Acting BFA Degree Breakdown

BFA Acting

First Year - 30.0 Units

First Semester 12.0 Units

• ACT_105: Acting 1
  [Core]
• ACT_112: Speech 1: Building the Voice
  [Core]
• ACT_123: Improvisation 1
  [Core]
• ACT_141: Movement: Physical Acting
  [Core]

Second Semester 18.0 Units

• ACT_155: Acting 2
  [Core]
• ACT_166: Singing 1: Vocal Technique
  [Core]
• ACT_212: Speech 2: The Power of Voice
  [Core]
• ACT_223: Improvisation 2
  [Core]
• LA_108: Composition for the Artist
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] ***Recommended Summer course
• ***_***:
  [Major] ***Recommended Summer course

Second Year - 36.0 Units

Third Semester 15.0 Units

• ACT_205: Acting 3
  [Core]
• ACT_181: Movement: Body Awareness and the Conscious Actor
  [Core]
• LA_126:
  [Liberal Arts: Theater & Performance Appreciation requirement]
• LA_291: Designing Careers
  [Liberal Arts: Employment Communications & Practices requirement]
• ***_***:
  [Major]

Fourth Semester 21.0 Units

• ACT_255: Acting 4
  [Core] ---MIDPOINT REVIEW---
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• LA_120: Art History through the 15th Century
  [Liberal Arts: Art Historical Awareness requirement]
• (LA_202: English Composition: Creative Persuasion & Argument, OR LA_280: Perspective Journalism)
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
• LA_121: Art History through the 19th Century
  [Liberal Arts: Art Historical Awareness requirement] ***Recommended Summer course
• ***_***:
  [Major] ***Recommended Summer course

Third Year - 36.0 Units

Fifth Semester 15.0 Units

• ACT_305: Acting for the Camera 1
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• (LA_110: English Composition: Narrative Storytelling, OR LA_133: Short Form Writing)
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
• LA_272: Fundamentals of Drama
  [Liberal Arts: Theater & Performance Appreciation requirement]

Sixth Semester 21.0 Units

• ACT_355: Acting for the Camera 2
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Historical Awareness requirement]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Quantitative Literacy requirement]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course] ***Recommended Summer course
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 1] ***Recommended Summer course

Fourth Year - 30.0 Units

Seventh Semester 12.0 Units

• ACT_405: Acting for the Camera 3
  [Major]
• ACT_468: Audition Process: From Cold Readings to Callbacks
  [Core]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Cultural Ideas & Influences requirement]

Eighth Semester 18.0 Units

• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Major]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 2]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course] ***Recommended Summer course
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 3] ***Recommended Summer course