The TheatreSchool offers two distinct programs of study: a 3-year certificate program, and a 4-year degree program. The 4-year program is offered in conjunction with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and culminates in a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. The certificate program is offered for those students who seek, principally but not exclusively, professional preparation in the theatre arts but not the broader liberal arts preparation of the degree program. Certificates are offered only in the acting program. The degree programs are offered for those students who seek to ground their professional preparation in a knowledge of the diverse areas of study represented by history, the behavioral and social sciences, philosophy, religion, the natural sciences, and mathematics.
The student’s course of study in the Liberal Studies Program is part of the undergraduate program devoted exclusively to liberal education. The program seeks to balance and augment the student’s course of study in Theatre. In addition to the 20 quarter hours required in the Common Core, Theatre students are required to complete 32 hours in the Learning Domains (Arts and Literature, Philosophical Inquiry, Religious Dimensions, Scientific Inquiry, Self, Society and Modern World, and Understanding the Past). Particular requirements are as follows:
COMMON CORE:
20 quarter hours required
First Year Program
:
4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago
8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric
4 quarter hours in Mathematical and Technological Literacy (Note: see section below on this requirement)
Sophomore Year
:
4 quarter hours in Seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States
LEARNING DOMAINS: 32 quarter hours required
Arts and Literature:
12 quarter hours required. (History of Dramatic Literature 204, 205 and 206 are eligible to fulfill the requirement in this learning domain.)
Philosophical Inquiry:
4 quarter hours required.
Religious Dimensions:
4 quarter hours required.
Scientific Inquiry:
4 quarter hours required in an approved SI lab or quantitative course.
Self, Society and the Modern World:
0 quarter hours required. However, student may choose a course from this domain to satisfy the general Liberal Studies elective requirement described below.
Understanding the Past:
4 quarter hours required.
General Liberal Studies Elective:
4 quarter hours chosen from any learning domain.
Mathematical and Technological Literacy
All
Theatre
students must complete the placement exam for Mathematical and Technological Literacy. Students must complete the one course into which they place. Students placing out of both sections will complete another domain elective (beyond the general Liberal Studies elective).
Liberal Studies Program
