Theatre & Mass Communication

The Department of Theatre and Mass Communication offers programs designed to acquaint students with the nature of communication and to prepare them for professional work in a variety of fields. The department offers a bachelor’s degree in theatre and a bachelor’s degree in mass communication with an emphasis in broadcast journalism and an emphasis in print journalism. Courses are designed to prepare the major for work in mass communication, theatre and graduate study in mass communication and theatre. The non-major should gain the ability to participate effectively in the various form of communication with an emphasis in broadcast journalism or print journalism. A heightened appreciation of the theatre and other communicative arts should result.

In addition, minors in theatre, broadcast journalism and print journalism are available for students majoring in related fields. The mass communication curriculum has a core of introductory courses common to all mass media fields and offers academic emphases in digital media production and print journalism. The department also offers practical experience on the weekly student newspaper, The Bray and the yearbook, The Mulerider.

The theatre curriculum offers classroom training and production experience for the serious student of theatre, teachers in theatre, and the humanist seeking elective hours of work and study. SAU theatre produces four show each academic year.

The theatre curriculum offers classroom training and production experience for the serious student of theatre, teachers in theatre, and the humanist seeking elective hours of work and study. SAU theatre offers several annual productions and a musical every other year.

The Department of Theatre and Mass Communication is located in Overstreet Hall Room 225.

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