Program Requirements

To earn their Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dramatic Arts, Film and Television, students complete 135.5 credits in core, major-sequence and elective requirements, as outlined below. For more information about courses, please see the College of Professional Studies section of our Undergraduate Bulletin.
 

Liberal Arts Core – 39 Credits

DNY1000CDiscover New York3
ENG1000CEnglish Composition3
ENG1100CLiterature in a Global Context3
MTH1003CIntroduction to College Math3
  Modern Foreign Language Requirement6
PHI1000CPhilosophy of the Human Person3
PHI1204Media Ethics (c/ref COM 2405)3
PHI3000CMetaphysics3
SCI1000CScientific Inquiry3
THE1000CPerspectives on Christianity3
THE1040Elective3
THE Elective3

Major Area Required Courses – 30 Credits

DRM1200Introduction to Acting Technique3
DRM3200Acting for Film3
MCC1000Introduction to Mass Communication3
TVF1200Introduction to Visual Production3
TVF1510Actors on Film: The Silent Era to Contemporary Cinema3
TVF2203Nonlinear Editing3
TVF2202Television Performance3
TVF2303Dramatic Screenwriting (or) TVF 2301 Writing for Television3
TVF3220Film Production (or) TVF 2200 Television Production I3
TVF3303Advance Screenwriting (or) TVF 2302 Nonfiction Screenwriting3

Major Credits through American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Major Area Required Courses – 66.5 Credits

Acting5
Acting II4
Acting III3.5
Acting IV5
Acting V2
Acting Professionally — Audition Technique0.5
Alexander Technique2
Camera Technique2
Dialects1
Movement2
Movement II2
Movement III (Fencing and Combat)2
Vocal Production1
Vocal Production II1
Voice & Speech2
Voice & Speech II2
Voice & Speech III2
Stage Make-up0.5
Styles I3
Styles II (Shakespeare)3
Theatre History1
Independent Study — Alexander Technique3.5
Independent Study — Audition Technique 
Independent Study — Masks 
Independent Study — Voice & Speech Practicum1
Independent Study — Vocal Production and Singing0.5
Industry Panels — Acting Professionally 
Period Dance1
Rehearsal and Performance, Including Career Counseling 
Seminars14