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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 220 - INTRODUCTION TO ACTING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 120 - THEATER PRACTICUM (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 260 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)or Major: THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- Major: THEA 232 - HISTORY OF GLOBAL THEATER AND PERFORMANCE OR THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 303 - INTERMEDIATE ACTING OR THEA 315 - CLOWNING AND COMEDY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4) or Major: THEA 233 - HISTORY OF GLOBAL THEATER & FILM WI
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I OR THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN OR THEA 229 - SET DESIGN OR THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV OR Elective (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: THEA 303 - INTERMEDIATE ACTING OR THEA 315 - CLOWNING AND COMEDY (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 232 - HISTORY OF GLOBAL THEATER AND PERFORMANCE OR THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 312 - AUDITIONING OR Elective (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4) or Major: THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course WI (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY WI OR CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 427 - SCENE STUDIES or THEA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4) or Major: THEA 233 - HISTORY OF GLOBAL THEATER & FILM WI
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: THEA 312 - AUDITIONING OR Elective (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN OR THEA 229 - SET DESIGN OR THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV OR Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY WI OR CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS (HRS 4)
- Major: THEA 427 - SCENE STUDIES OR THEA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
* Requires two Running Crews (THEA 021 and THEA 022) any semester
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