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Theatre and Film Curriculum

The following requirements must be met in order to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Film.

Courses

Hours

 

General Education Requirements

47

Liberal Arts Requirements

PHIL

231

Introduction to Philosophy

3

CIS

240

Microcomputer Software Application

3

Literature Course

3

Visual and Performing Arts Course

3

Total Liberal Arts Requirements

12

 

 

 

 

Theater and Film Major Production Core Requirements

Students take ALL of the courses below:

TDF

110

Introduction to Theater

3

TDF

111

Film Appreciation

3

 

TDF

120

Acting I

3

TDF

150

Technical Theatre

3

TDF

180

Theatre Production I

1

TDF

231

Introduction to Screenwriting

3

TDF

251

Camera and Lighting

3

TDF

280

Theatre Production II

2

TDF

281

Motion Picture Production I

3

TDF

285

Documentary I

3

TDF

360

Theatre Directing

3

Total Theater and Film Major Production Core Requirements

30

 

 

 

 



Major Electives Sequence I

15

(Select five (5) - one (1) must be from Theater and one (1) from Film)

 

TDF

220

Acting II

3

TDF

230

Playwriting

3

TDF

322

Voice and Movement for the Actor

3

TDF

324

Acting for the Camera

3

TDF

335

Feature Screenwriting I

3

TDF

340

Theatre History and Criticism

3

TDF

361

Motion Picture Directing

3

TDF

380

Theatre Production III

3

TDF

381

Motion Picture Production II

3

TDF

385

Documentary II

3

 

 

 

 

Major Electives Sequence II

9

(Select three (3) from the courses below)

TDF

320

Acting III

3

TDF

326

Make-Up for the Actor

3

TDF

337

Feature Screenwriting II

3

TDF

345

Film History and Criticism

3

TDF

351

Advanced Camera and Lighting

3

TDF

355

Motion Picture Editing

3

TDF

390

Internship

3

TDF

392

Special Topics

3

TDF

428

Auditioning

3

TDF

431

Advanced Screenwriting

3

TDF

455

Advance Editing

3

TDF

480

Theatre Production IV

3

TDF

481

Motion Picture Production III

3

Electives

 

9

Grand Total Theatre and Film Major Requirements

122