An Interdisciplinary major may be established by a student who has discovered "a well-defined intellectual interest that crosses one or more of the boundaries of the established fields of concentration. ...Such a major involves at least two departments, but only one senior thesis and/or one comprehensive examination."

It is the student's responsibility to generate the proposal in consultation with the advisor. The interested student should begin by obtaining Guidelines for the Interdisciplinary Major and other relevant documents at the Registrar's Office.

All Interdisciplinary majors involving the Department of Theater must include:

a. Theater 370: Directing, or Theater 251: Dance Composition, or Theater 227: Seventies and Eighties Avant-garde Theater and Performance.

b. Theater 261: Beginning Acting

c. Theater 130: Introduction to Design, or Theater 132: Stagecraft.

d. Two of the following courses: Theater 101: Introduction to Drama, Theater 200: The Classical Stage, Theater 210: The Revolutionary Stage, Theater 220: The Modern Stage, Theater 225: The Grain of the Black Image.

Plus 2.5 production credits: see section 5. This requirement is mandatory.

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