REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAMA MAJOR
EMPHASIS: ACTING

PREREQUISITES:

Dance 106E* Introduction to Modern Dance as a Contemporary Art Form 2
Drama 212E Introduction to Theatre Production 3
Drama 228C Theatre Culture Studies I 3
Drama 229C Theatre Culture Studies II 3
Drama 240E Acting I 3
14 units

REQUIRED COURSES:

Drama 300 Production Practicum 1
Drama 304 Makeup for the Stage 2
Drama 314 Voice Speech Laboratory 3
Drama 340 Fundamentals of Stage Movement 3
Drama 341** Acting II 3
Drama 342 Acting III 3
Drama 343 Fundamentals of Directing 3
Drama 365C Theatre Culture Studies III 3
Drama 440 Acting IV 3
Drama 487 Theatre Culture Studies Seminar 3
27 units

RECOMMENDED COURSES:

Drama 221 Introduction to the American Musical Theatre 3
Dance 221 or appropriate level ballet course 2
Drama 227 Introduction to Playwriting 3
Drama 227 How to Audition (University College) 3
Drama 2501 Topics in Performance Art 3
Drama 2503 Introduction to Performance Art 3
300 Level and up A course in Theory and Criticism 3
Drama 321 Advanced Musical Theatre 3
Drama (U21)322 Acting for the Camera(University College) 3
Drama 338 Suzuki/Viewpoints 3
Drama 361 Stage Management 3
Drama 403 Dramaturgical Workshop 3
Drama 460 The Creative Impulse 3
Drama 469 Topics in Shakespearean Production 3
Drama 474 Acting Theories 3

Total number of units required: 41

* Students with previous dance experience may substitute an upper level modern dance course.
** Acting II may be repeated one time for credit, with a different instructor.

NOTE:  Students wishing to direct for the PAD must have taken Drama 361 (Stage Management), and Drama 343 (Fundamentals of Directing).