Theatre Arts: Dance Option - Theatre Arts major leads to the Associate in Arts degree and prepares the student for transfer to a four-year institution. Students completing the baccalaureate program or graduate work may be hired in the major or allied fields as a teacher, actor/actress, radio/television announcer, public affairs officer, costume specialist, stage hand, lighting designer or dramatist, choreographer, commercial theatre dancer, concert dancer, dance critic, dance therapist, dance notator or movement analyst.

Programs > Theatre Arts: Dance Option Associate of Arts Degree

Theatre Arts major leads to the Associate in Arts degree and prepares the student for transfer to a four-year institution. Students completing the baccalaureate program or graduate work may be hired in the major or allied fields as a teacher, actor/actress, radio/television announcer, public affairs officer, costume specialist, stage hand, lighting designer or dramatist, choreographer, commercial theatre dancer, concert dancer, dance critic, dance therapist, dance notator or movement analyst.

Term Effective Fall 2005

Required Courses
Course	Title	Units
THE 210	Beginning Acting	3.0
THE 225	Production-Performance	1.0
THE 230	Modern Dance: Beginning	2.0

Plus 2 additional performance units selected from the following:
MUS 220	Opera Theatre-Performance	1.0 - 3.0
THE 220	Acting-Performance	1.0 - 3.0
THE 225	Production-Performance	1.0 - 3.0
THE 260	Dance Performance	1.0 - 3.0
THE 262	Dance for Musical Theatre	1.0 - 3.0
THE 265	Dance Repertory: Apprentice	1.0 - 3.0
THE 266	Dance Repertory	1.0 - 3.0

Plus at least 2 additional units of:
THE 215	Stagecraft	3.0
THE 216	Stage Lighting	3.0
THE 217	Costume Construction	2.0

Plus 8 units selected from the following:
MUS 200	Fundamentals of Music	3.0
THE 206	Dance in World Cultures	3.0
THE 231	Modern Dance: Intermediate	2.0
THE 242	Ballet: Beginning	2.0
THE 250	Choreography	2.0

Plus 2 additional units from the following:
THE 234	Tap Dance: Beginning	2.0
THE 238	Jazz Dance: Beginning	2.0
THE 239	Jazz Dance: Intermediate	2.0

Total Required Units		20.0

*Theatre Arts 206 is recommended for all individuals who are majoring in Dance to fulfill the general education requirement for the Associate Degree.