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B.A. in Theatre Arts

Degree Requirements

The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.

General Education

Requirement Hours Description
First Year Writing I 3 Complete Hon 101, Writ 100 or Writ 101 with a passing grade.
First Year Writing II 3 Complete one of the following courses with a passing grade: Liba 102, Writ 102 or Hon 102.
6 hrs literature survey 6 Complete 6 hours of literature survey with a passing grade. Choose from the following courses: Eng 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, or Eng 226.
6 hrs modern/ancient language 200+ 6 Successfully complete at least 6 hours at the 200 level or above in one modern or ancient language.
6 hrs history 6 Complete 6 hours in History (HST) course work with a passing grade.
3 hrs humanities 3 Successfully complete 3 hours in one of the following areas: African-American studies; classical civilization; environmental studies (Envs 101); gender studies (G St 201, 301, 333, 350); philosophy; religion; Southern studies (S St 101, 102). In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion courses will satisfy this requirement.
6 hrs social science 6 Successfully complete 6 semester hours in anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology.
3 hrs fine arts 3 Complete 3 hours in the area of fine or performing arts. Choose from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Acceptable freshman or sophommore-level courses are: AH 101, AH 102, AH 201, AH 202; Music 101, Music 102, Music 103, Music 104, Music 105; Dance 200; and Theatre 201.
3 hrs math 100+ 3 Successfully complete 3 hours of Math at the 100 level or above except for Math 245 and Math 246.
9-12 hrs science 11 Courses may be chosen from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, Liba 205, 205L, 150, 151, 315, 315L and physics. Two semesters of course work in one subject and one semester in a subject from another department are required. Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours. At least two of the courses taken must include laboratories.
2 associated science labs 2 Successfully complete at least two science laboratory courses.

Major Requirements

Requirement Hours Description
Thea 120 3 Thea 120: Introduction to Theatre
Thea 271 3 Thea 271: Introduction to Stagecraft
Thea 272 3 Thea 272: Introduction to Costumes for the Stage
Thea 321, 322 6 Thea 321: Theatre History I, Thea 322: Theater History II
Thea 326, 327 6 Thea 326: Dramatic Literature I, Thea 327: Dramatic Literature II
Thea 338, 339 2 Thea 338: Technology Lab I, Thea 339: Technology Lab II
Thea 499 3 Thea 499: Senior Review
Theatre residency hrs 12 Student must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence. A grade of C or better is required on all theatre courses applied toward the major.
Resident Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Overall Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Thea electives 8 Thea 378: Fabric Dyeing and Modification, Thea 211: Sophomore Performance Studies II, Thea 161: Intro to Acting, Thea 254: Modern Dance, Thea 202: Intro to Theatre, Thea 475: CAD Pattern Drafting, Thea 202: Introduction to Cinema, Thea 328: Diverse Voices in American Dramatic Lit, Thea 252: Dance/Movement, Thea 512: Vocal Production for Realistic Styles II, Danc 353: Jazz III, Thea 440: Costume Design for Film and Television, Thea 323: Modern American Drama I, Thea 272: Introduction to Costumes for the Stage, Thea 376: Basic Draping, Thea 258: Jazz Dance, Danc 471: Ballet VI, Thea 341: Property Design and Construction, Thea 120: Introduction to Theatre, Thea 308: Acting for the Screen II, Thea 303: Fund of Motion Picture Production, Thea 351: Directing for the Screen II, Thea 420: Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Thea 311: Junior Performance Studies II, Thea 502: Film Criticism, Thea 344: Broadsword Stage Combat, Thea 484: Directing Practicum, Danc 461: Ballet V, Thea 339: Technology Lab II, Thea 504: Motion Picture Prod, Thea 278: Theatre Production Techniques I, Thea 269: Acting with Dialects, Thea 292: Production Studies III, Thea 381: Advanced Rendering for the Theatre, Thea 392: Production Studies V, Thea 380: Collaboration Practicum, Thea 418: Screen Acting Capstone I, Thea 346: Knife Stage Combat, Thea 503: Motion Picture Prod, Thea 342: Unarmed Stage Combat, Thea 575: Period Pattern Drafting and Draping, Thea 410: Senior Performance Studies I, Thea 461: Advanced Sound Design for Cinema, Thea 340: Color Theory for Designers, Thea 391: Production Studies IV, Thea 471: Lighting Design, Thea 371: Period Patternmaking, Thea 305: Motion Picture Tech, Thea 513: Vocal Production for Classic Styles I, Thea 306: The South in Film, Thea 474: Costume Design, Thea 162: Acting Tech I, Thea 121: Creative Thinking, Danc 454: Tap Dance IV, Thea 333: Devised Theatre, Thea 313: Voice Studies II, Thea 432: Film Capstone II, Danc 357: Advanced Jazz Dance, Thea 255: Ballet, Thea 465: Musical Theatre Performance I, Thea 322: Theater History II, Thea 230: Movement for the Actor I, Danc 450: Dance Composition I, Thea 321: Theatre History I, Thea 493: Production Studies for Designers III, Thea 330: Stage Combat I, Thea 274: Theatre Design Graphics, Thea 356: Advanced Ballet, Thea 305: Introduction to Screenwriting, Thea 498: Special Topics, Thea 226: Script Analysis, Danc 352: Contemporary Dance III, Thea 317: Topics in Acting Styles, Thea 472: Stage Costuming, Thea 514: Vocal Production for Classic Styles II, Thea 186: Stage Management Practicum II, Thea 298: Special Topics, Thea 263: Mask and Movement Techniques, Thea 276: Fund of Comp-Aided Design for Theatre, Thea 492: Production Studies VII, Thea 216: Voice-over Acting, Thea 441: Costume Shop Management, Thea 172: Three-Dimensional Design for the Theatre, Thea 260: Fundamentals of Acting, Danc 451: Ballet IV, Danc 456: Theatre Dance Repertory I, Thea 501: Film History, Danc 358: Advanced Jazz Dance, Thea 337: Mask and Experimental Theatre, Danc 458: Concert Dance Repertory I, Thea 285: Stage Management Techniques I, Thea 262: Monologue Studies, Thea 204: Comedy in Film, Thea 273: Costume Construction, Thea 366: Fund of Interp, Thea 355: Advanced Ballet, Danc 153: Jazz Dance I, Thea 201: Appreciation of the Theatre, Thea 110: Freshman Performance Studies I, Danc 151: Ballet I, Thea 277: Introduction to Patternmaking, Thea 488: Stage Management Practicum VI, Thea 349: Smallsword Stage Combat, Thea 242: Communication for Designers, Danc 154: Tap Dance I, Thea 370: Introduction to Scenic Design, Thea 325: Playwriting, Thea 387: Stage Management Practicum IV, Thea 261: Intro to Acting Tech, Danc 455: Dance Composition II, Thea 378: Theatre Production Techniques V, Thea 191: Production Studies, Thea 354: Adv Modern Dance, Thea 114: Movement for the Actor I, Thea 347: Quarterstaff Stage Combat, Thea 361: Scene Studies, Thea 415: Movement Studies IV, Thea 240: Makeup, Thea 495: Theatre Practicum III, Thea 163: Intro to Musical Theatre Performance, Thea 375: Introduction to Costume Design, Thea 362: Intro to Lighting Design for Cinema, Thea 464: Acting-Period Drama, Thea 257: Jazz Dance, Thea 348: Sword and Shield Stage Combat, Thea 246: Costume Crafts, Thea 379: Theatre Production Techniques III, Thea 251: Directing for the Screen I, Thea 350: Introduction to Editing, Danc 332: Period Movement and Manners, Dan 221: Dance Composition, Thea 169: Voice and Movement, Danc 200: Dance Appreciation, Thea 266: Acting Tech II, Thea 326: Dramatic Literature I, Thea 352: Dance/Movement, Thea 310: Junior Performance Studies I, Thea 210: Sophomore Performance Studies I, Danc 256: Ballet, Thea 327: Dramatic Literature II, Thea 462: Stage Mvmt-Actor, Thea 511: Vocal Production for Realistic Styles I, Thea 203: Drama in Film, Thea 212: Voice for the Actor I, Thea 406: Advanced Screenwriting, Thea 468: Advanced Voice and Speech II, Thea 358: Adv Jazz Dance, Thea 329: Queer Playwriting and American Culture, Thea 453: Postproduction Specialties, Thea 450: Advanced Editing, Danc 459: Concert Dance Repertory II, Thea 338: Technology Lab I, Thea 268: Speech for the Stage, Danc 257: Jazz Dance, Thea 368: Advanced Voice and Speech I, Thea 367: Make-Up, Danc 354: Tap III, Thea 431: Film Capstone I, Thea 479: Costume Design for Film and Television, Thea 252: Film Production II, Thea 414: Movement Studies III, Danc 453: Jazz Dance IV, Thea 220: Bus & Empl Practices in Prof Theatre, Thea 286: Stage Management Techniques II, Thea 206: Cinema Survey II, Thea 353: Adv Modern Dance, Thea 325: History of Musical Theatre, Thea 302: Scene Studies II, Dan 222: Dance Improvisation, Thea 467: Act in Period Style I, Thea 479: Total Theatre Design, Thea 205: Cinema Survey I, Thea 331: Stage Combat II, Danc 251: Ballet II, Thea 574: Drafting and Model Construction, Danc 452: Contemporary Dance IV, Thea 369: Voice & Diction Devel, Thea 499: Senior Review, Thea 324: Modern American Drama II, Thea 359: Television Production, Thea 291: Production Studies II, Thea 316: Business of Acting and Auditioning, Thea 377: Intro to the History of Decor, Thea 205: Introduction to Cinematography, Thea 412: Voice Studies III, Thea 478: Adv Computer-Aided Design for Theatre, Thea 481: Directing, Thea 485: Fundamentals of Stage Management I, Thea 253: Modern Dance, Thea 343: Single Sword Stage Combat, Danc 255: Theatre Dance I, Thea 315: Movement Studies II, Thea 267: Acting Tech III, Thea 295: Theatre Practicum I, Thea 264: Musical Theatre Voice Studies I, Thea 469: Voice/Diction Dev Prac, Thea 256: Ballet, Thea 470: Scenic Design, Thea 404: Motion Pict Prod Tech, Thea 451: Dance/Movement, Thea 473: Basic Tailoring, Thea 192: Production Studies I, Thea 494: Production Studies for Designers IV, Thea 373: Scene Painting, Dan 321: Dance History & Theory, Thea 164: Musical Theatre Practicum I, Thea 287: The Business of Theatrical Design, Thea 476: Introduction to Scene Painting, Danc 258: Jazz Dance, Thea 372: Introduction to Lighting Design, Thea 515: Voc Prod for Alt Theatrical Styles I, Thea 279: Theatre Production Techniques II, Thea 486: Fundamentals of Stage Management II, Danc 351: Ballet III, Thea 171: Rendering for the Theatre, Thea 421: Musical Theatre History and Literature I, Thea 374: Intro to the History of Dress, Thea 423: Arts Leadership in the Community, Thea 364: Musical Theatre Practicum III, Thea 411: Senior Performance Studies II, Thea 403: Directed Performance Studies, Thea 482: Directing Techniques, Thea 463: Musical Theatre Practicum IV, Danc 457: Theatre Dance Repertory II, Thea 271: Introduction to Stagecraft, Thea 168: Fundamentals of Voice and Speech, Danc 152: Contemporary Dance I, Thea 394: Production Studies for Designers II, Danc 253: Jazz II, Thea 466: Musical Theatre Performance II, Thea 111: Freshman Performance Studies II, Thea 207: Intro to Acting for the Screen, Thea 301: Scene Studies I, Thea 209: Theatre Topics on Location, Thea 264: Musical Theatre Practicum II, Danc 254: Tap II, Thea 413: Voice Studies IV, Thea 250: Introduction to Cinema Production, Thea 455: Cinematic Storytelling, Thea 452: Dance/Movement, Thea 221: Auditioning for Film and Television, Thea 491: Production Studies VI, Thea 385: Introduction to Theatre Management, Thea 373: Advanced Makeup Techniques for the Stage, Thea 307: Acting for the Screen I, Thea 393: Production Studies for Designers I, Thea 304: Acting Shakespeare, Thea 477: Theatre Production Techniques IV, Thea 270: Basic Lighting & Sound Technology, Danc 356: Advanced Ballet, Thea 335: The Alexander Technique, Thea 401: Directed Study in Community Engagement, Thea 386: Stage Management Practicum III, Thea 357: Adv Jazz Dance, Thea 323: Film and Aristotle, Thea 312: Voice Studies I, Thea 460: Advanced Cinematography, Danc 252: Contemporary Dance II, Thea 461: Act in Period Style II, Thea 405: Directed Design Studies, Thea 261: Introduction to Sound Design for Cinema, Thea 265: Basic Acting Techniques, Thea 422: Musical Theatre History & Literature II, Thea 419: Screen Acting Capstone II, Thea 473: Theatre Design, Thea 324: Commedia dell'Arte, Thea 320: Theory and Practice of Drama, Thea 215: Improvisation, Thea 345: Rapier and Dagger Stage Combat, Thea 231: Movement for the Actor II, Thea 463: Writing from Stage to Screen, Thea 314: Movement Studies I, Thea 362: Scene Studies, Thea 487: Stage Management Practicum V, Thea 332: Period Movement and Manners, Thea 395: Theatre Practicum II, Danc 355: Theatre Dance II, Thea 185: Stage Management Practicum I, Thea 275: Introduction to Scene Painting, Thea 516: Voc Prod for Alt Theatrical Styles II
8 hrs add'l theatre courses 8 Successfully complete 8 additional hours of Theatre coursework.
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