Preparation for the Major
The junior-level student seeking admission to this program normally must have completed the required number of units of lower-division work in his/her selected track (see track outline below for details). Students entering with fewer than the required number of units should complete the deficiencies within the first year of instruction at Cal State San Marcos. Courses in the arts which satisfy an upper-division general education requirement may not be used for the major.
 
  units check list
(57 units)
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Lower Division
(12 units)		    
     
Critical/theoretical/cultural
6  
- Dramatic Literature
- Theatre history (contemporary or global    preferred
    
Studio courses
From the following or equivalent areas:		 6  
- Acting Movement or dance
- Voice and diction
- Performance activities
- Technical theatre activities
- Design		    
     
Upper-Division Theatre Arts
(45 units)		    
     
Visual and Performing Arts
Interdisciplinary Core 		   
VPA 302 - The Process of Art I
VPA 303 - The Process of Art II
3
3
  
     
Cross-disciplinary Studio Work
Choose 2, of the three options below, for a total of six units.
 6  
Three units of any upper-division
studio work in Music.
Three units of any upper-division
studio work in Theatre Arts.
Three units of any upper-division
studio work in Dance.		    
     
Theatre Coursework
(33 units)		    
     
Critical/Theoretical/Cultural:
(select 2 courses from) 		6  
TA 320/320S - Mod. World Europe/Latin
TA 321
TA 322
TA 323 - Power and Popular Culture
TA 324
TA 325 - Latino/Chicano in United States
TA 326 - African-American Theatre
TA 327 - The Caribbean Carnival
TA 410 - Cont. American Theatre - Taboos...
TA 420 -
TA 421 - Viva el Teatro - Spanish Theatre...
VPA 320 - Culture of India through Dance...
VPA 420 - 		   
     
Studio Work in Theater Arts
(select three from) 		9  
TA 300 - Storytelling Society
TA 301 - Acting
TA 302
TA 401 - Play and Screenwriting I
TA 480/480S - Theatre Activ. for Children/A
VPA 381 - Studio Work in the Arts		    
     
Theater Production (4 semesters)    
TA 489 - Theater Production Workshop
12
  
     
Visual and Performing Arts
Electives:		 3  
     
Capstone:    
VPA 498C 3