When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
Learning Goals
- Students will learn to articulate artistic, scholarly and production related vocabularies, methods and theories of theatrical practice in order to support their continued study and practice of theatre.
- Students will develop proficiency in script analysis, production conceptualization, the history of theatre and theatre’s importance to society.
- Students will learn how to contribute to the discipline and practice of theatre, and to society by recognizing and employing relevant and pertinent theatre and interdisciplinary sources to inform their creative and scholarly activities.
Double-counting Restriction
Students may not have a B.A. and a BFA within the department.
Major in Theatre
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
Susquehanna offers a B.A. in theatre with three emphases: performance, production & design, and theatre studies. Majors complete university Central Curriculum requirements plus 52 semester hours of courses in one of the three theatre emphases. These include introductory courses and specific emphasis requirements. A grade of C- or better is required for any course to apply to the major or minor. Courses may count toward only one emphasis or minor. The department also expects theatre majors and minors to participate each semester in department theatre productions and activities supervised by department faculty.
Theatre Major Emphases
Students fulfill the university Central Curriculum requirements, participate fully in department productions and successfully complete the following courses:
Department Requirements
4 THEA-151 Acting Fundamentals
4 THEA-160 Theatrical Design Fundamentals
4 THEA-252 World Theatre 1
4 THEA-253 World Theatre 2
4 THEA-258 From Page to Stage
4 THEA-340 Stage Management and Theatre Operations
4 THEA-505 Capstone Portfolio
Students also choose one of the following options:
Option One: Performance Emphasis
Option Two: Production & Design Emphasis
Option Three: Theatre Studies Emphasis
Option One: Performance Emphasis
4 THEA-251 Acting II: Voice and Movement
4 THEA-351 Acting III: Period Styles
4 THEA-451 Directing
4 semester hours chosen from the following:
1 THEA-101 The Fall Musical
1 THEA-102 Student-directed Production
1 THEA-103 Acting Workshop
1 THEA-104 Advanced Acting Workshop
1 THEA-105 Experimental Acting Workshop
4 semester hours chosen from the following:
4 THEA-142 Stagecraft
4 THEA-143 Scenic Production
4 THEA-144 Costume Technology
4 semester hours chosen from the following:
1 THEA-101 The Musical
1 THEA-102 Student-directed Production
1 THEA-103 Acting Workshop
1 THEA-104 Advanced Acting Workshop
1 THEA-105 Experimental Acting Workshop
4 THEA-240 Theatre and Violence
4 THEA-241 Costume Design
4 THEA-245 Scenic and Lighting Design
4 THEA-254 Race and Identity in Theatre
4 THEA-342 Stage Makeup
4 THEA-452 Seminar in Theatre
Option Two: Production & Design Emphasis
4 THEA-142 Stagecraft
4 THEA-143 Scenic Production
4 THEA-501 Production Lab
8 semester hours chosen from the following:
4 THEA-241 Costume Design
4 THEA-245 Scenic and Lighting Design
4 THEA-342 Stage Makeup
4 semester hours chosen from the following:
4 THEA-144 Costume Technology
4 THEA-240 Theatre and Violence or THEA-254 Race and Identity in Theatre
4 THEA-452 Seminar in Theatre (repeatable with topic change)
Option Three: Theatre Studies Emphasis
4 THEA-200 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
4 THEA-240 Theatre and Violence
4 THEA-254 Race and Identity on the American Stage
2 THEA-502 Dramaturgy
4 semester hours chosen from the following:
4 THEA-200 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
4 THEA-240 Theatre and Violence
10 semester hours may be chosen from the courses below:
4 THEA-142 Stagecraft
or THEA-143 Scenic Production
or THEA-144 Costume Technology
4 THEA-241 Costume Design or THEA-342 Stage Makeup
4 THEA-245 Scenic and Lighting Design
4 THEA-251 Acting II: Voice and Movement
4 THEA-260 The Choreopoem
4 THEA-451 Directing
4 THEA-452 Seminar in Theatre (repeatable once with department head approval)
1 THEA-502 Dramaturgy (repeatable once)
1 THEA-501 Production Lab (repeatable once)
No more than 4 semester hours from the following may be included:
1 THEA-101 The Musical
1 THEA-102 Student-Directed Production
1 THEA-103 Acting Workshop
1 THEA-104 Advanced Acting Workshop
1 THEA-105 Experimental Acting Workshop
Honor Society
Students who meet the requisite national and local standards are eligible to join Alpha Psi Omega.