Acting Major - Bachelor of Fine Arts

The BFA in Acting is a conservatory-style immersive training program in performance for aspiring acting professionals. Students will be trained in all aspects of acting including, voice and movement, script/character analysis, and performance pedagogy. A unit of ten students will be selected from national auditions each year for acceptance into the program.

Full admittance to the BFA programs will be decided by late February each year and the student will be notified by the theatre faculty of their acceptance. All other students will be automatically accepted to the Theatre and Entertainment Arts major pending university admittance and are encouraged to reapply to either BFA programs in following years.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Theatre and Dance department page.

Total Credits Required

120

General Education

30-40

General Education:	30-40

Courses Required in Major	72

BFA Core:	29
TH 131 Stagecraft	2
TH 134 Acting for BFA	2
TH 141 Fundamentals of Design	2
TH 360 Theatre History I	4
TH 361 Theatre History 2; or	4
TH 260 Dramatic Literature (4 cr.)
TH 432 Theatre and Entertainment Careers	1
TH 352 Directing Theory	4
TH 456 Entertainment Arts Management	4
TH 480 Theatre and Entertainment Arts Capstone	1
TH 491 Practicum in Theatre and Entertainment Arts	4
1 credit repeated x 4
TH 493 Field Studies	1

Acting Foundation Courses:	16
TH 136 Stage Voice I	2
TH 236 Stage Voice II	2
TH 266 Script Analysis	2
TH 330 Acting 2	4
TH 336 Stage Voice III	2
TH 435 Advanced Acting	2
TH 454 Advanced Shakespeare	2

Movement Foundation Courses:	12
TH 135 Movement I	2
TH 235 Movement II	2
TH 237 Stage Combat I	2
TH 335 Movement III	2
TH 337 Stage Combat II	2
DAN 201 Beginning Ballet Technique	2

Theatre & Dance Electives:	15
Any TH or DAN courses
EN 420 Shakespeare (4 cr.)

Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.