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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Acting B.F.A.
Sample Plan: Acting B.F.A.
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
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
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 1181W - Introduction to Shakespeare : 4.0 cr : LITR, WI
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
TH 3571 - Introduction to Technology for the Theatre : 2.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
TH 2391 - BFA Acting III : 3.0 cr
TH 2392 - BFA Voice and Speech III : 2.0 cr
TH 2393 - BFA Movement III : 2.0 cr
TH 3171 - Western Theatre & Performance Historiography: Part I : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
TH 2395 - BFA Acting IV : 3.0 cr
TH 2396 - BFA Voice and Speech IV : 2.0 cr
TH 2397 - BFA Movement IV : 2.0 cr
TH 3172 - Western Theatre & Performance Historiography: Part II : 3.0 cr : HIS
LE (Environment, Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Study Abroad in London
LNDN 3523 - Theatricality: Understanding the Possibilities in Theater : 3.0 cr
TH 3391 - BFA Acting V : 3.0 cr
TH 3392 - BFA Voice and Speech V : 2.0 cr
TH 3393 - BFA Movement V : 2.0 cr
Theatre Elective (3 cr.) : 3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
TH 3395 - BFA Intensive I : 2.0 cr
TH 3398 - BFA Rehearsal & Performance I : 2.0 cr
TH 3399 - BFA Rehearsal and Performance II : 2.0 cr
TH 4532 - Makeup for the Actor : 2.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society, Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Movement Elective (1 cr.) : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
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.) : 1.0 cr
Theatre Elective (3 cr.) : 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities, Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 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 : 1.0 cr
TH 4178W - Survey of Dramatic Literature II: Representation and its Effects : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :4.0 cr