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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Acting

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BFA Degree Total

120 Credits

Drama Course Total	90 credits
General Education Course Total¹	30 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester \|		Total Credits
DEP 1011		Technical Theatre Production for Non-Majors	2	-	2
DRA 1151	DRA 1152	Acting 1-F & 1-S	1	2	3
DRA 1161	DRA 1162	Voice 1-F & 1-S	2	1	3
	DRA 1165	Singing 1-S	-	1	1
DRA 1171	DRA 1172	Theatre Dance 1-F & 1-S	1	1	2
DRA 1181	DRA 1182	Stage Combat 1F & 1-S	1	1	2
DRA 1183		Acting Etudes 1-F	2	-	2
	DRA 1184	Scene Study 1 - S	-	2	2
DRA 1185	DRA 1186	Movement 1-F & 1-S	1	1	2
	DRA 1198	Speech 1-S	-	1	1
FYS 1000		Making & Reflecting	3	-	3
	ENG 1200 or	Writing About...	-	3	3
	FYS 1200	Engaging & Responding:
		General Education Requirement¹	3	3	6
Year One Total			16	16	32
Year Two
Fall	Spring
DRA 2251	DRA 2252	Acting 2-F & 2-S	3	3	6
DRA 2261	DRA 2262	Voice 2-F & 2-S	1	2	3
DRA 2264	DRA 2265	Singing 2-F & 2-S	2	2	4
DRA 2271	DRA 2272	Theatre Dance 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2281		Stage Combat 2-F	1	-	1
DRA 2285	DRA 2286	Movement 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2297	DRA 2298	Speech 2F & 2-S	2	2	4
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues (FAD)	3	-	3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	-	3	3
		General Education Requirement¹	3	3	6
Year Two Total			17	17	34
Year Three
Fall	Spring
DRA 3341	DRA 3342	Rehearsal and Performance 3-F & 3-S	4	4	8
DRA 3361	DRA 3362	Acting 3-F & 3-S	2	2	4
DRA 3364	DRA 3365	Singing 3-F & 3-S	1	1	2
	DRA 3382	Stage Combat 3-S	-	1	1
DRA 3383	DRA 3384	Devised Performance 3-F & 3-S	2	2	4
DRA 3391	DRA 3392	Theatre Dance 3-F & 3-S	1	1	2
DRA 3397	DRA 3398	Speech 3-F & 3-S/Accents and Dialects	2	1	3
		General Education Requirement¹	3	3	6
Year Three Total			15	15	30
Year Four
Fall	Spring
DRA 4401	DRA 4402	Business of Acting 4-F & 4-S	1	1	2
DRA 4441	DRA 4442	Rehearsal and Performance 4-F & 4-S	4	4	8
DRA 4451		Acting 4-F	2	-	2
DRA 4461		Voice 4-F	1	-	1
DRA 4483	DRA 4484	Senior Showcase 4-F & 4-S	1	3	4
DRA 4495	DRA 4496	Career Preparation: Industry Guest Series 4-F & 4-S	2	2	4
DRA 4498 or	DRA 4089	Special Topics in Drama or Professional Internship²	1	2	3
Year Four Total			12	12	24

General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
FYS 1000	First Year Seminar: Making and Reflecting	3 credit hours
ENG 1200 or FYS 1200	Writing About /Engaging and Responding	3 credit hours
HUM 2100	Critical Dialogues (Foundations of American Democracy)	3 credit hours
HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	3 credit hours
SOC, ATY, or PSY	Social or Behavioral Sciences	3 credit hours
LIT, WRI, ENG, FRE, GER, ITA, or COM	Language, Literature, and Culture	3 credit hours
HIS, HUM, ARH, PHI, or THH	Humanities or History	3 credit hours
MAT or SCI	Math or Science	3 credit hours
Gen Ed Electives	Choice of General Education Electives*	6 credit hours

*General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARE, ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student's major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).

All Studio 4 students must complete a minimum of 3 credit hours of elective coursework as part of the required credit hours toward this degree. This coursework may be fulfilled by DRA 4498 Special Topics in Drama; DRA 3088 Independent Study, or DRA 4089 Professional Internship, or Drama Arts Electives: DRA 4485 Movement, DRA 4464 Singing, DRA 4497 Playwriting, DRA 4494 Producing, as well as Arts classes outside the School of Drama in consultation with appropriate faculty.