Degree Requirements


The Theatre and Dance major consists of a minimum of 12 course credits: three 100-level foundational courses focusing on the understanding of text from a variety of perspectives, three 200-level history/literature/theory/criticism courses, two 300-level Topics courses, one 400-level Advanced Seminar, Junior Independent Study, and two semesters of Senior Independent Study.

Major in Theatre and Dance

  • Consists of twelve courses:
  • THTD 10100
  • THTD 10200
  • THTD 10300
  • Two of the following courses: THTD 20100, 20200, 24400, or 24600
  • One of the following courses: THTD 24100, 24200, 24500, or 24800
  • Two of the following 300-level courses: THTD 30100, 30200, or 30300
  • One of the following 400-level courses: THTD 44100, 44200, or 44300
  • Junior Independent Study: THTD 40100
  • Senior Independent Study: THTD 45100 (see note below)
  • Senior Independent Study: THTD 45200

Minor in Theatre and Dance

  • Consists of six courses:
  • THTD 10100
  • THTD 10200
  • THTD 10300
  • One of the following courses: THTD 20100, 20200, 24100,24200, 24400, 24500, 24600, or 24800
  • One of the following 300-level courses: THTD 30100, 30200, or 30300
  • One of the following 400-level courses: THTD 44100, 44200, or 44300

Special Notes

Students choosing to include a Production component to their Senior IS must also take two sections of THTD 12101 Performance Practicum (.250 credit each), and two sections of THTD 12102: Production/Management, for a total of one credit.

Students choosing to include a staged performance component to their Senior IS must also take two sections of THTD 12101: Performance Practicum (.25 credit each), and two sections of either, or both THTD 12102: Production Practicum, or THTD 12103: Stage Management Practicum, for a total of one credit.

Students choosing to include a realized design or production component to their Senior IS must also take four sections of THTD Practicum (.25 credit each), consisting of either or both, THTD 12102: Production Practicum or THTD 10300: Stage Management Practicum, for a total of one credit.

Only grades of C- or better are accepted for the major or minor.

Download the entire Department of Theatre & Dance guidelines.