Theatre Department
Degree Requirements
Junior Qualifying Examination
Students are evaluated through a qualifying examination in the second semester of their junior year. The evaluation of the exam determines the student's eligibility to proceed to senior standing and the nature and scope of the thesis project to be undertaken. Students are expected to have completed the crew requirement by the time of this exam.
Senior Thesis
The senior thesis of a theatre major may be a creative project with a research component or an academic research project. Recent creative projects have been undertaken in directing, playwriting, acting, dramaturgy, and design.
Course Requirements
Exclusive of work needed to meet general college and divisional requirements:
- Theatre 210 or approved alternate; Theatre 331; Theatre 470; theatre design (202, 205 or 206); two of the following four: Theatre 240, 250, 260, 270. Theatre 250 and 260 are strongly recommended for majors.
- Four units of theatre electives.
- Two units of dramatic literature, which are to be taken outside the department.
One unit selected from dance, music, or art is recommended.
Divisional requirements include proficiency in a foreign language at the second-year level and Humanities 210, 220, or 230 (generally used to fulfill the college's Group B requirement).
Crew Requirement (Theatre 162)
Students majoring in theatre or combined theatre programs are required to complete two sections of Theatre 162, one of which must be a crew responsibility for department-sponsored productions, before taking the junior qualifying examination. Student-directed productions under the aegis of the theatre department qualify as "department-sponsored." Students should fulfill this requirement in consultation with department faculty. Theatre 162 is also open to nonmajors.