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2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre, AFA



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PURPOSE: This two-year degree prepares students to transfer to a four-year college and major in theatre, with a performance concentration. This degree is offered at the Midlothian Campus.

CREDENTIALS:  An Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degree is a major in an area such as theatre, music, or visual arts that takes two years for full-time students to complete. The AFA degree is for students who plan to transfer to four-year colleges.

TRANSFER INFORMATION: This program is designed for transfer. Students should consult with their advisors to ensure that they select electives that best prepare them for the specific requirements of their intended transfer college or university programs of study. More information can also be found at www.brightpoint.edu/academics/transfer/

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Students must meet Brightpoint admission requirements. New students should work with their New Student Navigator to get ready for their first semester. They can also email getstarted@brightpoint.edu for assistance. Because transfer requirements will vary based upon the intended transfer institution, students must meet with their faculty advisor to develop a schedule that best suits their goals.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: By the completion of this program, students will be expected to demonstrate an intermediate level of competency in the following skills:

  1. Project one’s self believably in word and action into imaginary circumstances, evoked through improvisation or text, both by oneself and in an ensemble.
  2. Show competency in theatrical makeup.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of theatre history in the context of current professional practice.
  4. Communicate ideas, concepts, and requirements related to the student’s professional practice to theatre professionals and laypersons.
  5. Demonstrate a flexible, relaxed, and controlled body, the ability to use the body effectively on stage as an instrument for characterization and to be responsive to changing time/rhythm demands and spatial relationships.

Course Requirements


Total Minimum Credits to Complete: 60-62


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Pre-requisite and co-requisite requirements can be found in course details.

Students are strongly encouraged to complete their ENG, MTH, and SDV requirements first.

Students should regularly meet with their faculty advisor and check their degree progress by accessing advisement reports in the Student Information System (SIS) in the myBrightpoint portal or the Academic Planner in Navigate.

General education and major degree requirements will vary by institution and by program. Students must meet with their faculty advisor to determine the best choices for transfer. Please note that some course options will have prerequisites. Some four-year programs require a foreign language.

Students transferring to programs that require a foreign language should enroll in the highest-level foreign language course for which they are prepared. Heritage or conversationally fluent speakers may enroll directly into 102. Please check with your advisor to determine the best option(s) for course substitution or if you wish to take a foreign language other than Spanish or French.

CST 136 - Theatre/Musical Workshop  focuses on the major Fall or Spring production. Because each production is unique and provides requisite experience/portfolio material, students may take the course more than once for credit.  Course sections are designated as performance or technical sections. Students should take the course once as a technician and twice as a performer. 

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