Theater Arts & Dance Advising

Welcome to UCSC Theater Arts Academic Advising!

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Thank you for your interest in Theater Arts and/or Dance at UC Santa Cruz!

• GRADUATE 
  • Theater Arts M.A. program information can be found on our website, here.
  • Application information can be found on the Graduate Division site, here.
  • Please send questions to: theatergradprogram@ucsc.edu.
     
• UNDERGRADUATE 
  • Read about our undergraduate programs on our Undergraduate Degrees and Undergraduate Experience pages.
  • Questions about theater arts and dance programs may be sent to theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu.
  • Admissions General overview.
    • Questions about admissions requirements and application: Admissions contact info.

ADMITTED & CURRENT STUDENTS

Current Graduate Students

Most Theater Arts graduate advising questions are answered in the Theater Arts M.A. handbook, a detailed guide to the degree. Questions may be sent to: theatergradprogram@ucsc.edu.

Current Undergraduate Students

The following resources are only accessible to the UCSC community, so you must be logged into your UCSC Google account:

2024 ADVISING OVERVIEW RECORDINGS

• PDF slideshow from the 2024 Theater Arts advising presentation, with helpful links (a few edits and updates were made for clarity after the presentation).
• Video recording of Fall 2024 Theater Arts Advising Overview/Orientation (with Moon Rinaldo, Theater Arts Academic Advisor).
• Video recording of Fall 2024 PPD Welcome presentation (with department faculty & staff) – COMING SOON!

It’s never too early to begin planning your degree path or to simply ask about our programs, classes or productions. If you’re not familiar with our program, this 2-minute animated video gives a fun overview!

Moon Rinaldo (she/her) is the Academic Advisor for the undergraduate Theater Arts major and minor, the dance minor, and the Master of Arts in Theater Arts. If you still have questions after using the resources on this page, please do not hesitate to contact Moon. She is available throughout the year to advise on degree declaration and course requirements, courses offerings, to help you define your academic goals, to create an academic plan to assure timely graduation, and to assist with petitions, etc., as well as to guide you to other appropriate faculty and staff as needed. 

Most advising questions for current undergraduates are answered on this Advising page or in the handbook, a detailed guide to our undergraduate degrees:

SCHEDULE AN UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING APPOINTMENT!

Current UCSC undergraduates make Zoom and in-person or advising appointments (12 or more hours in advance) through: 

UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PLANNING FORM TEMPLATES 

MAJOR/MINOR DECLARATION 

• Undergrad degree declaration information can be found in the The Theater Arts Undergraduate Handbook here. 

CURRENT THEA COURSE OFFERINGS

Course offerings sheets for general planning as well as links to course descriptions, etc. can be found on our website here.

Degree Progress Report in MyUCSC

Once you are proposed or declared as a Theater Arts major or you are declared as a Theater Art minor or Dance minor, you can track the completion of your major/minor requirements, GEs and other university requirements in your Degree Progress Report (DPR) which you will find in My.UCSC > My Academics > Degree Progress Report. Visual instructions to find and read the DPR are here.

FAQs about Undergraduate Degrees in Theater Arts

Please click here for our Frequently Asked Questions.

Current Major and Minor requirements

Requirements can be found in the UCSC General Catalog for the:

• Theater Arts major
• Theater Arts minor
• Dance minor.

Theater Arts (THEA) course descriptions

Course descriptions for all THEA classes can be found in the UCSC General Catalog here. 

• Note that NOT all courses listed in the General Catalog are offered every year. Only the current Schedule of Classes Class Search will list currently available courses. Departments may also have a tentative Course Offerings listing for the upcoming academic year to help you plan.
• Click here for the most current THEA Course Offerings and Enrollment Information.

THEATER ARTS NEWSLETTER

STAY INFORMED! Receive news and info about upcoming Theater Arts events and opportunities, including audition information, as well as occasional forwarded outside announcements that may interest our students (the list is not shared with any other department or organization and non-Theater Arts majors and minors may unsubscribe at any time). 

FACULTY MENTORS 

In addition to working with your department academic advisor, it is important to be in contact with faculty, who serve as mentors. Ladder rank faculty are here to help you with the direction of your work, and to give you ideas about possibilities after completing your B.A. Keep them informed of what you are doing and discuss your work and interests with them. When declaring the major a faculty adviser is assigned to you by the academic adviser. You should meet with this faculty advisor at least once per quarter, but you may and should meet with other faculty as well, as they can all be important and helpful resources for you. A faculty office hours sheet, updated each quarter, including phone numbers, office locations, and e-mail addresses, is available in the department office and in the hallway outside of the office.

• The most current faculty office hours and contact sheet, updated each quarter, including phone numbers, office locations, and email addresses, is available in the department office and in the hallway outside of the office, and in the faculty section on this page.
• Faculty bio and contact information is available here.

NOTE: When considering an internship, apprenticeship and job positions, as well as before applying to graduate school, it is highly recommended that you consult with at least one faculty advisor, preferably in a field related to the area(s) for which you are applying.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

IMPORTANT UNIVERSITY DATES & DEADLINES

University-wide dates and deadlines can be found here. 

STATEMENT ON SOCIAL EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE 

Please click here for the department’s Statement of Diversity.

IMPORTANT CAMPUS HEALTH & SAFETY CONTACTS & OTHER RESOURCES

Please see a list of helpful campus resources in the Theater Arts Undergraduate handbook here.    

PRODUCTION AUDITION INFORMATION

Department production audition information can be found here, updated as it becomes available. 

STAY INFORMED — SIGN UP FOR THEATER ARTS NEWS!

Email theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu to have your UCSC email address added to the Theater Arts Notes list to receive news and info about upcoming Theater Arts events, including audition information, as well as occasional forwarded outside announcements that may interest our students (the list is not shared with any other department or organization and non-Theater Arts majors and minors may unsubscribe at any time). 

GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT STUDIES 

Click here for the graduate and undergraduate independent/individual studies form (after the form is submitted, an advisor will send you the course ID to use for enrollment – questions should be addressed to the department Programs Coordinator:

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Explore Theater & Dance Degree Programs

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

BA: Theater Arts

Minor: Theater Arts

Minor: Dance

The Theater Arts and dance degrees give students a background in the theory and practice of the fields.