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Undergraduate Studies

Drama Minors

Drama Minors

Students majoring in another department may elect to pursue completion of a minor in Dramatic Art with an emphasis on: Dramaturgy, Theatrical Design, Theatrical Production, Musical Theatre Performance, or Writing for the Stage and Screen.

Dramaturgy

Required course:

  • DRAM 120 Play Analysis
  • DRAM 220 Theatre Histories

Three courses selected from among the following:

  • DRAM 281 Theatre History and Literature I
  • DRAM 282 Theatre History and Literature II
  • DRAM 283 Theatre History and Literature III
  • DRAM 284 Studies in Dramatic Theory and Criticism
  • DRAM 285 Modern British Drama
  • DRAM 286 Modern Irish Drama
  • DRAM 287 African-American Theatre
  • DRAM 288 Theatre for Social Change
  • DRAM 292 “Corner of the Sky”: The American Musical
  • DRAM 294 Arts Criticism
  • DRAM 486 Latin American Theater
  • DRAM 488 United States Latino/a Theater
  • AAAD 334 Performing African American History
  • AAAD 344 African American Theatre: Exploring Legacy and Contemporary Voices
  • ASIA 163 Hindi-Urdu Poetry in Performance
  • ASIA 332 The Story of Rama in India
  • ASIA 382 The Story of Rama in Indian Culture-Experiential
  • ASIA 383 The Mahabharata: Remembered and Reimagined — Experiential
  • CHIN 361 Chinese Traditional Theatre

Theatrical Design

Required course:

  • DRAM 120 Play Analysis
  • DRAM 220 Theatre Histories

Three courses selected from among the following:

  • DRAM 265 Stage Makeup
  • DRAM 277 Theatrical Design
  • DRAM 465 Sound Design
  • DRAM 466 Scene Design
  • DRAM 467 Costume Design I
  • DRAM 468 Lighting Design
  • DRAM 470 Survey of Costume History
  • DRAM 475 Non-Western Costume History
  • DRAM 480 Period Styles for Production

Theatre Management

Required courses:

  • DRAM 193 Production Practicum
  • DRAM 279 Introduction to Theatre Management
  • DRAM 491 Issues in Arts Management
  • DRAM 493 Theatre Management

Students pursuing the theatre management concentration are strongly encouraged to complete a fifth elective course chosen from ECON 101, BUSI 405, 406

Theatrical Production

Required course:

  • DRAM 191 or 192 related to area of concentration

Three courses chosen from the following according to concentration:

  • DRAM 193 Production Practicum
  • DRAM 277 Theatrical Design
  • DRAM 460 Stage Management
  • DRAM 465 Sound Design
  • DRAM 466 Scene Design
  • DRAM 467 Costume Design I
  • DRAM 468 Lighting Design
  • DRAM 473 Costume Construction I
  • DRAM 474 Costume Construction II
  • DRAM 650 Special Studies: Costume Production

Musical Theatre Performance

Required course:

  • DRAM/MUSC 151 Introduction to the American Stage Musical

At least 4 hours in Music Literacy:

  • MUSC 102 Individual Voice Lessons
  • MUSC 111 Group Lessons in Voice
  • MUSC 121 Fundamentals of Tonal Music I
  • MUSC 202 Advanced Individual Lessons in Voice

At least 4 hours in Movement Literacy:

  • PHYA 208
  • PHYA 212 
  • PHYA 224 
  • PHYA 308
  • PHYA 324 
  • PHYA 212 
  • PHYA 408 
  • DRAM 154 Performers’ Awareness
  • DRAM 155 Movement for the Actor

The remaining 4 hours can come from either list above or from the Acting Literacy list below:

  • DRAM 144 Acting the Song

Writing for the Stage and Screen

The minor in writing for the stage and screen is an interdisciplinary program drawing upon the faculties and resources of the Department of Dramatic Art, Department of Communication Studies, and the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English and Comparative Literature.  For additional information, please see the Department of Communication Studies program website.