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The Theatre Program offers a Major in Visual and Performing Arts with a Theatre Option and a Minor in Theatre. The basic sequence of required courses is designed to provide the student with a theoretical/ historical grounding in the art of the theatre and the opportunity to put theories into practice in performance situations. Electives allow students to create a focus of study according to their interests. The Minor in Theatre provides a basic introduction to the various elements of theatre and allows students to develop performing skills. The academic theatre program will sponsor a major student production in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre, numerous smaller productions in the Osborne Studio Theatre, a theatre festival every spring semester, and encourages student-generated projects. Students may also have the opportunity to participate in productions of THEATREWORKS, the regional repertory company at CU-Colorado Springs. Students are advised that theatre courses, especially acting courses, are progressive and should be taken in sequence.

Theatre Option: 60 credits

Students intending to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts with a Theatre option must complete 60 credit hours: 36 in Theatre, 6 in Theatre History, 12 in VAPA, and 6 within another VAPA option for a Cross-Disciplinary component.

Theatre requirements: 42 credits

Core requirements: 9 credits

THTR 100-3: Introduction to Theatre
THTR 200-3: Introduction to Technical Theatre
THTR 202-3: Acting Workshop I

History requirements: 6 credits

THTR 320-3: History of Theatre I
THTR 321-3: History of Theatre II

Upper Division requirements: 9 credits

THTR 406-3: Directing I
and
THTR 302 & 303: Advanced Acting Studio I & II
or
THTR 392 & 393: Design I & II

Practicum requirements: 5 credits

THTR 339-1: Theatre Practicum (Tech and Acting)
THTR 439-1-3: Theatre Practicum (Directing)

Students must participate in a minimum of FIVE productions earning practicum credits in at least two areas.

Theatre Electives: 13 credits

VAPA requirements: 12 credits

3 credits VAPA 100 level
6 credits VAPA 390
3 credits VAPA 400 capstone

Cross-Disciplinary requirements: 6 credits

200/300/400 level courses in Art History, Film Studies, Museum & Gallery Practice, Music, or Visual Art.

Theatre Minor: 18 credits

9 credits lower division; 9 credits upper division

Required Core: 9 credits

THTR 100-3: Introduction to Theater
THTR 200-3: Introduction to Technical Theater
THTR 202-3: Acting Workshop I

Upper Division requirement: 3 credits (choose one)

THTR 320-3: History of Theater I
THTR 321-3: History of Theatre II
THTR 322-3: What’s Funny? The Nature and Form of Dramatic Comedy
THTR 328-3: Women in Theatre

Practicum requirement: 3 credits