Career Opportunities:
An undergraduate degree in Theater and Dance provides a student with pre-professional theater and dance training in acting, directing, dance, choreography, technical production, and design.
Because employment in professional theater and dance is very competitive, career opportunities largely depend on the graduate¼s initiative and artistic skills. In addition to preparing students for work in professional theater, entry into professional training schools, or entry into graduate programs in theater or dance, the degree in Theater and Dance also may lead to career opportunities in television, radio, or promotional work.
Description of Department, Units, and Programs:
The Department of Theater and Dance provides instruction and practical performance experience in all phases of theater and dance production for the stage.
The Department enhances the liberal arts experience of students through general education courses and through mainstage and student experimental theater productions. Students majoring in Theater and Dance may elect either a General Liberal Arts degree in Theater and Dance or one of three specialization programs: Performance, Design/Technical Theater, and Dance.
Practicum training studios enable students to learn the arts of theater and dance through instruction and participation in a series of major and minor presentations for class, University, and community audiences through the Student Experimental Theater Organization and the University Dance Organization.
All students desiring further information about work in theater and dance should contact the Department of Theater and Dance. Students must be advised by a member of the department faculty who may grant permission to enroll in courses.
Students in the theater/dance major and minor must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA and must complete each course with a grade of C or above to remain in the program.
Degree Requirements:
Specialization in Dance
Specialization in Design/Technical Theater
Specialization in History/Literature/Criticism
Specialization in Performance
Specialization in Theater Education
Theater and Dance Minor
Theater Course Descriptions:
Dance Course Descriptions:
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17 October 2007