PMA at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PMA coursework.

• PMA 2600Fundamentals of Performance Design and Technologyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PMA 3800Acting IIopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PMA 2810Acting Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PMA 3502Love as a Character: Writing the Romantic Featureopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PMA 3503The Writer's Room: Running The Showopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PMA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 55 PMA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 345 more PMA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PMA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PMA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PMA 3504

  1. PMA 3531Screenwriting I
  2. PMA 3502Love as a Character: Writing the Romantic Feature
  3. PMA 3504Writing the Pilot

• 3 courses deep, ending at PMA 3626

  1. PMA 1610Production Laboratory
  2. PMA 2600Fundamentals of Performance Design and Technology
  3. PMA 3626CAD Studio for Theatre Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at PMA 3860

  1. PMA 2800Introduction to Acting
  2. PMA 3800Acting II
  3. PMA 3860Solo Performance

• 3 courses deep, ending at PMA 4801

  1. PMA 2800Introduction to Acting
  2. PMA 2810Acting I
  3. PMA 4801Advanced Studies in Acting Techniques

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on PMA sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Aoise Stratford
• Austin Bunn
• Beth Milles
• Bruce Levitt
• Catherine Appert
• Christine Balance
• Danielle Russo
• David Feldshuh
• Doo Rim Kim
• Ellis Hanson
• J Gainor
• Jeffrey Palmer
• Juan Aldape Munoz
• Karen Jaime
• Keith Obadike
• Kristen Warner
• Natasha Raheja
• Nick Salvato
• Njahla Stanley
• Paulina Velazquez Solis
• Philip Lorenz
• Sabine Haenni
• Samantha Sheppard
• Sara Warner
• Sarah Bernstein
• Shaoling Ma
• Theo Black
• Warren Cross

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PMA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PMA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.