Undergraduate Degree Programs

BA in Theatre: Acting Concentration

In addition to fulfilling the major core requirements for the BA in Theatre, you must meet all university graduation requirements.

A major in Theatre with a concentration in acting provides you with an opportunity to focus your course work on performance and thus prepare yourself for both advanced graduate study in the field and independent career pursuits in performance. In addition to required core courses, the acting concentration consists of 24 semester hours. The first nine hours are taken as pre- or co-requisites for admission to the concentration:

Following admission to the concentration, you are required to take:

Nine semester hours in additional acting course work at the 300- or 400-level completes the concentration.

You are strongly encouraged to apply for admission to the concentration at the end of your sophomore year to allow for at least two academic years of supervision. If you are a transfer student, you should apply for the concentration no later than spring semester of your junior year.

Admission Requirements

1. Pre- or co-requisites made up of THP 202, 272, 277, and THE 220, all with a grade of B (3.00) or higher
2. Participation in any capacity in at least one MainStage or Student Production Board production.

The admission process consists of the submission of a one-page letter of intent, résumé and an unofficial transcript (minimum 2.50 overall GPA and a 3.00 Theatre GPA required) to the acting concentration coordinator, and a formal interview conducted during the spring semester.

Retention in the concentration is based on satisfactory artistic and academic progress, production participation, evidence of a strong work ethic and maintenance of a minimum 2.50 overall GPA and a 3.00 Theatre GPA.

Eligible students denied admission into the acting concentration can remain in the BA in Theatre program and reapply to the acting concentration the following year.

Acting concentration majors are required to audition for at least one MainStage production each semester.

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