The BFA Acting program is designed to develop students into actualizing their fullest potential both as actors and global citizens, each of whom is equipped to navigate and adapt to a constantly-changing industry upon graduation. Our program is a conservatory-style, four-year, sequence-based degree, offering the finest of actor training in the context of a nationally-respected university, and in close proximity to two of the most prolific artistic hubs in central Texas.
Freshman
- Beginning Acting (TH 1364)
- Intermediate Acting (TH 1365)
- Voice I: Vocal Production (TH 1345)
- Movement I (TH 1354)
- Theatre Activities (TH 2111)
- Voice II: Experiencing Speech (TH 2345)
- Introduction to Theatrical Design (TH 1350)
Sophomore
- Acting Realism (TH 3364)
- Characterization (TH 2354)
- Voice III: Heightened Text (TH 3310)
- Movement II (TH 1355)
- Voice IV: Dialects (TH 4361)
- Improvisation (TH 3361)
Junior
- Physical Acting I
- Actor Artist Aesthetic (TH 4315)
- History of Theatre I (TH 3320)
- TV/Film Acting (TH 3342)
- Physical Acting II
- Stage Combat (TH 3360)
- History of the Theatre II (TH3321)
Senior
- Directing I (TH 4364)
- Turning Pro
- Acting as a Business
- Shakespeare
- Dramatic Theory (TH 3367)*
- Advanced TV/Film Acting
Summer Options
- Shakespeare Study Abroad in London and Stratford* – TH 4323, TH 4324 (can count as the two acting electives)
- *Oregon Shakespeare Festival Intensive can be subbed for TH 3367 Dramatic Theory