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The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting at the
University of Connecticut is an intensive, conservatory-style
program designed to prepare students for direct entry into
performance careers in all areas of the professional theatre,
including television and film. Students are also thoroughly
prepared to continue acting studies at the graduate, Master
of Fine Arts level. Combining a four-year sequence of acting
classes with extensive voice and movement training and a
well-rounded course of studies in the art of theatre, the
BFA Acting Program also offers outstanding performance opportunities
through the Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), the performance
wing of the Department of Dramatic Arts. At the CRT, students
work with professional actors and directors on the way to
earning membership points in Actor's Equity, the American
union for professional stage actors and stage managers.
Course of Study for the BFA in
Acting
Unlike many fields of study in which students
take very few courses in their major during the early semesters,
BFA Dramatic Arts Students begin intensive training in their
chosen field immediately upon entering UConn. In a BFA program,
approximately two-thirds of your college courses are in
your chosen field of study. Most of the remaining credits
you will take constitute the university's General Education
Requirements in writing, math, history, humanities, science
and social science. Depending on prior preparation, you
will take between twelve and fifteen courses during your
four years at UConn to fulfill those General Education Requirements.
Dramatic Arts Courses: BFA Acting students
take formal acting-studio courses in each of their eight
semesters in the program. Beginning with careful examination
of the tools available to the actor in rehearsal and performance,
we lead students through a variety of acting styles. In
a disciplined conservatory setting, acting students work
on a wide range of plays, from contemporary and modern theatre
before progressing to more advanced work with Shakespeare
and other poetic dramatists. In the final year, the performance
study focuses on styles of comic acting as well as techniques
for approaching the great experimental plays of the twentieth
century. Acting for the Media and Senior Seminar (involving
the business world of professional acting) are also a required
courses for all BFA Acting students. These core-acting courses
are supplemented and enhanced by required courses in Movement
for the Actor, Voice and Diction, Jazz Dance and Historical
Dance Styles. Finally, courses in Suzuki Training, Musical
Theatre Dance, Stage Dialects, Stage Combat and Oral Interpretation
are available and highly recommended as are Singing courses
that are available in the UConn Music Department. BFA Acting
students are required to take some coursework in Theatre
Production, Theatre History and Dramatic Literature. A wide
range of courses to fulfill this requirement is available
within the department, and additional non-required courses
in Dramatic Literature are available from the Department
of English.
Class Directory for the BFA in
Acting
The following is a list of the actual dramatic arts courses
you will take in order to complete your BFA in Acting.
ALL of the courses from the following list:
DRAM 108: Fundamentals of Design
DRAM 120: Production of the Speaking Voice
DRAM 130: History of Drama I
DRAM 131: History of Drama II
DRAM 141: Voice and Speech II
DRAM 143: Introduction to Acting I
DRAM 144: Introduction to Acting II
DRAM 149: Movement for the Actor I
DRAM 150: Movement for the Actor II
DRAM 153: Jazz Dance I
DRAM 159: Practicum – Costume
DRAM 159: Practicum – Light/Sound
DRAM 159: Practicum – Set Run Crew
DRAM 220: Voice and Diction III
DRAM 222: Voice and Diction IV
DRAM 239: Theatre Dance I
DRAM 240: Theatre Dance II
DRAM 243: Acting Studio: Voices of Naturalism and Realism
DRAM 244: Acting Studio: Voices of Naturalism and Realism
II
DRAM 249: Acting for the Media
DRAM 259: Practicum (one unit in set running and three in
performance)
DRAM 263: Directing
DRAM 265: Stage Dialects
DRAM 268: Acting Studio: Poetic Voices in World Theatre
DRAM 269: Acting Studio: Shakespeare
DRAM 276: Acting Studio: Iconoclastic Voices In Modern Theatre
DRAM 277: Acting Studio: Modern Non-Realists
DRAM 298: Senior Seminar (Audition, Business)
Any TWO courses from the following list:
DRAM 230: Women in Drama
DRAM 231: African-American Theatre
DRAM 235: Period Studies (repeatable with different content)
DRAM 282: Trends in Contemporary Theatre
Recommended Courses:
DRAM 291: Suzuki Movement Training
DRAM 238: Musical Theatre Dance
DRAM 265: Stage Dialects
Department of Dramatic
Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Acting
Plan of Study for freshmen
PLEASE NOTE: This plan suggests a sequence of general education
courses that would enable the acting major to complete the
university requirements in four years. The following plan
of study does not reflect any "remedial" courses
in writing and math that the university may have required
you to take or any foreign language requirements that you
did not fulfill in high school. If you require any of these
courses, the faculty strongly recommends that you consider
taking some requirements during summers or intercessions.
If you plan to take courses at any other university or college,
be sure to check with the Transfer Admissions Office BEFORE
enrolling to ensure that they will meet specific UConn requirements.
1st Year: Fall 2009
DRAM 120 Voice
3
DRAM 143 Introduction to Acting 3
DRAM 149 Movement 3
DRAM 159 Practicum -Costume, Light/Sound 1
WRITING: Eng 110 or 111) 4
AREA 1: Arts and Humanities
3
TOTAL
CREDITS 17
1st Year: Spring 2010
DRAM 141 Voice 3
DRAM 144 Introduction to Acting 3
DRAM 150 Movement 3
DRAM 159 Practicum - Costume, Light/Sound 1
AREA 2: Social Science 3
AREA 4: Multiculturalism & Diversity
3
TOTAL
CREDITS 16
2nd Year: Fall 2010
DRAM 130 History of Drama I 3
DRAM 243 Acting I 3
DRAM 159 Practicum -Set run crew 1
DRAM 153 Jazz Dance I or Gen Ed 3
AREA 1: Arts and Humanities 3
AREA 4: Multiculturalism & Diversity
3
DRAM 291*** (Suzuki) 1
TOTAL
CREDITS 16-17
2nd Year: Spring 2011
DRAM 131 History of Drama II 3
DRAM 244 Acting II 3
DRAM 259* Practicum (Acting or Mgmt) 1
DRAM 153 Jazz Dance I, Jazz Dance II***or
or
Gen Ed 3
QUANTITATIVE: Math or Related 3-4
DRAM 108 Fundamentals of Design 3
TOTAL
CREDITS 16-17
3rd Year: Fall 2011
DRAM 220 Voice 3
DRAM 239 Period Dance 3
DRAM 268 Acting III 3
DRAM 259** Practicum 1
DRAM (Hist/Lit) 230,231W', 235W', 282 3
AREA 2: Social Science 3
TOTAL
CREDITS 16
3rd Year: Spring 2012
DRAM 222 Voice 3
DRAM 240 Period Dance 3
DRAM 269 Acting IV 3
DRAM 259** Practicum 1
DRAM (Hist/Lit) 230, 231W', 235W', 282 3
AREA 3: Science and Technology 3-4
TOTAL
CREDITS 16-17
4th Year: Fall 2012
DRAM 276 Acting V 3
DRAM 263W Directing 3
DRAM 250 Music Theater Dance*** 3
DRAM 298 Senior Seminar 1
QUANTITATIVE: Math or Related 3-4
Gen Eds or Electives as needed
3-?
TOTAL
CREDITS 13-14+
4th Year: Spring 2013
DRAM 277 Acting VI 3
DRAM 265 Dialects*** 3
DRAM 249 Acting for Media 3
DRAM 259* Practicum
AREA 3: Science and Technology 3-4
Gen Eds or Electives as needed 3-?
TOTAL
CREDITS 12-14+
*Acting majors must fulfill three credits of 159. The production
manager will place them into crew assignments in their first
three semesters (running lights, costumes or scenery), and
will register them for these credits after casting is completed
for that semester.
**Acting majors must complete three credits of 259 in acting,
stage management, dance or theatre management. All three of
these credits may be earned in acting if the student is cast
in three or more plays.
***Recommended Courses
Actors at the Sophomore level and higher may take the Suzuki
training in any semester they wish, and as often as they wish,
up to six times.
'Two W courses are required by the University, one of which
(263W) is required by the Dramatic Arts Department. The other
W course may be a Dramatic Arts Department offering or an
offering from a different department.
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