Drama
Program Learning Outcomes
- Students will practice technical theatre skills and execute the best method identified for the construction of sets, props and costumes for a production.
- Students will organize and perform backstage protocol required to ensure the execution and run of a live theatrical performance.
- Students will analyze scripts and develop characters for performance by utilizing acting methodologies and practices.
- Students will construct sets; hang and focus lighting instruments; build props; and utilize backstage protocol by following production plots and schematics.
- Students will execute theatrical makeup techniques and application in the design and creation of characters within a production.
- Students will analyze scripts and articulate a broad contextual understanding of dramatic literature.
TSI Liable
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Field of Study - 18 Credit Hours | ||
| DRAM 1120 | Theater Practicum I | 1 |
| DRAM 1121 | Theater Practicum II | 1 |
| DRAM 2120 | Theater Practicum III | 1 |
| DRAM 1330 | Stagecraft I | 3 |
| DRAM 1341 | Stage Makeup | 3 |
| or DRAM 1342 | Costume Technology | |
| DRAM 1351 | Acting I | 3 |
| DRAM 1352 | Acting II | 3 |
| DRAM 2355 | Script Analysis | 3 |
| STC Core Curriculum - 42 Credit Hours | ||
| Complete 42 credit hours of required Core Curriculum 1,2 | 42 | |
| Creative Arts | ||
| Theater Appreciation 3 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 60 | |
- 1
In addition to the courses in the Field of Study, the student is required to take 42 credit hours from the STC Core Curriculum. These courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill field of study requirements.
- 2
Students who select a 3 credit hour Mathematics course to fulfill the Mathematics component of the Core Curriculum must take 4 credit hours to complete the Component Area Option for the Core Curriculum.
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Drama majors must take DRAM 1310 Theater Appreciation to fulfill the Creative Arts component of the core curriculum.
TSI Liable
Recommended Course Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| DRAM 1330 | Stagecraft I 1 | 3 |
| DRAM 1351 | Acting I | 3 |
| DRAM 1310 | Theater Appreciation | 3 |
| ENGL 1301 | Composition I | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| United States History I | ||
| Mexican-American History I | ||
| African American History I | ||
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| DRAM 1120 | Theater Practicum I | 1 |
| DRAM 1341 or DRAM 1342 |
Stage Makeup 2 or Costume Technology |
3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective - Core Curriculum | 3 | |
| ENGL 1302 | Composition II - Rhetoric | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| United States History II | ||
| Mexican-American History II | ||
| African American History II | ||
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Summer | ||
| DRAM 1121 | Theater Practicum II | 1 |
| Language, Philosophy & Culture Elective - Core Curriculum | 3 | |
Recommended: |
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| Introduction to Logic | ||
| Credit Hours | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| DRAM 2120 | Theater Practicum III | 1 |
| DRAM 1352 | Acting II 3 | 3 |
| GOVT 2305 | Federal Government | 3 |
| Life and Physical Sciences Elective - Core Curriculum | 4 | |
| Mathematics Elective - Core Curriculum | 3-4 | |
Recommended: |
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| Contemporary Mathematics | ||
| College Algebra | ||
| Credit Hours | 14-15 | |
| Spring | ||
| DRAM 2355 | Script Analysis 4 | 3 |
| GOVT 2306 | Texas Government | 3 |
| Speech Elective - Component Area Option - Core Curriculum | 3 | |
Recommended: |
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| Introduction to Speech Communication | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| Life and Physical Sciences Elective - Core Curriculum | 4 | |
| Component Area Option - Core Curriculum (if required) | 1-2 | |
Recommended: |
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| Interpersonal Communications | ||
| Introduction to Physical Fitness and Wellness | ||
| Credit Hours | 14-15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 60-62 | |