THEA at Rice 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 THEA coursework.

• THEA 301Acting Iopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• THEA 300Introduction to Theatre Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• THEA 308Improvisation for Stage and Screenopens 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 THEA 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 9 THEA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more THEA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 2 courses deep, ending at THEA 302

  1. THEA 301Acting I
  2. THEA 302Acting II

• 2 courses deep, ending at THEA 305

  1. THEA 300Introduction to Theatre Design
  2. THEA 305Lighting Design

• 2 courses deep, ending at THEA 408

  1. THEA 308Improvisation for Stage and Screen
  2. THEA 408Advanced Improvisation for Stage and Screen

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for THEA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under THEA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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