The theater minor serves as an introduction to theater history, aesthetics and the analysis, criticism, and staging of performance texts. The minor may be integrated with any major, offering students intellectual and experiential resources complementary to such fields as teaching, communication and ministry.

The study of history, literature and artistic techniques of theater provides students with an integrated discipline that combines elements of many subjects, since theater employs all art forms to depict an image of life itself.

Theater provides preparation in the areas of theater education, communication, public presentation and performance, and arts management, as well as preparation for graduate school, theater ministry or conservatory training.

REQUIRED COURSES (8 COURSES, 17-19 UNITS)

• DRA-110, 310 Drama Practicum (1-2)
• DRA-350 Acting (3)
• DRA-360 Directing and Staging Texts (3)
• DRA-370 Auditioning (1)
• DRA-380 Stage Make-up (1)
• DRA-470 Senior Thesis Performance (2)
• LIT-385 World Theater: 1800 to Present (3)

Select one of the following:

• LIT-380 World Theater: Roots to 1800 (3)
• LIT-415 Shakespeare (3)