Theater Minor

Minor Requirements

The Theater minor consists of 24 credits. Students must complete the following requirements:

• THDA 105 - Seeing Performance in the Twin Cities  or
  THDA 110 - Introduction to the Study of Performance  
• One course in Performance Design and Technologies
  THDA 125 - Technologies of Performance  
  THDA 145 - Make-Up Design and Application 
  THDA 232 - Crafting the Tangible 
  THDA 235 - Fundamentals of Scenography  
  THDA 255 - Lighting Design  
  THDA 285 - The Art of Costume Design 
  THDA 375 - Set Design  
• 16 elective credits
  THDA 80 - Performance Practice 
  THDA 81 - Technical Practice   
  THDA 120 - Acting  
  THDA 210 - Community-based Theater 
  THDA 113 - The Artistic Power and Politics of the Dancing Body 
  THDA 215 - Dance History: Reading the Dancing Body 
  THDA 217 - Gender and Race Theory in Performance  
  THDA 220 - Voice and Speech 
  THDA 230 - The Art of Play: Action, Invention, and Chaos  
  THDA 242 - Playwriting  
  THDA 245 - Performance Histories and Theories: From the Historical Avant-Garde to the Present  
  THDA 262 - Performing Feminisms  
  THDA 263 - African American Theater  
  THDA 350 - Directing for the Stage 
  THDA 360 - Acting Approaches  
  
  Minors are also welcome to enroll in the Capstone Seminar (THDA 490 ) if they are interested in scholarly research.