Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Theatre, B.S.


Theatre and Dance  
Kristi Shamburger, chair
Kristi.Shamburger@mtsu.edu

MTSU is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre. The major in Theatre is designed to provide students with maximum opportunities to develop theoretical and practical appreciation of theatre arts. Preparation is offered for the pursuit of graduate study in a number of fields or for entry into professions including secondary school teaching and professional theatre.

Students majoring in Theatre are required to receive a grade of C or better in each course in the major. No more than 50 percent of coursework (60 credits of 120 required) for the degree may be completed in THEA coursework.

Admission to Candidacy


All students are required to be admitted to candidacy to earn a B.S. degree in Theatre. Candidacy is required as a prerequisite to enrollment in some upper-division THEA courses, including THEA 3700 , THEA 4800 , THEA 4810 , THEA 4900 , and THEA 4990 .

For guaranteed admission to candidacy, a student must have

  • completed all learning support requirements;
  • completed all high school deficiencies;
  • completed 30 hours of coursework with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0;
  • completed all candidacy courses (12 hours) with a grade of 2.0 (C) or better: THEA 1015 , THEA 2000 , THEA 2100 , THEA 2900 , and THEA 3820 ; and earned a GPA of 3.5 on all THEA coursework.
Candidacy Appeals

Students who complete each of the above THEA candidacy courses with a grade of 2.0 (C) or better but fail to meet one or more of the other requirements may appeal for admission.

A limited number of students may be admitted to candidacy on appeal, based upon available resources and upon faculty committee recommendation. Approval by appeal will be based on exceptional circumstances and/or exceptional talent and/or diversity considerations.

Candidacy admission by appeal will be granted following faculty committee review near the beginning and end of each Fall and Spring term as announced by email. Online appeal applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, with deadlines announced via email.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Theatre, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 54 hours
     Major Core    30 hours
     Theatre Electives    24 hours
Electives 25 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Major Requirements (54 hours)


Theatre Elective Courses (24 hours)


  • Students must select 24 credit hours from upper-division (3000 or 4000) courses in THEA in consultation with an advisor.

Electives (25 hours)


  • No more than six (6) credit hours of electives may be completed in THEA coursework.

Curriculum: Theatre


All students pursuing a major within this department must complete the True Blue Core requirements. The following is a suggested pattern of study; however, consultation with the assigned advisor is necessary before each registration.

Freshman


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 32 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 27 Hours