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Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023
Theatre (BA)
Description
Your creative future starts at 91福利社 by earning your Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre! Join us as we discover new worlds and places that look just like our own. Learn by collaborating and exploring diverse perspectives with courage and compassion. Develop distinct skills leading toward many different career paths. Experience how mentorship is at the cornerstone of our program and the launching pad for a network full of connections and opportunities. Be amazed as you apply classroom theory to stage-time practice while creating experiences that lead to future opportunities.
The mission of the 91福利社 Department of Performing Arts is to train students to develop their intellectual, ethical and practical skills for a creative future. To accomplish this mission, we focus on five core concepts: Discovery, Collaboration, Skills, Mentorship and Future Opportunities.
We are a collective of artists composed of students, faculty and professional guest artists, producing gritty relevant theatre that entertains and awakens the imagination. We are concerned with stimulating artistic expression by articulate, dynamic and creative people.
Connecting classroom curriculum with practical experience, 91福利社 Theatre Company, the production arm of the Department of Performing Arts, produces a variety of live performances on the 91福利社 McNichols Campus, at professional theatres in our community and travels throughout metro Detroit. We produce cutting-edge works by contemporary playwrights, original works, musicals and classic plays from the American theatre cannon.
Non-Theatre major students whose career goals include public appearances, presentations or performance in fields such as business, health administration, pre-law and social work may be interested in the Theatre minor.
Students majoring in Theatre will work with faculty advisors to develop the course of study that best suits their professional goals.
Degree Requirements - Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre (120 credits)
To obtain this undergraduate degree, the student must fulfill the requirements of the University Core Curriculum, the requirements for the program major and complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.
Requirements for the Major (36 credits)
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre is for students who intend to achieve their goals as theatre practitioners and artists.
Students majoring in Theatre are expected to:
- Audition for all productions including student projects in directing;
- Participate in all productions in some way other than being cast;
- Accept any role or assignment that is given;
- Attend departmental functions and receptions.
Non-Credit Degree Requirements:
- Fulfillment of 200 hours total of theatre production work.
- These hours will be documented by the Department of Performing Arts.
- Portfolio Requirement
- Graduating Theatre majors and minors will present a portfolio of selected materials reflecting the student’s academic experience within the Department of Performing Arts. Theatre majors cannot be awarded their degree without completing their final portfolio.