2024-2025 Academic Catalog & Handbooks 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog & Handbooks

Performance, Acting, B.F.A.


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The BFA in Performance - Acting  is an intensive program designed to prepare students for the professional world of theatre and film. Students hone their skills in acting, improvisation, stage combat as well as have the opportunities to take voice and dance lessons. Students are offered a comprehensive curriculum with courses in theatre, music,  stage combat, and dance to provide them with the training and skills necessary to meet the demands of a challenging career.

University Core and General Education Electives


University of Mobile’s undergraduate program is comprised of the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health Professions, Alabama School of the Arts, Grace Pilot School of Business, and School of Education. All University of Mobile undergraduate students are required to complete certain basic courses that apply uniformly to the Bachelor of Arts degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, the Bachelor of Science degree, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and the Bachelor of Music degree unless otherwise noted. These are identified as basic course (general education) requirements. 

Requirements (Please see NOTES section below)


*Notes:


  1. Consult with your College/School advisor for specific and/or additional requirements relating to general education courses. For example, COM 101  is required for business, Christian studies, and education majors and teacher certification students. MA 110  is required for all majors in the School of Business. Education majors and teacher certification students have very specific requirements, particularly regarding English, Mathematics, History, and Laboratory Sciences.
  2. UM 101  University of Mobile 101 (1 semester hour) is required for new freshmen and transfer students.
  3. Students earning a Bachelor of Arts degree must also complete twelve semester hours of a foreign language. See specific requirements in the World Languages section of the catalog.
  4. Students earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Performance must also complete six semester hours of a foreign language.
  5. Students earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art, or Graphic Design must also complete six semester hours of a foreign language.
  6. Students earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in English, Creative Writing must also complete twelve semester hours of a foreign language.
  7. Students earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Management must also complete PSY 201 .  Students earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing must also complete AR 226 .

 

Dance Requirements


Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance - Acting must complete 4 hours in two of the following types of dance:

Ensemble Participation


NOTE: The Alabama School of the Arts scholarships also require participation every semester a student is receiving scholarship dollars beyond primary and secondary standard ensemble requirements.

Notes


Student pursuing the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance - Acting may substitute TH 285  for EN 201  or EN 202 .

Hours to Degree


124 -125 hours are needed to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance - Acting degree.

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