Minor in Drama
The requirements for the Minor in Drama are designed to integrate the critical and historical study of drama with the study and experience of performance. A total of 30 units are required to obtain a Minor in Drama. The minor provides aesthetic and critical opportunities for students to develop special aptitudes. Students are encouraged to declare a minor in their sophomore year.
MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Required Courses—30 units total for the minor
A course may be listed in more than one area; however, each course can only satisfy one minor requirement. There is no double credit for a course. A student may petition to the department Undergraduate Adviser to have additional courses offered by the department count towards requirements in areas 2 and 3. Drama 101H, How Theater Thinks, is required with no exceptions. All core courses must be taken for a letter grade to satisfy the requirement.
- Introductory Core Courses—8 units
DRAMA 101H. How Theater Thinks (4 units) REQUIRED
DRAMA 30. How Theater is Designed (4 units)
DRAMA 101P. How Practice Practices (4 units)
- Theatrical Literature/History—4 units
Any course between DRAMA 150-169, DANCE 160-161(Instructor on leave; no courses offered in DANCE 160-161 for academic year 2011-12). The following courses are offered in 2011-12
- DRAMA 151T. Great Books
- DRAMA 152H. Food and Performance
- DRAMA 155H. Our Town
- DRAMA 157H. Pop Up: Race and Popular Culture
- DRAMA 159H. Comedy and Identity
- DRAMA 162H. Baroque Modernities: Dance, Theater, Film, and Political Theory
- DRAMA 163S. New Black or Postblack Drama in the Age of Obama
- DRAMA 164. Performance and Gender
- DRAMA 164T. Queer Theory
- DRAMA.165T. Africa in the African American Imaginary
- DRAMA 166H. Historiography of Theater
- DRAMA 167T. Critical Theory
- DRAMA 168H. Avant Garde Theater ll
- DRAMA 168T. Inside Story: Biology and Biography in Performance and Art
- DRAMA 169T. Photography and Memory
- DRAMA 176H. Black Women Playwrights
- Theatrical Performance Courses: Acting, Dance, Design, Directing, and Playwriting—4 units
Acting courses between DRAMA 21-29, 103-105, 120-129, 203, 201V, 210.
The following courses are offered in 2011-12:
- DRAMA 103. Beginning Improvising
- DRAMA 105V. Improv and Design
- DRAMA 110. Identity, Diversity, and Aesthetics: The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA)
- DRAMA120A. Introduction to Acting I
- DRAMA 120 B. Introduction to Acting ll
- DRAMA 120V. Vocal Production and Audition
- DRAMA 121S. Acting Shakespeare
- DRAMA 122. Contemporary Vernacular Dance in New Musical Theater
- DRAMA 122P. Undergraduate Acting Project
- Directing, Playwriting and Dramaturgy courses between DRAMA 170-179.
- The following courses are offered in 2011-12:
- DRAMA 170B. Actor/Director Dialogue
- DRAMA 171. Performance Making: Process
- DRAMA 174A. Performance Making: Production
- DRAMA 177. Writing for Performance
- DRAMA 178. Playwriting
- DRAMA 179F. Flor y Canto: Poetry Writing
- Design, Stage Management, and Production courses between DRAMA 31, 131-133, 137-39D, 42, 140, 231-240
- The following courses are offered in 2011-12:
- DRAMA 28. Makeup for the Stage
- DRAMA 31. Introduction to Lighting and Production
- DRAMA 32F. History of Fashion
- DRAMA 34S. Fundamentals of Sound in Performance: Theory and Technique
- DRAMA 42. Costume Construction
- DRAMA 131. Lighting Design
- DRAMA 132. Costume Design
- DRAMA 133. Stage Scenery Design
- DRAMA 137. Hand Drafting for Designers
- DRAMA 138. Digital Production
DANCE courses between 30-149.
- Theatrical Production—2 units
DRAMA 39. Theater Crew
- Electives—12 units
Any courses in DRAMA or DANCE.