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Theater Concentration
OVERVIEW
Theater Concentration
English majors have the opportunity each semester to perform full-scale theatrical productions, produced and directed by our theater faculty. Our productions range from the Greeks to the moderns, with just about everything in between. By the time our students graduate, they have wide exposure studying and performing plays from different periods and genres. Because the abilities and knowledge gained as an English major have such broad applications, career choices after graduation are almost unlimited. English majors at Fitchburg State University have continued their studies in graduate programs in literature, education, creative writing, library science, and counseling, and several have been accepted to law school programs.
curriculum
BA in English Studies - Theater
42 credit hours: 21 core and 21 Theater Concentration
- SPCH 1700 Voice & Articulation is required to fulfill the LAS speaking and listening requirement.
- Second-year language proficiency is required.
Core courses for all English Studies Concentration
All English Studies majors are required to take 21 credits from the following courses:
| ENGL 2999 | Approaches to English Studies | 3 cr. |
Three Literature Surveys
One American Survey of Literature (3 cr.)
| ENGL 2000 | American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2100 | American Literature II: Civil War to the Present | 3 cr. |
One British Survey of Literature (3 cr.)
| ENGL 2200 | British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2210 | British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2220 | British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie | 3 cr. |
Students may take a third Survey or substitute an equivalent period course in British or American literature as indicated below (3 cr.)
| ENGL 2000 | American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War or | 3 cr |
| ENGL 4200 | Romantic Movement in U.S. Literature | 3 cr |
| ENGL 2100 | American Literature II: Civil War to the Present | 3 cr |
| or select from: | ||
| ENGL 2650 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3010 | American Drama | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3220 | American Novel to 1950 | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2200 | British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton | 3 cr. |
| or select from: | ||
| ENGL 3030 | The Middle Ages | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3120 | The Golden Age of English Renaissance | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4010 | Chaucer and His World | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2210 | British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley | 3 cr. |
| or select from: | ||
| ENGL 4040 | Major English Writers of the 17th Century | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4050 | The Novel in the 18th Century | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4080 | British Romanticism | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 2220 | British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie | 3 cr. |
| or select from: | ||
| ENGL 3040 | British Literature Since World War II | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4090 | The 19th-Century English Novel | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4100 | Victorian Literature | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4115 | British Modernism | 3 cr. |
One Upper Level Literature: 4000 Level 3 cr.
(Jr/Sr Writing Requirement is met through one of the following writing intensive courses)
One Upper Level Writing Intensive 3 cr.
Select from:
| ENGL 3480 | Writing for the Web | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3500 | Creative Writing | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3510 | Fiction Writing I | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3520 | Writing Poetry | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3530 | Fiction Writing II | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3840 | On-Line Magazine | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3860 | Feature & Magazine Writing | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3870 | Writing for Business & Technology | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3890 | Creative Nonfiction Writing | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3000 | Speechwriting | 3 cr. |
Capstone (3 cr.)
| ENGL 4999 | English Capstone | 3 cr. |
Students in this concentration will fulfill core requirements as well as the following courses:
| THEA 1700 | Stage Movement | 3 cr. |
| THEA 2700 | Acting I | 3 cr. |
| THEA 2730 | History of Theater I | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3550 | Play Analysis | 3 cr. |
One Shakespeare (select from)
| ENGL 4020 | Shakespeare's Drama: Text & Performance or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 4030 | Interpreting Shakespeare's Work | 3 cr. |
One Drama (select from)
| ENGL 3010 | American Drama or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3020 | Modern Drama or | 3 cr. |
| ENGL 3030 | World Drama | 3 cr. |
One Theater Elective (select from)
| THEA 2100 | Children's Theater | 3 cr. |
| THEA 2740 | History of Theater II | 3 cr. |
| THEA 2800 | Acting II | 3 cr. |
| THEA 2850 | Applied Acting | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3010 | Acting for the Camera | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3020 | Directing the Play | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3030 | Auditioning | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3400 | Advanced Stage Movement | 3 cr. |
| THEA 3500 | Voice II | 3 cr. |
BS in English Studies - Theater
This program is available for students who choose not to fulfill the requirements for foreign language proficiency at the second-year level. All other requirements are the same as for the Bachelor of Arts in English Studies - Theater.
HOW TO APPLY
For more information and to apply, go to www.fitchburgstate.edu/admissions.
