ASU Department of Theatre :: Classes and Core Requirements

Classes & Core Requirements
The BFA in Theatre is a pre-professional training program designed to prepare the student artist for employment in the professional theatre and/or candidacy in an MFA graduate program. Students of theatre must complete 126 credit hours of study, consisting of the General Education requirement of 46 credit hours, the theatre department core requirement of 42 credit hours, and a chosen emphasis of 38 credit hours.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Theatre Bachelor of Arts
Acting Emphasis
Design Technology Emphasis
Musical Theatre Emphasis
Directing Emphasis

Bachelor of Fine Arts Theatre
General Education Requirement	46 hours
BFA Theatre students must take:
ART 2503 Fine Arts Visual MUS 2503 Fine Arts Musical

Major Core Requirements	Hours
THEA1203 Introduction to Theatre	3
THEA1213 Beginning Acting	3
THEA2223 Fundamentals of Stagecraft	3
THEA2233 Stage Makeup	3
THEA2243 Stage Costume Construction	3
THEA3223 Studies in Dramatic Literature	3
THEA4203 Directing I	3
THEA4263 History of the Theatre I	3
THEA4273 History of the Theatre II	3
THEA4383 Senior Project	3
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 3)	2
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 4)	2
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 5)	2
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 6)	2
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 7)	2
THEA3252 Theatre Lab (semester 8)	2

	42 hours total

Acting Emphasis	Hours
THEA2213 Creative Improvisation	3
THEA3213 Audition Techniques	3
THEA3263 Acting Shakespeare	3
THEA4283 Period Styles in Acting	3
THEA4213 Acting on Camera	3
THEA2203 Voice & Movement I	3
THEA3273 Voice & Movement II	3
THEA3243 Stage Combat	3
THEA4253 Theatre Management	3
THEA4333 Advanced Acting	3
THEA4343 Musical Theatre Performance	3
MUS1111 Voice	1
MUS1111 Voice	1
Elective ( advisor approval)	3
	38 hours total

Design Technology Emphasis	Hours
THEA1223 Principles of Design	3
THEA2253 Stage Lighting	3
THEA4223 Scene Design	3
THEA4243 Stage Costume Design	3
THEA4233 Advanced Makeup Design	3
THEA4253 Theatre Management	3
THEA4373 Scenic Painting	3
THEA4413 Sound Design & Production	3
THEA2203 Voice and Movement I	3
THEA4373 Computer-Aided Design	3
THEA4253 Stage Management	3
THEA2263 History of Costumes	3
Electives (advisor approval)	2
	38 hours total

Musical Theatre Emphasis	Hours
MUS1211 Elementary Piano	1
MUS1411 Music Theory I	3
MUS1111 8 semesters of vocal music	8
THEA2213 Creative Improvisation	3
THEA3213Audition Techniques	3
THEA4343 Musical Theatre Performance	3
THEA2252 Introduction to Dance	2
THEA2272 Dance: Ballet	2
THEA2262 Dance: Tap	2
THEA2282 Dance: Jazz	2
THEA2203 Voice & Movement I	3
Elective (advisor approval)	6
	38 hours total

Directing Emphasis	Hours
THEA2203 Voice & Movement I	3
THEA3213 Audition Techniques	3
THEA3243 Stage Combat	3
THEA3263 Acting Shakespeare	3
THEA4253 Theatre Management	3
THEA4413 Sound Design	3
THEA2253 Stage Management	3
THEA1223 Principles in Design	3
THEA4283 Period Styles in Acting	3
THEA4323 Directing II	3
THEA3233 Play Analysis	3
Elective ( advisor approval)	3
Electives (advisor approval)	2
	38 hours total