Wright State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting in Arts is offered by Wright State University.
Description
The Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures is empowered by the Ohio Revised Code to require particular preliminary training or talent for admission to specific programs, and each of the five B.F.A. degree programs has specific criteria for admission to each level of training.
Students in all areas must earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 by the end of the freshman year to continue in a theatre arts major. Students who wish to be admitted as majors in acting, acting/musical theatre, or dance must successfully pass an audition or interview. Transfer students are admitted into B.F.A. programs on the basis of a successful audition, interview, or portfolio presentation.
The department has an open admissions policy for students wishing to major in the B.A. programs in theatre studies and motion pictures history, theory, and criticism, and B.F.A. programs in design/technology and motion pictures production.
Requirements
The professional acting and musical theatre programs are an intensive, four-year progression of studies in acting, voice, movement, dance, and singing. Because courses in the acting program follow a set sequence, students are generally admitted only in the fall quarter.
The Professional Actor Training Program is limited by audition to only selected, superior students who show promise of high achievement in acting and/or musical theatre. Retention in the Professional Actor Training Program is determined by periodic review. Students are retained in the program based on their growth and development as judged by the acting faculty.
To be retained in the program, all acting and musical theatre students must earn a grade of C or better in required departmental and related courses for the major, with the exception of TH 1200 and TH 2220. If a student does not receive a C or better in these required courses, the student may not take the courses a second time. However, students may retake TH 1060, TH 1070, TH 1080, TH 3720, TH 3730, TH 3800, TH 3810, and TH 3820 (literature and history courses) for a second time to receive the required grade of C or better. Students not receiving a grade of C or better in all required departmental and related courses (with the above exceptions) will not be retained in the program or continue in the acting or musical theatre degree programs.
Areas of Concentration1. Acting Concentration:Program Requirements:I. Wright State Core: 38 HoursElement 1: Communication: 6 HoursElement 2: Mathematics: 3 HoursElement 3: Global Traditions: 6 HoursElement 4: Arts and Humanities: 3 HoursRequired:TH 2140 - Theatre in Western Culture Credit Hour(s): 3Element 5: Social Sciences: 6 HoursElement 6: Natural Sciences: 8 HoursAdditional Core Courses: 6 HoursII. Departmental Requirements: 68 HoursTH 1150 - Singing for the Actor I Credit Hour(s): 1TH 1160 - Singing for the Actor I Credit Hour(s): 1TH 1200 - Make-up for the Theatre Credit Hour(s): 1TH 1440 - Acting I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 1450 - Acting I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 2150 - Singing for the Actor III Credit Hour(s): 1TH 2160 - Singing for the Actor IV Credit Hour(s): 1TH 2220 - Theatre Production Credit Hour(s): 1TH 2380 - Movement I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2390 - Movement I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2400 - Movement II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2410 - Movement II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2440 - Acting II Credit Hour(s): 3TH 2450 - Acting II Credit Hour(s): 3TH 2540 - Speech I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2550 - Speech II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3150 - Singing for the Actor V Credit Hour(s): 1TH 3160 - Singing for the Actor VI Credit Hour(s): 1TH 3400 - Movement III Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3440 - Acting III Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3450 - Acting III Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3470 - One Person Shows Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3540 - Speech II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3560 - Speech III Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3800 - Theatre History and Literature I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3810 - Theatre History and Literature II Credit Hour(s): 3TH 4130 - Acting Professionally Credit Hour(s): 3TH 4150 - Singing for the Actor VII Credit Hour(s): 1TH 4400 - Movement IV Credit Hour(s): 2TH 4410 - Movement IV Credit Hour(s): 2TH 4440 - Acting IV Credit Hour(s): 3TH 4450 - Acting IV Credit Hour(s): 3TH 4540 - Speech V Credit Hour(s): 2III. Related Requirements: 6 HoursDAN 1110 - DMV Registration Credit Hour(s): 3DAN 1120 - DMV Registration Credit Hour(s): 3IV. Foreign Language and Research Methods: 0 HoursV. Electives: 12 HoursTotal: 124 HoursGraduation Planning StrategyThe Graduation Planning Strategy (GPS) has been created to illustrate one option to complete degree requirements within a particular time frame. Students are encouraged to meet with their academic advisor to adjust this plan based on credit already earned, individual needs or curricular changes that may not be reflected in this year’s catalog.Acting (GPS)
2. Musical Theatre Concentration:Program Requirements:I. Wright State Core: 38 HoursElement 1: Communication: 6 HoursElement 2: Mathematics: 3 HoursElement 3: Global Traditions: 6 HoursElement 4: Arts and Humanities: 3 HoursRequired:TH 2140 - Theatre in Western Culture Credit Hour(s): 3Element 5: Social Sciences: 6 HoursElement 6: Natural Sciences: 8 HoursAdditional Core Courses: 6 HoursII. Departmental Requirements: 65 HoursTH 1060 - Basic Music Theory and Piano Skills for Actors I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 1070 - Basic Music Theory and Piano Skills for Actors II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 1200 - Make-up for the Theatre Credit Hour(s): 1TH 1440 - Acting I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 1450 - Acting I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 1570 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 1580 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2220 - Theatre Production Credit Hour(s): 1TH 2380 - Movement I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2390 - Movement I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2540 - Speech I Credit Hour(s): 2TH 2550 - Speech II Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3390 - Musical Theatre Performance Workshop Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3400 - Movement III Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3440 - Acting III Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3380 - Acting In Musical Theatre II Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3720 - Musical Theatre History and Literature I Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3730 - Musical Theatre History and Literature II Credit Hour(s): 3TH 3570 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major V Credit Hour(s): 2TH 3580 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major VI Credit Hour(s): 2TH 4370 - Senior Seminar for the Musical Actor Credit Hour(s): 3TH 4540 - Speech V Credit Hour(s): 2TH 4570 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major VII Credit Hour(s): 2TH 4580 - Singing for the Musical Theatre Major VIII Credit Hour(s): 2III. Related Requirements: 24 HoursDAN 1210 - DMV Registration Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 1220 - DMV Registration Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 2070 - Beginning Tap Dance I Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 2080 - Beginning Tap Dance II Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 3040 - Ballet For The Musical Theatre Major III Credit Hour(s): 2DAN 3050 - Ballet for the Musical Theatre Major IV Credit Hour(s): 2DAN 3070 - Intermediate Tap Dance I Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 3080 - Intermediate Tap Dance II Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 3310 - Musical Theatre Dance I Credit Hour(s): 3DAN 3320 - Musical Theatre Dance II Credit Hour(s): 3DAN 4040 - Musical Theatre Dance III Credit Hour(s): 3DAN 4050 - Musical Theatre Dance IV Credit Hour(s): 3DAN 4070 - Advanced Tap Dance I Credit Hour(s): 1DAN 4080 - Advanced Tap Dance II Credit Hour(s): 1IV. Foreign Language and Research Methods: 0 HoursV. Electives: 0 HoursTotal: 127 HoursGraduation Planning StrategyThe Graduation Planning Strategy (GPS) has been created to illustrate one option to complete degree requirements within a particular time frame.