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Apr 19, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Theatre BFA - Theatre Performance
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Your life is not a dress rehearsal. This is your chance to follow your dreams and do what you love. UB’s theatre program is for anyone who wants to be surrounded by the unmatched creativity and tight-knit community that you’ll find in the theater, along with all the academic opportunities you’ll get from a world-class research university. Whether you crave the spotlight-or you prefer being in the director’s chair, behind the scenes or writing about the arts-there’s a place for you here.
Visit the Theatre academic program page for more information about the academic experience, who you will learn from, opportunities outside of class and what you can do with this degree.
Visit the Theatre and Dance department page for contact information, a brief overview of the department and the curricular options.
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Admission Criteria
Admission for the Theatre BFA: Theatre Performance concentration requires an audition. Please visit the Audition Registration to schedule an audition.
Prerequisite Courses (13 credits)
Theatre Performance Core (49 credits)
Design Course (3 credits, 1 course)
Studio-Performance Courses (9 credits, 3 courses)
Performance Electives (6 credits, 2 courses)
Dramatic Literature Courses (6 credits, 2 courses)
Notes
UB Seminar courses cannot count towards major requirements. Total Credits Required for Major: 86
Additional Degree Requirements Include:
- Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
- Elective courses as needed to complete the 126 credit hour total
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 126
Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This should not be used for financial aid purposes. Academic Requirements
Minimum 2.333 (C+) in all major courses.
Practical application of coursework is an integral part of the Theatre BFA, Performance Concentration. At a minimum, BFA students perform in three faculty led productions (either musical or drama theatre show). Student productions provide a great opportunity for both directing and performance experience but are not applicable to the performance requirement for the degree. BFA Students are required to audition each semester, but must have a 3.000 major GPA to maintain casting eligibility. Students can begin performing as early as their second semester first year. BFA Students are also required to complete three practicums, which include crew assignments on one of the eight departmental productions each year.
Curricular Plan
A Curricular Plan provides a roadmap for completing this academic program and the UB Curriculum on time. Your actual plan may vary depending on point of entry to the university, course placement and/or waivers based on standardized test scores, earned alternative credit and/or college transfer credit.
Total Credits Required: 126
Note: Some classes may count toward both a major and UB Curriculum requirement.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge to:
- Identify major figures and events from theatre history, theory and criticism;
- Define and use appropriate critical vocabulary of theatre arts, including script analysis, acting, and design terminology
- Critically read, interpret, and evaluate a range of representative plays and situate representative plays and performance events within larger cultural and historical movements
- Construct and articulate in speech and writing a compelling thesis about theatre history, literature, or theory using acquired research skills and critical vocabulary;
- Integrate the concerns of actors, directors, and designers into a collaborative creative process, both in the creation of extant plays and original work;
- Demonstrate the ability to conceive and execute an original performance, either solo or in a collaborative process.
(HEGIS: 10.07 DRAMATIC ARTS, CIP: 50.0501 Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General)
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