Offered by Department of Music and Performing Arts:

Theatre Major

Theatre Option
Bachelor of Arts

FAH BA 4406

Minimum General Studies = 45

including General Studies coursework required by major

English Language minimum = 9

Humanities minimum = 9 including:

THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours

Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3

Natural Sciences minimum = 7

Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9

Personal Development minimum = 2

BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6

For specific language requirements see Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.

Major Option = 36

Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24

Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 111

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14   

Minimum total hours required for BA in Theatre = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

Theatre Option Requirements (36 hours required)

Take all of the following:

THEA 135, Introduction to Technical Theatre - 3 hours

THEA 210, Playscript Analysis - 3 hours

THEA 225, Fundamentals of Acting - 3 hours

THEA 240, Stage Makeup - 3 hours

THEA 241, Introduction to Costume Technology - 3 hours

THEA 296, Elements of Theatrical Design - 3 hours

THEA 350, Survey of Dramatic Literature I - 3 hours

THEA 351, Survey of Dramatic Literature II - 3 hours

THEA 413, History of Theatre I - 3 hours

THEA 414, History of Theatre II - 3 hours

THEA 415, History of Theatre III - 3 hours

THEA 480, Play Direction - 3 hours