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Theater Emphasis Program Requirements

Arts Administration with a Theater Emphasis (124 semester hours)
Professional Studies Arts Administration Major Area

49 Credits

  • Intro to Accounting
  • Intro to Arts Administration
  • Intro to Business
  • Intro to Law: Contracts
  • Communication / Marketing Arts or Marketing Principles
  • Arts Fundraising
  • Arts Administration Internship (12 credits)
  • Arts Administration Practicum I, II
  • Arts Administration Electives (9 credits)*
  • Arts Administration Lab

*Electives include courses such as Issues in Event Planning, Writing for the Media, The American Identity in the Arts, Intro to Human Resource Management, Marketing Principles, Publicity Methods in Organizations

 

Arts Area Concentraton: Theater

36 Credits
  • Theater History to 1700
  • Theater History since 1700
  • Acting I or Stage Design
  • Acting II or Stage Lighting
  • Stagecraft
  • Theater Production
  • Theater Management
  • Tour Management
  • 4 electives
 

Arts and Sciences

33 Credits
  • Expository Writing
  • Research Writing
  • Foreign Language I, II
  • Natural/Physical Science Elective
  • Literature Elective
  • Social Science, Communication, Professional Preparation
  • Philosophy Elective
  • World History (2 courses)
  • Mathematics Elective
 

Electives

6 Credits

Important Notes:

  1. Satisfactory completion of AR121 or CBA110 and of all English Composition requirements of a student’s college is a prerequisite for AR202 and AR203.
  2. A student who chooses to take both AR121 and CBA110 may count the credits for the second course toward electives in this minor.
  3. A student who chooses to take two of the three writing courses may count the second course toward electives in this minor.
  4. An internship must be undertaken in an arts organization venue in order to count toward this minor. While it may be arranged for three or more credits, a maximum of three internship credits may be counted toward electives.

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