LOS ANGELES | Fall 2024→
Two-Year Conservatory: Curriculum Guide
Total Clock credit hours Required: 132
Acting Technique Requirements (72 hours)
Course | Hours |
Method Acting (MAT100, MAT200 or MAT300) | 48 |
Acting for TV/Film (MAT130) | 4 |
Acting for TV/Film (MAT130 or 230) | 4 |
Scene Study 1 (MAT120) | 4 |
Scene Study (MAT120 or MAT220) | 4 |
Improvisation 1 (MAT110) | 4 |
Improvisation (MAT110 or MAT220) | 4 |
Voice and Movement Requirements (24 hours)
Course | Hours |
Voice 1 (VMV105) | 2 |
Voice 2 (VMV180) | 2 |
Voice 3 ( VMV205) | 2 |
Movement 1 (VMV100) | 2 |
Movement 2 (VMV175) | 2 |
Movement 3 (VMV200) | 2 |
Animal Exercise (VMV215) | 2 |
Standard American Dialect (VMV120) OR Dialects (VMV125) | 2 |
Vocal Basics (VMV140) OR Singing (VMV145) | 2 |
Any VMV class | 2 |
Any VMV class | 2 |
Any VMV class | 2 |
History & Criticism Requirements (10 hours)
Course | Hours |
Lee Strasberg Legacy (HSC110) or Theatre History 2: Group Theatre (HSC200) | 2 |
Theatre History 1 (HSC100) or Film History 1 (HSC105) or TV History (HSC165) | 2 |
Script Analysis (HSC125) or Playwright Spotlight (HSC115), Pulitzer Prize Plays (HSC120) or Script to Scene (HSC155) | 2 |
Any HSC class | 2 |
Any HSC class | 2 |
Required Professional Development Electives (8 hours)
Course | Hours |
Craft to Career (BUS225) OR Business of Acting (BUS175) | 2 |
Audition Technique (BUS215) OR Self Tape (BUS125) | 2 |
Any BUS class | 2 |
Any BUS class | 2 |
Free Electives (18 hours)
Any FRE or BUS class or classes of VMV, HSC, MAT taken beyond requirements.
Each full-time term includes:
2 MAT100 (8 hours)
1 of MAT110, MAT120, or MAT130 (4 hours)
2 VMV (4 hours)
1 HSC (2 hours)
2 other: FRE, PDE, HSC, VMV (4 hours)
Effective Fall 2022