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Program snapshot

Admissions
No PrescreenScholarship AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Program Overview
BA degree with 35-36 credits in the major area
Designed for students who have a second major or multiple minors
Solid grounding in theatre history, literature, performance, and design/production practices
No audition required for admission to the theatre major
Part of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Texas's oldest university (founded 1840)
Curriculum
Theatre Core: Design Fundamentals, Fundamentals of Acting, Theatre Laboratory (6 semesters), Theatre History, Theatre Capstone
Movement and Voice course required
Choice of Devising or Playwriting
Choice of Costume Design, Scenic Design, or Lighting Design
One additional upper-level Theatre course
11:1 student-to-faculty ratio with close faculty mentoring
Performance & Productions
Multiple mainstage productions each season across three performance venues
Student directors given opportunities to direct fully produced productions in the black box
Opera Theatre open to all students by audition

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