA 4013 - Survey of Black Theatre and Film
• Elective*

Fall - Semester 7 (15 Hours)

• THEA 2603 - Improvisation or 
  THEA 3403 - Playwriting I
    
• THEA 4633 - Directing I or 
  THEA 3673 - Creative Dramatics
    
• THEA 3423 - Dialects and Accents or 
  THEA 3533 - Business of Acting
    
• MAT 5003 - Strategies for Content Area Reading or 
  MAT 5173 - Teaching Literacy I
    
• MAT 5103 - Holistic Pedagogy

Spring - Semester 8 (14-17 Hours)

• THEA 3663 - Performance in Shakespeare or 
  THEA 4853 - Devised Theatre
    
• THEA 4922 - Project in Theatre
• THEA 3413 - Acting for the Camera
• ART 2013 - Art Appreciation
• MAT 6083 - Reading Diagnostics
• MAT 5093 - Collaborative Practices

Summer (6 Hours)

• MAT 5023 - Survey of Exceptional Individuals
• MAT 5083 - Creating Environments for Learning

Fall - Semester 9 (6 Hours)

• MAT 5013 - Classroom Assessment
• MAT 6033 - Internship I or 
  MAT 6053 - Residency I
    

Spring - Semester 10 (6 Hours)

• MAT 6073 - Learning Theory
• MAT 6043 - Internship II or 
  MAT 6063 - Residency II
    

Total Hours - 138

*Electives can be THEA or THDA. Music and Art electives may also be selected, as approved by the advisor.