Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts - Option in Technical Theatre:
Scenery/Costume/Lighting Design (120 units)
Lower Division Core:
Take all of the following courses:
- THEA 101 Fundamentals of Script Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: None
- THEA 111 Theatre Arts Showcase (1)
Prerequisites: None
- THEA 114A Fundamentals of Acting (3)
* "C" or better required
Prerequisites: None
- THEA 142 Elementary Stagecraft (3)
Corequisites: THEA 140 or THEA 340
- THEA 146 Costume Crafts I (3)
Corequisites: THEA 140 or THEA 340
- THEA 148 Stage Lighting I (3)
Corequisites: THEA 140 or THEA 340
- THEA 201 Writing for the Theatre Arts (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1).
- THEA 221 History of Theatre and Drama to 1660 (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 101 or concurrent enrollment or consent of instructor.
- THEA 222 History of Theatre and Drama Since 1660 (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 221 or consent of instructor.
- THEA 271 Stage Management (3)
Corequisites: THEA 240 or THEA 440
Upper Division Core:
Take all of the following courses:
- THEA 324 Theatre Today (3)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing.
- THEA 374 Fundamentals of Directing (3)
Prerequisites: THEA 101 and 114A or consent of instructor.
- THEA 426 Dramatic Theory and Criticism (3)
Prerequisites: None
Take all of the following courses:
- THEA 352 Foundations of Visual Expression (3)
Prerequisites: None
- THEA 433 Design for Theatre (3)
Prerequisites: THEA 142, THEA 146, THEA 148 or consent of instructor.
Take four units from the following:
- THEA 140, THEA 240, THEA 340, THEA 440
Take 12 units from the following courses:
- THEA 144, THEA 341, THEA 342, THEA 441, THEA 442, THEA 444, THEA 446, THEA 447, THEA 448, THEA 449, THEA 476, THEA 498.
No more than eight units of Theatre Arts activity (cast and/or crew) will apply toward degree requirements. Crew requirements for all majors: One major running crew assignment in residence for each of the areas of costume, stagecraft and lighting to be satisfactorily completed. Students with transfer credit in those related courses must fulfill the same running crew requirements within the first three semesters of matriculation into the University.
At the beginning of the semester, all incoming students, including transfer students (including those who have been inactive for a year in our department), are required to audition or interview. Auditions and interviews are conducted by appropriate faculty/student groups. These auditions are required for admittance to certain upper division classes and are therefore used for appropriate placement of students at their level of competency as determined by the faculty.to certain upper division classes and are therefore used for appropriate placement of students at their level of competency as determined by the faculty.
All technical theatre majors will also fulfill four production requirements in order to graduate. This requirement is met through scene, lighting, sound, costume, or makeup design or assistant design; technical direction or assistant; prop master; master painter; stage management or assistant; cutter or stitcher; or by special assignments as approved by the faculty in the appropriate area.
