This combined major educates students in psychology and theatre and the interface between the two disciplines. The scope and sequence of psychology courses provide students with a foundation in the interdisciplinary science of psychology, including such topics as cognition, psycholinguistics, perception, and the biological basis of behavior. The theatre curriculum provides deep knowledge of theatre that spans design, performance, and the production of innovative forms of theatre, including interactive media, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and more.
Students completing this program of study should be able to understand how the two fields jointly contribute to explaining human behavior in the domain of theatre.
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.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Differences and Diversity (DD) and Ethical Reasoning (ER) can be met through elective courses in PSYC or THTR. Students are responsible for satisfying any of these requirements not met within the major.
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 2320 | Statistics in Psychological Research | 4 |
| PSYC 3400 | Personality | 4 |
| PSYC 3404 | Developmental Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 3450 | Learning and Motivation | 4 |
| PSYC 3452 | Sensation and Perception | 4 |
| PSYC 3464 | Psychology of Language | 4 |
| Psychology Lab Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Laboratory in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psychophysiology | ||
| Psychology Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Psychology Electives | ||
| Complete two additional 4-semester-hour PSYC courses not used to fulfill requirements above from the following: | 8 | |
PSYC 1000–PSYC 5999 | ||
Theatre Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required in all theatre courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| THTR 1101 | Introduction to Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 1120 | Acting 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1131 | Introduction to Technical Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 1270 | Introduction to Theatrical Design | 4 |
| THTR 2325 | Dramaturgical Inquiry | 4 |
| Making Theatre | ||
| THTR 1100 | Production Experience 1 | 1 |
| THTR 2000 | Production Experience 2 | 1 |
| Text and Context | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Race, Power, and Performance | ||
| The American Black Theatre Experience | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Topics in Theatre History and Culture | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Community Engaged Theatre | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Documentary Theatre Project | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Advanced Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Capstone | ||
| THTR 4702 | Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project | 4 |
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| INAM 3200 | Creative Cognition | 4 |
| THTR 4702 | Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project | 4 |
| Note: THTR 4702 is already required above. Only one completion is necessary. | ||
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC 1000 | Psychology at Northeastern | 1 |
| or THTR 1000 | Theatre at Northeastern | |
| Mathematics | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Interactive Mathematics | ||
| Mathematical Thinking | ||
| Calculus 1 | ||
| Complete one course from approved DD options. 1 | 4 | |
| Complete one course from approved ER options. 2 | 4 | |
| Complete first-year writing course. | 4 | |
| Complete Integrating Knowledge Through Experience co-op experience. | ||
| Complete open electives to fulfill the total program hours. | ||
- 1
Some PYSC and THTR electives fill DD requirements.
- 2
Some PSYC and THTR electives fill ER requirements.
Program Requirements
131 total semester hours required
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MATH 1213 | 4 | PSYC 3400 | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| PSYC 1000 or THTR 1000 | 1 | PSYC 3466 | 4 | Nupath DD | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | THTR 1270 | 4 | ||||
| THTR 1101 | 4 | THTR 1131 | 4 | ||||
| THTR 1100 | 1 | ||||||
| THTR 1120 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PSYC 2320 | 4 | EESC 2000 or EEAM 2000 | 1 | PSYC elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| PSYC 3450 | 4 | PSYC 3404 | 4 | Open elective | 4 | ||
| THTR 2000 | 1 | PSYC 3464 | 4 | ||||
| THTR 2325 | 4 | THTR community engaged course | 4 | ||||
| THTR text and context course | 4 | Nupath ER | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | INAM 3200 | 4 | PSYC lab | 4 | Co-op | ||
| PSYC 3452 | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||||
| THTR advanced course | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | THTR 4702 | 4 | |||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||