Department website: https://www.atu.edu/cj

The Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Theatre and Film Production Option prepares students for a variety of careers including professional theatre, educational theatre, film, or other performance-related careers.

This program embraces the technological side of performance creation, while acknowledging that training in traditional theatre provides valuable depth and substance to the work. Therefore, Arkansas Tech offers a unique hybrid program that tackles traditional theatrical skills along with digital creation. This gives its students a competitive edge in the 21st century market.

Students may pursue a secondary education certificate along with the degree in order to qualify to teach drama in Arkansas high schools.

POINT OF PRIDE

The ATU Theatre program has earned Meritorious Achievement Awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and is one of the only programs in the nation with emphasis on film-making for the small (cell phone) screen.

YOU COULD WORK AS A(N)

Professional theatre (actor or technician)
Teacher (many go on to work toward K-12 or university jobs)
New media jobs such as influencer
Any job that requires performance (law, clergy, etc.)

ALUMNI OF OUR PROGRAM WORK AT

Arkansas high schools
Universities across the country
Reynolds Performance Hall
Professional theatres (Northern Stage in Vermont and elsewhere)

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See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements."

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Certain electives and social sciences are recommended based on student’s emphasis.

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A maximum of seven hours of theatre practicum courses may be counted toward the thirty-three hour major.

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At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000-4000 level courses.

Students who complete the program will be able to:

• plan and create performances using realistic (Stanislavskian) acting technique.
• compose scripts using Aristotelian principles.
• apply production techniques to plays or films.
• produce short films or live scenes as a means of visual storytelling.
• participate in department-wide films or plays.

For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php