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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Theatre, Communication Teacher Certification Track (BA) Sample Plan


YEAR ONE

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
TR - 101 Introduction to the Theatre  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Literary Analysis 1/6) 3 TR - 102 Voice for the Actor   3
TR - 211 Fundamentals of Acting   3 TR - 103 Movement for the Actor   3
ED - 109 The Educative Process   3 TR - 143 Introduction to Theatre Technology   3
    TR - 3611 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 16

YEAR TWO

Fall Spring
Expanded Literacies (2/6) 3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
TR - 221 Theatre History and World Cultures I   3 Expanded Literacies (4/6) - MA - 107 Mathematics for Teachers I  recommended for Mathematical Reasoning 3
Required STEP Course* 3 Expanded Literacies (5/6) 3
ED - 209 Cognition and Learning  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis 3/6) 3 TR - 222 Theatre History and World Cultures II   3
TR - 3612 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1 ED - 218 Introduction to Exceptionality   3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 TR - 3613 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1
TOTAL CREDITS 14 TOTAL CREDITS 16

YEAR THREE

Fall Spring
Lens 2 or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 2 or 3 (2/3) 3
Catholicism in Dialogue (3/3) or Free Elective 3 Catholicism in Dialogue (3/3) or Free Elective 3
TR - 322 Fundamentals of Directing   4 Required STEP Course* 3
ED - 366 Literacy Interventions 4-12   3 Required STEP Course* 3
Free Elective 3 TR - 3622 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1
TR - 3621 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1 UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 17 TOTAL CREDITS 14

YEAR FOUR

Fall Spring
Expanded Literacies (6/6) 3 TR - 452 Integrating Experience    4
TR - 451 Coordinating Seminar   3 Free Elective 3
ED - 373 Teaching English Learners   3 Free Elective 3
Required STEP Course* 3 Free Elective 3
TR - 3623 Theatre Practicum for Theatre Majors in Performance/Production   1    
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 13

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 121

YEAR FIVE - Graduate M.Ed. Phase** ***
Summer Fall
SC-518 3 SC-525 3
SC-519 3 SE-522 3
SC-524      
SC-522 3    
Spring Summer
EE-551 3 ED-600 3
TOTAL POST-BACHELOR’S CREDITS: 24

*Required STEP Courses: (1) CM 130 , (2) CM 199 , (3) EN 250 EN 265 , or EN 375  - Satisfies Lens 1 (3/3), and (4) Additional MA Course - MA 107  is recommended for Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning and MA 108  for the STEP Requirement. 

**Admission Requirements for Graduate M.Ed. Phase: (1) Satisfactory completion of ED 109 ED 209 ED 218 ED 366 , and ED 373 ; (2) cumulative GPA of 3.0; and (3) passing score on PRAXIS English test.

***Additional tuition based on current M.Ed. rates. 

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .