Program: Theatre, B.A. - University of Kentucky

Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Our program of study emphasizes the intersection of practice and theory and is geared toward students who are interested in theatre and dance as part of a liberal arts education. Students create a program that is unique to their interests and strengths, with freedom to choose between a wide variety of electives to complete a truly individualized course of study. Theatre courses emphasize the collaborative nature of the art form, which encompasses performance, literature, design, history, artistic community, and intellectual rigor. Dance courses enhance critical thinking and analytical skills, cooperation and teamwork, self-expression and self-esteem, organization and problem solving, and cultural literacy. They also provide integral skills for theatre and opera students who want to market themselves as versatile performers.

The major in theatre must include the following:

College Requirements

Art, Music and/or Arts Administration Credit(s): 6
plus 39 hours at 300-level or above

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 31

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

TA 483 - PLAY ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Graduate Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3

Core Major Requirements

*Course may be used towards completion of a UK Core Requirement.

TA 120 - CREATIVITY AND THE ART OF ACTING Credit(s): 3 *
OR
TA 126 - ACTING 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING Credit(s): 3
TA 150 - CREATIVITY AND THE ART OF DESIGN & PRODUCTION Credit(s): 3 *
TA 385 - WORLD THEATRE I Credit(s): 3 *
TA 386 - WORLD THEATRE II Credit(s): 3 *
TA 390 - THEATRE PRACTICUM Credit(s): 1
TA 483 - PLAY ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
TA 490 - ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY JOB PREPARATION Credit(s): 3

one of the following Acting courses

TA 225 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT Credit(s): 3
TA 237 - ACTING 2: SCENE STUDY Credit(s): 3

one of the following Production courses

TA 260 - STAGECRAFT Credit(s): 3
TA 265 - COSTUME PRODUCTION Credit(s): 3

one of following Design courses:

TA 365 - COSTUME DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 367 - LIGHTING DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 369 - SOUND DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE Credit(s): 3
TA 374 - SCENIC DESIGN Credit(s): 3

Core Major Requirement hours: 30

Theatre Electives

In addition, students are required to complete 15 credits of theatre electives. If a student has a particular interest area within theatre, these electives may be selected and completed within a specific theatre focus under the guidance of their advisor or faculty mentor.

Performance Focus

TA 225 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT Credit(s): 3
TA 236 - ACTING: COMEDY STYLES Credit(s): 3
TA 300 - SPECIAL PROJECTS IN THEATRE: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
TA 311 - AUDITION TECHNIQUES Credit(s): 3
TA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3
TA 330 - THEATRE DIRECTING I Credit(s): 3
TA 336 - ACTING 3: SHAKESPEARE Credit(s): 3
TA 340 - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA 1 Credit(s): 3
TA 348 - MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP Credit(s): 3
TA 388 - HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL Credit(s): 3
TA 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
TA 399 - FIELD BASED/COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION Credit(s): 1 - 15 (Variable)
TA 401 - MUSICAL THEATRE MASTER CLASS Credit(s): 1
TA 426 - ACTING 4: ADVANCED ACTING Credit(s): 3
TA 440 - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA 2 Credit(s): 3
TA 530 - EXPERIMENT IN DIRECTING Credit(s): 3
TAD 141 - MODERN DANCE I Credit(s): 2
TAD 142 - CLASSICAL BALLET I Credit(s): 2
TAD 143 - JAZZ DANCE I Credit(s): 2
TAD 241 - MODERN DANCE II Credit(s): 2
TAD 242 - BALLET II Credit(s): 2
TAD 243 - JAZZ DANCE II Credit(s): 2
TAD 244 - DANCE IMPROVISATION Credit(s): 1
TAD 247 - MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE Credit(s): 2
TAD 344 - CHOREOGRAPHY 1 Credit(s): 2

Design and Technology Focus

TA 350 - TOPICS IN THEATRE Credit(s): 3
TA 361 - GRAPHICS FOR THEATRE Credit(s): 3
TA 365 - COSTUME DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 367 - LIGHTING DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 368 - VISUAL STORYTELLING Credit(s): 3
TA 369 - SOUND DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE Credit(s): 3
TA 374 - SCENIC DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
TA 470 - ADVANCED PROJECT IN DESIGN Credit(s): 3
TA 499 - PROFESSIONAL THEATRE INTERNSHIP Credit(s): 1 - 12 (Variable)

Dramatic Writing Focus

TA 316 - DRAMATIC WRITING: FUNDAMENTALS Credit(s): 3
TA 370 - STAGING HISTORY Credit(s): 3
TA 387 - SEMINAR IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
TA 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
TA 416 - DRAMATIC WRITING: ADVANCED PLAYWRITING Credit(s): 3
TA 436 - DRAMATIC WRITING: ADVANCED SCREENWRITING Credit(s): 3

General Theatre Studies Focus

*Course may be used towards completion of a UK Core Requirement.

TA 110 - THEATRE: AN INTRODUCTION Credit(s): 3 *
TA 215 - COMEDY AND COMEDIANS: HISTORY AND PRACTICE Credit(s): 3 *
TA 220 - SHAKESPEARE PAGE TO STAGE Credit(s): 3 *
TA 275 - STAGE MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
TA 286 - SOCIAL ACTION THEATRE Credit(s): 3
TA 384 - BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP Credit(s): 3
TA 387 - SEMINAR IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
TA 388 - HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL Credit(s): 3 *
TA 485 - FRENCH THEATRE: CULTURE, TEXT AND PERFORMANCE Credit(s): 3
TAD 140 - INTRODUCTION TO DANCE Credit(s): 3 *
FA 501 - ARTS-STUDY TOUR Credit(s): 3

Theatre Elective hours: 15

Electives

Students can choose electives to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation

Theatre, B.A.

College Requirements

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

X. Global Dynamics