Theatre Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Core Requirements (five courses)

1. One course in performance:

• One course in performance: Any course in the THEA001 PO series such as 
  THEA 001A PO - Basic Acting: Tools and Fundamentals
    
• THEA 012 PO - Intermediate Acting: Scene Study & Voice   

2. One course in design:

• THEA 002 PO - The Dramatic Imagination  

3. One course in theatre history/dramatic literature:

• THEA 030 PO - World Theatre and Drama I: Greeks to Restoration  
• THEA 031 PO - Word Theatre and Drama II: Kabuki to Contemporary  
• THEA 141 PO - Dramaturgy  

4. One course in theatre technology:

• THEA 021 PO - Costume Construction
    
• THEA 022 PO - Stage Lighting Technology  
• THEA 023 PO - Theatre Crafts  
• THEA 024 PO - Sound for the Theatre  

 5. One course (or the equivalent) in movement:

• THEA 013 PO - Corporeal Mime  
• THEA 014 PO - Corporeal Mime and Pedagogy  and/or
• any studio course taught by the Pomona College Dance Program or the Scripps College Dance Department.

Note: This requirement (#5) may be met by one full credit course, or a combination of two half-courses, which can be in a single subject, or spread out among two of the three above.

Electives (one course)

Any combination of full or half-credit courses not taken as part of the core requirements above.

Minors are encouraged to take at least one theatre elective containing a community engagement component. 

Production Crew Assignments

Two production crew assignments are required for the minor. Academic credit for this work is available but not required. See  THEA 052C PO - Theatre Production: Practicum  and  THEA 052H PO - Theatre Production: Practicum and Pedagogy .