Undergraduate Degree Programs

BA in Theatre: Design and Production 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 design and production prepares you for advanced graduate study in the field and entry-level careers in performance design and technology. In addition to core course requirements, the concentration in design and production consists of 25 semester hours. Twelve semester hours from among the following are required:

One of the following two courses (four semester hours), not taken as part of the core, is also required:

Nine semester hours in theatre design or theatre technology elective course work, including supervised production participation for which academic credit is received, completes the concentration.

Application for admission into this concentration is suggested at the end of your freshman year to allow three years of academic supervision. If you are a transfer student, you should apply for the concentration during your first semester at ASU.

Admission Requirements

1. Interview with design and production faculty (conducted at the end of each semester)
2. Submission of a letter of intent, a portfolio and an unofficial transcript (a minimum GPA of 2.50 is required)
3. Résumé is optional.

Design and production faculty meet monthly with students as a group to monitor personal progress, to assess portfolio development and further engage as a community.

Retention in the program is based on satisfactory artistic growth (as evidenced in a mandatory portfolio reflecting work completed during each semester), production participation, and maintenance of a minimum 2.50 overall GPA and a 3.00 Theatre GPA For more information, see the design and production concentration handbook .

Eligible students denied admission into the design and production concentration can appeal in writing to the coordinator of the undergraduate design and production program.

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