This major is designed for students who want to combine a knowledge of the art of theatre, including performance, design, and production, with sociocultural theories and conceptual frameworks for understanding human behavior. It offers both classroom and experiential learning in the practice of making theatre and performance theories with cross-cultural approaches. Offers students the opportunity to develop an understanding of theatre’s impact on past and present cultures, as well as a deeper awareness of the world in which they 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.
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.
Anthropology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 3421 | Foundations of Anthropological Theory | 4 |
| ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience | 4 |
| Advanced Area Courses | ||
| Complete two of the following: | ||
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia | ||
| Latin American Society and Development | ||
| Native North Americans | ||
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
| Culture and Politics in Modern India | ||
| Anthropology Electives | ||
| Complete three courses in the following range. Two study-abroad courses may count toward this requirement with prior permission from the department: | 12 | |
ANTH 2300 to ANTH 4999 | ||
| Social Science Electives | ||
| Complete three social science courses from the following subject areas: | 12 | |
AFRS, AFAM, CRIM, ECON, HUSV, HIST, INTL, LING, LPSC, POLS, PSYC, SOCL | ||
Theatre Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required in all theatre courses.
| 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 |
| THTR 4702 | Capstone Rehearsal and Performance | 4 |
| Intermediate or Advanced Technique | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Musical Theatre Performance 2 | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Designing Combat for the Stage | ||
| Advanced Acting for the Camera | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| THTR 4702 | Capstone Rehearsal and Performance 1 | 4 |
| ANTH 2300 | Reading Culture through Ethnography | 4 |
| 1 | THTR 4702 is permitted to also count as an integrative course. |
Cultural Anthropology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 for major courses is required.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, One Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 1000 | 1 | THTR 1120 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| THTR 1100 | 1 | THTR 1131 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| THTR 1101 | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | ||||
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ANTH elective | 4 | ||||
| Social science elective | 4 | ||||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 2000 | 1 | THTR text and context elective | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| THTR 2325 | 4 | THTR 1270 | 4 | ||||
| ANTH 2300 | 4 | Foreign language | 4 | ||||
| THTR elective | 4 | ANTH 3421 | 4 | ||||
| ANTH elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH elective | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| THTR intermediate or advanced 1 | 4 | Foreign language | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language | 4 | ||||||
| Social science elective | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ANTH advanced 1 | 4 | Foreign language | 4 | ||||
| THTR intermediate or advanced 2 | 4 | Social science elective | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language | 4 | ANTH advanced 2 | 4 | ||||
| ANTH 3410 | 4 | THTR 4702 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||