Course variations

Course summary

This program provides undergraduates with a comprehensive understanding of professional theater-performance, directing, design, and stagecraft. Specific skills, including writing and research, developed in relation to individual fields and the greater discipline of theater, are fine tuned in a working environment that stresses ensemble work, collaboration, and effective communication. Theory and practice combine as student directors develop projects and work with student designers, technicians, and actors to showcase their mutual artistic vision.

Program modules

The modules include Introductory and general courses Introduction to Theater Arts (THEA 1001 / THE 1), Performance Techniques for the Classroom Teacher (THEA 1003 / THE 60), Theater Management (THEA 2001 / THE 50), Text Analysis (THEA 2002 / THE 48), Special Topics in Theater (THEA 3002 / THE 45), History of theater Theater of the Twentieth Century (THEA 2501 / THE 40.3), Black Theater (THEA 2502 / THE 41.4), History of Western Theater I (THEA 3501 / THE 40.1), History of Western Theater I (THEA 3502W / THE 40.1W), History of Western Theater II (THEA 3503 / THE 40.2), History of the Theater in the United States (THEA 3504 / THE 41.1), Theater in Asia (THEA 3505 / THE 41.3), Women in Theater (THEA 3506 / THE 41.5), Design and technical theater Stagecraft I (THEA 2310 / THE 20.1), Property Construction (THEA 2311 / THE 20.4), Stage Makeup (THEA 2312 / THE 25.8), Scene Painting (THEA 2313 / THE 20.7), Costume Construction for the Stage (THEA 2320 / THE 21.3), Costume Design for the Stage I (THEA 3321 / THE 21.4), Scenographic Techniques (THEA 3330 / THE 22.2), Scene Design I (THEA 3331 / THE 22.5), Scenic Design II (THEA 3333 / THE 22.6), Lighting Design I (THEA 3341 / THE 23.2), Directing Directing I (THEA 3601 / THE 30.1), Directing II (THEA 3602 / THE 30.2), Devising and Collaborative Creation (THEA 3620 / THE 32), Production Introduction to Theater Production (THEA 1201 / THE 3), Production Practicum I (THEA 1202 / THE 4.1), Production Practicum II (THEA 1203 / THE 4.2), Production Practicum III (THEA 1204 / THE 4.3), Production Practicum IV (THEA 1205 / THE 4.4), Production Practicum V (THEA 1206 / THE 4.5), Production Practicum VI (THEA 1207 / THE 4.6), Stage Management (THEA 2201 / THE 26.1), Stage Management 2 (THEA 2202 / THE 26.2), Acting I: Fundamentals (THEA 3401 / THE 11.1), Acting II: Introduction to Scene Study (THEA 3402 / THE 11.2), Acting III: Contemporary Realism (THEA 3403 / THE 11.3), Acting IV: Classics of Modern Realism (THEA 3404 / THE 11.4), Acting V: Contemporary Nonrealism (THEA 3405 / THE 11.5), Acting VI: Advanced Acting Workshop (THEA 3406 / THE 11.6), Business of Acting and Audition Technique (THEA 3407 / THE 11.7), Acting for the Camera (THEA 3410 / THE 12.1), Dynamics I (THEA 3420 / THE 13.1), Dynamics II (THEA 3421 / THE 13.2), Dynamics V (THEA 3422 / THE 13.5), Dynamics VI (THEA 3423 / THE 13.6), Dynamics III (THEA 3431 / THE 13.3), Dynamics IV (THEA 3432 / THE 13.4), Dialects for the Actor (THEA 3436 / THE 13.8), Dynamics VII (THEA 3445 / THE 13.9), Dynamics VIII (THEA 3446 / THE 13.10), Senior Rehearsal and Performance (THEA 4400 / THE 35).

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants are considered for admission on the basis of high school academic average, SAT scores, GED scores. Students must have an official transcript from an accredited high school or a GED diploma with scores. A minimum CAA (College Admissions Average) of 81 and a minimum combined SAT score of 1,000 in reading and math is required. Students preparing for baccalaureate study include the following high school academic units English: four units, Social studies: four units, Foreign language: three units of one foreign language: French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, or another acceptable foreign language, Mathematics: three units consisting of one unit of elementary algebra (9th-year mathematics), one unit of plane geometry (10th-year mathematics), and one unit of intermediate algebra and trigonometry (11th-year mathematics); or Courses I, II, and III of the New York State Sequential (integrated) Mathematics Curriculum, Science: Three units consisting of one unit of any of the following: general biology, general science, chemistry, physics, physiography or earth science, advanced biology, botany, or zoology. (It is recommended that students intending to major in a math- or science- related area have four units each of science and math.). Applicant whose native language is not English and whose secondary and postsecondary schooling was not in English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Brooklyn College Of The City University Of New York

Department name

Department of Theater