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Theatre and Media Arts Bachelors BFA

Variable Credit Min

78.5

Variable Credit Max

82.5

Major Academic Plan

Title

Performance

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate competitive performance skills and effective work habits through mastery of performance techniques in the discipline and by consistently representing themselves as professionals in audition rehearsal and performance situations.

Title

Personal Growth

Learning Outcome

Students will develop business skills and compile personal resources to sustain a healthy self-image in order to pursue individual creativity and innovation in their craft while enduring the rigors of the entertainment industry.

Title

Historical and Social Impact of Theatre

Learning Outcome

Students will understand interpret explain analyze and assess the historical social and spiritual impact of theatre as well as critically converse about theatrical literature.

Title

Performance and Professional Growth

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate a commitment to intellectual inquiry self-directed learning and professional growth.

Program Requirements

This major is a limited enrollment program designed to prepare students to become professional artists and/or to pursue post-graduate degrees in the field. It is a highly competitive major; admission is by audition. Additionally, admitted students are required to meet progressively higher proficiency expectations each semester. If students do not meet proficiency expectations, they will be placed on program probation. Students placed on probation 3 times may be dismissed from the degree program. For further information on BFA Acting proficiency expectations and student standing, contact the BFA Acting Program Area Head or go to https://tma.byu.edu/programs/theatre-arts-programs/bachelor-of-fine-arts-in-acting/.

Requirement 1 —Complete 9 Courses

Core courses:

course - Introduction to Film 3.0

course - Intro to Performance Studies 3.0

course - Script Analysis 2.0

course - Playmaking 3.0

course - Drama Perf: Antiq to Renais 3.0

course - Drama Perf: Renais to Present 3.0

course - Theatre Production 2 - You may take once 1.0v

course - Principles of Makeup 2.0

course - Ethics, Aesthetics, & Theology 1.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 9 Courses

Acting courses:

course - Musical Scene Study 3.0

course - Acting 1: BFA or Pre-BFA 3.0

course - Acting Improvisation 2.0

course - Acting for Film & TV 3.0

course - Acting 2 3.0

course - Acting Classics 3.0

course - Acting Capstone - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 2.0v

course - Advanced Acting 3.0

course - Auditions 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 4 Courses

Movement courses:

course - Voice Prod Phonetics 1 2.0

course - Voice Prod Phonetics 2 2.0

course - Classical Voice 2.0

course - Dialects 2.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 2 Requirements

Requirement 4.1 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Contemp Mdrn Dance, Beg 1.0

course - Contemp Mdrn, Tech & Theory 1 - You may take once 1.5

Requirement 4.2 —Complete 4 Courses

course - Yoga & Alexander Technique 1.0

course - Beginning Stage Combat 1.0

course - Neutral Mask 2.0

course - Stage Combat 2.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 1 Course

Off-campus Bridge-to-Profession course:

course - Acting Practicum 0.5v - This course is normally taken during Spring or Summer Term

Requirement 6 —Complete 16 Hours

Elective courses:

course - Musical Theatre Performance 1.0v

course - Psychology of Performance 2.0

course - Workshop 1: Acting - You may take once 0.5v

course - Screenwriting 1 3.0

course - Playwriting 1 3.0

course - Princ of Design for Stg 3.0

course - British Theatre Performance 3.0

course - Voice Over 2.0

course - KCACTF - You may take once 1.0

course - Conservatory 3.0

course- Stage Directing 1: Princ&Prac 3.0

course - Screenwriting 2 - You may take once 3.0

course - Playwriting 2 3.0

course - Makeup Design 3.0

course - Dramatic Literature 1 3.0

course - Performance Workshop 2 - You may take once 0.5v

course - Character Mask 2.0

course - Performance: Recital 3.0

course - Stage Directing 2: AdvDirect 3.0

course - WDA Workshop - You may take once 3.0

course - Theatre Tour - You may take once 3.0

course - Theatre Management 3.0