The Department of Theatre Arts seeks to develop effective and creative communicators in order to challenge others to thoughtful examination of ideas, cultures and values.  Students majoring in theatre arts will develop skills and thinking that reflect the historical foundations of the discipline as well as recent advances.  Through both traditional classroom instruction and performance and production experience, students will enhance their skills of observation, analysis, development and performance in order to better prepare them for their careers and lives.  A major in theatre serves the purpose of (a) providing more intensive study in the discipline within the student’s liberal arts education, (b) preparation for advanced training leading to a career in the professional theatre, (c) preparation for graduate work leading to a Master of Arts or a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, or (d) preparation for work in a non-commercial field of theatre such as community theatre.

Students who wish to pursue a bachelor of science degree in the theatre education major will complete forty-eight hours in theatre including TH 212, 224, 225, 231, 241, 253, 311, 312, 331rt, 341, 361, 391/392 (at least 2 semesters), 393 (at least 2 semesters), 431and 446; two courses from TH 221, 222 or 223; and one course from TH 321, 322, 323 or 345.  An additional thirty-three hours in education must be completed in-cluding ED 212, 236, 296, 311, 320, 395, 410the, 440 and 460; and SE 234 to total eighty-one hours in the major.

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