Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Major in Acting for Stage & Screen
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
Admission Requirements
Step 1: Apply to the University.
You must have completed your application to the university before we can schedule a callback.
Step 2: Apply to the Program
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Application
- Application fee
- Headshot and resume
- Desired callback date and location
- Monologue Videos (2 monologues)
- A Wildcard Video (Required)
- Written personal introduction
- Two letters of recommendation
Students may also be pre-screened at a variety of unified auditions and other recruitment events.
From the pre-screens, students are invited for the on-campus callback process in which they perform their monologues again for the full Acting Faculty, participate in an ensemble audition, and interact with students and Faculty during a Program Overview and faculty-taught Masterclass.
Students are notified in early March that they are in our Priority Hold group, from which we make final offers.
Final offers are made as quickly as possible and students who are not invited to join the program are released to pursue other programs.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| ENG 1310 | 3 | ENG 1320 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 | 3 | POSI 2320 | 3 |
| TH 1360 | 3 | COMM 1310 | 3 |
| TH 1345 | 3 | TH 2360 | 3 |
| TH 2111 | 1 | TH 1355 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | TH 2345 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| HIST 1310 | 3 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | HIST 1320 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Component Code 050 (TCCN HUMA 1315) | 3 | TH 3390 | 3 |
| TH 3310 | 3 | TH 4361 | 3 |
| TH 1350 | 3 | TH 3371 | 3 |
| TH 3368 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) [TCCN ENGL 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2327 or 2328] | 3 |
| TH 3361 | 3 | TH 4390 | 3 |
| TH 4315 | 3 | TH 3342 | 3 |
| TH 33201 | 3 | TH 33211 | 3 |
| TH 4364 | 3 | TH 3360 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| TH 4391 | 3 | Acting Elective | 1 |
| PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or 2306]) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| TH 4392 | 3 | TH 4393 | 3 |
| TH 4321 | 3 | TH 4331I | 3 |
| Acting Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 10 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
- 1
Option: *Shakespeare Study Abroad in London and Stratford* – TH 4323, TH 4324
(NOTE: Study Abroad can count as the two acting electives, or Theater History I) 6 elective hours
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended Acting Electives | ||
| TH 3367 | Theory and Analysis | 3 |
| TH 4323 | Shakespeare Through Performance | 3 |
| TH 3362 | Musical Theatre Performance for the Actor | 3 |
| TH 3251 | Musical Theatre Tap I | 2 |
| DAN 1260 | Jazz I | 2 |
| TH 1260 | Musical Theatre Jazz I | 2 |
| DAN 2261 | Jazz II | 2 |
| TH 2261 | Musical Theatre Jazz II | 2 |
| TH 4324 | Shakespeare: Text and Context | 3 |
