Theater Arts & Dance Undergraduate Degrees

Theater Arts B.A. Program

The Theater Arts major offers a background in theory and practice of theater arts as well as a focus on drama, dance or design in upper-division classes. The major requires fifteen 5-unit and three 2-unit courses (81 units) to complete the major.

Please find detailed information about the philosophy and requirements of the major in the General Catalog:

Theater Arts Minor

Students earn a Theater Arts Minor by completing courses that provide a background in the theory and practice of the theater arts as well as a focus on either drama, theater design/technology, or dance. 

The Theater Arts Minor is comprised of eight courses/37 units: 3 lower division and 5 upper-division.

There are no prerequisites for declaring the minor, though individual courses may have prerequisites for enrollment, and a major must be officially declared before a minor is declared.

Theater Arts Dance

Students earn a Theater Arts Minor by completing courses that provide a background in the theory and practice of the theater arts as well as a focus on either drama, theater design/technology, or dance. 

The Theater Arts Minor is comprised of eight courses/37 units: 3 lower division and 5 upper-division.

There are no prerequisites for declaring the minor, though individual courses may have prerequisites for enrollment, and a major must be officially declared before a minor is declared.

UCSC's 2023 production of Unibeauty and her Wicked Daughters
UCSC’s 2023 production of Unibeauty and her Wicked Daughters.
Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo

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