Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Acting and Directing Concentration BFA 4YP


Theatre and Dance, BFA
Acting and Directing Concentration
*Sample Four Year Plan

First Year Fall Semester
SCH
First Year Spring Semester
SCH
APSU 1000-Freshmen Seminar 1 THEA 2800-Theatre Production 1
History Core 3 ENGL 1010-English Composition I 3
THEA 1300-Acting I 3 MATH 1010-Mathematical Thought and Practice 3
COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3 THEA 2350-Stage Movement 3
THEA 1600-Stagecraft 3 THEA 2300-Acting II 3
Humanities and/or Fine Arts Core 3 THEA 2200-Script Analysis 3
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 16
Second Year Fall Semester
SCH
Second Year Spring Semester
SCH
THEA 3200-Voice for the Actor 3 Natural Sciences Core w/lab 4
THEA 1880-Theatre Performance Practicum 1 THEA 2880-Theatre Performance 1
ENGL 1020-English Composition II 3 ENGL 2330-Topics in World Literature 3
THEA Elective 3 THEA 3340-MT Voice 1
History Core 3 Dance Technique Elective (Group 2) 2
THEA 3000-Make Up Design I 3 THEA 3500-Stage Dialects 3
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 14
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
THEA 3880-Theatre Performance Practicum 1 THEA 3020-Theatre History II 3
Dance Technique Elective (Group 2) 2 THEA 4900-Playwriting 3
THEA 3010-Theatre History I 3 THEA 3400-Directing I 3
Natural Sciences w/ lab Core 4 Humanities and/or Fine Arts Core 3
THEA 3300-Acting III 3 THEA Elective 3
Theatre Elective 3 THEA 3340-MT Voice 1
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 16
Fourth Year Fall Semester
SCH
Fourth Year Spring Semester
SCH
Dance Techniques Elective (Group 2) 2 THEA 4995-Capstone 4
THEA 4520-Careers 3 THEA 4350-Acting IV or THEA 4401-Directing II 3
THEA Elective (2) 3 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
THEA 4880-Theatre Performance Practicum 1 Theatre Elective (4) 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3    
THEA 4801-Theatre Production 1    
       
TOTAL SCH 13 TOTAL SCH 13
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 121

* Must complete a total of 33 upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

Group 1: Dance Techniques - Select eight (8) hours

DANC 3350 - Ballet III 2
DANC 3450 - Modern Dance III 2
DANC 3500 - Jazz Dance III 2
DANC 3900 - Tap Dance III 2
DANC 4350 - Ballet IV 2
DANC 4450 - Modern Dance IV 2
DANC 4550 - Jazz Dance IV 2
DANC 4600 - Special Topics in Dance 3
DANC 4900 - Tap Dance IV 2

 

Group 2: Major Electives - Select six (6) credit hours

DANC 1040 - World Dance 2
DANC 1700 - Hip Hop Dance I 2
DANC 2600 - Special Topics in Dance 3
DANC 3250 - Dance for Musical Theatre 2
DANC 3600 - Special Topics in Dance 3
DANC 4650 - Independent Research 1-3
DANC 4700 - Analysis and Criticism of Dance 3
DANC 4750 - Directed Studies in Dance 1-3
DANC 4850 - Dance Performance Practicum 1 (course is repeatable)
DANC 4950 - Choreography Practicum 2 (course is repeatable)
MUS 1250 - Class Voice 1
THEA 1600 - Stagecraft I 3
THEA 3850 - Costume Construction 3
THEA 4300 - Lighting Design I 3
THEA 4550 - Roy Acuff Chair Seminar 4