Theatre & Film Major
Goal 1: Development of Creative Voice and Abilities
Outcome 1.1: Students will develop the ability to create performing arts works that express their creativity and unique voices.
Outcome 1.2: Students will acquire skills in creative inquiry, analysis and self-reflection.
Goal 2: Development of Critical and Rhetorical Skills
Outcome 2.1: Students will develop the ability to craft well-organized, reasoned, critical, and thoroughly-researched written and oral work.
Goal 3: Knowledge and Analysis of Significant Works
Outcome 3.1: Students will develop an awareness and analytical understanding of significant and diverse creative and theoretical works within the performing arts, and the cultural and historical contexts in which they were produced.
Goal 4: Knowledge of Professional Practices
Outcome 4.1: Students will acquire the creative, technical, and analytical tools to begin professional work in the field or to pursue graduate studies.
Goal 5: Development of Social and Ethical Awareness
Outcome 5.1: Students will develop an understanding of social issues, ethics and inclusivity within the performing arts.
Goal 6: Development of Collaborative and Service Skills
Objective 6.1: Students will engage, share and collaborate as creative citizens by completing performing arts projects that include campus, local, national and/or international communities.
The traditional undergraduate programs includes a minimum of 120 credits distributed across three components: A General Education component divided into Signature Courses, Variable Courses, and an Integrative Learning requirement; a Major and Divisional component; and Free Electives. In addition to course requirements as specified in each area, students must complete one certified course in each of the following overlay areas1:
- Diversity, Globalization or Non-western Area Studies,
- Ethics Intensive
- Writing Intensive, and
- Diversity
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Overlay requirements are part of the 120 credit requirements
General Education Signature Courses
See this page about Signature courses.
General Education Variable Courses
See this page about Variable courses. Six to Nine courses
General Education Overlays
General Education Integrative Learning Component
See this page about Integrative Learning Component. Three courses:
As part of the GEP, all majors in Theatre & Film will select three courses total from at least two of the following categories:
- ART: Art Studio Course
- ART: Art History Course
- COM: Communications Studies Course
- ENG: Any English Course
- CSC: Computer Science Courses
- CAS: Any chair-approved CAS course in Cinema Studies presented from the perspective of an independent discipline (i.e. Sociology, Psychology, Political Sciences, etc.)
GEP Electives
11-13 courses, depending on how many required courses in variable core and choice of major concentration.
Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Courses: | ||
MTF 161 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 |
or MTF 162 | History of Broadway Musical | |
or MTF 191 | Introduction to Film | |
MTF 263 | Acting I 1 | 3 |
MTF 284 | Digital Filmmaking | 3 |
MTF 496 | Senior Project 2 | 3 |
Select one of the following tracks to complete major: | ||
Track 1 – Theatre Concentration | ||
Theatre Performance Practicum | ||
or MTF 262 | Theatre Production Practicum | |
Acting II | ||
Directing for the Stage | ||
Theatre History | ||
Prod Design: Theatre & Film | ||
Styles of Acting | ||
Track 2 - Musical Theatre Concentration | ||
Music Fundamentals | ||
Music Theory I | ||
Theatre Performance Practicum | ||
Acting II | ||
or MTF 363 | Styles of Acting | |
Musical Theatre Performance | ||
Musical Theatre Dance Styles | ||
Four semesters of private voice lessons | ||
Track 3 - Film/TV Concentration | ||
History of Narrative Film | ||
Screenwriting | ||
or MTF 283 | Series Screenwriting | |
Short Film Production | ||
Episodic Series Production | ||
Directing for Film/TV | ||
Select one of the following Film/TV electives: 3 | ||
Production Courses | ||
Filmmaking Methods | ||
Acting for the Camera | ||
Producing & Business of Film | ||
Series Screenwriting | ||
Documentary Film | ||
Commercial Production | ||
Genre Film Workshop | ||
Advanced Screenwriting | ||
Advanced Light, Camera, Design | ||
Sound Design | ||
Editing & Post-Production | ||
Documentary Workshop | ||
Professional Production Studio | ||
Studies Courses | ||
History of Television | ||
Black American Cinema | ||
Genre Film Studies | ||
American Film | ||
European Cinemas | ||
Five Films | ||
Non-Western World Cinemas | ||
Major Figures in Film | ||
Film Theory & Criticism | ||
Special Topics in Film |
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MTF 263 Acting I may be replaced by MTF 265 Directing for the Stage or MTF 267 Theatre Design for Film/TV Track.
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See course description below for explanation of the department’s capstone experience.
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If a student will be writing a Thesis for their Senior Project, s/he is required to take MTF 391- Film Theory and Criticism; if s/he will be writing a feature screenplay, s/he is required to take MTF 382 –Advanced Screenwriting.