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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Literature/Theatre

Literature/Theatre

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard College requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 15-19

Two Units of 200-level Humanities from:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
HUM 211 - The Birth of the Modern I

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 212 - The Birth of the Modern II

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 221 - Modern European Humanities I

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 222 - Modern European Humanities II

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 231 - Human and Nature (Ancient and Early Medieval China)

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

HUM 232 - Empires (Medieval China: From the Tang to the Yuan Dynasty)

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

Proficiency in a Non-English Language, Demonstrated by One of the Following:

  • Successful completion of Reed language courses:
    ⇒Two units at a second-year level
    OR
    ⇒One unit at a higher level
  • Committee approval of language courses taken elsewhere, which may include:
    ⇒ Successful completion of language courses taken in secondary (high) school or at another college/university
    AND/OR
    ⇒ Successful completion of a language placement examination at Reed
  • Committee approval following an individual assessment of language proficiency

Five Units in Literature:

  • A minimum of two in nondramatic literature
  • A minimum of two in dramatic literature, including:
    ⇒ A minimum of one unit of Shakespeare
  • A minimum of one, not in translation at the 300 level or higher (excluding 470)

Five Units in Theatre:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
THEA 201 - Stagecraft
THEA 202 - Introduction to Theatrical Design

 

THEA 204 - Fundamentals of Acting and Performance: Movement

OR

THEA 205 - Fundamentals of Acting and Performance: Text

 

  • Two and one-half additional units in theatre:
    ⇒A minimum of one unit in theatre history

    • One Unit of Junior Year Requirement:

    • One unit of junior seminar in the Department of Theatre or any department in the Division of Literature and Languages
    • Junior qualifying examination

    Two units of Thesis

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    LTHE 470 - Thesis

    Recommended, but Not Required:

    • Students considering a proposal of a senior thesis with a directing component are encouraged to enroll in THEA 331
    Notes:





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