Speech and Theatre Education (BSEd)

Major core (35 hours):

• COM 115 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• COM 322 - Introduction to Argumentation
• COM 532 - Teaching Debate
• COM 534 - Teaching Individual Events
• COM 536 - Directing Forensics
• THE 130 - Introduction to Script Analysis
• THE 150 - Introduction to Theatre Technology
• THE 151 - Introduction to Theatre Technology Lab
• THE 222 - Acting Fundamentals
• THE 323 - Devised Theatre Performance
• THE 430 - Directing I
• MED 120 - Mass Media and Society

Theatre Option (21 hours):

• THE 125 - Voice and Movement for the Stage
• THE 224 - Stage Makeup I
• THE 250 - Stagecraft and Construction I
• THE 251 - Stagecraft and Construction Lab
• THE 255 - Stage Lighting Technology
• THE 260 - Costume Construction I
• THE 261 - Costume Construction Lab
• THE 530 - Directing II
• THE 541 - Theatre History I
• THE 542 - Theatre History II

Teaching methods and supervised teaching

• THE 417 - Teaching of Speech and Theatre
• THE 490 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Speech and Theatre)
• THE 491 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Speech and Theatre)

Additional Professional Education Required Core and Competencies

Refer to Teacher Education and Teacher Certification Requirements .

Teacher Education Requirements:

This program also requires compliance with Teacher Education and Teacher Certification Requirements   for eligibility to enroll in Professional Education courses; admission to and continuance in Teacher Education; approval for supervised teaching; and recommendation for certification.

This program also requires the following for eligibility to enroll in Professional Education courses

admission to and continuance in Teacher Education; approval for supervised teaching; and recommendation for certification. All GPA requirements include both Missouri State and transfer grades.

1. at least a 2.75 GPA on all course work attempted at all colleges attended.
2. at least a 3.00 GPA in the certificate subject area (major field of study) which includes all courses listed under major requirements.
3. at least a 3.00 GPA in any additional certificate subject area.
4. at least a 3.00 GPA in the professional education courses which includes all courses in number 1 and 2 above; and no grade lower than a “C” in all professional education courses.