Portland-State-University 2014-2015 Bulletin

Theater Arts B.A./B.S.

Undergraduates in theater arts are expected to acquire basic skills in performance, design and production, practice, and dramatic literature and theater history. These basic skills are developed in the core requirements. The remaining credits are met through a selected option, performance, design/production, or theatrer studies, which provides for flexibility and allows a student to specialize in an area of interest. Students choose from electives in Theater + Film, and World Languages and Literatures (Kabuki, Peninsular Drama, and Sophocles/Euripides).

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, the Major in Theater Arts must complete 68 adviser-approved theater arts credits to include the following:

Courses

TA 111Technical Theater I

3
TA 112Technical Theater II

3
TA 114Technical Theater Production I

1
TA 115Technical Theater Production II

1
TA 248Acting I: Process

4
TA 252Stage Makeup

2
TA 301Script Analysis

4
TA 311Scene Design I

4
TA 316Technical Theater Lab

2
TA 321Introduction to Costume Design

4
TA 454Directing I

4
TA 464Development of Dramatic Art

4
TA 465Development of Dramatic Art

4

12 credits chosen from the following:

TA 330Multicultural Theater

4
TA 369Women, Theater, and Society

4
TA 467Modern Theater I

4
TA 468Modern Theater II

4
TA 471Theater History: Periods and Topics

1-4
TA 472Theater History: Major Figures

1-4

4 credits of the following:

TA 333Workshop Theater: Directing/Stage Management/Dramaturgy

1
TA 334Workshop Theater: Scenery & Lighting Production

1-2
TA 335Workshop Theater: Management/Publicity

1
TA 336Workshop Theater: Costume Production

1

with a maximum of 2 credits in any one of the above. Workshop credits in excess of this maximum may be used to satisfy elective and general requirements

Total Credit Hours: 68

Courses taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) will not be accepted toward fulfilling department major requirements. All courses used to satisfy the major requirements must be graded C or above.

At least 16 credits of upper-division Theater Arts courses, including 2 credits from TA 333, TA 334, TA 335, and/or TA 336 must be taken in residence at Portland State University.