Theatre Management, BS

The Theatre Management major consists of 60 credit hours including 3 semesters of theatre management practicum credit earned through participation in campus productions and required internship or senior project in theatre management. Students will learn to apply business and management skills to the art of theatre in community with faculty, staff, and other students in an environment that encourages them to consider their vocation as service in God’s world. A strong foundation in the liberal arts emphasizing critical thinking, effective communication, and scholarly research provides graduates with real-world marketable skills and excellent preparation for graduate studies. Year-round opportunities for students to perform, design, direct, and manage, mentored by faculty and other local professionals, broadens the depth of experience of our students, preparing them to become professional stage managers, theatre managers, and artistic directors.

Program Learning Outcomes

The following learning outcomes are linked to assignments and activities throughout this program. After completing program requirements,

1. Students will be able to analyze a play script using a variety of interpretive strategies.
2. Students will be able to synthesize script analysis into artistic expression through the visual, oral, kinesthetic, and written modes of communication found in acting, design, directing, and dramaturgy.
3. Students will be able to describe how theatre can reflect, promote, and challenge its cultural context.
4. Students will be able to articulate their personal beliefs, values, attitudes, and abilities in theatre in relation to the Christian story and service in God’s world.
5. Students will understand and effectively communicate the “language of business” and best practices in human resource management.
6. Students will apply business and management skills to the creative process through practical experience on a production management team.

Requirements for the BS in Theatre Management

General Education Core 38 hours

(The following general education requirement is covered in the major: Fine Arts Appreciation.)

Theatre Core 30 hours

THE 1001	Introduction to Theatre Studies	1
THE 1041	Theatre Management Practicum	1
THE 1041	Theatre Management Practicum	1
THE 1041	Theatre Management Practicum	1
THE 1103	Acting I	3
THE 1112	Introduction to Technical Theatre	2
THE 2603	Play Analysis	3
THE 3001	Theatre as Vocation	1
THE 3513	Stage Management	3
THE 3123	Directing	3
THE 4601	Senior Seminar in Theatre	1
THE 4813	Senior Project in Theatre	3
	OR
THE 4893	Theatre Internship	3
	Any 4 upper-division THE hours	4

Choose one

THE 3313	History of Western Theatre: Greeks to Renaissance	3
THE 3323	History of Western Theatre: Renaissance to the Present	3

Business Core 30 hours

MGT 2603	Principles of Management	3
MKT 2503	Principles of Marketing	3
ACC 2113	Accounting I	3
ACC 2123	Accounting II	3
BUS 3003	Business Communication	3
MCM 2613	Introduction to Public Relations	3
HRM 3613	Human Resource Management	3
BUS 4943	Ethics in Business	3
	Any 6 upper-division hours from BUS, MCM, MGT, MKT	6

Electives 22 hours

Total Credit Hours: 120