After THEA 301
Gateway: THEA 301
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
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.
Generated from Western Kentucky University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 36 THEA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more THEA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on THEA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Courses1 required
History & Theory (12 credit hours)choose 1
Select two of the following:
Performance2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 7 credits from the following (at least 2 of which must be at the 300-level or above):; Any single dance technique course (2 credit hours)
Design and Production2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two of the following:; Take a total of at least two credit hours from the following:
Restricted Electives10 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 10 hours from any relevant THEA, PERF, or DANC course with advisor's approval
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in THEA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at THEA 322
4 courses deep, ending at THEA 401
3 courses deep, ending at THEA 330
3 courses deep, ending at THEA 358
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Performance (3 hours)1 required
1 course from1 required
All THEA courses in the WKU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under THEA yet.
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