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Acting - B.F.A Degree

Department of Theatre and Dance

Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts Center

(716) 673-3596

Dr. Rob Deemer, Chairperson

Email: theatre.dance@fredonia.edu

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/theatre-dance

Major Requirements

Core Courses:

THEA 100Theatre Majors Seminar

1
THEA 101Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 102Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 121Introduction to Technical Theatre

3
THEA 131Acting Studio: Acting I

3
THEA 132Acting Studio: Acting II

3
THEA 201Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 202Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 220Makeup

1
THEA 231Acting Studio: Scene Study I

3
THEA 232Acting Studio: Scene Study II

3
THEA 233Acting Lab I

1
THEA 234Acting Lab II

1
THEA 242Acting Studio: Introduction to Voice and Movement I

3
THEA 243Acting Studio: Introduction to Voice and Movement II

3
THEA 301Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 302Theatre and Dance Productions

1
THEA 341Acting Studio: Shakespeare

3
THEA 345Acting Studio: Voice and Movement III

3
THEA 346Acting Studio: Voice and Movement IV

3
THEA 359Physical Theatre

3
THEA 410Acting for Media I

3
THEA 423Acting Studio: Alternative Acting Styles

3
THEA 424The Business of Acting

3
THEA 441Directing I: Principles of Directing

3
THEA 451World Theatre in Context I

3
THEA 452World Theatre in Context II

3
THEA 467Meisner Technique

3
THEA 468Devising Theatre

3
THEA 499Performance/Production Seminar

3
Total Credit Hours:70

Elective Courses:

ARTH 101Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400

3
ARTH 102Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present

3
DANC 111Contemporary Technique I

2
DANC 112Ballet I

2
DANC 113Jazz Dance I

2
DANC 114Tap Dance I

2
DANC 211Contemporary Technique II

2
DANC 212Ballet II

2
DANC 213Jazz Dance II

2
DANC 214Tap Dance II

2
DANC 241Dance Improvisation

2
DANC 311Contemporary Technique III

2
DANC 312Ballet III

2
DANC 313Jazz Dance III

2
ENGL 131Word and Image

3
ENGL 132Word and Sound

3
ENGL 207Drama and Film

3
ENGL 227Stage/Screen

4
ENGL 280Introduction to Film

4
ENGL 321Contemporary Drama

3
ENGL 412Shakespeare: Romances and Comedies

3
ENGL 414Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies

3
ENGL 416Elizabethan Drama

3
MUS 263Music History in Western Civilization I

3
MUS 264Music History in Western Civilization II

3
THEA 338Special Topics

.5-3
THEA 353History of Musical Theatre

3
THEA 382Musical Theatre Styles I

3
THEA 411Acting for Media II

3
THEA 432Musical Theatre Styles II

3
Total Credit Hours:20
*Please note that students may choose any 20 non-repeated credits from the above. 

  • All  Fredonia students must complete a minimum of 120 credits hours and a minimum of 45 credits at the 300/400 level.

  • All majors in the Department of Theatre and Dance are expected to carry a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their major program, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Total Credit Hours: 90