Factsheets Theatre Arts Theatre arts studies human ideas, values, relationships, obsessions and accomplishments. Receive training in various aspects of theater including technical theater, acting, directing, dance, dramatic literature, playwriting, oral interpretation and arts management. Enhance your oral and written communication skills and creative problem solving abilities, which are in high demand by employers in a variety of fields.
Students are eligible to participate as paid actors and technicians in summer theater each year.
A modern costume shop provides costumes for most productions, and the department maintains an extensive costume design collection. The department has four named endowments, which offer scholarships to new and continuing theater arts students. Unlike many other public universities, classes are not taught by teaching assistants. Students work alongside interesting professors who inspire learning. Small classes, individual attention.