AREAS OF STUDY
Major
REQUIREMENTS FOR THEATRE MAJORS
To earn your bachelor of arts in theater from DU, you must complete at least 45-quarter hours of theater courses. Choose among the following:
FIRST YEAR PRIORITIES: 12 credit hours
THEA 1861
Theatre Imagination
- 4 credits, offered in Fall,
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 1862
How To Read a Play
- 4 credits, offered in Winter,
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 1880
Design Fundamentals
- 4 credits, offered in Fall, Common Curriculum AI:2
PRODUCTION: 5 credit hours
THEA 1200
Tech Studio
- 1 credit, offered each qtr, COMBINED TOTAL 5 QTRS REQ (THEA 1200 + THEA 1300)
THEA 1300
Costume Studio
- 1 credit, offered each qtr, see preceding note
THEA 1400
Production Studio
- 0 credits, offered each qtr,
5 QTRS REQ, 2 qtrs must be crew
ACTING: 4 credit hours
THEA 2870
Acting I
- 4 credits, offered in Fall and in Spring
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Common Curriculum AI:2
DESIGN & MANAGEMENT: 4 credit hours
THEA 2880
Scenic Design I
- 4 credits, offered in Spring,
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 2881
Lighting Design I
- 4 credits, offered in Fall,
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 2882
Costume Design I
- 4 credits, offered in Winter
THEA 2883
Sound Design I
- 4 credits, offered in alternate years (Fall),
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 3760
Stage Management
- 4 credits, offered in alternate years (Winter)
DIRECTING: 4 credit hours
THEA 2885
Directing I
- 4 credits, offered in Winter (prereqs: THEA 1861, 1862, 2870
HISTORY: 8 credit hours
THEA 2890
Theatre History I
- 4 credits, usually offered in Winter,
Common Curriculum AI:2
THEA 2891
Theatre History II
- 4 credits, usually offered in Spring,
Common Curriculum AI:2
SENIOR CAPSTONE PRODUCTION: 4 credit hours
THEA 3861
Junior Seminar
- 2 credits, taken Spring Quarter of Junior Year
(prereqs: THEA 2885, 1862, + any Design course)
THEA 3862
Senior Practicum
- 2 credits, taken Spring Quarter of Senior Year
(prereq: THEA 3861), preceded by weekly design/production meetings in Winter Quarter of Senior Year
ADVANCED STUDY: 4 credit hours
Additional THEA credit hours of the student’s choosing (2000 level or higher)
TOTAL minimum required for the MAJOR
45 credit hours