Theatre Course Sequences

Notes on Course Planning

  • All ESU students are required to take a total of 30 upper division semester credits (300 level or above) and 42 credits of advanced coursework. The number of upper level credits covered by the B.A. theatre varies by track. Additional upper division courses will be required outside the track requirements and/or outside the major.
  • Upper division courses generally require one or more prerequisites and are offered less frequently, so students will need to plan for them.
  • Even if you complete all GE and major requirements, you must have 120 minimum credits of 100 to 400 level courses to graduate with a B.A.
  • Students should make sure to take THTR 100, THTR 101 and THTR 102 in their first year of study as these courses are the bases for other courses and production work.
  • Fitness electives particularly recommended for actors include yoga, any dance style, gymnastics, martial arts, or fencing. However, any kind of regular fitness class or program will be helpful.
  • Technical theatre courses have a lab component involving work on theatre productions for students to gain practical as well as theoretical experience.
  • All student performers are expected to contribute minimal hours to the technical aspect of productions in which they are cast.
  • Participation in Stage II, the student run theatre club, is strongly encouraged.
  • Students may have to vary their course sequence to accommodate courses, which are offered less frequently.

Anticipated Schedules

(Subject to change by the university without notice)

Offered every Fall and Spring semester:

THTR 100GN: Introduction to Theatre

3 credits

THTR 101GN: Play Production

3 credits

THTR 102GN: Acting

3 credits

THTR 103GE: Theatre Practicum

1 credit

THTR 100, THTR 200: (multiple sections)

THTR 101: (1 section)

THTR 103: (1 credit course, 1 section)

Offered once a year:

Fall only:

THTR 220GN: Children's Theatre

3 credits

Either Fall or Spring:

THTR 204GN: Musical Theatre

3 credits

Offered every other year:

THTR 118GN: Stage and Comic Technique

3 credits

THTR 127GN: Movement For The Actor

3 credits

THTR 202GE: Acting II

3 credits

THTR 210GN: Design for the Performing Arts

3 credits

THTR 211GN: Voice For Performance

3 credits

THTR 240GN: Stage Make-Up

3 credits

THTR 301GE: Costume Design

3 credits

THTR 302GE: History of Theatre I

3 credits

THTR 304GE: History of Theatre II

3 credits

THTR 310GE: Advanced Acting: Styles

3 credits

THTR 331GE: Theatrical Lighting

3 credits

THTR 332GE: Scene Painting

3 credits

THTR 341Stage Management

3 credits

THTR 343GE: Directing

3 credits

THTR 350GE: Acting for Musical Theatre

3 credits

THTR 360Acting for the Camera

3 credits

THTR 420Myth & Ritual In Theatre

3 credits

THTR 430GE: Scenic Design

3 credits

THTR 310 GE: Advanced Acting (by audition)

THTR 420: (alternately offered on tour in Oxford, England)

Offered In Rotation Over a Four-Year Period:

(Dependent on specialties of available faculty)

THTR 320GE: WS: Women in Theatre

3 credits

THTR 325GE: Asian Theatre

3 credits

THTR 330GE: Africana Theatre

3 credits

THTR 335GE: Latino Theatre

3 credits

THTR 440Collaborative Theatre Workshop

3 credits

THTR 325: (also offered periodically on tour in China)

Offered by Special Arrangement:

THTR 230GN: Stagecraft

3 credits

THTR 486Field Experience & Internship

3 credits

THTR 490Senior Seminar

3 credits

Offered Currently through Communication:

Introduction to Film Studies

Art and History of Film

Film Genre