Theater Arts Minor
Students earn a minor in theater arts by completing eight courses (seven 5-credit courses and one 2-credit course) comprising a background in the theory and practice of the theater arts as well as a focus on drama, theater design/technology, or dance. The course requirements are listed below. There is no comprehensive requirement for the minor.
Declaration of the minor
There are no course requirements for declaring the minor, though individual courses may have enrollment prerequisites, and a major must be officially declared before a minor may be declared.
To declare the minor, first have an Academic Planning Form and Petition for Minor Declaration form completed and signed by your major department advisor. While that plan is current, make an appointment to meet with the Theater Arts advisor to create a plan for and declare the minor—please use Navigate Slug Success to make an appointment. You may also contact the program advisor by emailing theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu.
Students are strongly encouraged to consult early with the department advisor to create an academic plan for a minor in theater arts. This may be done prior to declaration.
Transfer students may petition to have equivalent lower-division courses taken at other schools count toward lower-division minor requirements and should consult with the Theater Arts Department academic advisor as early as possible regarding this possibility.
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Choose one from the following series:
| THEA 61A | Ancient and Medieval Drama | 5 |
| THEA 61B | Drama from the Renaissance to the Modern Age | 5 |
| THEA 61C | The Birth of the Modern: Drama and Performance After the Renaissance | 5 |
Plus one course in the student’s area of focus chosen from:
| THEA 10 | Introduction to Theater Design and Technology | 5 |
| THEA 20 | Introductory Studies in Acting | 5 |
| THEA 21 | Acting Studio I: Psychological Realism | 5 |
| THEA 30 | Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique | 5 |
| THEA 40 | Introduction to Directing | 5 |
Plus the following fundamentals course:
Students are highly encouraged to contact the department advisor early to learn about the unique enrollment process for THEA 50, as well as to complete this course as early as possible, before their last year on campus.
| THEA 50 | Fundamentals of Theater Production | 2 |
Upper-Division Courses
Three history/theory/critical studies courses chosen from the following:
| THEA 100A | Asian Theater/Dance and Global Impacts | 5 |
| THEA 100B | Black Theater USA | 5 |
| THEA 100C | Courts, Courtesans, Shamans, and Clowns: Asian Drama | 5 |
| THEA 100W | Black/African Diasporic World Theater | 5 |
| THEA 104 | Multimedia Authoring | 5 |
| THEA 108 | Theater and Interaction Design | 5 |
| THEA 113 | The History of Design for Theater | 5 |
| THEA 116A | History of Clothing and Costume | 5 |
| THEA 122 | Indian Performance: Rama, Siva, Krishna | 5 |
| THEA 161C | Theater and Drama of the Renaissance | 5 |
| THEA 161D | Asian Theater: An Anthropological Approach | 5 |
| THEA 161H | Shakespeare In Asia | 5 |
| THEA 161M | Sexuality, Gender, Drama, and Performance | 5 |
| THEA 161P
/LALS 161P
| Theater in the Chicano Power Movement | 5 |
| THEA 161Q | Queer Theatricks: Representations and Sensibilities | 5 |
| THEA 161R | Theater of American Cultures | 5 |
| THEA 161S | American Drama: Politics and Theater | 5 |
| THEA 161T | Women in Theater | 5 |
| THEA 161U | Performance of Story in Theater and Film | 5 |
| THEA 161Y
/COWL 161Y
| Modern Ancient Drama | 5 |
| THEA 163E | Chekhov and His Impact | 5 |
| THEA 163A | Shakespeare | 5 |
| THEA 163G | Special Studies in Playwrights: Artaud | 5 |
| THEA 163H | Henrik Ibsen and His Impact: Ghosts of the Future | 5 |
| THEA 163K | Special Studies in Playwrights: Euripides | 5 |
| THEA 164 | Issues in Dance History and Theory | 5 |
| THEA 165 | Dance Modernism | 5 |
| THEA 166 | Ballet: A History | 5 |
| THEA 167 | Africanist Aesthetics: Live Dialogues in the Americas and Africa | 5 |
Plus two studio courses (one of which may be a faculty-directed production; see separate section below):
Optional: one faculty-directed theater arts production course, which may be used toward an upper-division studio requirement:
| THEA 137 | Studies in Performance (Dance) | 5 |
| THEA 137A | Studies in Performance (Dance): Asian | 5 |
| THEA 151 | Studies in Performance (Drama) | 5 |
| THEA 151A | Studies in Performance: African American Theater Arts Troupe | 5 |
| THEA 151I | Studies in Performance: Indonesian Dance and Drama | 5 |
| THEA 155 | Shakespeare to Go | 5 |
The following do NOT satisfy theater arts minor requirements: