Undergraduate BulletinBachelor of Fine Arts – Acting

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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 1011		Technical Theatre Production for Non-Majors	2 - 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 1171	DRA 1172	Theatre Dance 1-F & 1-S	1 1 2
DRA 1181	DRA 1182	Stage Combat 1F & 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 Requirement1	3 3 6
Year One Total			16 16 32
Year Two
Fall	Spring
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 2264	DRA 2265	Singing 2-F & 2-S	2 2 4
DRA 2271	DRA 2272	Theatre Dance 2-F & 2-S	1 1 2
	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 2F & 2-S	1 1 2
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement1	3 3 6
Year Two Total			16 17 33
Year Three
Fall	Spring
DRA 3341	DRA 3342	Rehearsal and Performance 3-F & 3-S	3 3 6
DRA 3361	DRA 3362	Shakespeare 3-F & 3-S	2 2 4
DRA 3364	DRA 3365	Singing 3-F & 3-S	1 1 2
	DRA 3372	Theatre Dance 3-S	- 1 1
DRA 3381		Stage Combat 3-F	2 - 2
DRA 3383	DRA 3384	Devised Performance 3-F & 3-S	3 3 6
DRA 3397	DRA 3398	3-F & 3-S/Accents and Dialects	2 2 4
		General Education Requirement1	3 3 6
Year Three Total			16 15 31
Year Four
Fall	Spring
DRA 4401	DRA 4402	Business of Acting 4-F & 4-S	1 1 2
DRA 4441	DRA 4442	Rehearsal and Performance 4-F & 4-S	3 3 6
DRA 4451	DRA 4452	Acting 4-F & 4-S	3 3 6
DRA 4461	DRA 4462	Voice 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4483	DRA 4484	Senior Showcase 4-F & 4-S	2 2 4
DRA 4498 or	DRA 4089	Special Topics in Drama or Professional Internship2	1 1 2
Year Four Total			12 12 24

¹ General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student’s major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).

² All Studio 4 students must complete a minimum of 2 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.