2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
  
    Apr 15, 2026  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theater and Entertainment Technology: Acting, A.S. (0155)


Recommended Course Rotation/Pathway

 

Semester/Term 1


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 2110 - Acting I                     

3

TPP 1810 - Stage Speech I 

3

TPA 1200 - Introduction to Production/Design                 

3

TPA 1248 - Stage Make-Up

3

ENC 1101 - Composition I

3

 

Semester/Term 2


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 2111 - Acting II                        

3

TPP 1811 - Stage Speech II

3

TPA 2290L - Theater Production Lab*                          

  or

THE 1925 - Play Production

1

MVV 1111 - Class Voice                                                   

2

General Education - Core Mathematics

3

*Repeat for Credit. Must Take 2 credit hours total.

 

Semester/Term 3


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 1514 - Stage Movement for the Actor**

  of

TPP 1120 - Improvisations for the Theater**

3

TPP 2141 - Acting in Shakespeare***                              

3

General Education  - Core Humanities                           

3

**The AS Degree requires a student to take one or the other. Stage Movement and Improv are offered alternating Summer A terms.

*** The AS Degree requires a student to take either TPP 2141-Acting in Shakespeare (offered Summer A) or TPP 2300-Play Directing (offered in the fall) or TPP 2261-Acting for the Camera II (offered in the spring).

 

Semester/Term 4


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 2118 - Acting III                        

3

TPP 2812 - Stage Speech III

3

TPA 2290L -Theater Production Lab*

 or

THE 1925 - Play Production

1

TPP 2260 - Acting for the Camera I

3

TPP 2300 - Play Directing***

3

AMH 2010 - US History to 1877

  or

AMH 2020 - US History Since 1877

  or

POS 1041 - US Federal Government                              

3

*Repeat for Credit. Must Take 2 credit hours total.

*** The AS Degree requires a student to take either TPP 2141-Acting in Shakespeare (offered Summer A) or TPP 2300-Play Directing (offered in the fall) or TPP 2261-Acting for the Camera II (offered in the spring).

 

Semester/Term 5


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 2261 - Acting for the Camera II***                             

3

THE 1020 - Introduction to Theater History

3

TPP 2220 - Audition Techniques

3

TPA 2290L - Theater Production Lab*

 or

Elective- Play Production****

1

General Education - Core Natural Science                         

3

*Repeat for Credit. Must Take 2 credit hours total.

***The AS Degree requires a student to take either TPP 2141-Acting in Shakespeare (offered Summer A) or TPP 2300-Play Directing (offered in the fall) or TPP 2261-Acting for the Camera II (offered in the spring).

****Corequisite Science Lab or any courses with the prefix of MUT, MVV, MVK, THE, TPA, DAA, TPP, ARH, ART, PGY or any course selected from communications, social science, humanities or mathematics. 

 

Semester/Term 6


Course Number and Title

Course Credit Hours

TPP 2141 - Acting in Shakespeare***                                

3

TPP 1514 - Stage Movement for the Actor**

 or

TPP 1120 - Improvisations for the Theater**

3

TPA 2290L  - Theater Production Lab*

 or

Elective- Play Production****

1

*Repeat for Credit. Must Take 2 credit hours total.

**The AS Degree requires a student to take one or the other. Stage Movement and Improv are offered alternating Summer A terms.

***The AS Degree requires a student to take either TPP 2141-Acting in Shakespeare (offered Summer A) or TPP 2300-Play Directing (offered in the fall) or TPP 2261-Acting for the Camera II (offered in the spring).

****Corequisite Science Lab or any courses with the prefix of MUT, MVV, MVK, THE, TPA, DAA, TPP, ARH, ART, PGY or any course selected from communications, social science, humanities or mathematics. 

 


The recommended course pathway is designed for students enrolled full-time. If you plan to attend part-time, contact the Program Advisor to establish an appropriate course rotation prior to registration.