After successful completion of their sophomore year, students in the 120-credit B.F.A. in Theatre Arts: Acting program or the B.A. in Theatre Arts program, with the appropriate prerequisites, may elect to apply to pursue a concentration in either directing or playwriting. Transfer students who wish to apply for this option may be required to take additional preparatory coursework. Each program requires students to complete a senior thesis project. For directing majors, the thesis will involve directing a play, for playwriting majors, a full-length play will be written and receive either a staged reading or production. Directing and playwriting students may collaborate on their thesis project.