Sample Schedule: Theater Arts Production, BFA (124 Semester Hours)

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
WSC 001 - Composition ***	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
DRAM 003 - The New York Theater Experience	3	Foreign Language † Course	3
DRAM 004 - Freshman Theater Laboratory	0.5	DRAM 022 - Drafting for the Theater	3
DRAM 005 - Play Production	3	DRAM 178 - Theater Design	3
DRAM 078 - (CP) Theater Design Fundamentals: Methods and Materials	3	DRAM 055 - Rehearsal and Production-Theater	0.5
DRAM 009 - Play Analysis	3	DRAM 016 - Stage Lighting	3
Total Semester Hours	15.5	Total Semester Hours	15.5

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
DRAM 054 - Stage Management	3	Students must select one of the following: DRAM 015 , DRAM 017 , DRAM 018 , or DRAM 020	3
DRAM 179 - Advanced Theater Design	3	DRAM 059 - Fundamentals of Acting I	3
DRAM 190 - Play Directing	3	DRAM 156 - Advanced Production Laboratory †	3
DRAM 133 - History of Clothing	3	DRAM 055 - Rehearsal and Production-Theater	0.5
DRAM 055 - Rehearsal and Production-Theater	0.5	Students must select one of the following: Distribution Course or Foreign Language Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Natural Science (NS) Distribution Course or Foreign Language Course	3	Distribution Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15.5	Total Semester Hours	15.5

THIRD-YEAR
^{Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.**}

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Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
Students must select one of the following: DRAM 172 , DRAM 173 , or DRAM 175	3	Students must select one of the following: DRAM 171 , DRAM 174 , or DRAM 176	3
DRAM 155 - Advanced Production Laboratory	3	DRAM 156 - Advanced Production Laboratory	3
ENGL 115 - (LT) Shakespeare: The Earlier Plays and Sonnets	3	DRAM 055 - Rehearsal and Production-Theater	0.5
DRAM 055 - Rehearsal and Production-Theater	0.5	Elective Course	3
History/Philosophy/Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3	Elective Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Course or Elective Course	3	Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15.5	Total Semester Hours	15.5

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
DRAM 155 - Advanced Production Laboratory	3	DRAM 156 - Advanced Production Laboratory	3
Students must select one of the following: DRAM 172 , DRAM 173 , or DRAM 175	3	Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15
Program Total		124

^{Updated May 2023}

^NOTES

^{† Completion of Level 3 of foreign language required for the BFA. If language is not needed, take 3-credit Distribution}

^{†Drama 155 & 156 do not have to be taken in sequence. 3 semesters are required, beginning Spring of Sophomore year; additional semesters may be taken as electives}

^{† DRAM 163 and DRAM 76 are electives for BFA students}

^{* You are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You can complete your degree of 124 credits with an average of 15.5.5 credits every semester over the course of your 4 years.}

^{** Students in the BFA program may not take study abroad courses during the regular academic year. However, you are free to do so either over January session or during the Summer.}

^{*** Students who place out of WSC I and/or WSC II should choose a distribution course.}

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Sample Schedule: Theater Arts Production, BFA (124 Semester Hours)