Communication-Theatre Education

UNI is the only Iowa Regents university with a Communication-Theatre Education major. The program prepares students for teaching Communication and Theatre (including speech communication, debate, and theatre) for grades 5-12. The major and minor are currently being restructured, but we expect the revised program to be accepting new students in early 2014.

Below, we are happy to provide a preview to the new major and minor, as approved by the Departments of Communication Studies and Theatre, and the UNI Secondary Teacher Education Committee. For more information, contact the Communication Studies or Theatre Departments.

Communication-Theatre Education Major

The Communication-Theatre Education major requires a minimum of 125 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements (45 credit hours), the Professional Education Requirements (32-33 credit hours), and the following specified major requirements (48 credit hours) to complete the minimum of 125 hours.

The communication-theatre education major is offered jointly by the Departments of Communication Studies and Theatre.

Required

Communication (21):

COMM 2256 Oral Interpretation: Texts in Performance 3

COMM 2257 Argumentation and Debate ^* 3

COMM 2344 Interpersonal Communication ^* 3

COMM EM 1611 Media Literacy 3

COMM 2555 Interactive Digital Communication 3

COMM 4355/5355 Listening 3

COMM 4559/5559 Methods of Teaching Speech 3

Theatre (21):

COMM 2455 OR Group Performance: Scripting and Directing 3

THEATRE 1010 Creativity and Performance 3

THEATRE 1012 Stagecraft: Scenery/Lights ^** 3

THEATRE 1030 Acting ^** 3

THEATRE 3020 Playscript Analysis and Interpretation^** 3

THEATRE 3070 History of the Theatre II 3

THEATRE 3115 Methods of Teaching Drama and Theatre 3

THEATRE 3160 Directing 3

Applied Activity (3):

Activities for Communication-Theatre majors include UNI Theatre, UNI Interpreters Theatre, Sturgis Youth Theatre, SAVE (Students Against a Violent Environment) Forum Actors, and UNI Forensics

Select three of the following:^***

COMM 1940 & COMM 3940 Applied Forensics and Applied Forensics 1

COMM 1941 & COMM 3941 Applied Performance Studies

and Applied Performance Studies 1

THEATRE 1011 Creativity and Performance Lab 1

THEATRE 2050 Theatre Practicum 1

Electives (3)

Select one of the following:

COMM 2255 Public Speaking ^* 3

COMM 2456 Performance of Popular Culture 3

COMM 4218 Persuasion 3

COMM 4322/5322 Advanced Interpersonal Communication 3

COMM 4411/5411 Language and Communication 3

COMM 4447/5447 Performance and Social Change 3

COMM 4448/5448 Cultural Performance 3

COMM COR 1010 Mass Communication & Society 3

COMM EM 1655 Introduction to Electronic Production 3

COMM PR 1811 Principles of Public Relations 3

THEATRE 3060 History of the Theatre I 3

THEATRE 1020 Introduction to Reading Playscripts 3

THEATRE 3000 Creative Drama 3

THEATRE 3050/5050 Theatre Production 1-4

THEATRE 3080/5080 History of Theatre III 3

THEATRE 3180/5180 Theatre Management 3

Total Hours 48

*	LAC Category 1B may be satisfied by two courses distributed as follows: COMM 2256 (48C:011) or COMM 2255 (48C:071) or COMM 2257 (48C:074); AND COMM 2344 (48C:004) or COMM 1205 (48C:031).
**	These three courses may be taken in any sequence; all are prerequisites for THEATRE 3160 (490:161).
***	Students may take any combination of the three Applied Activity courses. Any of the courses can be repeated up to three times.

For the LAC Category Fine Arts requirement (Category 3A) we recommend that Communication-Theatre Education majors take THEATRE 1002: The Theatrical Arts and Society (3 credit hours).

For the LAC Capstone Experience (Category 6), we recommend that Communication-Theatre Education majors take THEATRE 3100/CAP 3106: Theatre in Education (3 credit hours)