Minor in Theatre

A minor in theatre requires 21 credit hours of course work to be completed in one of five different focus areas: general, acting, directing, design/theatre technology, or scholarship.

General Minor (21 hrs. total)

Three semesters of THEA 1000 are required.
THEA 1000Theatre Laboratory

1 credit
THEA 2310Acting I

3 credits
And Either
THEA 1510Stage Costume

3 credits
Or
THEA 1630Stagecraft

3 credits

12 hrs. of Theatre Electives

   Must include at least nine hours of upper division (3000/4000) course work

Acting Minor (21 hrs. total)

Three semesters of THEA 1000 are required.
THEA 1000Theatre Laboratory

1 credit
THEA 2310Acting I

3 credits
THEA 2320Acting II

3 credits

Choose 4 of the following (Must include at least nine hours of 3000/4000 level course work):

THEA 1210Voice for the Actor

3 credits
OR
THEA 1220Movement for the Actor

3 credits
THEA 1550Stage Makeup

3 credits
THEA 2280Dance for the Theatre I

3 credits
THEA 2290Dance for the Theatre II

3 credits
THEA 3250Stage Dialects for the Performing Artist

3 credits
THEA 4310/THEA 8316Advanced Acting: Post Realism

3 credits
THEA 4320/THEA 8326Advanced Acting: Greeks to Restoration:

3 credits
THEA 4330/THEA 8336Advanced Acting: Ensemble

3 credits
THEA 4340/THEA 8346Advanced Acting: Auditioning

3 credits

 

Directing Minor (21 hrs. total)

Three semesters of THEA 1000 are required.
THEA 1000Theatre Laboratory

1 credit
THEA 2310Acting I

3 credits
THEA 4430/THEA 8436Directing I

3 credits

Choose one of the following:

THEA 1510Stage Costume

3 credits
THEA 1630Stagecraft

3 credits

Choose one of the following:

THEA 2320Acting II

3 credits
THEA 1220Movement for the Actor

3 credits

Choose one of the following:

THEA 3660/THEA 8665Stage and TV Lighting

3 credits
THEA 4550/THEA 8556History of Costume

3 credits

Choose one of the following:

THEA 3750/THEA 8755Theatre and Social Justice

3 credits
THEA 3760/THEA 8766Theatre History and Literature: Modern /1850 to 2000

3 credits
THEA 4780/THEA 8786Theatre History and Literature: Classical to 1500

3 credits
THEA 4790/THEA 8796Theatre History and Literature: Renaissance to 1850

3 credits

 

Design/Technical Minor (21 hrs. total)

Three semesters of THEA 1000 are required.
THEA 1000Theatre Laboratory

1 credit
And Either
THEA 1510Stage Costume

3 credits
Or
THEA 1630Stagecraft

3 credits

Choose 5 of the following (Must include at least nine hours of 3000/4000 level course work)

THEA 1510Stage Costume

3 credits
THEA 1610Scenic Production Laboratory

1 - 3 credits
THEA 1630Stagecraft

3 credits
THEA 2510Costume Patterning and Draping

3 credits
THEA 2630Drafting for the Theatre

3 credits
THEA 3610/THEA 8615Rendering and Scene Painting

3 credits
THEA 3660/THEA 8665Stage and TV Lighting

3 credits
THEA 4010/THEA 8016Advanced Projects in Theatre

1 - 3 credits
THEA 4030Internship: Nebraska Shakespeare Festival

1 - 6 credits
THEA 4500/THEA 8506Costume Design

3 credits
THEA 4510/THEA 8516Costume Design

3 credits
THEA 4550/THEA 8556History of Costume

3 credits
THEA 4610/THEA 8616Scene Design

3 credits

Scholarship Minor (21 hrs. total)

Three semesters of THEA 1000 are required
THEA 1000Theatre Laboratory

1 credit
THEA 3750/THEA 8755Theatre and Social Justice

3 credits
THEA 3760/THEA 8766Theatre History and Literature: Modern /1850 to 2000

3 credits
THEA 4780/THEA 8786Theatre History and Literature: Classical to 1500

3 credits
THEA 4790/THEA 8796Theatre History and Literature: Renaissance to 1850

3 credits

 

Choose one from the following:

ENGL 4080/ENGL 8086The American Drama

3 credits
ENGL 4340/ENGL 8346Shakespeare

3 credits
ENGL 4350/ENGL 8356Shakespeare's Contemporaries

3 credits
FREN 4160French Theater of the 17th to 19th Centuries

3 credits
FREN 4170Contemporary French Theater

3 credits
GERM 4440/GERM 8446German Drama

3 credits
SPAN 4440Spanish-American Theater

3 credits
SPAN 4550/SPAN 8556Modern Drama of Spain

3 credits
THEA 4050Shakespeare On Film: The Art of Interpretation

3 credits

3 hours THEA elective