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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE STUDENT HANDBOOK
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Welcome to the Department of Theatre and
Dance! The ISU Theatre and Dance Department
provides a well-rounded curriculum that is both
basic and innovative. Theatre and Dance
productions range from classics to contemporary,
from intimate to large-scale, and from
student-directed to faculty produced. All
programs in Theatre and Dance are structured to
provide a rich mixture of academic, design, and
performance courses, coupled with a broad array
of electives, enabling ISU students to pursue
theatre and dance as a profession or an
avocation. Students may choose to focus on
performance (acting, directing, dance, and
choreography), technical theatre, dance
education, or achieve an Education degree with
certification to teach theatre. All ISU Theatre
and Dance students are expected to gain a
broad-based knowledge of all major aspects of
production, and a solid grounding in the history,
theory, and literature of their art.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. GENERAL DEPARTMENT POLICIES a. SEEKING
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT IN SCENE
/COSTUME SHOPS OR BOX
OFFICE b. CASTING POLICIES c. CREW
AND STAGE MANAGEMENT POLICIES d.
PRODUCTION CREDITS e. INDEPENDENT STUDIES AND
PRACTICUM COURSES f. SCHEDULE
CHANGE CARD INSTRUCTIONS (HOW TO
PROCEED) 1) SCHEDULE CHANGE CARD 5.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION a. PARKING AT
THE STEPHENS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
b. DRESSING AND MAKEUP ROOM
POLICIES

• 1. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
• a. DEGREES OFFERED
• b. FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS
• c. HOW TO BECOME A MAJOR
• AND CHOOSE YOUR ADVISOR
• ABOUT THE THEATRE PROGRAM
• a. SUGGESTED COURSE
• SEQUENCE FOR THEATRE
• STUDENTS
• 1). A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
  
• EDUCATION MAJORS
• b. EXIT INTERVIEWS
• ABOUT THE DANCE PROGRAM
• a. SUGGESTED COURSE
• SEQUENCE FOR DANCE
• MINORS