Theatre Major, BA, TH00

General Education Core 42 Requirements: 33 Hours

• Area 1A     6 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - see below for options
• Area 1B     3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
• Area 2A     6 hours Written Communications - see below for options
• Area 2B     3 hours Oral Communication - see below for options
• Area 3       7 hours Natural Science 1 with and 1 without lab - see below for options
• Area 4       3 hours Mathematics - see below for options
• Area 5A     6 hours Humanities - 3 of 6 met by 3 hours of Modern Language, see below for options
• Area 5B     3 hours Fine Arts -fulfilled by TH 0110  
• Area 5C     3 hours Global Competencies - fulfillled by additional 3 hours of Modern Language
• Area 5D     2 hours Health and Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 MSSU-KCU Early Acceptance Program (MKEAP) students only
• IET 0105 - Professional Skills 3 This course is required for students in Engineering Technology and Logistics programs. Undecided majors welcome.

Modern Language: 10-12 Hours

French or Spanish - 12 Hours of the same prefix

Asian Languages (Chinese and Japanese) - 10-11 Hours, prefixes can be combined

     JPN 0103  and JPN 0205  - 10 Hours

     JPN 0103  and CHI 0103  - 10 Hours

     CHI 0103  , CHI 0203  and ML 0150  - 11 Hours

Theatre Requirements: 51 Hours

• TH 0110 - Theatre Appreciation 3
• TH 0142 - Theatre Technology 3
• TH 0231 - Speech for Stage I 3
• TH 0232 - Costume Technology 3
• TH 0233 - Stage Makeup 3
• TH 0234 - Introduction to Theatrical Design 3
• TH 0241 - Acting I (Writing Intensive) 3
• TH 0331 - History of the Theatre I 3
• TH 0332 - History of the Theatre II 3
• TH 0341 - Acting II 3
• TH 0351 - Directing I 3
• TH 0362 - Stage Costume Design 3
• TH 0441 - Stage Design 3
• TH 0489 - Senior Project I 1
• TH 0490 - Senior Project II 1

Electives: 23-25 Hours

As needed to total 120 approved credit hours (including 39 upper division 300-400 level).

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Total Hours: 120

Three hours of Modern Language meet 3 hours of General Education Core Requirements Area 5A, TH 110 fulfills area 5B (3 hours), and an additional 3 hours of Modern Language fulfills Area 5C (3 hours).

Institutional requirement UE 0100  may also be met by HNRS 0101  (2 credit hours).