Theater & Performance Studies Minor

Minor Programs: Music, Theater & Performance Studies, and Performing Arts

DPA offers three minors. The requirements for a minor in Music or Theater & Performance Studies include a combination of scholarly and creative courses. The Performing Arts minor is designed for students working across various performing arts disciplines, including Theater and Performance Studies, Music, Dance, and Public Speaking. The Performing Arts minor includes three 3-credit courses in any of these four disciplines and three additional courses from any other area/s in the department. Four 1-credit Music or Dance performance credits or three 1-credit Theater performance credits may be bundled into a single 3-credit course upon request by the student to their dean. Performing Arts Minors concentrating in TPST, Music, or Dance can count up to two total bundles toward the degree (either each bundling from a different performing arts field or, if approved by the Program Director, two in the same field.)

For course listings for Music and Theater, see the Schedule of Classes

Requirements for the Minor in Theater & Performance Studies

20 credit hours, including:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Colloquium
Select one-credit Performing Arts Colloquium		1
Core Methods Courses
Select at least one of the following:		3
TPST 1200	Acting I
TPST 1300	Play Analysis
TPST 2000	Adaptation & Performance
Select at least one of the following:		3
TPST 1050	Cross-Cultural Perf. Studies
TPST 2230	Performance and Politics
TPST 2400	World Theater Histories
TPST 1000	Practicum: Technical Theatre 1	1
Select at least 12 additional elective credit hours within TPST including:		12
At least 6 credit hours of intermediate elective courses (2000 or higher)
Total Credits		20

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At least 1 credit hour of TPST 1000 in either Run Crew or Stage Management

Note about Credit and Enrollment for Participation in TPST Home Season: Students participating as cast members or in another sustained way throughout the rehearsal process (dramaturg, stage manager, designer, assistant director, etc.) should enroll for the course assigned to that production. Most Performance Labs offer options for zero to three credits, which will be decided upon by Davis Center Artistic Director and faculty based upon audition; course numbers will rotate each semester.  No more than 3 credit hours of the Performance Lab sequence can be used to fulfill the minor.  After 3 credits have been achieved, advanced students working on productions may enroll in Advanced Performance Lab (for variable credits) for work on additional productions.  

If approved by the program director, up to one course may be fulfilled via transfer credits, study abroad, or cognate courses.