Agree completely Mcshell.
If you're going for the degree you've gotta take courses in all related fields.
My degree program we took acting (2 levels), directing, movement, voice and speech, script analysis, scenic, lighting (2 levels), costume and sound design, scenic, lighting, costume, sound practical courses that are all mandatory. Also had the standard theatre history courses and mandatory University Gen-eds. My personal degree added two levels of technical direction, a course in production management, scenery automation, and a course on labor unions. Add that on to an intro level of SM where you learn your basic paperwork skills, how to do a run sheet, etc... basically the stuff you can teach a monkey to do, then three levels of advanced SM concentrating on more of the intagibles - communication, group dynamics, research new technologies in the SM world, basically whatever you want your degree to be. I feel like I came out of the program very well-rounded and definitely feel I got my money's worth.