The School of Drama offers three undergraduate minors that are open to everyone except Drama majors. Any undergraduate student with at least sophomore standing (45 credits completed) who is declared in a major may declare a minor after completing prerequisites. A minor in Drama offers students a foundation in one of the following areas: acting, design for performance, directing, and theatre studies.
Minor in Acting
Minor in Design for Performance
Minor in Directing
Minor in Theatre Studies
Declaring a Minor
Minor in Acting
25 credits
A minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA is required for courses applied to minor
Acting minors will hone techniques and creativity, learn about being citizen leaders, and develop skills that are applicable to any career that requires collaboration, creative innovation, project realization, and critical thinking.
Required (10 credits)
Drama 251 Beginning Acting (5)
Drama 252 Beginning Acting (5)
15 credits from the following
Drama 351 Intermediate Acting - Scene Study (4)*
Drama 352 Intermediate Acting - Verse (4)*
Drama 353 Intermediate Acting - Production*
Drama 441 Beginning Playwriting (5)
Drama 451 Advanced Acting - Production (4)
Drama 452 Advanced Acting - Scene Study (4)
Drama 453 Advanced Acting - Physical Training (4)
Drama 454 Projects in Acting (3)
Drama 455 Alexander Technique (3)
Drama 456 Topics in Theater for Youth (3-5)
Drama 457 Creating Drama (3-5)
Drama 460 Introduction to Directing (4)
Drama 461 Elementary Directing (4)
Drama 490 Special Studies in Acting - Directing (1-6)
Drama 498 Theater Production (1-2)
Minor in Design for Performance
25 credits
Minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA for courses applied to the minor
Design for performance minors will begin to develop the skills to work in the areas of costume design, set design, lighting design, or sound design, as well as learning about being citizen leaders and developing skills that are applicable to any career that requires collaboration, creative innovation, project realization, and critical thinking.
Required (12 credits)
Drama 221 Visual Narrative in Performance (5)
Drama 222 Tools of Composition in Theatrical Design (5)
Drama 290 Theater Technical Practice Lab (1-3)
13 credits from the following
Drama 316 Theatrical Makeup (2)
Drama 317 Introduction to Costume Construction (2-5)
Drama 319 Projection Design in Performance (4)
Drama 391 Beginning Technical Practices (1-3)
Drama 414 Scene Design (3)
Drama 415 Stage Costume Design (3)
Drama 416 History of Style - Dress, Architecture and Functional Decor (5)
Drama 417 Stage Costume Patterning and Construction (3)
Drama 418 Scene Painting (3)
Drama 419 Advanced Stage Lighting Design (3)
Drama 420 Design and Technical Drafting (2)
Drama 421 Drawing for Theater (2)
Drama 491 Special Studies in Design-Technical (1-6)
Drama 498 Theater Production (1-2)
Minor in Directing
25 credits
A minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA is required for courses applied to minor
Students earning a Minor in Directing become familiar with techniques and theories of theatre directing, as well as learning about being citizen leaders and developing skills that are applicable to any career that requires collaboration, creative innovation, project realization, personnel organization, and critical thinking.
Required (8 credits)
Drama 460 Intro to Directing (4)
Drama 461 Elementary Directing (4)
5 or 10 credits from the following:
Drama 202 Creative Leadership (5)
Drama 203 Resilience and the Creative Process (5)
Drama 251 Beginning Acting (5)
Electives to reach 25 credits selected from the following courses:
Drama 319 Projection Design in Performance (4)
Drama 407 Documentary in Performance (5)
Drama 441 Beginning Playwriting (5)
Drama 451 Advanced Acting - Production (4)
Drama 454 Projects in Acting (3)
Drama 455 Alexander Technique (3)
Drama 456 Topics in Theater for Youth (3)
Drama 457 Creating Drama (3-5)
Drama 462 Elementary Directing (4)
Drama 480 Game Design for Live Performance (4)
Drama 490 Special Studies in Acting - Directing (1-6)
Drama 499 Independent Study (1-5)
Minor in Theatre Studies
25 credits
Minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA for courses applied to the minor
Performance studies minors will become familiar with theatre history and theories, as well as learning about being citizen leaders, and developing skills that are applicable to any career that requires collaboration, creative innovation, project realization, and critical thinking.
Required (5 credits)
Drama 201 Plays and Styles (5)
20 credits from the following
Drama 302 Critical Analysis of Theater (5)
Drama 303 The Structure of Dramatic Narrative (5)
Drama 365 Diverse Voices in Performance (5)
Drama 371 Theater History 1 (5)
Drama 372 Theater History 2 (5)
Drama 373 Theater History 3 (5)
Drama 416 History of Style - Dress, Architecture and Functional Decor (5)
Drama 494 Special Studies in Theatre & Drama (5)
Drama 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5)
Declaring the Minor
To declare a minor, meet with your major adviser. Any undergraduate student with at least sophomore standing (45 credits completed) who is officially declared in any major may declare a minor with his or her major adviser's permission. If you have not yet declared a major (i.e., if you are still in "pre-major" status), you are not yet eligible to declare a UW minor. (This does not mean that you cannot begin to take classes now that will eventually apply toward the minor, however.)
To learn more and take the next steps toward declaring your minor, please contact undergraduate advisor Eloise Boyle at dramaadv@uw.edu.