An academic minor in Theatre is available for students who have an interest in Theatre and/or for students who want a concentration of study in Theatre to complement another major. The minor is designed to provide a broad foundation of creative and technical experience for the development of theatre artists. It may also be designed to focus on a specific discipline, such as Acting, Design/Technical, Arts Management and Directing.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Minor Requirements (20 credits)
Select 20 credits from Theater Arts (TAD) courses
Select 8 credits at the 100-level		8
Select an additional 12 credits from the 200-, 300- or 400-level		12
Courses for the minor may include up to two IATAD courses.
Total Credits		20

Upon completion of the Theatre minor, students will be competent in the following knowledge outcomes:

• Make a critical observation of the discipline by exploring how the performing arts is stepped in tradition, born of the need to express, and forever evolving.
• Make a personal and unique interpretation of the discipline.
• Create a coherent and organized analysis of the discipline.
• Describe the characteristics of a creative person.

Upon completion of the Theatre minor, students will be competent in the following application of craft outcomes:

• Explore what it means to be creative and the core principles of aesthetics.
• Communicate how creativity and what something as quality is defined.
• Translate varied sources of inspiration into artistic expression.
• Acquire visual literacy, craftsmanship and conceptualization.
• Explore multiple approaches to an idea.
• Devise new uses for existing patterns or structures.
• Develop systematic methods to find individualized solutions to specific problems.

Upon completion of the Theatre minor, students will be competent in the following collaboration outcomes:

• Share viewpoints, challenge perspectives, engage in conversation, argue a point, as well as identify the crucial elements of a successful collaboration.
• Create well-crafted works in collaboration with others.
• Perform as part of a unified ensemble where elements and steps of the process and journey is evident.

Upon completion of the Theatre minor, students will be competent in the following growth through self-awareness outcomes:

• Develop a better understanding of their own individuality as they reflect on their creative process.
• Develop a better understanding of what elements define their own personal aesthetic.
• Be able to investigate self as source for creative production.
• Be able to identify their own individual creative process.
• Be able to communicate personal experience of class material in discussion and writing.