Arts Theater - Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Arts Theater from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN THEATER The Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater is designed to provide the student with broad-based exposure to human experience and sound foundation in basic skills of theater craft. The undergraduate theater major provides the student with invaluable interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and builds inquiring and open minds-qualities required in most professions the student might wish to pursue after graduation-and further offers essential education and training for continued work in graduate or professional schools. Courses in acting, voice, movement, directing, theater history, dramatic literature, playwriting, production design, and technical theater , are augmented by the extensive production schedule in two theaters-a proscenium house, the McLeod Theater, seating about 488, and the Christian H. Moe Theater , a flexible space seating about 100-providing training in all aspects of theater. The production schedule is extensive enough to allow students the opportunity to design sets, lights, and costumes and to write, perform, and direct for productions bridging all dramatic genres, including musical theater . In addition to the University Core Curriculum requirements, all theater majors must complete a theater core curriculum of 27 semester hours, all of which must be completed with a grade of C or better; a liberal arts component of 20 hours, selected by advisement from courses outside the Department of Theater; and 33 hours of theater electives, to include at least 9 hours at the 400 level. These 33 hours may also include course work outside the Department of Theater if they are germane to the student's specialization in performance, design, history, criticism and playwriting. As examples a student with an emphasis in performance may wish to take dance classes as these will enhance their performance skills. A student with a focus in design may want to take classes in Art and Design to improve their drawing or history background. These 33 hours may also include a minor of 15 hours in such complementary fields as art, clothing and textiles, computer science, English, foreign languages, history, journalism, music, speech communication, philosophy, psychology, recreation, and sociology. Theater course credit earned at other institutions of higher learning, not used for University Core Curriculum requirements at the time of transfer, can be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree program with the approval of the Curriculum Committee of the Department of Theater. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT The Department of Theater offers many opportunities for student employment such as Main Office, Box Office, Costume Studio and Scenic Studio. In most cases, student must 27be eligible for federal work-study to receive employment. View more details on Southern Illinois University Carbondale . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.