Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting
The BFA degree in Acting is a pre-professional program designed to provide the foundation of skills and techniques used in performing roles from classical and contemporary dramatic literature. Students who graduate from this program are prepared for beginning careers with professional stage companies or further training at the graduate level.
Watch Autumn Stein '07, BFA Acting, talk about her experiences studying theatre at SUNY Fredonia
Note: FOR COURSE DESCRIPTIONS SEE THE UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN
Acting: 75-77 credit hours
| THEA 100 |
Theatre Majors Seminar |
1 |
| THEA 101-102 |
Theatre Practice |
2 |
| THEA 121 |
Intro to Tech Theatre |
3 |
| THEA 131 |
Acting Studio: Improvisation |
3 |
| THEA 132 |
Acting Studio: Character Study |
3 |
| THEA 140 |
Acting Studio: Stage Dialects |
3 |
| THEA 201-202 |
Theatre Practice |
2 |
| THEA 220 |
Makeup |
3 |
| THEA 231-232 |
Acting Studio: Scene Study I & II |
6 |
| THEA 242-243 |
Acting Studio: Intro. to Voice and Movement I & II |
6 |
| THEA 301-302 |
Theatre Practice |
2 |
| THEA 333 |
Acting Studio: Audition Techniques |
3 |
| THEA 342-343 |
Acting Studio: Stage Voice I & II |
6 |
| THEA 361-362 |
Acting Studio: Stage Movement I & II |
6 |
| THEA 401-402 |
Theatre Practice |
2 |
| THEA 441 |
Directing I |
3 |
| THEA 433 |
Acting Studio: Shakespeare |
3 |
| THEA 451-452 |
History of the Theatre I & II |
6 |
| THEA 499 |
Performance/Production Seminar |
3 |
| ENGL 412 |
Early Shakespeare |
3 |
| ENGL 414 |
Later Shakespeare |
3 |
Plus 2 courses from the following (4-6 credits):
| THEA 353 |
History of Musical Theatre |
| THEA 432 |
Acting Studio: Musical Theatre Styles |
| DANC 111 |
Modern Technique I |
| DANC 211 |
Modern Technique II |
| DANC 121 |
Beginning Tap Dance |
| DANC 221 |
Beginning Ballet |
| DANC 131 |
Beginning Jazz |
| ART 115 |
Masterpieces of Art to 1400 |
| ART 116 |
Masterpieces of Art from 1400 |
| HIST 115 |
Western Civilization (Ancient to 1700) |
| HIST 116 |
Western Civilization (from 1700) |
| MUS 252 |
History of Western Music (1750-1875) |
| MUS 255 |
History of Western Music (1875-present) |
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