Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2023 - 2024 College Catalog Degree Requirement: Performing Arts, Integrated Performing Arts Concentration, BA Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Performing Arts, Integrated Performing Arts Concentration, BA

In addition to existing minors in music, theater, and musical arts administration, the Performing Arts Program includes three possible major concentrations. The concentrations are:

Music: provides students with a full range of musical opportunities, academic and performance, guided with a high level of personal attention. We offer instrumental and vocal instruction, the opportunity to participate in ensembles, and coursework that supports an understanding of music in its wider historical, social, cultural and geographical contexts. Summer international and orchestral programs offer students the opportunity to expand horizons and deepen understanding of worlds beyond their own by engaging in conservatory-like, pre-professional training here and abroad. Taken together, these endeavors prepare our students for advanced training and careers in a variety of fields such as performance, composition, music scholarship, education and arts administration.

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies: Students develop the knowledge and skills required to create theater, dance and performance, including visual thinking, design, dance, acting and performance, directing, movement, stagecraft, playwriting and critical analysis, writing and presentation.

Integrated Performing Arts: Students explore how performance of various kinds can serve as a method of research and communication that intersects in productive ways with other fields in the arts, sciences, and social sciences.

Minimum Grade and GPA Requirements

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in each course counted towards the major, and maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in these courses.

Degree Requirements

Required Foundational Courses - 24 Credits

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
PERF 110 - Critical Creativity in the Performing Arts Credit Hours: 4
TDPS 170 - Stagecraft Credit Hours: 4
TDPS 171 - Elements of Design Credit Hours: 4
TDPS 230 - Acting I Credit Hours: 4

 

OR

 

TDPS 250 - Movement I Credit Hours: 4

 

MUSC 201 - Sight Singing and Dictation I Credit Hours: 1
MUSC 203 - Music Theory I Credit Hours: 3

 

MUSC 202 - Sight Singing and Dictation II Credit Hours: 1
MUSC 204 - Music Theory II Credit Hours: 3

Required Developmental Courses - 12 Credits

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
  • MUSA 48-: (ensemble)
  • MUSA 38-: (private lessons)
  • PERF 325 - Methods of Study in the Performing Arts Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 371 - Production Lab (to be repeated 2 times) Credit Hours: 1

    Elective Developmental Courses - 8 Credits

    Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    TDPS 332 - Theater in History Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 275 - Costumes and Clothes in History Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 335 - Modern Theater Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 372 - Performance Studies Credit Hours: 4
  • TFMS 341 - Directing I
  • TFMS 345 - Playwriting
  • TDPS 390 - Theater Seminar: Production Contexts Credit Hours: 2-4
    TDPS 331 - Acting II Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 375 - Costume Design for Stage and Screen Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 376 - Scenic Design for Stage and Screen Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 374 - Lighting Design Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 255 - Modern Dance I Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 251 - Introduction to Traditional African Dance Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 371 - Production Lab Credit Hours: 1

     

    TDPS 280 - Topics in Production Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 480 - Advanced Topics in Production Credit Hours: 4

     

    TDPS 260 - Topics in Dance/Movement Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 460 - Advanced Topics in Dance/Movement Credit Hours: 4

     

    TDPS 405 - Topics in Performance Studies Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 399 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1-4
    TDPS 398 - Off-Campus Internship Credit Hours: 8-16

     

    TDPS 290 - Practicum Credit Hours: 1-4
    TDPS 490 - Practicum Credit Hours: 1-4

     

    MUSA 473 - Alba, Italy Program Credit Hours: 2
    MUSA 492 - Opera Scenes Class Credit Hours: 1
    MUSC 316 - Arts Administration: The Business Behind the Curtain Credit Hours: 4
    MUSC 318 - Music History Survey I Credit Hours: 4
    MUSC 319 - Music History Survey II Credit Hours: 4
    MUSC 360 - Choral and Instrumental Conducting Credit Hours: 4
    MUSC 365 - Diction for Singers Credit Hours: 2
    MUSC 399 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1-4
    MUSC 398 - Off-Campus Internship Credit Hours: 4-16

    Capstone Courses - 12 Credits

    Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    PERF 475 - Performing Arts Today I Credit Hours: 2
    PERF 476 - Performing Arts Today II Credit Hours: 2

     

    MUSC 493 - St. Mary’s Project Credit Hours: 4
    TDPS 494 - St. Mary’s Project Credit Hours: 8

     

    OR

     

    PERF 490 - Capstone Course - Ensemble Performance Creation I Credit Hours: 4
    PERF 491 - Capstone Course - Ensemble Performance Creation II Credit Hours: 4
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