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Communication Arts Major, Dramatic Arts Track
36 hour program; must be combined with a minor program. Semester/course offerings for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 academic years indicated as follows: (= Fall = Spring).
Please take special notice of the sequencing of courses offered at two year intervals. An asterisk (*) denotes course carries a prerequisite.

Theatre Course Matrix

I. Communication Arts Core (9 hours)
  Even
Years 		Odd
Years
SPH 2251 (2) Voice and Diction  
DRA 3301 (2) Acting I  
DRA 3310   (1) Communication Arts Seminar        
SPH 4441 (2) Oral Interpretation 
DRA 4455* (2) Senior Theatre Capstone
(for speech majors SPH 4455)

II. Required Theatre Courses (15 hours)
  Even
Years 		Odd
Years
DRA 2221 (2) Technical Theatre
DRA 2245 (1) Stagecraft Lab
(repeated for a total of four (4) hours)
DRA 4443* (3) Theatre History I            
DRA 4444* (3) Theatre History II   
DRA 4451* (3) Directing I     
Notes: A four semester rotation of DRA 2245 is required of all majors with one semester in each of the four shops:  scenery, lighting and sound, costume, and marketing/business. Total of four (4) hours.

III. Elective Theatre Courses  (12 hours)
Choose one design course: Even
Years		 Odd
Years
DRA 3331* (3)     Costume Design  
DRA 3321* (3) Scene Design    
DRA 3344* (3) Lighting Design    

Choose 9 hours (design course chosen above cannot be chosen again):
DRA 3345* (1) Advanced Stagecraft Lab
DRA 2211 (1)  Theatre for Youth    
DRA 3302 (2) Costume Techniques  
DRA 3303 (1) Makeup Techniques  
DRA 3304   (2) Lighting Techniques  
DRA 3321* (3) Scene Design  
DRA 3331* (3)  Costume Design  
DRA 3344* (3) Lighting Design  
DRA 3315 (1) Audition and Portfolio Techniques  
DRA 3316* (2) Acting II  
DRA 4452* (2) Directing II  
DRA 3350 (2) Script Analysis  
DRA 3352  (2) Sound Techniques  
DRA 3354  (2) Rendering Techniques for the Theatre  
DRA 4491-4492 (1-3) Independent Study
DRA 4493-4494   (1-3) Independent Research
DRA 4496-4497 (1-3) Internship
Notes: A major may not register for Advanced Stagecraft Lab (DRA 3345) until four semesters of DRA 2245 have been completed.  Transfer students are evaluated individually by the Department of Speech and Theatre.  Those students should register for DRA 2245 and provide syllabi of transfer credit. One-hour courses that can be repeated for elective credit (DRA 2211, and DRA 3345) may only be counted once toward completion of the track. Upon completion of the DRA 2245 lab rotation, all majors are encouraged to register for DRA 3345 (Advanced Stagecraft Lab) each semester thereafter.

Communication Arts Minor, Dramatic Arts Track
18 hour program. Semester/course offerings for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 academic years indicated as follows: (= Fall = Spring).
  Even
Years		 Odd
Years
DRA 3301 (2) Acting I           
DRA 2221 (2)  Technical Theatre      
SPH 4441 (2) Oral Interpretation            
DRA 2245 (1) Stagecraft Lab     (total of 4 hours)
Notes: A four semester rotation is required of all minors with one semester in each of the four shops:  scenery, lighting and sound, costume, marketing/business. The remaining eight (8) hours may be chosen from approved speech communication or dramatic arts courses.  Following the completion of the DRA 2245 rotation, minors are encouraged to enroll in DRA 3345 (Advanced Stagecraft Lab) every semester thereafter.
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