Internship

Catalog description

A practicum experience in which students work in a professional setting during fall, spring, or summer terms. Credit hours are based on internship work hours during the semester with one credit hour assigned for each 50 work hours. May be repeated. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Offered every term. One to three semester hours. THEA 493–494. Theatre Capstone –An individualized course required for Theatre Arts majors to demonstrate learning outcomes in acting, directing, design, technical direction, and/or stage management. Students work under the supervision of their academic advisers and in consultation with an advisory committee. The capstone can be completed in coordination with mainstage productions, second-stage productions, other approved productions, or with non-produced performance and production materials including portfolio materials, thesis papers, and audition pieces and materials. In THEA 493, students will plan and begin preparations for their final presentation or production. Students will complete and present their culminating project in THEA 494 during their final spring semester. THEA 493 (three semester hours) fall term each year; THEA 494 (one semester hour) offered spring term each year.