Theater

“To Be, or Not to Be,” on Stage or Backstage

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Program Duration: 2 Year Program
Degree Type: Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Total Credit Hours: 62

About This Program

Our Theater program helps you discover and express your creativity while enhancing your teamwork and leadership skills. You will learn how to perform scenes and monologues; create characters; improvise during performances; understand and demonstrate basic principles, techniques and styles of body movement and dance; read and write about significant dramatic literature; design costumes; build, design, paint and light stage scenery; operate stage lighting; serve as a stage manager; and rehearse and present a play. As a Theater student, you will also develop skills beneficial to your educational and professional careers, such as public speaking, verbal and written communication, project management, and teamwork.

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Semester 1

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
ENGL 101 - English Composition I or ENGL 101H - English Composition I (Honors)		3 credits	Writing, Research, Info Lit 1
ENGL 131 - Acting I		3 credits	Oral Communication/Creative Expression
FNMT 118 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 137 (or higher)	For FNMT 118 and MATH 137: FNMT 017 or FNMT 019 completed or FNMT 118 (or higher) placement	3 credits	Quantitative Reasoning
CIS 103 - Introduction to Information Technology		3 credits	Technological Competency
ANTH 112 - Cultural Anthropology or GEOG 103 - Introduction to Human Geography or SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology or SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology (Honors) or PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology or PSYC 101H - 101H Introduction to Psychology (Honors)		3 credits	Cultural Analysis & Interpretation

Semester 2

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
ENGL 132 - Acting II	ENGL 131	3 credits
ENGL 115 - Public Speaking	ENGL 101, which may be taken concurrently	3 credits
ENGL 102 - The Research Paper or ENGL 102H - The Research Paper (Honors)	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits	Writing, Research, Info Lit 2
ENGL 137 - Introduction to Theater		3 credits
ENGL 135 - Movement and Dance for Actors		3 credits

Semester 3

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
ENGL 141 - Introduction to Technical Theater		4 credits
ENGL 232 - Introduction to Drama	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ART 101 - Visual Communication or ART 101H - Visual Communication (Honors) or ART 103 - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance or ART 103H - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance (Honors) or BLAS 101 - Introduction to Black Studies or HIST 103 - United States History: The 20th Century and Beyond or HIST 103H - United States and Pennsylvania History: The 20th Century (Honors) or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 221 - African American History After 1865 or HUM 101 - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century or HUM 101H - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century (Honors) or MUS 103 - Introduction to Music or MUS 121 - Modern American Music or World Language	For HUM 101: ENGL 101 which may be taken concurrently	3 credits
EASC 111 - Environmental Conservation or EASC 111H - Environmental Conservation (Honors) or BIOL 108 - Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology or CHEM 105 - Inquiry into Chemistry	For BIOL 108: FNMT 118, or placement in MATH 161 or higher For CHEM 105: ENGL 101 ready	3 or 4 credits	Scientific Reasoning
DVP 150 - Producing and Directing Techniques for Digital Video Production or ENGL 107 - Society and Mass Communications or ENGL 120 - Voice and Articulation or ENGL 136 - Movement and Dance II or ENGL 146 - Advanced Technical Theater or ENGL 205 - Creative Writing or ENGL 271 - The Language of Film or ENGL 282 - Scriptwriting or PHOT 104 - Introduction to Video Production	For DVP 150: PHOT 104 with a grade of "B" or better For ENGL 107: ENGL 101 which may be taken concurrently For ENGL 136: ENGL 135 or permission of Department Head For ENGL 205 and ENGL 271: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better For ENGL 282: ENGL 205	3 or 4 credits

Semester 4

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits
ENGL 142 - Rehearsal and Performance or ENGL 146 - Advanced Technical Theater	For ENGL 142: ENGL 132	4 credits
ENGL 241- Introduction to Shakespeare (recommended) or ENGL 190 - Introduction to Literature or any other 200-level literature course	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ART 101 - Visual Communication or ART 101H - Visual Communication (Honors) or ART 103 - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance or ART 103H - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance (Honors) or BLAS 101 - Introduction to Black Studies or HIST 103 - United States History: The 20th Century and Beyond or HIST 103H - United States and Pennsylvania History: The 20th Century (Honors) or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 221 - African American History After 1865 or HUM 101 - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century or HUM 101H - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century (Honors) or MUS 103 - Introduction to Music or MUS 121 - Modern American Music or World Language	For HUM 101: ENGL 101 which may be taken concurrently	3 credits
DVP 150 - Producing and Directing Techniques for Digital Video Production or ENGL 107 - Society and Mass Communications or ENGL 120 - Voice and Articulation or ENGL 136 - Movement and Dance II or ENGL 146 - Advanced Technical Theater or ENGL 205 - Creative Writing or ENGL 271 - The Language of Film or ENGL 282 - Scriptwriting or PHOT 104 - Introduction to Video Production *	For DVP 150: PHOT 104 with a grade of "B" or better For ENGL 107: ENGL 102, which may be taken concurrently For ENGL 136: ENGL 135 or permission of Department Head For ENGL 205 and ENGL 271: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better For ENGL 282: ENGL 205	3 credits
General Elective		3 credits

Launch Your Career in Theater

Media Technical Directors/Managers – est. salary $96,103
Producers and Directors – est. salary $96,103
Costume Attendants – est. salary $59,205*
Talent Directors – est. salary $96,103
Set and Exhibit Designers – est. salary $58,394

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**EMSI Data, 2022; The greater Philadelphia region; a percentage of people in these jobs may have a bachelor's degree or higher.

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