Fine Arts at Fontbonne: BA Performing Arts Curriculum Guide
Acting/Directing Concentration
General Education Requirements
The 42 credit hours of general education requirements are presented in the academic information section in this catalog. A course that meets a general education requirement may also meet a course requirement in the major or a course requirement in another discipline. The following specific general education courses must be chosen to meet the requirements for this major:
- COM 103 Interpersonal Communication (for all but certification students) (3 hours)
- COM 102 Public Speaking (for certification students only) (3 hours)
- PER 101 Theatre Appreciation (3 hours)
- PER 314 Multicultural Experiences in Performance (3 hours)
Please consult the catalog, along with your academic advisor, on any other requirements.
Curriculum Guide
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) fulfill General Education requirements.
The GER elective must be an approved GER course not in your major.
Freshman Year Freshman Year
PER101 Theatre App. (GER) 3 PER145 Advanced Acting 3
PER111 Performance Tech. 3 PHL110 or PHL260 (GER) 3
ENG101 Rhetoric I (GER) 3 ENG102 Rhetoric II (GER) 3
COM103 Interpersonal(GER) 3 Life Science (GER) 3
INT108 (GER) 1 CIS___ Computer (GER) 3
PER130 Theatre Synthesis 1 PER131 Theatre Synthesis 1
14 16
First Year, First Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 14 (14) |
| PER101 | Theatre Appreciation* | 3 |
| PER111 | Performance Techniques | 3 |
| ENG101 | Rhetoric I* | 3 |
| COM103 | Interpersonal Communication* | 3 |
| INT108 | Information Literacy* | 1 |
| PER130 | Theatre Synthesis | 1 |
First Year, Second Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 16 (30) |
| PER145 | Advanced Acting | 3 |
| PHL | Philosophy GER (PHL110, PHL260)* | 3 |
| ENG102 | Rhetoric II* | 3 |
| BIO108 | Intro to Life Science w/Lab* | 3 |
| CIS100 | Computer Technology: Issues and Applications (CIS110, CIS111, CIS160)* | 3 |
| PER131 | Theatre Synthesis | 1 |
Second Year, First Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 17 (47) |
| PER121 | Stagecraft | 3 |
| PER212 | Oral Interpretation of Literature | 3 |
| PER441 | The Development of Dramatic Art: Greek
to 19th Century | 3 |
| HST | History (103-106, 340 or 366)* | 3 |
| Elective(s) | 3 |
| PER230 | Theatre Synthesis | 1 |
Second Year, Second Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 16 (63) |
| PER326 | Technical Production | 3 |
| PER318 | Directing | 3 |
| Human Behavior GER* | 3 |
| MTH103 | Excursions into Modern Math (or MTH105, MTH115, MTH150)* | 3 |
| PER245 | Advanced Acting | 3 |
| PER231 | Theater Synthesis | 1 |
Third Year, First Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 18 (81) |
| PER317 | Staging Literature | 3 |
| PER443 | Text Analysis | 3 |
| PER314 | Multicultural Experiences in
Performance | 3 |
| PER494 | Production/S>M.. | 3 |
| PER330 | Theater Synthesis | 1 |
| PER315 | Contemporary Theories of Theatre | 3 |
| Elective(s) | 3 |
Third Year, Second Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 16 (97) |
| PER345 | Advanced Acting | 3 |
| PHY108 | Intro to Physical Science & Lab | 3 |
| REL | Religion (graduation requirement) | 3 |
| ENG | Literature (120, 240, 241, 260 or 261)* | 3 |
| PER331 | Theater Synthesis | 1 |
| Elective(s) | 2 |
Fourth Year, First Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 16 (113) |
| PER | Elective | 3 |
| PER449 | Special Topics | 3 |
| PER430 | Theater Synthesis | 1 |
| Elective(s) | 9 |
Fourth Year, Second Semester
| number | title | hours |
|---|
| Total: 16 (129) |
| PER445 | Advanced Acting | 3 |
| ENG320 | Shakespeare’s Comedies (or ENG321)* | 3 |
| PER431 | Theater Synthesis | 1 |
| Elective(s) | 9 |
