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Theatre, Minor

This minor provides students with opportunities to become involved in script analysis, stagecraft, acting, costuming, and production workshops. This highly experiential minor broadens understanding of the many disciplines required to create stage 'magic.'

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Requirements Accordion Open

  • A minor is earned in conjunction with a bachelor's degree.

    To receive a minor (18 - 24 units) at Northern Arizona University, you must complete a planned group of courses from one or more subject matter areas with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. At least 12 units of the minor must be unique to that minor and not applied to any other minor.

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In addition to University Requirements:

  • Complete individual plan requirements.

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

No more than fifty percent of the units used to satisfy minor requirements may be used to satisfy major requirements.

Purpose Statement

A minor in Theatre Arts provides the undergraduate theatre student with the broadest possible understanding of the art and craft of theatre through the creative, critical, and applied practice of theatre, and provides opportunity through performance and production for the student to learn their art by doing their art in a learner-centered environment. The program seeks to prepare students for a global society by creating an awareness of the diversity of lived experience, practicing empathetic thinking, and sustainability with a global perspective. Majors that pair well with a Theatre Minor are Business, Creative Media and Film, Studio Art, Secondary Education, Cultural Arts and Management, Music, Psychology, English, Anthropology, Visual Communications, and many more due to the diverse and skill-based education that Theatre Arts offers the student.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Evaluate, analyze, and apply the depth and breadth of knowledge about the global impact of Theatre history, literature, and practices to the scholarship and practice of the art and craft of Theatre.
  • Value and apply understanding of and experience with Theatre as a collaborative art to the scholarship and practice of the art and craft of Theatre.
  • Apply knowledge of theory through the practical application of Theatre.
  • Articulate an understanding of sustainability in Theatre, in all its manifestations.
  • Effectively communicate the theory and practice of Theatre in the following modes: digital, literary, verbal, and non-verbal.
  • Apply effective problem-solving through creative and critical thinking.
  • Demonstrate the facility to synthesize and apply their liberal studies to the practice of Theatre.
  • Practice an effective system of preparation and working habits.

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Minor Requirements
  • Take the following 22 units:

    • TH 101, TH 130 (6 units)
    • Select from the following options (4 units):
      • TH 122 and TH 114
      • TH 123 and TH 115
      • TH 124 and TH 116
    • Select from the following (3 units):
      • TH 331, TH 451
    • Select approved TH courses, of which 3 units must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses (9 units)


    We will not accept more than half of the courses required for your minor in transfer credit.

     

  • Students enrolled in this minor may not enroll in or pursue the following due to the number of overlapping units:

    • Theatre, BA
    • Theatre, BS
Additional Information
  • Some courses may have prerequisites. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.

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  • Flagstaff

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Ben Alexander
Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Theatre
Ben.Alexander@nau.edu
+1 928 523-3677
Performing and Fine Arts , room 123B
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David J Castellano
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
David.Castellano@nau.edu
+1 928 523-1683
Performing and Fine Arts , room 123A
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Kate Ellis
Professor
Department of Theatre
Cathryn.Ellis@nau.edu
+1 928 523-9593
Performing and Fine Arts , room 123C
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Evangeline J Jimenez
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
Evangeline.Jimenez@nau.edu
+1 928 523-1687
Performing and Fine Arts , room 112
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Nathanael J Johnson
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Theatre
Nathanael.Johnson@nau.edu
+1 928 523-5150
Performing and Fine Arts , room 108
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Jaclynn M Jutting
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
Jaclynn.Jutting@nau.edu
+1 928 523-4534
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Kathleen M. McGeever
Chair, Department of Theatre; Professor, Theatre
Department of Theatre
Kathleen.McGeever@nau.edu
+1 928 523-4500
Performing and Fine Arts , room 120E
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Jennifer Peterson
Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Theatre
Jen.Peterson@nau.edu
+1 928 523-0337
Department of Theatre
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Room 120 Building 037
Performing Arts
1115 S Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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P.O. Box 6040
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Theatre@nau.edu
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928-523-3731
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