Theatre

The Theatre Honors Program is a special curricular enhancement for outstanding students in the Theatre major. Students are eligible to participate in the Theatre Honors Program at the beginning of their junior year and will normally complete the program requirements during the ensuing four semesters. The program consists of two major components:

1. Honors Seminars
2. Honors Project or Thesis

The Honors seminars, which extend over the first three semesters of a student’s participation in the Theatre Honors Program, provide a unique opportunity to engage in intensive investigations and discussions of significant aspects of theatre practice and theory with a small group of fellow honors students and senior faculty. The Honors project or thesis gives honors students the opportunity to integrate their theatre studies and apply their knowledge and understanding of theatre art to the independent investigation of a significant topic or problem under the direction of a faculty mentor. Honors students will subsequently receive departmental support for the completion of an artistic project or written research thesis based on their investigation.

Admission to the Theatre Honors Program

Students may apply for admission to the Theatre Honors Program upon completion of the following:

1. All 100- and 200-level requirements in Theatre.
2. A minimum of 9 units of Theatre courses taken at CSUN.
3. Attainment of a minimum 3.25 GPA in all Theatre courses taken at CSUN or transferred for credit toward the degree.
4. Attainment of a minimum 3.0 GPA in all undergraduate work.

Student applications for admission to the Theatre Honors Program will normally be submitted near the end of the sophomore year. In every case, applications will require the support of a CSUN Theatre department faculty member. Applications to the Theatre Honors Program will be reviewed by the Honors committee, which normally consists of the honors advisor and the coordinators of the several curricular areas of the Theatre department.