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Majors and Courses of InstructionSpanishTheatre and DanceSpanish MajorSee the program and major requirements listed under Modern Foreign Languages.Theatre and DanceMajors and MinorProfessors Denny, Gardner, VanderbiltAssociate Professor KahnPart-time Assistant Professors Becker, Chun, Knutson, ShelleyThe goals of the Department of Theatre and Dance are to provide a liberal arts education, toprovide pre-professional training in theatre and dance, to provide a cultural environment for thecommunity, and to provide opportunities for creative and research activities. Theatre and danceare particularly related to the liberal arts because they embrace so many aspects of the humanexperience and comment so vividly on the human condition. Encompassed in the department’sapproach to the arts of theatre and dance is concern for the education of the individual and forcareer-oriented training.The department produces a balanced season of classical and contemporary plays and danceperformances in the Main Theatre and Studio Theatre of the Chappelear Drama Center.Participation in these productions is open to the entire University community. Except in playswhere race, ethnicity, or gender is an issue, casting is decided on ability alone.Courses in the department are designed to include all aspects of theatre and dance, from history andtheory through all phases of performance and production. Majors are required to have an inclusivetheatre and dance experience, as well as a liberal arts education.To reinforce career-oriented training, all majors are urged to acquire an off-campus apprenticeshipor study experience during the junior year or the first semester of the senior year. Those withinterest in theatre history might consider a research program or a junior year abroad in Europe.Majors with interests in acting/directing, design/production, or dance might consider the New YorkArts Program or an independent off-campus apprenticeship in a regional repertory theatre or dancecompany. Credit for the New York Arts Program does not count as credits completed in the major.Credit for an independent off-campus apprenticeship does count in the major.Theatre and dance courses fulfill University distribution requirements in Humanities (III) andFine Arts (IV) as designated in the course descriptions below. Theatre majors must complete thefollowing distribution requirements: two units from Group I, two units from Group II, two unitsfrom outside the Department of Theatre and Dance in Group III, and one unit from outside theDepartment of Theatre & Dance in Group IV.Theatre Major: Normally, 11 units are required, including THEA 126: Intro to TechnicalTheatre, THEA 210: Beginning Acting, DANC 115: Dance Technique I, DANC 125: DanceFundamentals, or DANC 220: Movement, or or THEA 256: Elements of Design, THEA 341:American Drama & Theatre, THEA 351: Drama & Theatre to 1700, and THEA 371: ModernDrama & Theatre, THEA 369: Playwriting or THEA 380: Directing for the Stage, THEA 381:Theories of Performance, one unit of Practicum from THEA 237/247: Theatre Practicum and/or337/347. .25 and .50 count as university activity credit: Advanced Theatre Practicum, and at leastone credit for a capstone experience, which may be earned in or outside the department.265