ETSU Division of Theatre

Suggested Curriculum Guide for the Bachelor of Arts Degree Theatre Major

Year 1
Fall 1

ENGL 1010             Critical Reading & Expository Writing             3 hours
MATH 1530          Probability & Statistics                                       3 hours
Foreign Language (2xxx)*                                                                   3 hours
SPCH                      Oral Communication Elective*                           3 hours
THEA 1520            Stagecraft                                                              3 hours

                                Total semester hours                                           15

Spring 1

ENGL 1020             Critical Thinking/Argumentation                      3 hours
Natural Sciences Elective*                                                                 4 hours
Foreign Language (2xxx)*                                                                   3 hours
HIST 2010              The United States to 1877                                  3 hours
THEA 1530            Stagecraft II                                                          3 hours

                                Total semester hours                                           16

Year 2
Fall 2

Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
Natural Sciences Elective*                                                                 4 hours
Humanities/Fine Arts/Literature Elective*                                      3 hours
HIST 2020              The United States Since 1877                            3 hours
THEA 2530 (WI) Dramatic Structure or 
            THEA 2420 (TI) Theatre Design Basics                           3 hours

                               Total semester hours                                           16  

Spring 2

Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
Social Behavioral Science Elective*                                                 3 hours
Non-United States History Elective*                                               3 hours
Humanities/Fine Art/Literature Elective*                                        3 hours
THEA 2510 (OI)    Acting I                                                                 3 hours

                                Total semester hours                                           15

Year 3
Fall 3

Minor/General Education Elective* (WI)                                         3 hours
Minor/General Education Elective*  (OI)                                         3 hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective*                                               3 hours
THEA 2530 (WI) Dramatic Structure or
            THEA 2420 (TI) Theatre Design Basics                           3 hours
THEA 2xxx or 3xxx Performance/Design Elective*                          3 hours
THEA 2800 or THEA 2605                                                                  1 hour

                                Total semester hours                                           16

 Spring 3

Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
THEA 3xxx (WI) Theatre History Elective*                                     3 hours
THEA 2xxx or 3xxx Performance/Design Elective*                          3 hours
THEA 2605 or THEA 3800                                                                  1 hour

                                Total semester hours                                           16

Year 4
Fall 4

Humanities/Fine Art/Literature Elective*                                        3 hours
Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
THEA 3xxx (WI) Theatre History Elective*                                     3 hours
THEA 3xxx or 4xxx Performance/Design Elective                            3 hours
THEA 4607 or THEA 4800                                                                  1 hour

                                Total semester hours                                           13

Spring 4

Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
Minor/General Education Elective*                                                  3 hours
3xxx or 4xxx Performance/Design Elective                                        3 hours
3xxx or 4xxx Performance/Design Elective                                        3 hours
THEA 4607 or THEA 4800                                                                 1 hour

                                Total semester hours                                           13

 *Check ETSU Catalog for options  

WI = Writing Intensive

OI = Oral Intensive

TI = Technology Intensive

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