Drama, BA

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This major requires a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 hours

Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in major:
57 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
36 semester hours

Major Courses Required:

DRAM 1311 - Voice and Diction 3 hrs
DRAM 2301 - Theater Appreciation 3 hrs
DRAM 2319 - Producing for Film/Tv/Theater 3 hrs
DRAM 2321 - Acting 3 hrs
DRAM 2335 - Script Analysis 3 hrs
DRAM 2351 - Technical Production 3 hrs
DRAM 2370 - Stage Makeup 3 hrs
DRAM 3325 - Intermediate Acting 3 hrs
DRAM 3331 - Directing I 3 hrs
DRAM 3332 - Directing II 3 hrs
DRAM 3341 - Design 3 hrs
DRAM 3360 - Stage Management 3 hrs
DRAM 3370 - Stage Movement 3 hrs
DRAM 4360 - Theater Management 3 hrs
DRAM 4371 - Playwriting 3 hrs
DRAM 4393 - Theater Practicum 3 hrs
BADM 3311 - Project Management 3 hrs

Take One of the Following:

Capstones Take One:

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Required for Bachelor of Arts in for Drama

Fall - Year One

ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
MATH 1301 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs
DRAM 1311 - Voice and Diction 3 hrs
DRAM 2301 - Theater Appreciation 3 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (For first time traditional freshmen)

Total: 19 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
DRAM 2319 - Producing for Film/Tv/Theater 3 hrs
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs
DRAM 2321 - Acting 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ANTH 2353 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs
BIOL 2300 - Introduction to Evolution 3 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHSC 1400 - Introduction to Physical Science 4 hrs
PHSC 1411 - Physical Science I 4 hrs
PHSC 1412 - Physical Science II 4 hrs

Total: 16-17 hrs

Fall - Year Two

DRAM 2312 - Oral Communication 3 hrs
DRAM 2335 - Script Analysis 3 hrs
DRAM 2351 - Technical Production 3 hrs
DRAM 3370 - Stage Movement 3 hrs
ENGL 2336 - Introduction to Poetry and Drama 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Two

CISS 1310 - Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology 3 hrs
DRAM 2370 - Stage Makeup 3 hrs
DRAM 3325 - Intermediate Acting 3 hrs
DRAM 3331 - Directing I 3 hrs
DRAM 3341 - Design 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs

Total: 18 hrs

Fall - Year Three

One of the Following: 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

THSA 1300 - The Catholic Imagination 3 hrs
THSA 1310 - Introduction to Spirituality and Providence 3 hrs
THSA 1320 - Reading the Bible 3 hrs
THSA 3383 - Leadership: Women and Spirituality (Students in Honors program only) 3 hrs (Students in Honors program only)

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ANTH 2353 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs
BIOL 2300 - Introduction to Evolution 3 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHSC 1400 - Introduction to Physical Science 4 hrs
PHSC 1411 - Physical Science I 4 hrs
PHSC 1412 - Physical Science II 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Four

Total: 12 hrs

Spring - Year Four

DRAM 4322 - Advanced Acting 3 hrs
or
DRAM 4331 - Directing III 3 hrs
or
DRAM 4371 - Playwriting 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs

Total: 12 hrs

Note(s):

Prerequisites to the required courses in the major:
CISS 1310

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours -120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement:
SPAN 1411 and SPAN 1412

Required minor:
Mass Communication