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Twin Cities Campus
Acting B.F.A.Theatre Arts & Dance Dept
College of Liberal Arts
The B.F.A. in acting is an intensive, individualized, actor training program that uses both faculty from theatre and dance, as well as the Guthrie Theater's professional artistic staff to provide selected students with the physical, vocal, emotional, and intellectual skills necessary to succeed as working performance artists. The degree is intended to prepare students for entry into advanced education at a conservatory and/or graduate school, or professional employment.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Entry into the B.F.A. acting program is by audition only, and students are admitted only in fall semester.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students may earn no more than one undergraduate degree from the theatre arts program: a B.A. in theatre arts, or a B.F.A. in acting, or a minor in theatre arts.
Beginning fall 2012, all incoming CLA freshmen must complete the appropriate First Year Experience course sequence. Specific information about this collegiate requirement can be found at: http://class.umn.edu/degree_requirements/index.html
Freshman Courses
TH 1381 - New Voices
(1.0 cr)
TH 1391 - BFA Acting I
(3.0 cr)
TH 1392 - BFA Voice and Speech I
(2.0 cr)
TH 1393 - BFA Movement I
(2.0 cr)
TH 1501 - Introduction to Design for the Theatre
(3.0 cr)
ENGL 1181W - Introduction to Shakespeare
[LITR, WI]
(4.0 cr)
TH 1395 - BFA Acting II
(3.0 cr)
TH 1396 - BFA Voice and Speech II
(2.0 cr)
TH 1397 - BFA Movement II
(2.0 cr)
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
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TH 3521 - Introduction to Scenic Design for Theatre and Performance
(3.0 cr)
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TH 3531 - Introduction to Theatrical Costume Design
(3.0 cr)
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TH 3541 - Introduction to Lighting Design for the Theatre
(3.0 cr)
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TH 3571 - Introduction to Technology for the Theatre
(2.0 cr)
Sophomore Courses
Junior Courses
Fall semester of the junior year is in the London Study Abroad program.
Senior Courses
TH 4391 - BFA Intensive II
(2.0 cr)
TH 4393 - BFA Rehearsal and Performance III
(2.0 cr)
TH 4394 - BFA Rehearsal and Performance IV
(2.0 cr)
Movement Elective (1 cr.)
TH 4395 - BFA Intensive III
(2.0 cr)
TH 4398 - BFA Rehearsal and Performance V
(2.0 cr)
TH 4399 - BFA Rehearsal and Performance VI
(2.0 cr)
Movement Elective (1 cr.)
Theatre Department Elective (3 cr.)
TH 4177W - Analysis of Dramatic Literature
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
TH 4178W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Upper-division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper-division Writing Intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
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TH 4177W - Analysis of Dramatic Literature
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
TH 4178W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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