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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Directing

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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 1912		Introduction to Stage Management	2	-	2
DRA 1121	DRA 1122	Fundamentals of Directing 1-F & 1-S	1	1	2
	DRA 1142	Rehearsal & Performance 1-S	-	1	1
DRA 1151	DRA 1152	Acting 1-F & 1-S	1	2	3
DRA 1161	DRA 1162	Voice 1-F & 1-S	1	1	2
	DRA 1165	Singing 1-S	-	1	1
DRA 1181	DRA 1182	Stage Combat 1-F & 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 Requirements¹	3	3	6
Year One Total			15	17	32
Year Two
Fall	Spring
DRA 2201	DRA 2202	Directing Projects 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2223	DRA 2224	Directing Theory 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2228	DRA 2229	Directing Practicum 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2241	DRA 2242	Rehearsal and Performance 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
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 2281		Stage Combat 2-F	1	-	1
DRA 2285	DRA 2286	Movement 2-F & 2-S	1	1	2
DRA 2297	DRA 2298	Speech 2-F & 2-S	2	2	4
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues (FAD)	3	-	3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	-	3	3
		General Education Requirements¹	3	3	6
Year Two Total			18	18	36
Year Three
Fall	Spring
DRA 3301	DRA 3302	Directing Projects 3-F & 3-S	2	2	4
DRA 3321	DRA 3322	Directing Practicum 3-F & 3-S	1	1	2
DRA 3323	DRA 3324	Directing Theory 3-F & 3-S	1	1	2
DRA 3325	DRA 3326	Devised Directing 3-F & 3-S	1	1	2
DRA 3327		Directing Seminar 3-F	1	-	1
DRA 3361		Acting 3-F	2	-	2
DRA 3383	DRA 3384	Devised Performance 3-F & 3-S	2	2	4
	DEP 2371	Introduction to Lighting Design	-	3	3
DEP 2511, 2512, or 2513		Scene Design Elective	2	-	2
		General Education Requirements¹	3	3	6
Year Three Total			15	13	28
Year Four
Fall	Spring
DRA 4403	DRA 4404	Business of Directing 4-F & 4-S	1	1	2
DRA 4425	DRA 4426	Devised Directing 4-F & 4-S	1	1	2
DRA 4427		Directing Seminar 4-F	1	-	1
DRA 4428	DRA 4429	Directing Thesis 4-F & 4-S	2	6	8
DRA 4451		Acting 4-F	2	-	2
DRA 4461		Voice 4-F	1	-	1
DRA 4498 or	DRA 4089	Special Topics in Drama or Professional Internship²	2	2	4
DRA 4495	DRA 4496	Career Preparation: Industry Guest Series 4-F & 4-S	2	2	4
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 4 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.