Professional, career-based Degree in Acting for Stage, Film, and Television.
The AOS Acting Program prepares students for working in theatre, television, and film. This immersive four-term program is built upon performance-based courses in acting, voice, and movement to help actors develop a strong connected physical presence while creating characters with rich imaginative inner lives. The AOS program is enriched with various opportunities for onstage performance experience offered throughout the four terms of study. Classwork explores diverse techniques and styles as applied for use on stage and screen. Voice production and speech coursework, as well as specialized training in improvisation, stage combat, and other movement-based skill sets, provides a wide range of tools for creating three-dimensional fully realized characters. Professional preparation is further complemented by classes relating to the “Business of the Business.” These address the rigors of branding, marketing, and auditioning as students prepare to enter the world as a working actor. AOS Acting students, as part of their program completion and career launch strategy, will also perform in a special culminating showcase.
Students completing the AOS Acting program should be able to:
First Semester Sample Curriculum |
| AC100 Acting I: Beginning Scene Study 2.5 |
| AC102 Acting I: Techniques 2.5 |
| AC103 Iconic Theatre: 19th through Mid-20th Century 1.0 |
| AC122 Improvisation I: Foundations 1.5 |
| AC200 Alexander Technique 1.0 |
| DN150 Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist I 1.0 |
| SC100 Stage Combat I: Unarmed 1.5 |
| FS100 First-Semester Seminars 0.5 |
| VP140 Voice, Production and Speech I: Foundations 2.0 |
| ENG101 English Composition 3.0 |
| Total Credits 16.5 |
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Second Semester Sample Curriculum |
| AC110 Acting II: Contemporary Scene Study 2.5 |
| AC112 Acting II: Period Scene Study 2.5 |
| AC113 Iconic Theatre: Ancient Greece to Romanticism 1.0 |
| AC123 Improvisation II: Techniques 1.5 |
| DN170 Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist II 1.0 |
| FL120 Acting for the Camera I 2.0 |
| SC180 Stage Combat II: Rapier and Dagger 1.5 |
| VP141 Voice, Production and Speech II: Techniques 1.5 |
| SPC205 Introduction to Oral Communication 3.0 |
| Total Credits 16.5 |
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| Total First Year Program Credits 33.0 |
Third Semester Sample Curriculum |
| AC222 Acting Styles 2.0 |
| AC227 Acting III: Advanced Scene Study 3.5 |
| AC318 Career Preparation 1.0 |
| FL121 Acting for the Camera II 2.0 |
| VP243 Voice, Production and Speech III: Advanced Techniques 1.5 |
| CRT200 Applied Logic and Critical Thinking 3.0 |
| Select one of the following elective courses: 1.5 |
| AC202 Improvisation: Introduction to Long Form |
| MT338 Ensemble Singing for the Actor |
| Select one of the following elective courses: 1.5 |
| FL380 Film Studies: The Art of the Motion Picture |
| SC280 Stage Combat III: Broadsword |
| Total Credits 16.0 |
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Fourth Semester Sample Curriculum |
| AC242 Acting Production Showcase 5.0 |
| AC244 Acting Scene Showcase 5.0 |
| AC246 Industry Workshop 1.0 |
| AC250 Mock Audition 0.5 |
| FL240 Film Projects 3.0 |
| PI240 Finding Your Voice: Digital Tools for the Performing Artist 0.5 |
| Total Credits 15.0 |
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| Total Second Year Program Credits 31.0 |
| Total Program Credits60.5 |
Please note that applying to AMDA is a multi-step process. Be sure to follow ALL 6 steps below to ensure the submission of a successful application.
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* If you are not yet 16, we would encourage you to consider attending the AMDA High School Conservatory.
Admission and scholarship consideration to AMDA require an audition. AMDA offers a robust calendar of auditions including regional auditions, campus auditions, live-online auditions and video submissions. Scheduling your audition will prompt a phone call with one of our enrollment specialists to help you prepare for a successful audition.
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