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 ability to proceed to senior standing and the nature 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. Creative projects have been done in directing, playwriting, acting, and design.

Course Requirements

Exclusive of work needed to meet general college and divisional requirements:

  1. Theatre 210 or approved alternative; Theatre 331; Theatre 205 or 206; two of the following four: 240, 250, 260,270, Theatre 470.
  2. Four units of theatre electives.
  3. 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

Students majoring in theatre or combined theatre programs are required to contribute a minimum of 50 unpaid crew hours on technical staffs for department-sponsored productions prior to taking the junior qualifying examination. Student-directed productions under the aegis of the theatre department qualify as "department-sponsored."