{"id":1015,"date":"2021-04-23T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/?page_id=1015"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:21:23","slug":"degrees-offered","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/academic-program\/degrees-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Degrees Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h2>Bachelor of Arts in the Arts (BA)<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Bachelor of Arts in the Arts emphasizes a breadth of content knowledge in Art, Music, or Theatre, augmented by extensive course work outside the discipline. Students who choose a Theatre major take a wide range of theatre classes, as well as electives outside the major, while also completing a minor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BA-Theatre-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre\u00a0(BA)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BA-Theatre-1-Page-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) with a Major in Theatre<\/h2>\n<p>Students desiring entry into the B.F.A. degree must be <strong>formally admitted<\/strong> to the program following the <strong>completion<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/academic-program\/sophomore-review-the-295\/\">Sophomore Review<\/a>. This admittance is based upon an audition or portfolio review in the student\u2019s area of emphasis and an interview with the area faculty. This audition or portfolio review may occur at any time, but typically takes place during the second semester of the student\u2019s sophomore year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BFA-Theatre-Performance-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre Performance\u00a0(BFA)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BFA-Theatre-Performance1-Page.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BFA-Theatre-Production-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre Production (BFA)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/uc\/files\/BFA-Theatre-Production-1-Page-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\".\/performance-emphasis\/\">Performance Emphasis Area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/academic-program\/production-emphasis-area\/\">Production Emphasis Area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/academic-program\/theatre-minor\/\">Theatre Minor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dance Minor\" href=\".\/academic-program\/dance-minor\/\">Dance Minor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/academic-program\/theatre-residency\/\">Professional Theatre Residency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bachelor of Arts in the Arts (BA) The Bachelor of Arts in the Arts emphasizes a breadth of content knowledge in Art, Music, or Theatre, augmented by extensive course work outside the discipline. Students who choose a Theatre major take a wide range of theatre classes, as well as electives outside the major, while also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1015","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1015\/revisions\/1385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}