The Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance offers a liberal arts program which emphasizes scholarship as well as creative work. Students are prepared to enter graduate studies or careers in theatre and related fields.
B.A. Program in Theatre and Performance Studies
The Department of Theatre, Performance Studies and Dance offers a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies, with concentrations in performance (including storytelling, performance art, directing, adaptation of texts for the stage, and dramaturgy), musical theatre, design/technology, and acting. Our program offers a wide range of courses dedicated to developing students as scholar-artists, viewing both live performance as scholarship and writing as a creative act. The program provides opportunities for students to create, witness, and critique performances based on a variety of sources: from dramatic scripts and classical choreography to literary and folk traditions, original ethnographic field research, and contemporary movement. Emphasizing the interrelationship of theory and praxis, the major prepares students for entry into the profession or for graduate study in theatre or other related fields.
Theatre and performance studies majors take 15 credits of lower-division foundational courses, which introduces them to our program of study. At the 3000- and 4000-level, students take a core of classes including acting, visual imagination, performing literature, play analysis, performing culture, and theatre and performance history and theory. Additionally, students select a three-course concentration choosing from emphases in acting, performance (including storytelling, performance art, directing, adaptation of texts for the stage, and dramaturgy), design/technology, or musical theatre. The theatre and performance studies degree culminates in a senior seminar and six (6) credits of an applied/professional sequence. The applied/professional sequence, which is individually designed in cooperation with the student’s advisor, may include combinations of internships, performance credits, co-ops, directed studies, international study, practicum courses, and/or service learning components. All theatre and performance studies majors must demonstrate competence in foreign languages up through the level of FL 2002.
THEATRE & PERFORMANCE STUDIES MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: FALL
2011
General
Education
Bachelor of
Arts � Theatre & Performance Studies
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SEMESTER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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COMMENTS
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ADVISOR INITIALS
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AREA A: ESSENTIAL SKILLS (9 CREDITS)
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ENGL 1101 (�C� or better)
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ENGL 1102� (�C� or better)
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MATH 1101, MATH 1111,
�MATH 1112, or MATH 1113
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AREA B: SOCIAL ISSUES (5 CREDITS)
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ANTH 2105 or GEOG 2105
or PSYC 2105 or SOCI 2105 (2 credits)
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COM 1109 or FL 1002 or PHIL 2200
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*FL 1002 is required for TPS Majors
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AREA C: HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS (6 CREDITS)
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ENGL 2110
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ART 1107 or MUSI 1107 or TPS 1107
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AREA D: SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS & TECHNOLOGY (10-11 CREDITS)
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SCI 1101 (4 credits)
(Students may substitute other lower-division science classes, as long
as one of them has a lab)
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SCI 1102
(Students may substitute other lower-division science classes, as long
as one of them has a lab)
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MATH 1106 or MATH 1107
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AREA E: SOCIAL SCIENCES (12 CREDITS)
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POLS 1101
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ECON 1100
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HIST 1110
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HIST 2112
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UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
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HPS 1000
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KSU 1101 or KSU 1102
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*Recorded in Electives Area
*Students who transfer in with 15 hrs. or more do not need these
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Major
Program
Bachelor of
Arts � Theatre & Performance Studies
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SEMESTER
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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ADVISOR INITIALS / DATE
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AREA F: MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
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LOWER DIVISION MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
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TPS 1500:
Introduction to Theatre Studies
Prerequisite: None��
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TPS 1600:
Introduction to Performance Studies
Prerequisites: ENGL 0099, READ 0099, if required��
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TPS 1713: Stagecraft
Prerequisite: None��
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TPS 2203: Acting I:
Principles of Acting Prerequisites:
ENGL 0099, READ 0099, if required� �
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TPS 2713: Theatre
Production
{Production must be
taken two times for a total of 4 credits}���
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FL 2002� Intermediate Foreign Language
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UPPER DIVISION
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
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TPS
3000: Performing Literature
Prerequisite: TPS 1600
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TPS 3403: Play
Analysis for Production
Prerequisite: TPS 1500��
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TPS 3813: Visual
Imagination
Prerequisite: None.��
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TPS 3600: Performing
Culture
Prerequisite: TPS 1600
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TPS 4513: History
and Theory I: Ancient - Renaissance Theatre and Performance
Prerequisite: TPS3000, TPS 3403��
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TPS 4523: History
and Theory II: Neoclassical - Modern Theatre and Performance�
Prerequisite: TPS 3000, TPS �3403��
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TPS 4999: Senior
Seminar: Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Prerequisite: TPS 3000, TPS 3403 and either TPS 4513 or 4523 and �90 credit hours��
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SEMESTER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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COMMENTS
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PLUS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 4
CONCENTRATIONS:
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1.
ACTING CONCENTRATION
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TPS 3223: Acting II: Intermediate Acting
Prerequisite:
TPS 2203
must have a B or better in TPS 2203 or TPS 2202
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(and two of the following)
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TPS 3200: Voice and Articulation
Prerequisite: TPS 2203
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2203TPS 3213: Acting for the
Camera
Prerequisite:
TPS 3223
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TPS 3243: Acting III: Acting Styles
Prerequisite:
TPS 3223
May be
taken multiple times for credit
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TPS 4243: Audition Practicum
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Students
choosing the Acting concentration should elect coursework in the Department
of Music for their Related Studies.
�SEE RECOMMENDED COURSES BELOW.
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2.� PERFORMANCE STUDIES CONCENTRATION
(any three of the following):
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TPS 3093: Performing
Folktales and Fairy������ Tales
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110
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TPS 3094: Performing
Classical Myth
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110
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TPS 3193: Performing
World Myth
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110
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TPS 3194: Performing
Personal Narrative
Prerequisite: TPS 3093 or TPS 3193
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TPS 3400:
Performance Composition
Prerequisite: TPS 1600
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TPS 3493:
Performance Art
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110
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TPS 3500: Dramaturgy
Prerequisite: TPS 3403
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TPS 4313: Principles
of Directing
Prerequisite: TPS 3403
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TPS 4323: Directing
Styles
Prerequisite: TPS 3403
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TPS 4333: Adapting
and Staging Literary Text
Prerequisite:
ENGL 2110
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3.� DESIGN/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION
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TPS 3823: Design
Skills
Prerequisite: TPS 3813��
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TPS 3853: Period
Styles
Prerequisite: TPS 3813��
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(and one of the following)
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TPS 4813: Scene
Design
Prerequisite: TPS 3813��
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TPS 4823: Lighting
Design for the Stage
Prerequisite: TPS 3813��
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TPS 4833: Costume
Design
Prerequisite: TPS 3813��
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4.� MUSICAL THEATRE CONCENTRATION
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TPS 3703:
Broadway to Hollywood: Musical Theatre on Stage and Film
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 Spring
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TPS 3713: Acting
in Musical Theatre
Prerequisite: TPS 2203,
or permission of instructor FALL
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DANC 3000:
Musical Theatre Dance: Styles I
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MUSI 1111: Aural
Skills
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Students
choosing the Musical Theatre concentration should elect coursework in the
Department of Music for their Related Studies.
�SEE RECOMMENDED COURSES BELOW.
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SEMESTER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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Other
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Applied Professional Sequence
{six hours}
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TPS 3398: Internship
Prerequisite: Approval of Internship Coordinator/Departmental Advisor
and Department Chair��
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TPS 4400: Directed
Study
Prerequisite: Approval of Instructor and Department Chair��
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TPS 3050: Applied
Performance and Production
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TPS 4050: Advanced
Applied Performance and Production
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TPS 4010:
Storytelling Practicum
(can be taken two
times for credit)
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�AND/OR
TPS 4490: Special
Topics ���
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12� hours of upper-division studies in another
discipline
as approved by academic advisor
or 9 hours if you have taken KSU 1101� or 1102
Lower-division courses may also be approved when appropriate.
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“Related Studies” in Theatre and Performance Studies
Students in other degree programs with interests in theatre and performance studies or dance can complete the “Related Studies” component of their degree by completing four upper-division classes in the department.
Download the Course Requirements and Advisement Worksheet:
2007 version for students entering Fall 2007 and later
2005 version for students matriculating prior to Fall 2007
Course requirements are also available online in the KSU Undergraduate Catalog.