Skip to main content
Print/Share/Save
MySpace
Digg
Delicious

B.A. Theatre Arts with Adolescence Certification in English

Theater arts major with adolescence education major at Nazareth College of Rochester, NY

Theater arts major with adolescence education major at Nazareth College of Rochester, NY

Nazareth Strengths

Example Careers/Outcomes

  • Actor/Actress
  • Arts Administrator
  • Teacher

Internships/Field Experiences

  • Geva Theater
  • Local School Districts
  • Interlochen
  • Sibley Music Library

Graduate Schools/Employers

  • University of the Arts
  • Yale
  • Julliard
  • The New School

    Alumni Spotlight

    Kelli Loucks, theater arts and education alumni. The theater arts major with adolescence education major is part of the Theater Arts Department at Nazareth College of Rochester, NY.Kelli Loucks '10
    In addition to teaching 9th and 11th grades, Kelli is also the Theatre Arts instructor at Mendon High School, and serves as co-advisor to the Sutherland Drama Club.  See More

    Students in the Theatre Arts program pursue courses that include an introduction to all phases of theatre arts, academic as well as studio. This exposure provides a broad foundation in theatre history and dramatic literature, production styles, and design, along with practical experience in performance studies. Electives allowing limited areas of concentration and project courses in the senior year are designed for study in specialized areas under direct faculty supervision.

    Students who elect to pursue teacher certification as a part of this program take special instruction in teaching methods and philosophy through the English department, in addition to their required coursework in the education department. In order to be eligible for the Professional Semester (student teaching), students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.7.

    Program Highlights

    • Provides comprehensive training in the arts, tools, and skills required to create theatre of the highest caliber in both the performance and production fields.
    • Courses cover acting, technical theatre, music theatre, as well as scene, costume, and lighting design; project courses in the senior year are designed for concentrated work in special areas under faculty supervision.
    • The small program size allows students to be cast in shows as early as second semester of freshman year. Students participate in master classes with working professionals and compete at the American Theatre Festival.
    • The Senior Experience consists of a seminar with an internship.  In this course, the students reflect on their major experience, and they are given opportunities to integrate material from theatre and other core areas of the college experience.  A final project is created in some phase of production, design or theory.

    Typical Class Schedule

    Freshman Year

    • Modern Foreign Language Credits: 6
    • Perspectives I Credits: 3
    • Math and Science Perspectives I Credits: 7
    • Movement Course Credits: 0

    As well as:

    • ENGW 101 - College Writing I: Exposition
    • ENGW 102 - College Writing II: Argument & Research
    • ACS 101 - Academic and College Success
    • FYS course taken with ACS 101
    • THA.Q 120 - Introduction to Theatre: Arts And Analysis

    Plus:

    • THA 140 - Fundamentals of Acting OR
    • THA 150 - Technical Theatre I
    • THA 150L - Technical Theatre I Lab

    Take 6 Perspectives I credits during the summer between freshman and sophomore year.

    Sophomore Year

    • Perspectives I Credits: 3
    • Math or Science Perspectives II Credits: 3
    • Theatre Arts 200-Level Elective Credits: 3
    • Theatre Arts Labs (2 required) Credits: 2
    • Movement Course Credits: 0

    As well as:

    • SPF 204 - History and Philosophy of Education
    • ENGL 201 - Survey of British Literature I
    • ENGL 202 - Survey of British Literature II

    Plus:

    • THA 140 - Fundamentals of Acting OR
    • THA 150 - Technical Theatre I
    • THA 150L - Technical Theatre I Lab

    Plus:

    • THA 240 - Intermediate Acting: Characterization OR
    • THA 250 - Technical Theatre II

    Plus:

    • THA 275 - PII History of the Theatre I
    • THA 276 - PII History of the Theatre II

    Junior Year

    • Perspectives II Credits: 6
    • Upper Division English (Shakespeare)
    • Upper Division Theatre Arts (300/400 Level)
    • Theatre Arts Labs (2 required)

    As well as:

    • ADOL 030 - Orientation for Professional Semester
    • ADOL 410 - Principles of Teaching Learning and Assessment for Diverse Secondary Learners
    • EDU 475 - Health Education, Child Abuse, and Violence Prevention Workshop
    • ENGE 457 - Curriculum Methodology Middle School and Senior High
    • LST 301 - PII Language and Literacy Development

    One of the following:

    • THA 330 - Scene Design II
    • THA 331 - Lighting Design II
    • THA 332 - Costume Design II

    Plus:

    • THA 351 - Play Analysis
    • THA 375 - Principles of Play Directing

    Senior Year

    • Upper Division English (American Literature)
    • Upper Division English (Perspectives II)
    • Theatre Arts Lab (1 required)
    • Perspectives I Credits: 3

    As well as:

    • ADOL 476 - Motivation and Management
    • ADOL 477 - Literary Instruction for Diverse Secondary Learners
    • ADOL 478 - Reflective Seminar
    • ADOL 480 - Adolescent Development and Youth Culture In School & Community
    • ENGE 479 - Student Teaching Middle School and High School
    • THA 452 - Seminar in Theatre
    • THA 499 - Theatre Arts Comprehensive
    Personal tools