Degree: B.F.A., Performing Arts
Department of Theatre and Dance
The B.F.A. in Performing Arts with majors in acting, musical theatre, stage management and theatre design/technology, offers focused pre-professional training coupled with a strong foundation in the liberal arts. Academic, classroom and studio work are coupled with production experiences to build technical skills in the area of specialty, as well as in collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, organization, and management.
Students will work in a facility with a proscenium theatre and a studio theatre supported by cutting edge audio, lighting, communications, and rigging systems. Production spaces include a scene shop, costume shop, rehearsal studios, dance studios, wig room, dressing rooms, wardrobe, CAD studio, vocal studios, reading room, faculty, staff, production, arts administration, and stage management offices, along with ample public gathering spaces.
UMW Theatre has an impressive record of producing plays and musicals with impressive production values. Recent productions have included Roald Dahl’s Matilda, Men on Boats, The Play That Goes Wrong, Twelfth Night, The Rocky Horror Show, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Fun Home, and Julius Caesar.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| THEA 131 | Technical Production | 4 |
| THEA 411 | Acting Styles | 4 |
| THEA 335 | Musical Theatre Performance | 3 |
| THEA 336 | Musical Theatre Performance | 3 |
| THEA 362 | Theatre History and Literature | 3 |
| THEA 400 | Professional Identity and Practice | 1 |
| THEA 482 | Senior Project | 3 |
| THEA 390 | Theatre Practicum 1 | 6 |
| MUTH 101 | Aural Skills I | 1 |
| MUTH 191 | Diatonic Music Theory | 3 |
| MUTH 201 | Aural Skills II | 1 |
| MUPR 205A | Class Piano I | 1 |
| MUPR 206 | Class Piano II | 1 |
| DANC 300 | Broadway Jazz 2 | 9 |
| Additional six credits from: | 6 | |
| Private Voice | ||
| Advanced Private Voice | ||
| Additional eight credits from: | 8 | |
| Beginning Ballet | ||
| Beginning Ballet | ||
| Beginning Modern Dance | ||
| Beginning Modern Dance | ||
| Beginning Jazz | ||
| Beginning Jazz | ||
| Dance Improvisation | ||
| Intermediate Ballet | ||
| Intermediate Ballet | ||
| Intermediate Modern Dance | ||
| Intermediate Modern Dance | ||
| Intermediate Jazz | ||
| Intermediate Jazz | ||
| Total Credits | 57 | |
- 1
All majors are required to enroll in Theatre Practicum each semester except during the semester of the Senior Project; students may count eight practicum credits toward graduation. Six of those credits count toward the major.
- 2
All majors are required to enroll in Broadway Jazz a minimum of three times for a total of nine credits that count towards the major.
General Education Requirements
The general education requirements for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Science degrees apply to all students who are seeking to earn an undergraduate B.A., B.F.A., B.S. or B.S.Ed. degree.
Students seeking a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree have a separate set of B.L.S general education requirements.
Electives
Elective courses are those that are not needed to fulfill a general education requirement or major program requirement but are chosen by the student to complete the 120 credits required for graduation with a B.A./B.F.A./B.S./B.S.Ed. degree or the B.L.S. degree. These courses may be taken graded or pass/fail (or S/U in the case of physical education and 100-level dance). No student in a regular B.A./B.F.A./B.S./B.S.Ed. program may count more than 60 credits in a single discipline toward the 120 credits required for graduation.
Total Credits Required for the Degree: 120 credits