Theater Arts Course Offerings and Enrollment

ENROLLMENT BASICS & RESOURCES

Year-specific Theater Arts Course Offerings Sheets

ALL 2024-2025 THEA COURSES:View most current list .
​THEA Dance courses in 2024-2025: View most current list here

• Posted annually in the spring and updated as needed throughout the year, the Theater Arts Course Offerings sheets are essential for planning. 
• These documents indicate which upper-division courses will fulfill upper-division requirements for the Theater Arts major or minor and the Dance minor in the current year (e.g., which courses offered this year fulfill the Upper Division Studio or History/Theory/Critical Studies requirements, etc.).
• Please note that courses and instructor assignments on the course offerings sheets are SUBJECT TO CHANGE – check at least once a quarter for updates.

Related course and program information

Summer Session Courses in Theater Arts on the Dept. of Performance, Play & Design page (Summer courses appear in the Schedule of Classes on March 15; enrollment opens May 1).

UCSC Schedule of Classes/Class Search – Shows finalized information and schedules for the currently enrolling or in-session quarter(s).

THEA Course Descriptions – lists descriptions for all THEA courses in the UCSC General Catalog (be sure to see the see the Course Offerings sheet above for courses offered this year, and the Schedule of Classes for currently enrolling or in-session quarter/s).

Degree information and Policies (including major qualification and declaration information).

Degree Requirements for the Theater Arts major and minor and the Dance minor.

For scheduling information about classes in future quarters, please consult with the Theater Arts advisor: 
theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu.

Audition information for production classes is on the Auditions page. 

Enrollment Prep Week  

After your first quarter’s enrollment, Enrollment Prep Week (formerly “Advising Week”) is the week before enrollment opens every quarter. This is the best time to get ready for enrollment the following week! See upcoming Enrollment Prep Week dates on the current UCSC Academic and Administrative Calendar.

Starting the first day of Enrollment Prep Week:

• Classes are viewable in the UCSC Schedule of Classes Class Search beginning the first day of Enrollment Prep Week every quarter. 
• You can put classes in your shopping cart.
• You can find your two specific enrollment appointment dates and the number of units you may enroll in during each of your dates: MyUCSC > Enrollment > Enrollment Dates (or see How To Find Your Enrollment Dates).
  • During the first date, most Frosh, Sophomores and Juniors are able to enroll in up to 14 units. Seniors and students with Priority Enrollment status have one start date and are able to enroll in up to 19 units during that first date.
  • During the second date, Frosh, Sophomores and Juniors are able to enroll in additional units, up to 19, and all students are able to waitlist in up to 14 units of classes that are full.
    • NOTE: no students are able to waitlist until the second round of dates (more about waitlists below). 
• Meet with your advisors! Enrollment Prep Week is an ideal time to update your academic plan, discuss enrollment options, etc.:
  • Make a Theater Arts advising appointment through Navigate Slug Success to update or make an academic plan for the Theater Arts major or minor or Dance minor, and/or to go over class offerings/selection.
  • Your college advisors are also great resources, as well as any other and major/minor advisors you may be working with, to answer questions you have about enrollment or choosing classes for GEs or other degrees.

Related Enrollment Information

Waitlists

• IF YOU DON’T GET INTO A CLASS YOU WANT, WAITLIST YOURSELF!
  NOTE: No students are able to add to waiting lists until the second round of enrollment appointment dates.
  • Students on waiting lists are given priority over those who simply show up on the first day of class hoping to get in.
  • Always enroll in backup course(s) before you waitlist for your desired courses to ensure you meet your full time unit requirement and so that you have spots secured in alternate course(s) in case your waitlisted courses do not work out.
  • Waitlist info video. More about waitlists: FAQs for Students: Waitlist.
  • See your waitlist date: MyUCSC > Enrollment > Enrollment Dates.
    

More Enrollment Help

• Student Enrollment FAQs.
• Enrolling in More Than 19 Credits
  • All full-time undergraduates may enroll for up to 19 units per term.  Undergraduates with a cumulative UCSC GPA greater than or equal to 2.5 may enroll in up to 22 credits beginning the first day of instruction.
• Enrollment Appointment Tutorial (video)
• FAQs for Students: Enrollment Appointments
• Enrollment permission numbers:
  • How to Use Permission Codes/Numbers video instructions 
  • Written/PDF instructions
• For technical help enrolling, swapping classes or editing sections:
  • Email registrar@ucsc.edu or 
  • call the Registrar’s Enrollment Help Line: (831) 459-4412 – Press 9 for a person. Phone and Front Counter hours are listed here.

• About the first day of a class, and before:
  Before the first day of classes, take the time to locate your classrooms. If you arrive late to the first class, you may lose your space in the class—DO NOT MISS THE FIRST DAY OF ANY COURSE OR YOU MAY BE DROPPED! The first day of classes (and many other important dates and deadlines) is listed on the UCSC Academic and Administrative Calendar: registrar.ucsc.edu/calendar/academiccalendar.html.

Graduate & Undergraduate Independent Studies 

Click below for the graduate and undergraduate independent/individual studies form (after the form is submitted, you will be emailed the course ID to use for enrollment – questions should be addressed to the department Programs Coordinator, Lissa McCullough lbmccull@ucsc.edu):