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683 ERNESTINE M. RACLIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Theatre and Dance
Associate Professor: J.R. Colborn
Assistant Professors: T. Hanson, Hine-Johnson, Park
Lecturer: Fry
Faculty Emeritus: Pepperdine
Area Coordinator: T. Hanson
The theatre and dance area of the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts offers a program of study which leads
to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
in theatre. The academic and production aspects of
the program are integrated to provide students every
opportunity to learn the art of theatre.
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
The Bachelor of Arts in theatre gives students a broad
acquaintance and experience with the various ways
theatre artists study, interpret, and articulate the world
in which we live.
Degree Requirements
• 122 credit hours
• At least 30 credit hours must be at the 300- or
400-level
• Successful participation in major season productions as
directed by the area coordinator of theatre and dance
Theatre upper-divisional review
All students are considered pre-Bachelor of Arts and pre-
Bachelor of Fine Arts students until they pass an upperdivisional
review.
Students are expected to complete this review at the
earliest possible point in their academic careers. Once
students complete between 50 and 60 credit hours,
including courses listed below, they are scheduled for
their upper-divisional review:
THTR-T 120 Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting
THTR-T 190 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
VT: Play Structure and Analysis
THTR-T 225 Stagecraft 1
THTR-T 228 Design for the Theatre
THTR-T 230 Costume Design and Technology I
And at least three of the following for the appropriate
concentration:
Performance
THTR-T 220
THTR-T 320
THTR-T 349
Acting II: Scene Study
Acting III: Shakespeare
Theatre Practicum
Select one of the following:
THTR-T 327 Period Styles
THTR-T 434 Historic Costumes for the Stage
Design/Technology;
THTR-T 335 Stage Lighting Design
THTR-T 326 Introduction to Scenic Design
THTR-T 405 Stage Management
THTR-T 424 Stagecraft 2
THTR-T 430 Costume Technology II
Select one of the following:
THTR-T 327 Period Styles
THTR-T 434 Historic Costumes for the Stage
Students undertaking this review are expected to perform
the following:
• Performance concentration students present
two contrasting monologues representing their
understanding of acting performance and the audition
process, including a resume.
• Design/Technology students present a portfolio
representing their achievements in the studio and in
production, including a resume.
• All students will participate in an interview. The
audition and the portfolio should show breadth (work
in all the areas that a student has studied) and quality
(a careful selection of the best work in the student’s
area of concentration). The faculty expects to see work
that demonstrates ability and improvement.
The faculty expects students to present their work in good
condition and in a manner that expresses their personal
development, course of study, or academic goals. For the
interview, students are expected to have outlined their
achievements so far and goals for the future, as well as to
address any faculty questions.
At the conclusion of the review, the faculty may choose to
accept a student into the appropriate degree programs,
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts with, or
without, provisions outlined by the faculty. The faculty
may also decide to rehear students if work in some areas
requires improvement. In certain cases, the faculty may
decline to accept a student into the degree programs,
if the quality of either their classroom or studio work
is deemed insufficient. A student may attempt to pass
upper-divisional review only two times. Each hearing
counts as one attempt; failure to meet provisions within
a specified time counts as one attempt. Failure to attend
a scheduled review counts as one attempt.