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Theatre, BS

2021-2022 Edition

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The Northeastern Department of Theatre is dedicated to creativity, collaboration, and excellence in the pursuit of innovative ways to see, to investigate, and to make theatre for a new generation. We offer students a transformative theatre education by aligning performance and production with academic inquiry and professional experiential learning. Our multidimensional students develop a unique understanding of professionalism and entrepreneurship as the foundations of meaningful careers. We embrace diverse methods, philosophies, and measures of success. Through values of generosity, integrity, respect, and rigor, we explore theatre as a living art that engages with our global society and the moment in which we live.

 
 
 

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.

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), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) must be met through general electives.

Theatre Major Requirements

A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundational Stages
THTR 1000Theatre at Northeastern1
THTR 1101Introduction to Theatre4
THTR 1120Acting 14
THTR 1131Technical Theatre 14
THTR 1270Introduction to Theatrical Design4
THTR 2325From Script to Stage4
THTR 4100Senior Career Seminar1
Theatre Texts and Context
At least one the Theatre Texts and Contexts course must be at the 2000-level or above.
Complete one of the following:4
THTR 1220
Race, Power, and Performance
THTR 2300
Classics of Global Theatre
THTR 2315
Rebels of Modern Drama
THTR 2320
Classics of 20th-Century American Drama
THTR 2500
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
THTR 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
Complete one of the following:4
THTR 1215
Activism and Performance
THTR 2340
Theatre and Society
THTR 3100
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
Making Theatre
THTR 1100Production Experience 11
THTR 2000Production Experience 21
THTR 3702Rehearsal and Production: The Art of Collaboration1
THTR 4702Capstone Rehearsal and Performance4
Advanced Technique
Complete one of the following:4
Students concentrating in theatre performance should complete THTR 3300, THTR 3450 or THTR 3550.
Students concentrating in production should complete THTR 3550 or THTR 3600.
THTR 3300
Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance
THTR 3450
Acting 3 (Theatre Performance Concentration)
THTR 3550
Directing for the Stage

Electives 

Complete the following electives or choose one of the concentrations below.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete five of the following:20
THTR 1215
Activism and Performance
THTR 1260
Movement for the Actor
THTR 2300
Classics of Global Theatre
THTR 2310
History of Musical Theatre
THTR 2315
Rebels of Modern Drama
THTR 2320
Classics of 20th-Century American Drama
THTR 2330
Playwriting
THTR 2335
Boston Theatre Experience
THTR 2340
Theatre and Society
THTR 2342
Acting 2
THTR 2345
Acting for the Camera
THTR 2346
Viewpoints
THTR 2370
Lighting Design
THTR 2380
Costume Design
THTR 2385
Fashion Construction and Pattern Making
THTR 2400
Scenic Design
THTR 2500
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
THTR 2600
Voice and Speech for the Actor
THTR 3100
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
THTR 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
THTR 3300
Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance
THTR 3400
Designing Combat for the Stage
THTR 3450
Acting 3
THTR 3550
Directing for the Stage
THTR 3570
Musical Theatre Performance 2
INAM 5100
Performance Studies

Theatre Major Credit Requirement

Complete 61 semester hours in the major. The performance and production concentrations require 68 semester hours.

Program Requirement

132 total semester hours required


Theatre Performance Concentration

A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses in the performance concentration.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Performance
THTR 1260Movement for the Actor4
THTR 2342Acting 24
THTR 2600Voice and Speech for the Actor4
Electives
Complete three of the following:12
THTR 1215
Activism and Performance
THTR 2300
Classics of Global Theatre
THTR 2310
History of Musical Theatre
THTR 2315
Rebels of Modern Drama
THTR 2330
Playwriting
THTR 2335
Boston Theatre Experience
THTR 2340
Theatre and Society
THTR 2345
Acting for the Camera
THTR 2346
Viewpoints
THTR 2370
Lighting Design
THTR 2380
Costume Design
THTR 2385
Fashion Construction and Pattern Making
THTR 2400
Scenic Design
THTR 3100
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
THTR 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
THTR 3300
Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance
THTR 3400
Designing Combat for the Stage
THTR 3450
Acting 3
THTR 3550
Directing for the Stage
THTR 3570
Musical Theatre Performance 2
INAM 5100
Performance Studies

Theatre Production Concentration

A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses in the production concentration.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Design and Production
Complete four of the following:16
THTR 1230
The Evolution of Fashion and Costume
THTR 2370
Lighting Design
THTR 2380
Costume Design
THTR 2385
Fashion Construction and Pattern Making
THTR 2400
Scenic Design
Electives
Complete two of the following:8
THTR 1215
Activism and Performance
THTR 1235
Fashion and Costume Design in Film and Television
THTR 2300
Classics of Global Theatre
THTR 2310
History of Musical Theatre
THTR 2315
Rebels of Modern Drama
THTR 2330
Playwriting
THTR 2335
Boston Theatre Experience
THTR 2340
Theatre and Society
THTR 2342
Acting 2
THTR 2345
Acting for the Camera
THTR 2346
Viewpoints
THTR 2370
Lighting Design
THTR 2380
Costume Design
THTR 2385
Fashion Construction and Pattern Making
THTR 2400
Scenic Design
THTR 3100
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
THTR 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
THTR 3300
Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance
THTR 3400
Designing Combat for the Stage
THTR 3550
Directing for the Stage
THTR 3570
Musical Theatre Performance 2
INAM 5100
Performance Studies

Theatre, BS

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
THTR 10001THTR 11314Elective4Vacation0
THTR 11001Theatre texts and context #14Elective4 
THTR 11014Theatre elective #14  
THTR 11204Elective4  
ENGW 11114   
Elective4   
 18 16 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
THTR 20001Co-op #1Co-op #10Elective4
THTR 12704Online elective4 Elective4
THTR 23254   
Theatre Elective #24   
Elective4   
EEAM 20001   
 18 4 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
THTR 37021Co-op #2Co-op #2Elective4
Theatre texts and context #24Online Elective4 Elective4
Theatre elective #34   
Elective4   
Elective4   
 17 4 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
THTR 41001Theatre advanced technique4  
Theatre elective #44THTR 47024  
Theatre elective #54Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4   
 17 16  
Total Hours: 134
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