Theatre Major

Requirements of the Theatre Major

Introduction to the Fields (2 courses)

THDA 105 - Theater and Performance in the Twin Cities or THDA 110 - Introduction to Theatre Studies	FY, Fall
THDA 120 - Acting Theory and Performance I	Fall, Spring

The Materials of the Spectacle (2 courses)

THDA 125 - Technical Theater	Fall, Spring
THDA 235 - Fundamentals of Scene Design	Fall

Embodied Research: Histories, Methods, Praxes (3 courses)

THDA 260 - Performance Studies Praxis: Avant Garde and the Social	Spring
THDA 310 - Theatre Methods: Shakespeare to Viewpoint	Alternating Fall
THDA 350 - Directing and Devising: Making Meaning on the Stage	Spring

Depth of Expertise (2 courses)

Two (2) courses chosen in consultation with the academic advisor, which allow the student to prepare for a capstone project in an area of emphasis: acting; design; theatre and performance studies; stage management; playwrighting; technical theatre; directing.

Other regularly-offered courses in theatre and dance may be taken by students toward the development of an emphasis in the major. The range of courses here includes:

THDA 220 - Voice and Speech	Spring
THDA 230 - Physical Approaches	Alternating Fall
THDA 360 - Acting Theory/Performance II	Spring
THDA 145 - Make-Up Design and Application	Spring
THDA 255 - Lighting Design	Spring
THDA 465 - Advanced Lighting Design	Spring
THDA 475 - Advanced Scene Design	Fall
THDA 210 - Community-Based Theaters	Alternating Spring
THDA 242 - Playwrighting and Textual Analysis	Alternating Spring
Staging Hard Times	Alternating Spring
THDA 262 - Performing Feminisms	Alternating Spring
THDA 263 - African American Theater	Alternating Spring
THDA 264 - Asian Theaters: Tradition, Continuity and Change	Alternating Spring
THDA 265 - The Oral History Project	Alternating Spring
THDA 266 - Performance/Documents/Rights	Alternating Spring
THDA 614 - Independent Project This is a good option for work in directing, playwrighting, stage management and other areas where students need to do closely-mentored work in preparation for their capstone.	Alternating Spring

Advanced Theatre Scholarship (1 course)

THDA 489 - Seminar in Performance Theory and Practice
Advanced Production and Collaboration (see 11a, below)

Fall

Advanced Production and Collaboration

11a Practica: Production and Collaboration

4 practicum credits must be earned during the student’s 4 culminating semesters (3 required if student studies abroad), one of which is earned in the student’s capstone project (see 11b, below). The other 3 (or 2) credits must be distributed among several areas, as outlined in the catalog, to maximize skills development and experience in collabroation: production/scenery; production/costume; acting; stage management, etc. (Please refer to recently-developmed progression of these required practica.).

11b Capstone: Senior Research Collective

Variable-credit (1-4) practicum and Independent STudy, for year-long seminar in advanced research and production work.