Theater embraces core forms of communication: physical, oral and written The theater/performance emphasis of the communication major explores these forms through text, directing and performance.

The theater/performance emphasis incorporates interactive performance experience with theater history and an understanding of the cultural contexts and influences of theater.

This emphasis offers an introduction to theater and its history for those new to performance, and it allows experienced performers to refine skills and gain a greater cultural awareness of the impact of theater. Future opportunities can be found with theater companies of all sizes.

REQUIRED COURSES (6 COURSES, 18 UNITS)
Select six of the following:

• COM-440 Performance and Culture (3)
• DRA-350 Acting (3)
• DRA-360 Directing and Staging Texts (3)
• LIT-380 World Theater: Roots to 1700 (3)
• LIT-385 World Theater: 1700 to Present (3)
• LIT-395 Text and Performance (3)
• SOC-300 Cultural Anthropology (3)