School of Contemporary Arts
Theater: Directing/Stage Management
Recommended Four-Year Plan (Fall 2011)
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These
plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized
plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are
needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take
longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2011-2012 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
GenEd/School Core: CNTP 101-First Year
Topics
GenEd: CRWT 102-Critical Reading & Writing
II
GenEd: SOSC 101-Social Issues
THEA 120-Theater Practicum
Total:
HRS
4

Spring Semester
GenEd: AIID 201-Readings in Humanities
4
GenEd: Mathematics or Science w/
Experiential
THEA 217-Visual Imagination
THEA 221-Basic Acting
4
4
16
Total:
HRS
4

4
4
4
16
Second Year
Fall Semester
GenEd: Topics in Social Science
HRS
4

Spring Semester
GenEd: Mathematics or Science w/ Experiential
THEA 232-History of Theater
THEA 239-Basic Directing or THEA 329-Stage
Management
4
4
4
GenEd: History or Intercultural North
America
THEA 233-Development of Modern Theater
THEA 242-Producing the Play
THEA 351-Advanced Directing or Elective
Total:
16
Total:
HRS
4

4
4
4
16
Third Year
Fall Semester
GenEd: History or Intercultural North America
Design/Tech Elective Course or Acting/Dance
Elective Course
THEA 245-Basic Playwriting or Dramatic
Literature Elective Course
THEA 239-Basic Directing or THEA 329-Stage
Management
Total:
HRS
4
4

Spring Semester
4
GenEd: International Issues
School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper
Level Requirement
THEA 245-Basic Playwriting or Dramatic
Literature Elective Course
THEA 351-Advanced Directing or Elective
16
Total:
4
HRS
4
4

4
4
16
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level
Requirement
THEA 203-Craft of Costume I or THEA 226Basic Lighting for Stage & TV or THEA 229Set Design or THEA 235-Costume Design
Elective
HRS
4
4
4

Spring Semester
CNTP 388-Internship/Co-Op or THEA 435Advanced Theater Projects
CNTP 466-Issues in Contemporary Theater
Design/Tech Elective Course or
Acting/Dance Elective Course
HRS
4
4
4

Elective
4
THEA 203-Craft of Stage Costume I or
THEA 226-BASic Lighting for Stage & TV
or THEA 229-Set Design or THEA 235Costume Design
4
Total:
16
Total:
16
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
*Two Running Crews any semester