At Performing Arts and Social Justice (PA & SJ) courses combine classical training and cutting-edge innovation within the thriving liberal arts environment of USF. After completing your foundations courses in performance, you will be admitted as a member of The Company, a student/faculty collaboration for majors only. The Company combines creative risk-taking with a serious engagement in community issues, culminating with the production of an original show. San Francisco provides a unique laboratory in which our students engage the world. Students may choose an emphasis in either Dance or Theater. The major consists of 48 unit hours outlined in the graph below as a four-year sequence. In addition, students may choose to minor in: Dance, Music, Theater or Performing Arts.

Courses (4 units except where noted)

 
     
 
Year Units Course
One Acting I: Foundations
Dance: The Craft
Perf. and Social History (2 units)
Survey of Technical Theater
Two Dance: The Exploration
Acting II: Creating a Character
Music for Performance
Dramatic Literature
(OR) Dance: The Composition
Three Intermediate Dance or Acting III: Styles
0157-231 Dance: Composition
Four Company II: Residency & Development Company III: Production
 
     
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