Theatre Arts Minor
The Minor in Theatre Arts provides an opportunity for students who are not majoring in theatre to continue to learn and grow as theatre artists. Through the minor curriculum, students acquire practical skills and build essential knowledge that will be useful for career ventures that require creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication.
The Minor in Theatre Arts gives students who participated in theatre activities before coming to UIW the opportunity to continue to advance as theatre artists in a positive and supportive theatre program. The Minor provides a secondary academic focus for students who need to (or must) major in a discipline other than theatre, but who still would like college-level instruction and experience in theatre. The Minor in Theatre Arts provides a secondary academic focus for students who plan to become teachers and would like a theatre minor to become better informed, skilled, and marketable, particularly when combined with an English, Communication Arts, or Music major.
The minor in Theatre Arts requires 18 credit hours, including 6 upper division hours. 9 hours are required from the listed Theatre Arts courses, and 6 credit hours must be from upper division Theatre Arts courses.
Requirements
Required Coursework
The minor in Theatre Arts requires 18 credit hours, including 6 upper division hours.
| THAR 1321 | Beginning Acting | 3 |
| | Or | |
| THAR 1320 | Acting in Everyday Life | 3 |
| | And | |
| THAR 2360 | Introduction to Technical Production | 3 |
| | And | |
| THAR 2380 | Play Analysis | 3 |
| | Or | |
| THAR 3381 | Theatre History I | 3 |
| | Or | |
| THAR 3382 | Theatre History II | 3 |
| | And | |
| THAR | Additional 9 hours in elective THAR courses | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Total Credit Hours: 18