Theater (BA) | UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television

Theater (BA) | UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television
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Undergraduate Theater BA
The bachelor of arts degree with a major in Theater provides a liberal arts education and pre-professional training in a comprehensive program.
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The undergraduate theater program is designed to ensure that students graduate with a sound humanistic and experiential base for further pursuits in education and in life beyond the university. The comprehensive program combines a critical study of theater with experiential practice in one or more of its component parts. Students explore the various areas of theater to build a foundation for future creative work.
Students may apply to the Theater major as first year or transfer students. Students in the UCLA TFT Department of Theater cannot change their major to the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at any time in their four years.
Theater BA: Acting Emphasis
Theater BA: Design/Production Emphasis
Theater BA: Integrated Studies Emphasis
Theater BA: Musical Theater Emphasis
All Theater undergraduate students (from any area) may audition for most departmental undergraduate productions.
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Sean Metzger
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Michelle Liu Carriger
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Suk-Young Kim
Professor
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and External Engagement
Head, Theater and Performance Studies
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Requirements
The four-year degree program consists of five sets of curricular requirements:
Theater Major Requirements
General Education Requirements in conjunction with this Course List
School of Theater, Film, and Television Requirements
University Requirements
Theater Area of Emphasis (Acting, Design/Production, Directing, Integrated Studies, Musical Theater, Playwriting)
All emphasis classes require instructor consent to enroll. The faculty may elect to not continue a student in the emphasis at any time. This could be due to poor performance or poor citizenship (excessive absences, not working up to the standards of the class, poor grades in the class, etc.). In this situation the student would still graduate with a degree in Theater (providing that s/he completes the degree requirements), but without an emphasis.
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Theater Major Requirements
Preparation for the Major
Complete the following six required courses and 4 units of Theater 50.
THEATER 11 – Approaches to Interpretation of Theater and Performance: Global Perspectives
THEATER 12 – Introduction to Performance
THEATER 13 – Play Reading and Analysis
THEATER 14A – Introduction to Design
THEATER 14B – Introduction to Design
THEATER 14C – Introduction to Design
The Major
Complete two required courses, one capstone seminar, one elective, and 34 upper-division theater elective units as follows:
THEATER 101A – Global Histories of Theater and Performance I
THEATER 101B – Global Histories of Theater and Performance II
Theater 102A through 113
Select one course from:
THEATER 102A through 113
Capstone
Seminar
Select one course from:
THEATER 131C – Playwriting: Full-Length Play Capstone
THEATER 163C – Directing for Stage
THEATER 180 – Senior Project
Elective
Complete at least one course (4 units) from:
THEATER 150 – Theater Production and Performance
THEATER 173A – Design Assignment: Assistant Designer
THEATER 173B – Production Design Assignment: Assistant Designer
THEATER 174B – Project in Stage Management
THEATER 174C – Project in Stage Management
Additional Electives
Complete 34 upper-division theater elective units.
School and University Requirements
See the UCLA Catalog for the full listing of
School of Theater, Film and Television requirements
, as well as
General Education
and
Writing requirements