The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Puppet Arts provides preparation for successful careers in performing arts, entertainment and cultural industries.

Puppet Arts students must own a personal portable computer that meets or exceeds posted departmental performance standards. It is recommended that students purchase the latest version of Adobe’s Creative Cloud for Education and install it on their personal computer.

Admission

Audition, portfolio review and interview. Please consult Dramatic Arts website for current admission details.

Requirements

Core Courses

Puppet Arts majors must complete the following courses:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Select six credits from the following:		6
DRAM 1216	Theatre Production: Lighting And Sound
DRAM 1217	Theatre Production: Costumes And Makeup
DRAM 1218	Theatre Production: Stagecraft
Select six credits from the following:		6
DRAM 3201	Scene Construction
DRAM 3220	Sound for the Theatre
DRAM 3301	Scene Design
DRAM 3401	Costume History
DRAM 3402	Costume Design
DRAM 3501	Lighting for the Theatre
DRAM 3601	Mask Theatre
DRAM 3602	Paper Sculpture
DRAM 3603	Rod Puppetry
DRAM 3604	Puppetry in Television
DRAM 3605	Shadow Theatre
DRAM 3607	Materials Techniques
DRAM 3608	Hand Puppetry
DRAM 3609	UV/Czech Black Theatre
DRAM 3615	Object Theatre
Complete all of the following courses
DRAM 1201	Drafting for the Theatre	3
DRAM 1202	Computer Drafting for the Theatre	3
DRAM 1207	Design Fundamentals	3
DRAM 1209	Drawing and Painting Techniques for the Theatre	3
DRAM 1282	Practicum in Dramatic Arts	1
DRAM 3182	Practicum in Dramatic Arts 1	4
DRAM 3610	Movement-Based Performance for the Puppet Theatre I (taken twice)	6
DRAM 3612	Plays for Puppet Theatre	3
or DRAM 2141	Script and Performance Analysis
Total Credits		38

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To be selected from the following areas: fabrication, costuming, lighting, painting, properties, performance, and running crew.

Additional Required Courses

Diverse Perspectives

All students in the department are required to take at least one course within the major that contributes to the advancing of diverse perspectives. Courses that count toward this requirement include:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Select one of the following:		3
DRAM 1501	Introduction to World Puppetry
DRAM 2136	Asian Theatre and Performance
DRAM 3130	Women in Theatre: Gender Identity and Expression on the Stage
DRAM 3131	African-American Theatre
DRAM 3132	African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present
DRAM 3133	Latina/o Theatre
DRAM 3139	Theatre and Human Rights
Total Credits		3

When applicable, courses taken to fulfill this requirement may also be counted toward the department history and literature-based course requirement.

History and Literature

Puppet Arts majors must complete the following history and literature courses:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
DRAM 2130	Histories of Drama and Performance I	3
DRAM 2131	Histories of Drama and Performance II	3
Select six credits from the following literature and history-based courses:		6
DRAM 2135	History of Popular Theatre and Live Entertainment
DRAM 2136	Asian Theatre and Performance
DRAM 3130	Women in Theatre: Gender Identity and Expression on the Stage
DRAM 3131	African-American Theatre
DRAM 3132	African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present
DRAM 3133	Latina/o Theatre
DRAM 3138	Trends in Contemporary Theatre
DRAM 3139	Theatre and Human Rights
DRAM 3611	Trends in the Contemporary Puppet Theatre
DRAM 4135/4135W	Advanced Topics in Theatre and Performance
DRAM 4711W	The Director in the Theatre
Total Credits		12

Writing and Information Literacy Requirements

Writing in the Major

To fulfill their departmental writing in the major requirement, students must complete one of the following courses:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Select one of the following:		3
DRAM 3141W	Playwriting
DRAM 4135W	Advanced Topics in Theatre and Performance
DRAM 4711W	The Director in the Theatre
Total Credits		3

Information Literacy

All upper-level courses in Puppet Arts build upon the basic information literacy competencies introduced in:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
ENGL 1007	Seminar and Studio in Writing and Multimodal Composition	4
ENGL 1010	Seminar in Academic Writing	4
ENGL 1011	Seminar in Writing through Literature	4

Students are expected to develop an understanding of how information is created, disseminated, and organized in the performing arts, and develop abilities in accessing, evaluating, synthesizing and incorporating information into written, oral, or media presentations.

School of Fine Arts Degree Requirements

Students must meet a set of requirements established by the college in addition to the University's Common Curriculum requirements. For more information, see the School of Fine Arts section of this catalog.