Acting Curriculum
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