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Undergraduate Acting Concentration

 

Undergraduate Acting Concentration

The Acting Concentration prepares students to enter graduate acting programs or pursue professional careers in theater, television and film. The coursework provides the highest caliber of training possible within the context of a liberal arts education, so students can thrive either in a graduate program or the profession. Through intensive and varied classes in acting, combined with experiential work in minimalist to full-scale productions, students develop the skills needed for creative communication and artistic leadership, tools they will need to pursue their professional goals.

Notes:

1. In order for the student to progress to the next level of study, prerequisites for admission to some classes are required.

2. In order for the student to take Acting courses beyond Theater 2261 (Acting II), qualifying through an audition process is required.

3. Some Voice, Movement, Speech, and Acting classes may be repeated for credit.

4. Performance courses are available to those students electing the Acting Concentration and to other students in the department who meet the prerequisite requirements.

5. Certification officials from the Society of Fight Directors are invited to the final projects of Swordplay for the Actor classes, and some students receive certification in various combat specialties.

For more information, please visit the Undergraduate Bulletin.

Course of study

Required Courses in addition to the Foundation Courses:

Department	Course #	Course Name	Credit Hours
Theater	2221	Voice for the Actor	3
Theater	2231	Speech for the Actor	3
Theater	2241	Basic Movement	3
Theater	2261	Acting II	3
Theater	3279	Acting III	3
Theater	4212	Acting IV	3
Theater	4222	Acting V	3

Plus an additional four required electives from the following list of courses:

Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours
Theater Theater	1202 1232	Fundamentals of Voice & Movement Lecoq Technique Part I	3 3
Theater	2251	Dance for the Actor	3
Theater Theater	2252 2262	Alexander Technique  Improvisation	3 3
Theater	2271	Advanced Speech	3
Theater	3132	Musical Theater Voice & Acting	3
Theater Theater	3210/3220 3221	Theater Workshop Advanced Voice for the Actor	3 3
Theater	3231	Dialects for the Actor	3
Theater	3241	Combat & Stunts for the Actor	3
Theater	3278	Acting for Film & TV	3
Theater Theater	3301 4221	Introduction to the Director's Art Theater as a Profession	3 3
Theater	4241	Swordplay for the Actor	3
Theater Theater	4301 4299	Advanced Directing One Act Performance	3 3-4

TRANSFERS

For students who transfer from other departments, schools and universities, there are several alternative routes to fulfill the Acting Concentration that can be discussed with your Theater advisor and/or the head of the Acting Program.

GRADUATE SUCCESS

The success of the Acting Program can be measured in the accomplishments of our graduates. Recent graduates have attended MFA programs at Yale University, U.C. San Diego, A.R.T./Harvard, U.C. Irvine, USC, Penn State, UCLA, NYU, CalArts, University of Washington, University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC), The Circle in the Square and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

For a suggested 4-year course of study in the Acting Concentration, please see the Undergraduate Bulletin. Those who wish to pursue the Acting Concentration should contact Professor David Ingram, Head of the Acting Program, at dingra@temple.edu.

For more information, please visit http://www.temple.edu/undergrad/