Undergraduate Bulletin

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Directing

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BFA Degree Total 120 credits

Drama Course Total 90 credits General Education Course Total1 30 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
DEP 1912		Introduction to Stage Management	2 - 2
DEP 2513		Introduction to Scene Design	2 - 2
DRA 1121	DRA 1122	Fundamentals of Directing 1-F & 1-S	1 1 2
DRA 1151	DRA 1152	Acting 1-F & 1-S	2 2 4
DRA 1161	DRA 1162	Voice 1-F & 1-S	1 1 2
	DRA 1165	Singing 1-S	- 1 1
DRA 1181	DRA 1182	Stage Combat 1-F & 1-S	1 1 2
DRA 1183	DRA 1184	Practical Aesthetics 1-F & 1-S	2 2 4
DRA 1185	DRA 1186	Movement 1-F & 1-S	1 1 2
	DRA 1198	Speech 1-S	- 1 1
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...	- 3 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year One Total			18 16 34
Year Two
Fall	Spring
DEP 2601		Costume Design IA	3 - 3
DRA 2221	DRA 2222	Fundamentals of Directing 2-F & 2-S	1 1 2
	DRA 2242	Rehearsal and Performance 2-S	- 1 1
DRA 2251	DRA 2252	Acting 2-F & 2-S	3 3 6
DRA 2261	DRA 2262	Voice 2-F & 2-S	2 1 3
	DRA 2282	Stage Combat 2-S	- 2 2
DRA 2285	DRA 2286	Movement 2-F & 2-S	1 1 2
DRA 2297	DRA 2298	Speech 2-F & 2-S	1 1 2
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Two Total			17 16 33
Year Three
Fall	Spring
DRA 3321	DRA 3322	Fundamentals of Directing 3-F & 3-S	2 2 4
DRA 3341	DRA 3342	Rehearsal and Performance 3-F & 3-S	2 2 4
DRA 3351	DRA 3352	Acting 3-F & 3-S	2 2 4
DRA 3361	DRA 3362	Shakespeare 3-F & 3-S	1 1 2
DRA 3383	DRA 3384	Devised Performance 3-F & 3-S	2 2 4
	DRA 3386	Movement 3-S	- 2 2
	DEP 2371	Introduction to Lighting Design	- 3 3
		General Education Requirements1	6 - 6
Year Three Total			15 14 29
Year Four
Fall	Spring
DRA 4401	DRA 4402	Business of Acting 4-F & 4-S	1 1 2
DRA 4421	DRA 4422	Directing Practicum 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4441	DRA 4442	Rehearsal and Performance 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4451	DRA 4452	Acting 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4461	DRA 4462	Voice 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4498 or	DRA 4089	Special Topics in Drama or Professional Internship2	3 3 6
Year Four Total			12 12 24

¹ General Education requirements:
3 credits Natural Science/Mathematics requirement (fulfilled by MAT or SCI class)
3 credits Literature/Writing requirement (fulfilled by LIT or WRI course at 2000 or 3000 level)
3 credits Social/Behavioral Science requirement (fulfilled by HIS or PSY class)
3 credits Humanities/Fine Arts requirement (fulfilled by any of the following areas of study: ARH, ARM, HUM, and THH classes)
6 credits General Education courses (two 3-credit hour courses from among any of the following areas of study offered in the Division of Liberal Arts, including ARH, ARM, COM, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, THH, WRI)

² All Studio 4 students must complete a minimum of 6 credit hours of drama/arts elective coursework as part of the required credit hours toward this degree. This coursework may be fulfilled by DRA 4498 Special Topics in Drama (concentrations in, but not limited to, Accents and Dialects, Dance, Devised Performance, Movement, Singing, Stage Combat) or DRA 4089 Professional Internship, as well as permitted Arts classes outside the School of Drama in consultation with appropriate faculty.