School of Contemporary Arts
Theater: Theater Studies
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 221-Basic Acting
Total:
HRS
4

Spring Semester
GenEd: AIID 201-Readings in Humanities
4
GenEd: Mathematics or Science
w/Experiential
GenEd: Topics in Social Science
THEA 217-Visual Imagination
4
4
16
Total:
HRS
4

4
4
4
16
Second Year
Fall Semester
THEA 232-History of Theater
HRS
4
GenEd: Mathematics or Science w/Experiential
THEA 245-Basic Playwriting or Elective
4
4
THEA 120-Theater Practicum
4
16
Total:

Spring Semester
GenEd: History or Intercultural North
America
THEA 233-Development of Modern Theater
COMM 216-Media & Cinema Studies or
COMM 229-World Cinema Movements
Design/Tech Elective Course
Total:
HRS
4

4
4
4
16
Third Year
Fall Semester
GenEd: History or Intercultural North America
THEA 239-Basic Directing
HRS
4
4
Design/Technical Theater Elective
Dramatic Literature Elective Course
4
4
Total:
16

Spring Semester
GenEd: International Issues
School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper
Level Requirement
THEA 351-Advanced Directing
COMM 225-History & Concepts of 20th
Century or ARTH 240-Art, Artists, and
Society
Total:
HRS
4
4

4
4
16
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Dramatic Literature Elective Course
School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level
Requirement
THEA 245-Basic Playwriting or Elective
Design/Technical Theater Elective
Total:
HRS
4
4
4
4
16

Spring Semester
CNTP 388-Co-Op/Internship or THEA 435Advanced Theater Projects
CNTP 466-Issues in Contemporary Theater
Elective
Elective
Total:
HRS
4
4
4
4
16

Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
*Two Running Crews any semester