Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Theatre

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

  1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
  2. In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses and a minor.
  3. Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
  4. Students must complete a minimum of 35 hours in Theatre courses, with six additional hours strongly recommended. A minimum of 12 Theatre hours must be advanced.
  5. All Theatre students are encouraged to participate in theatre production activities each semester, and B.A. students must enroll in TH 2111 a minimum of two semesters.
  6. The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.

Course Requirements 

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301])3ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302])3
POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306])3COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091 [TCCN SPCH 1311])3
TH 13513POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305])3
TH 23003TH 3320 (Creative Arts Component Code 050)3
US 11001TH 33673
 TH 2111 (TCCN DRAM 1120)1
 13 16
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
TH 33463TH 2111 (TCCN DRAM 1120)1
Modern Language 14104TH Elective3
PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or 2306])3Modern Language 14204
Mathematics Component Code 0203TH 3321 (Component Area Option Code 090/094/095)3
American History Component Code 0603Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 0803
 American History Component Code 0603
 16 17
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303
Modern Language 23103Modern Language 23203
Minor3Minor6
TH Elective3TH Elective3
TH Elective3 
 15 15
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
TH 43643TH Elective3
BA ENG Literature [TCCN ENGL 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2327 or 2328]3BA Computer Science, Logic, Mathematics or Science3
Minor6Minor3
TH Elective3Electives4
 15 13
Total Hours: 120