Minor in Drama
The requirements for the Minor in Drama are designed to integrate the critical and historical study of drama with the study and experience of performance. A total of 30 units are required to obtain a Minor in Drama. The minor provides aesthetic and critical opportunities for students to develop special aptitudes. Students are encouraged to declare a minor in their sophomore year.
MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Required Courses—30 units total for the minor
A course may be listed in more than one area; however, each course can only satisfy one minor requirement. There is no double credit for a course. A student may petition to the department Undergraduate Adviser to have additional courses offered by the department count towards requirements in areas 2 and 3. All introductory courses are required with no exceptions.
Introductory Core Courses—14 units
DRAMA 30. How Theater is Designed (4 units)
DRAMA 34. Stage Management Techniques (2 units)
DRAMA 101H. How Theater Thinks (4 units)
DRAMA 101P. How Practice Practices (4 units)
- Theatrical Literature/History—3 units
Any course between DRAMA 150-169. The following courses are offered in 2010-2011:
DRAMA 150T. Racial Erotics
DRAMA 151T. Great Books
DRAMA 151. Greek Tragedy
DRAMA 1552. Beckett
DRAMA 156H. Dance and Theater
DRAMA 160. Performance, Dance, and History: From Postwar to Postmodernism
DRAMA 166H. Historiography of Theater
DRAMA 167. Avant Garde Theater
DRAMA 169A. Cultural Traffic
- Theatrical Performance Courses: Acting, Directing, and Playwriting—3 units
Any course with the subject code DANCE
Acting courses between DRAMA 20-29, 120-129, 210. The following courses are offered in 2010-11:
DRAMA 20. Acting for Non-Majors
DRAMA 120A,B. Fundamentals of Acting
DRAMA 120V. Vocal Production and Audition
DRAMA 121C. Physical Characterization
DRAMA 121S. Acting Shakespeare
DRAMA 122. Contemporary Vernacular Dance in New Musical Theater
DRAMA 122P. Undergraduate Acting Project
DRAMA 110. Identity, Diversity, and Aesthetics: The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA)
Playwriting and Dramaturgy courses between DRAMA 70-79. The department is not offering any courses in the 70 series in 2010-11.
Directing, Playwriting and Dramaturgy courses between DRAMA 170-179. The following courses are offered in 2010-11:
DRAMA 170A. Concepts of Directing
DRAMA 170B. Advanced Directing
DRAMA 177. Writing for Performance
DRAMA 178. Playwriting
- Theatrical Production—4 units
DRAMA 39. Theater Crew (4 units)
- Electives—6 units
Any courses in Drama or Dance.