2024-2025 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Department of Theatre
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Binghamton offers a BA in theatre, providing students with the opportunity to take courses in areas such as: acting, directing, dance, and design/technical theatre. In addition, students can take classes in Costumes, Lights, Scenery, Stage Management, Theatre Criticism, History and Theory and Technical Production and more are offered as well. Click to see all classes being offered this semester!
In the BA in Theatre track, you can concentrate in Acting/Directing, Dance and Design/Technical Theatre. The BFA track is in Musical Theater.
Declaring the Major
Meet with the Department Chair and Undergraduate Director, Barbara Wolfe. Visit FA 127 to check in with the office staff to see if she’s available or make an appointment by email. Click to sign up for the Theatre Listserv.
Senior Thesis
The Department of Theatre views senior thesis as a reward for excellence in the student’s area of specialization. Students should discuss thesis availability with their advisors. Students are urged to declare their theatre major at an early date. This will enable them to plan their course of study carefully with the director of undergraduate studies.
Honors Program
Departmental honors are awarded to senior majors who have completed a substantive body of significant work, in one or more areas of specialization, which meets exceptionally high standards. These students must have demonstrated consistently noteworthy motivation and development over a period of at least four semesters of participation in departmental activities. A logical progression would be to do outstanding work in both semesters of the junior year and first semester of the senior year. During the latter term, the student would be nominated as suggested below, thereby bringing his or her work to the attention of those voting members unaware of his or her accomplishments to date and alerting them to be aware of the student’s endeavors during the upcoming term, in which the deciding vote will be cast.
Students may be nominated for honors by individual faculty members or professional staff personnel (it is considered appropriate for students to have sought support and sponsorship from a member of the faculty or professional staff who would then nominate them). The final decision regarding the awarding of honors rests with the entire Theatre Department non-student membership.
To receive honors, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 in the major. High honors requires a cumulative GPA of 3.5 in the major. Highest honors will be given only to those with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or above in the major.
For more information on the Theatre program, please refer to the Theatre website or email for more information. To apply to the Theatre program, please visit University Admissions.
Programs
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