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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts

Cinema Major

Program Curriculum

Degree Core Requirements
TA 2114Script Analysis3
TA 2134Acting Lab3
TA 2164Scene Design Lab3
TA 2174Costume Design Lab3
Select five credits of the following:5
Theatre Production Lab Repeatable course up to 9 credits
3014 must be taken at least once in each of the topics below. The two additional credits may be earned under any topic.
Scene Shop Lab - Req. 1
Costume Lab - Req.
Production Run Crew Lab - Req.
TA 3105History of Drama and Theatre3
TA 3106History of Drama and Theatre3
TA 4315Directing3
Subtotal26
Major Requirements
TA 2014Introduction to Theatre3
TA 2104Fundamentals of Theatre and Production3
CINE 2054Introduction to Cinema3
CINE 2064Introduction to Cinema Production3
CINE 3184Cinema Production Topics (Nine credits required. 3184 is repeatable for credit under different topics for up to nine hours.)9
CINE 3214Fiction Cinema Production3
CINE 3224Documentary Cinema Production3
Take three of the following (nine credit hours required)9
American Cinema Genres
The Cinema Director
Avant-Garde Cinema
Cinema History
Topics in Cinema Studies Repeatable for credit under different topics for up to 9 credit hours
Underground Cinema and Culture
Subtotal36
Free Electives
Select 13 credits of free electives13
Subtotal13
Pathways to General Education
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse
Select six credits in Pathway 1f 6
Select three credits in Pathway 1a3
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities
Select six credits in Pathway 26
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences
Select six credits in Pathway 36
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences
Select six credits in Pathway 46
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking
Select three credits in Pathway 5f3
Select three credits in Pathway 5a3
Select three credits in Pathway 5f or Pathway 5a3
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts
Select three credits in Pathway 6d3
Select three credits in Pathway 6a3
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States
Select three credits in Pathway 73
Subtotal45
Total Credits120
1

Usually enrolled concurrent with TA 2414 Stage and Lighting Technology.

Note:

In accordance with university guidelines, courses satisfying degree core requirements may not be double counted to satisfy other areas of a degree (e.g. Pathways).