This major is designed for students who want to combine a knowledge of the art of theatre with the theories and conceptual frameworks of media and film studies. It offers both classroom and experiential learning in areas of acting, directing, playwriting, and design with related studies in screenwriting, media technology, and media production. Students have an opportunity to develop a personalized technique for the practices of making theatre, film, and television as engaged citizens and creative artists.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC) and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.
NUpath requirement Natural and Designed World (ND) must be met through general electives.
Media and Screen Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Media and Screen Studies Common Requirement | ||
| MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| MSCR 1320 | Media and Social Change | 4 |
| or MSCR 1420 | Media History | |
| Foundation Courses | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Film Production | ||
| Understanding Media | ||
| Diversity or Globalization Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Media | ||
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
| Media and Identity | ||
| Writing Intensive | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Digital Media Culture | ||
| Media Audiences | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| TV History | ||
Media and Screen Studies Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three courses from MSCR or from the following: | 12 | |
| Video Basics | ||
| Video: Sound and Image | ||
| Experimental Video | ||
| Sound Production for Digital Media | ||
| Television Field Production | ||
| Television Studio Production | ||
| Digital Editing for TV | ||
| Special Effects and Postproduction for Television | ||
| Production Capstone | ||
Theatre Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Stages | ||
| THTR 1101 | Introduction to Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 1120 | Acting 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1131 | Technical Theatre 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1270 | Introduction to Theatrical Design | 4 |
| THTR 2325 | From Script to Stage | 4 |
| Theatre Texts and Context | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Race, Power, and Performance | ||
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Classics of 20th-Century American Drama | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Making Theatre | ||
| THTR 1100 | Production Experience 1 | 1 |
| THTR 2000 | Production Experience 2 | 1 |
| Intermediate or Advanced Technique | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Classics of 20th-Century American Drama | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Voice and Speech for the Actor | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Designing Combat for the Stage | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Musical Theatre Performance 2 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of the following courses: | 4 | |
| Theories of Media and Culture | ||
| Capstone Rehearsal and Performance | ||
Media and Screen Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in media and screen studies courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements
Theatre Grade Requirement
A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses.
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR Foundation | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| THTR 1101 | 4 | THTR 1131 | 4 | ||||
| THTR 1120 | 4 | THTR 1270 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR Diversity/Globalization | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Foreign language core course | 4 | ||
| MSCR Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| THTR 2325 | 4 | ||||||
| THTR texts and context elective | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| THTR 1100 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR Writing Intensive | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate or advanced technique elective | 4 | ||||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||||
| THTR 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| MSCR Writing Intensive | 4 | MSCR Elective | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate or advanced technique elective | 4 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||