Minor in Acting

19 credit hours required. Open to all majors including Theatre  Majors.
 
  For students majoring in Theatre, only 2 courses or 8 credit hours may   overlap with the Theatre Major.
 
  The Acting Minor consists of a concentration of courses designed for  those students who wish to strengthen their capacity for performing in plays, operas and musicals as well as for those students interested in   this area for purposes of increased self-knowledge, increased poise, and  the development of avocation. Theatre majors with specific interests  in acting would be well served by this minor as an additional stepping stone to graduate or professional schools.
  
  All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Required Courses 19
DRAM 235Introduction to Acting 
DRAM 336Scene Study and Realism (4 credits) 

Three of the following		 
DRAM 337Shakespeare and Verse 
DRAM 338Audition Techniques 
DRAM 438Acting for Camera
DRAM 439Comedy and Styles
DRAM 441Pivotal Playwrights 

One of the following		 
DRAM 210Interpretation and Analysis of Plays 
DRAM 312Theatre History I 
DRAM 313Theatre History II 
DRAM 414Contemporary Theatre Topics 


        Acting Minor Policies on Student Grades and Performing
Any student receiving a grade of 1.0 or less for any course offered        through the Department of Theatre and Dance will be ineligible forcasting in any student directed or choreographed production during the semester immediately following the semester in which the failing grade      is issued. Eligibility in faculty directed or choreographed productions      will be left to the discretion of the directing faculty member and the      Department Chair.