Performing Arts Major/Theater Concentration (Bachelor of Arts)

First Year - Credits: 30

• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
• DRA 100 - Introduction to Theater (Cr: 3)
• DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1 or 3)
• DRA 106 - Private Theater Instruction (Cr: 0.5 or 1) (Students will take twice)
• DRA 200 - Acting Techniques I (Cr: 3)
• DRA 205 - Acting Techniques II (Cr: 3)
• DRA 220 - Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)
• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
• MUS 105 - Endicott College Chorus (Cr: 1)
• PA 100 - Introduction to Performing Arts (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies Aesthetic Awareness General Elective

Second Year - Credits: 35

• Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Performing Arts Elecitve (Cr: 6)
• Elective (Cr: 3) 

• DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1 or 3) (Students will take twice)
• DRA 106 - Private Theater Instruction (Cr: 0.5 or 1) (Students will take twice)
• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
• PA 101 - Performance Review (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• PA 300 - Performance Workshop I (Cr: 3)
• PA 305 - Performance Workshop II (Cr: 3)

Third Year - Credits: 29

• General Education Electives (Cr: 9)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
• DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1 or 3) (Students will take twice)
• DRA 106 - Private Theater Instruction (Cr: 0.5 or 1) (Students will take twice)
• DRA 310 - Directing (Cr: 3)
• PA 101 - Performance Review (Cr: 1)
• PA 310 - Audition and Portfolio (Cr: 3)

Fourth Year - Credits: 31

• General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
• Performing Arts Elective (Cr: 6)

• DAN 235 - Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
• MUS 105 - Endicott College Chorus (Cr: 1)
• PA 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• PA 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
• PA 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)

Performing Arts Elective

Students must take 12 credits under the designation of Performing Arts Elective. For this elective requirement, students may take up to nine credits in any courses in their designed concentration area (DRA). However, three credits must be in an area outside the student’s concentration area in order to promote cross-discipline growth. Students may choose from any DAN, DRA, MUS, PA  or any of the following courses:

• AET 100 - Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
• AET 200 - Materials, Media, and Metaphor (Cr: 3)
• AET 205 - Music Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
• AET 206 - Guitar for Therapy and Education (Cr: 3)
• AET 207 - Drumming for Healing (Cr: 3)
• AET 210 - Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
• AET 215 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
• AET 225 - Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
• AET 305 - Cultural Humility in the Arts Therapies (Cr: 3)
• AET 306 - Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
• ART 240 - Imagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)
• ART 266 - Writing in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
• ART 365 - Arts Administration II (Cr: 3)
• DM 110 - Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (Cr: 3)
• DM 255 - Writing for the Screen (Cr: 3)
• DM 281 - TV Studio Production I (Cr: 3)
• DRA 215 - Acting for Film (Cr: 3)
• ED 215 - Creative Arts in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms (Cr: 3)
• ENG 103 - Public Speaking (Cr: 3)
• ENG 212 - Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
• ENG 229 - Playwriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
• ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
• IDS 301 - Yoga: Theory, Culture & Practice (Cr: 3)
• MTH 105 - The Mathematics of Music (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Perform showing originality and innovation in their chosen discipline at a level of professional competency, including collaborations with others in different art forms.
2. Demonstrate understanding of theoretical concepts in their chosen discipline.
3. Identify, describe and analyze well-recognized genres, artistic eras, areas of thought, and specific works in their chosen discipline as well as in dance, music, and theater.
4. Display a working knowledge of technical practices and equipment used in the performing arts.
5. Exhibit an understanding of business practices in the performing arts: grant writing, copyright law, budgeting, and contracts. 
6. Show the ability to speak, write, and advocate for performing arts.
7. Demonstrate the ability to promote and market events and organizations in performing arts.
8. Become employed as performers, support crew, or support staff at performing arts organizations at local, state, national, or international levels, including in educational settings.