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Acting BFA

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

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Program
Award
BFA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The curriculum offers a comprehensive series of classes in acting, voice and movement, and audition techniques, with a strong emphasis on practical application through production. You’ll take courses in technical theatre and desgin, theatre history, dramatic literature and dance - and choose from electives in choreography, stage direction, stage combat, and other areas of interest.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_f2c5ed31
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Admission Criteria

0 items

    Major Requirements

    0 items

      Acting Core (42 credits)

      16 items
      1. Foundations
        Not resolved to a course
      2. TH 101LEC
        Introduction to Theatre
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. TH 106LEC
        Introduction to Entertainment Technology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. TH 108LEC
        Acting I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. TH 201SEM
        Script Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. TH 203LEC
        Visual Imagination
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. Performance Core
        Not resolved to a course
      8. TH 109SEM
        Acting II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. TH 208LEC
        Method Acting I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. TH 209LEC
        Method Acting II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. TH 227SEM
        Voice Training I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. TH 228SEM
        Voice Training II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. TH 308SEM
        Movement
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. TH 309SEM
        Acting in Shakespeare
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. TH 408LEC
        Audition Techniques
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. TH 409LEC
        Advanced Movement
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Movement Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

      7 items
      1. DAC 116LEC
        Ballet Technique I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. DAC 117LEC
        Modern Dance Technique I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. DAC 118LEC
        Jazz Dance Technique I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. DAC 210LEC
        Tap Dance 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. DAC 381SEM
        Social Dance Forms 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. TH 240SEM
        Introduction to Stage Combat
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. TH 427LEC
        Voice and Movement
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Theatre History Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

      2 items
      1. TH 301LEC
        World Theatre Before 1700
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. TH 302LEC
        Theatre in the Modern World, 1700-Present
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Directing Courses (1 course, 3 credits)

      2 items
      1. TH 401SEM
        Directing I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. TH 421SEM
        Devised Performance
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Design Courses (1 course, 3 credits)

      3 items
      1. TH 303LEC
        Scene Design I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. TH 306LEC
        Costume Design I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. TH 332LEC
        Lighting Design I
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Dramatic Literature Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

      7 items
      1. TH 220LEC
        Performing in America: Race, Gender, Class and American Identities on Stage
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. TH 327LEC
        Seriously Funny: Comedy In Text And Performance
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. TH 415SEM
        Dramaturgy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. TH 425SEM
        Media and Performance Seminar
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. TH 464SEM
        Black Theatre-Past and Present
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. TH 465SEM
        Theatre & Adaptation
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. TH 466SEM
        Women in Theatre
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Theatre Electives (A minimum of 3 credits)

      0 items

        Performance Requirements (3 courses, 9 credits)

        7 items
        1. TH 341LAB
          Theatre Studio I
          Not resolved to a course
          1-3
        2. TH 342LAB
          Theatre Studio II
          Not resolved to a course
          1-4
        3. TH 343LAB
          Theatre Studio III
          Not resolved to a course
          1-4
        4. TH 411LAB
          Theatre Workshop
          Not resolved to a course
          1-4
        5. TH 412LAB
          Theatre Workshop
          Not resolved to a course
          1-4
        6. TH 413LAB
          Theatre Workshop
          Not resolved to a course
          1-4
        7. MTR 405SEM
          Gemms Music Theatre Company
          Not resolved to a course
          3

        Production Practicum (4 credits)

        Complete three credits from: · 8 items
        1. Choose one to be taken concurrently with TH 106
          Not resolved to a course
          1
        2. TH 135LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1
        3. TH 136LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1
        4. Complete three credits from:
          Not resolved to a course
        5. TH 235LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1-2
        6. TH 236LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1-2
        7. TH 335LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1
        8. TH 336LAB
          Production Practicum
          Not resolved to a course
          1

        Notes

        0 items

          Additional Degree Requirements Include

          2 items
          1. Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Elective courses as needed to complete the 122 credit hour total
            Not resolved to a course

          Academic Requirements

          0 items

            Program Distinction

            0 items

              Curricular Plan

              44 items
              1. UB Seminar
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              2. TH 101LEC
                Introduction to Theatre
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              3. TH 106LEC
                Introduction to Entertainment Technology
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              4. TH 108LEC
                Acting I
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              5. TH 135LAB
                Production Practicum
                Not resolved to a course
                1
              6. ENG 105LEC
                Writing and Rhetoric
                Not resolved to a course
                4
              7. TH 109SEM
                Acting II
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              8. TH 203LEC
                Visual Imagination
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              9. 200/300-level TH Production Practicum
                Not resolved to a course
                1
              10. Movement Elective 1 OR Pathway
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              11. Math & Quantitative Reasoning
                Not resolved to a course
                4
              12. ENG 105LEC
                Writing and Rhetoric
                Not resolved to a course
                4
              13. TH 201SEM
                Script Analysis
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              14. TH 208LEC
                Method Acting I
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              15. TH 227SEM
                Voice Training I
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              16. 200/300-level TH practicum
                Not resolved to a course
                1
              17. Movement Elective 1 OR Pathway
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              18. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 1
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              19. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry Lab
                Not resolved to a course
                1
              20. TH 209LEC
                Method Acting II
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              21. TH 228SEM
                Voice Training II
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              22. TH 308SEM
                Movement
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              23. Design Course
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              24. 200/300-level TH practicum
                Not resolved to a course
                1
              25. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 2
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              26. TH 301LEC
                World Theatre Before 1700
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              27. TH 401SEM
                Directing I
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              28. TH 408LEC
                Audition Techniques
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              29. Design Course
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              30. Production Performance
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              31. TH 309SEM
                Acting in Shakespeare
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              32. TH 302LEC
                Theatre in the Modern World, 1700-Present
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              33. TH 409LEC
                Advanced Movement
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              34. Dramatic Literature
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              35. Pathway OR Communication Literacy 2
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              36. Movement Elective 2 OR TH Elective
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              37. Pathway OR Communication Literacy 2
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              38. Dramatic Literature
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              39. Production Performance
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              40. Movement Elective 2 OR TH Elective
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              41. TH Elective
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              42. Production Performance
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              43. Pathway
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              44. UBC 399MNT
                UB Curriculum Capstone
                Not resolved to a course
                1
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