American Sign Language and Theatre, BS

This major is designed for students who want to combine an understanding of the American Deaf Community; its language and culture to the study and making of theatre, including performance, design; and production. It offers both classroom and experiential learning on the creative, social, and linguistic relationship between theatre and the American Deaf Community. Students may study acting, dramatic literature, and production design to develop the skills to be able to make theatre accessible and to understand and create theatre with individuals from Deaf communities.

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• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
• Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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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.

American Sign Language Requirements 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required in all ASL required courses.
American Sign Language Requirements
AMSL 1101	Elementary ASL 1	4
AMSL 1102	Elementary ASL 2	4
AMSL 2101	Intermediate ASL 1	4
AMSL 2102	Intermediate ASL 2	4
AMSL 3101	Advanced ASL 1	4
AMSL 3102	Advanced ASL 2	4
Social and Cultural World
DEAF 1500	Deaf People in Society	4
DEAF 2500	Deaf History and Culture	4
Linguistics
DEAF 2700	ASL Linguistics	4
LING 1150	Introduction to Language and Linguistics	4
Interpreting
INTP 3500	The Interpreting Profession	2

Theatre Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required for all theatre courses.
Foundational Courses
INAM 2000	Ethics in Creativity	4
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 3325	Dramaturgical Inquiry	4
Making Theatre
THTR 1100	Production Experience 1	1
THTR 2000	Production Experience 2	1
Texts, Community, & Social Context
Complete one of the following:		4
INAM 1300 and INAM 1301	The Politics of Narrative in Theatre and The Politics of Narrative in Theatre Seminar
THTR 1215	Activism and Performance
THTR 1220	Race, Power, and Performance
THTR 1400	Documentary Theatre Project
THTR 2200	The American Black Theatre Experience
THTR 2340	Theatre and Society
THTR 2500	Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
THTR 2983	Topics in Theatre History and Culture
THTR 3100	Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
THTR 3200	Queer Theatre and Performance
THTR 3650	Performing Theory
Electives
Complete two of the following:		8
THTR 2200	The American Black Theatre Experience
THTR 2310	History of Musical Theatre
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 Training
THTR 2983	Topics in Theatre History and Culture
THTR 2993	Topics in Dance
THTR 3100	Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
THTR 3200	Queer Theatre and Performance
THTR 3400	Stage Combat
THTR 3550	Directing for the Stage
THTR 3650	Performing Theory
THTR 3670	Mixed-Media Performance Lab
THTR 3973	Topics in Performance Studies
THTR 4345	Advanced Acting for the Camera
THTR 5300	Devised Theatre Project
THTR 5450	Acting 3
THTR 5700	Design for Immersive Performance

Integrative Requirement

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Integrative Requirement
INTP 3550	Interpreting Scripted Texts	4
INTP 3970	Research Methods for Interpreting and Translation	4
Complete one of the following:		4
INTP 4940	Interpreting Research Capstone
THTR 4702	Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project
Supporting Courses
EEAM 2000	Professional Development for Co-op	1
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines	4
or ENGW 3307	Advanced Writing in the Sciences
or ENGW 3314	Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
INTP 1000	American Sign Language at Northeastern	1
or THTR 1000	Theatre at Northeastern

Electives 

Complete general electives to fulfill the program total semester hours requirement.

Combined-Major GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.750 GPA required in all ASL, DEAF, INTP courses.

A minimum grade of C is required for all THTR and INAM courses.

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

Minimum 2.500 overall GPA required

Combined-Major Credit Requirement

Complete 92 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

130 total semester hours required

Four Years, One Co-op

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
AMSL 1101	4	AMSL 1102	4	Elective	4	Vacation
DEAF 1500	4	THTR 1120	4	Elective	4
THTR 1100	1	DEAF 2500	4
THTR 1101	4	INAM 2000	4
INTP 1000	1
ENGW 1111	4
	18		16		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
AMSL 2101	4	AMSL 2102	4	Elective	4	Vacation
LING 1150	4	DEAF 2700	4	Elective	4
INTP 3500	2	THTR 1131	4
THTR 1270	4	THTR Texts, Community, & Social Context Course	4
THTR 2000	1
	15		16		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
INTP 3550	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
THTR 3325	4
AMSL 3101	4
EEAM 2000	1
THTR Elective	4
	17		0		0		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
ENGW 3315	4	THTR 4702 or INTP 4940	4
INTP 3970	4	AMSL 3102	4
THTR Elective	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 130