Program: Theatre Major Suggested Course Sequence - East Tennessee State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 11, 2025

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

My Catalog

Freshman Year

First Semester

CSCI 1100 - Using Information Technology (3 credits) (or proficiency exam for 0 credit)
ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
Communication: Oral Communication (3 credits)
Foreign Language (1xxx) (3 credits)
THEA 1520 - Stagecraft I (3 credits)
THEA 1810 - Theatre Foundations (1 credit)

Semester Total: 16 Credit Hours

Second Semester

ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
Foreign Language (1xxx) (3 credits) *
THEA 1530 - Stagecraft II (3 credits)
THEA 2510 - Acting I (3 credits)
MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

First Semester

THEA 2530 - Dramatic Structure (3 credits) or
THEA 2420 - Theatre Design Basics (3 credits)
HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
Science (4 credits)
Humanities/Fine Arts/Literature (3 credits) *
Foreign Language (2xxx) (3 credits) *

Semester Total: 16 Credit Hours

Second Semester

THEA 2xxx or 3xxx Perform/Design Elective (3 credits)
HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective (3 credits)
Science (4 credits)
Foreign Language 2xxx (3 credits) *

Semester Total: 16 Credit Hours

Junior Year

First Semester

THEA 2530 - Dramatic Structure (3 credits) or
THEA 2420 - Theatre Design Basics (3 credits)
THEA 2800 - Theatre Laboratory (1 credit)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Humanities/Fine Arts/Literature (3 credits) *
Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits) *

Semester Total: 13 Credit Hours

Second Semester

THEA 3xxx or 4xxx Perform/Design Elective (3 credits)
THEA 3800 - Theatre Laboratory (1 credit)
Humanities/Fine Arts/Literature (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Social/Behavioral Science (3 credits)

Semester Total: 16 Credit Hours

Senior Year

First Semester

THEA 3520 - Theatre History I (3 credits)
THEA 4810 - Senior Theatre Seminar (1 credit)
THEA 3xxx or 4xxx Perform/Design Elective (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)

Semester Total: 16 Credit Hours

Second Semester

THEA 3525 - Theatre History II (3 credits)
THEA 3xxx or 4xxx Perform/Design Elective (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Minor/General Education Elective 3xxx or 4xxx (3 credits)
Non-United States History Elective (3 credits)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Total: 120 Credit Hours