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Acting Bachelor of Fine Arts

Department of Theatre and Dance

Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3596
Samantha Kenney, Chairperson
Todd Proffitt, Associate Chairperson

Email: theatre.dance@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/theatredance/

Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

Required Courses (63 credit hours):

THEA 100Theatre Majors Seminar

1
THEA 101Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 102Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 121Introduction to Technical Theatre

3
THEA 131Acting Studio: Acting I

3
THEA 132Acting Studio: Acting II

3
THEA 201Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 202Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 220Makeup

1
THEA 231Acting Studio: Scene Study I

3
THEA 232Acting Studio: Scene Study II

3
THEA 233Acting Lab I

1
THEA 234Acting Lab II

1
THEA 242Acting Studio: Introduction to Voice and Movement I

3
THEA 243Acting Studio: Introduction to Voice and Movement II

3
THEA 301Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 302Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 341Acting Studio: Shakespeare

3
THEA 345Acting Studio: Voice and Movement III

3
THEA 346Acting Studio: Voice and Movement IV

3
THEA 401Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 402Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 424Acting Studio: Audition Techniques

3
THEA 441Directing I

3
THEA 451History of the Theatre I

3
THEA 452History of the Theatre II

3
THEA 499Performance/Production Seminar

3
ENGL 412Early Shakespeare

3
or
ENGL 414Later Shakespeare

3
Total Credit Hours:63

Studio Electives (6 credit hours from the following):

THEA 215Movement For The Stage

3
THEA 331Acting Studio: Styles

3
THEA 338Special Topics

.5-3
THEA 359Commedia dell'Arte

3
THEA 382Musical Theatre Styles I

3
THEA 383Acting Studio: Theatre Games

3
THEA 410Acting for Media

3
THEA 423Acting Studio: Alternative Acting Styles

3
THEA 432Musical Theatre Styles

3
THEA 468Devising Theatre

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Additional Electives - Two courses from the following (4-6 credit hours):

THEA 353History of Musical Theatre

3
DANC 100Introduction to Dance

3
DANC 111Modern Technique I

2
DANC 112Ballet I

2
DANC 113Jazz Dance I

2
DANC 114Tap Dance I

2
DANC 241Dance Improvisation

2
ARTH 101Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400

3
ARTH 102Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present

3
ENGL 207Drama and Film

3
ENGL 319Modern Drama

3
ENGL 321Contemporary Drama

3
ENGL 405Page and Stage

1.5-6
ENGL 416Elizabethan Drama

3
ENGL 418Restoration/18th Century Drama

3
HIST 115Western Civilization I

3
HIST 116Western Civilization II

3
MUS 263Music History in Western Civilization I

3
MUS 264Music History in Western Civilization II

3
Total Credit Hours:4-6

NOTE:

  • All Fredonia students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours prior to graduation.
  • All BFA Acting majors must successfully complete a minimum of 30 hours of upper-level credit.
  • All majors in the Department of Theatre and Dance are expected to carry a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their major program, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Total Credit Hours: 73-75