Program checklist · Theatre Studies Major

Theatre Studies Major

Guilford College · Greensboro, NC

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Program

Award: Theatre Studies Major
CIP: 50.0506
Total credits (published): 8
Credits (computed from items): 87-93
Catalog edition: 2026-2027
Checklist type: degree-program

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 198613
CourseShelf checklist: CK_198613_1912dd7b
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Structure and Core Requirements of all Theatre Studies Majors

major core · 8 items

Additional Requirements for Students Selecting a Generalist Track

3 items

Two additional intermediate THEA courses at the 200 level
Not resolved to a course
8
Two additional THEA course at the 300 level
Not resolved to a course
4
THEA 324 Advanced Mainstage Actor and/or THEA 323 Advanced Practicum
Not resolved to a course
4

Additional Requirements for Students Selecting a Design/Tech Track

7 items

Select two additional intermediate (200-level) design courses from the following:
Not resolved to a course
8
THEA 272
Digital Sound Design. 4. Exploration of sound design in theater and the psychological impact it can have on an audience during a live performance. Topics of discussion include the role of the sound designer, sound reinforcement systems, mixing, editing and playback for film as well as live events. Fulfills the arts requirement (1998). Arts/humanities requirement (2019).Fulfills arts requirement.Prerequisite: THEA 171 recommended but not required
As published: “Digital Sound Design”
THEA 273
Lighting Design. 4. Examination of the power of light and the ways in which it shapes audience perceptions of a staged performance. Focus on basic elements of lighting, especially composition and mood, and the manner in which each supports the ?ruling idea? of a play. Includes exploration of the technical dimensions of design: instruments, lightplot, lightwright and computer lighting control. Fulfills humanities requirement (1998). Arts/humanities requirement
As published: “Lighting Design”
2019
THEA/CTIS 274
Digital Graphic Design (CTIS 274)
Not resolved to a course
Select one of the following:
Not resolved to a course
4
THEA 375
Advanced Theatre Design. 4. Develops an understanding of the principles and processes of set design for the stage. Explores how this design area echoes and utilizes other art forms and functions in relation to theatre production as a whole; emphasis on spatial aesthetics, critical analysis, creative interpretation, research for design, conceptual collaboration and the oral, written and graphic communication of the design idea. Fulfills humanities requirement (1998). Arts/humanities requirement
As published: “Advanced Theatre Design”
2019
THEA 381
Play Direction. 4. Explores the "choice-making" process of creative play direction. Exercises in interpretation of a playscript, actor coaching, ground plans, composition, picturization, movement and formulation of a production "concept."Prerequisite: THEA 125 or THEA 215 or instructor permission
As published: “Play Direction”

Any other design/tech course approved by department chair

1 item

THEA 195
Mainstage Tech. 1-4. Academic credit for advanced technical work on a department production. CR/NC. May be repeated for credit
As published: “Mainstage Tech”
1-4

Additional Requirements for Students Selecting a Performance Track

9 items

Select one additional intermediate (200-level) acting courses from the following:
Not resolved to a course
4
THEA 227
Acting 2: Playing the Action. 4. Examines the pursuit of objectives through interaction with onstage scene partners. Techniques explored include, but are not limited to, sending and receiving; eliciting response; identifying progressive change in oneself through what is received from the partner. Exercises investigate action utilizing repetition, speech, song, gibberish, physicalization and improvisation. Scene work concentrates on American realism.Prerequisite: THEA 125 or instructor permission
As published: “Acting 2: Playing the Action 1”
THEA 228
Acting 2: Creating the World. 4. Explores the work of the actor in reorganizing the self into another human being existing in the circumstances and world of the play. Includes work on sense memory and sensory endowment to bring moment-to-moment physical life to an environment; the discovery and development of immediate and historic given circumstances from textual clues.Prerequisite: THEA 125 or THEA 126 or instructor permission
As published: “Acting 2: Creating the World”
THEA 229
Acting 2: Voice and Diction. 4. Development of the expressive potential of human sound (voice) and speech (diction). Vocal work focuses on breath support and control, grounding, resonance and the role of the voice in the creation and communication of meaning; speech work includes exercises in articulation, use of heightened text and work with dialects and accents.Prerequisite: THEA 125
As published: “Acting 2: Voice and Diction”
Select two additional advanced (300-level) acting or performance course from the following:
Not resolved to a course
4
THEA 320
Acting 3: Shakespeare. 4. Explores the relationship of Shakespeare?s uses of language and form to action and acting, bringing the self to the specific demands of formally structured material and identifying the tools for action-playing in various text structures and styles.Prerequisite: THEA 125, THEA 229 and either THEA 227 or THEA 228 or instructor permission
As published: “Acting 3: Shakespeare”
THEA 325
Acting 3: Modern Realism. 4. Synthesizes the tools acquired from previous acting classes into a coherent, integrated, and systematic approach to creating a role in scenes and monologues. Focus on tools of action, imagination, and the senses in the context of detailed actor?s analysis.Prerequisite: THEA 125, and either THEA 227 or THEA 228
As published: “Acting 3: Modern Realism”
THEA 381
Play Direction. 4. Explores the "choice-making" process of creative play direction. Exercises in interpretation of a playscript, actor coaching, ground plans, composition, picturization, movement and formulation of a production "concept."Prerequisite: THEA 125 or THEA 215 or instructor permission
As published: “Play Direction”
THEA 190
Mainstage Actor. 1-4. Academic credit for performing in a department production. CR/NC. May be repeated for credit
As published: “Mainstage Actor”

Additional Requirements for Students Selecting a Film Studies Track

11 items

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