Undergraduate Program

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Theater / AmeriCulture Arts Program

Bachelor of Arts

This program requires 36 hours of coursework.

SPCH 1700 Voice and Articulation or SPCH 1000 is required to fulfill the LA&S speaking and listening requirement
Second-year language proficiency is also required
Students keep a portfolio of 10 representative papers from literature and theater course and/or fully prepared audition pieces. The audition pieces may substitute for one or more equivalent papers from literature and theater courses. The proportion of each should reflect the focus of the students. (such as performance, dramaturgy, education). It is reviewed in the senior year by the student's advisor and two other professors in the department. Transfer students should consult with the chair.

All Fitchburg State College students have the opportunity to perform in the department's fall and spring main stage productions, directed by English department faculty. Students may also perform in productions by the Falcon Players, a student theater organization.

Fitchburg State College will host the 2007 and 2008 New England Region Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and all students are welcome to participate.

Required Courses

ENGL 2999 Approaches to English Studies
ENGL 2000 American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War
ENGL 2100 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present or
ENGL 3010 American Drama
ENGL 4020 Shakespeare's Drama: Text and Performance or
ENGL 4030 Interpreting Shakespeare's Works
ENGL 2210 English Literature II: Pepys to Shelley or
ENGL 4040 Major English Writers of the 17th Century
ENGL 2220 English Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie or
ENGL 3020 Modern Drama
THEA 1700 Stage Movement
THEA 2000 Introduction to Theater
THEA 2200 Stagecraft and Theater Production
THEA 2700 Acting I
THEA 2800 Acting II
Electives

Additional three hours from the following courses:

ENGL 3050 20th-Century Irish Literature
THEA 2100 Children's Theater
THEA 2730 History of Theater I
THEA 2740 History of Theater II
THEA 4000 Directing the Play
EXSS 4050 Art of Dance
EXSS 4130 Making Dances: Choreography and Composition

Students are encouraged to explore all related elective courses above, as well as Technical Theater courses offered by Industrial Technology.

Recommended

THEA 4940 Internship
THEA 4950 Internship
THEA 4960 Internship

Bachelor of Science
This program is available for students who choose not to fulfill the requirement for foreign language proficiency at the second-year level. All other requirements are the same as for the bachelor of arts in English-Theater.

AmeriCulture Arts Program
The AmeriCulture Arts Program is the combined Theater (English Department) and Technical Theater (Industrial Technology Department) production arm of the College. This includes acting, directing, design, and technical areas.