Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre

Requirements Under the Semester System, starting Fall 2016

  1. Basic Core required of all students (20 units)
    These classes are designed to provide you with a strong foundation of knowledge in the core areas of theatre: acting, design and technology, script analysis, and theatre history and literature. As a culminating activity, and to showcase the skills you have developed during your time at CSUB, you complete a two-semester senior project.
    1. Theatre 1008 Beginning Acting (3 units)
    2. Theatre 2100 Script Analysis (3 units)
    3. Theatre 2200 Stagecraft (3 units)
    4. Theatre 2210 Principles of Design (3 units)
    5. Theatre 3108 Antiquity to Rebirth (3 units)
    6. Theatre 3118 Restoration to Experimentation (3 units)
    7. Theatre 4908 Senior Project: Research (1 unit)
    8. Theatre 4910 Senior Project: Culmination (1 unit)
  2. Breadth Electives (12 units)
    Select one course from each category: performance, design, literature and theatre education. Work with your advisor to choose which courses will serve your needs and interests the best.
    1. One 3-Unit Performance course from the following:
      1. Theatre 2000 Intermediate Acting: Foundations
      2. Theatre 2010 Intermediate Acting: TechniquesTheatre 3000 Movement for the Actor
      3. Theatre 3010 Voice and Speech for the Actor
      4. Theatre 3040 Scene Study
      5. Theatre 3050 Directing
    2. One 3-Unit Design course from the following:
      1. Theatre 3200 Theatrical Design
      2. Theatre 3210 Computer-Aided Drafting for Theatre
    3. One 3-Unit Literature course from the following:
      1. Theatre 3128 Contemporary Latina/o Dramatic Literature
      2. Theatre 3138 Women Playwrights
        (above courses double-count for the Junior Year Diversity Requirement)
    4. One 3-Unit Theatre Education course from the following:
      1. Theatre 3300 Dramatic Literature and Performance for Youth
      2. Theatre 3310 Dramatic Activity for the Classroom
      3. Theatre 3320 Applied Dramatic Activity for the Classroom
  3. Additional Electives (9 units)
    Choose three additional 3-unit courses in Theatre, at least two of which must be upper division, selected with the approval of the faculty advisor. Note: 1000 level courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. This is your chance to customize your major and to deepen your knowledge in specific areas on interest.
    • You may select courses listed under “Breadth Electives” that you are not using for the Breadth Elective requirement.
    • Theatre 3200: Theatrical Design may be repeated for credit for different course content (scenic, lighting, or costume design).
    • Additional options:
      • Theatre 3060: Playwriting
      • Theatre 2770 or 4770: Special Topics in Theatre (if three units)
      • Theatre 2990 or 4990: Individual Study (if three units and with approval)
  4. Theatre Company (4 units)
    Theatre Company (a one-unit course) is a chance to join with other theatre majors to meet guest artists, discuss productions, and to learn more about the department and the business of theatre. Complete at least four of these courses, two at the upper-division level.

    Theatre 1400, 2400, 3400, or 4400 depending on your class level. (These courses can be repeated for credit.)
  5. Production Experience (7 units)
    Productions offer laboratory experiences where you can apply what you are learning in your coursework, as well as add credits to your résumé. If you have a love for theatre, you may have developed it through your involvement in productions. To get your degree, you are required to complete seven show assignments, though many majors end up with more than that. At least two of your experiences are to be working in the theatre shop constructing the set or hanging the lights, two are to be crewing or stage managing a show, and the other four are your choice (acting in campus productions or the children’s touring show, or more off-stage work).
    Qualifying courses: Theatre 2410, 2420, 2460, 2470, 2480, 4410, 4420, 4460, 4470, 4480
    1. Two courses must be selected from Theatre 2460 and 4460 (Technical Theatre Laboratory)
    2. Two courses must be selected from Theatre 2470 and 4470 (Run of Show) -or- one from Theatre 2470/4470 (Run of Show) and one from Theatre 2480 and 4480 (Stage Management Practicum).
    3. Four of the seven must be taken for upper-division credit.
  6. A minor in another discipline is recommended, though not required.
    To graduate, you must maintain a ‘C’ average in your major.

Theatre Advisors:

Mandy Rees (661) 654-2240 mrees@csub.edu
Chris Eicher (661) 654-2426 ceicher@csub.edu
Maria-Tania Becerra (661) 654-2524 mbecerra6@csub.edu