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1013 Survey of Theatre (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. For Non-majors. Students will explore the art of theatre through lecture and participation. Students learn about theatre's craft areas--acting, playwriting, designing, directing; its production areas; its management areas; its history and aesthetics; its search for truth and its construction of meanings, and contributions to civilization (advocacy). Attend live theatre: Analyze and review live theatre experiences in writing.

1033 Acting I (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. For Non-majors. Acting techniques for non-majors. Students learn basic acting skills through class participation in monologue work, scene work, and improvisations.

1040 Dramatic Arts in Television (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. For Non-majors. Students will explore television as a theatrical art form. Television content and structure will be examined and critiqued through multiple lenses, including historical antecedents and international media issues. This is an online course.

1050 Introduction to Visual Arts of Theatre (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. Meets with THEA 1550. For Non-majors. Students will discover and explore the visual world of the theatre, including the design process. Students will investigate elements and principles of design, and learn to apply them in the analysis of costume, scenery, and lighting.

1120 Acting I (for Majors) (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. Non-majors should enroll in THEAT 1033 and 2033, (Must be taken in sequence). Students develop an appreciation for the art of theatre and the discipline of acting. Students learn respect for fellow students in the development of their creative potential.

1130 Acting II (for Majors) (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1120 or Instructor's approval. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students develop complex acting skills by exploring language and text-driven material through scene work and monologue work. Students learn to enhance actor's skills such as concentration, focus, observation, relaxation, ensemble work, and physical and vocal awareness. This class requires students to actively participate, learn lines, and explore the psychology of the characters they will be portraying.

1160 Production: Babcock (1)

Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Provides students with hands-on practical backstage experience of the complex workings of a Babcock Theatre production.

1170 Production: Lab (1)

Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Provides students with hands-on practical backstage experience of the complex workings of a Lab Theatre production.

1220 First-Year Acting for Actor Training Program (3)

Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Introduces students to elements of acting through the use of self as a basis for investigation and discovery. The course focuses on the process of transferring self to creating a character through the use of exercises, monologues, and scene study

1223 Makeup (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors or with instructor's approval. Students are introduced to facial structure, color theory, basic make-up techniques, character make-up, fantasy make-up, and application techniques.

1230 First-Year Acting for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1220. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Continues the exploration of creating character, and begins the exploration of character actions and interactions through the use of exercises monologues, scenes, and performance projects

1240 First-Year Voice for Actor Training Program (2)

Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course begins the exploration of voice and movement for the actor.

1550 Scenography (5)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. An introduction to the art of scenography, including the ways in which theatre artists communicate visually, and the way audiences "read" information in a theatrical design. This course has a lab component.

1713 Script Analysis (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. In-depth analysis of play scripts, including historical and cultural contexts, production histories, and critical response.

1740 History and Analysis of Musical Theatre (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. Open to all students. Please note this is not a performance class. This course introduces students to the history, basic forms, and styles of musical theatre. An exploration of the aesthetic and philosophical attitudes of those who create musical theatre, as well as an examination of various eras in which musical theatre was created.

1760 American Political Theatre (3)

Fulfills Diversity & Fine Arts Exploration. Open to all students. Taught as Writing Emphasis. For explanation, see Writing Program in the Courses section. Theatrical scripts and performances provide unique, inside looks at the impact of American politics on everyday life. Readings and discussions of plays that reflect problems of class (Labor-Capital), conflict (The Cold War, and Vietnam), caste (Race, Gender) and sexual preference.

1770 The American Experience Through Black Theatre (3)

Fulfills Diversity & Fine Arts Exploration. Open to all students. Taught as Writing Emphasis. For explanation, see Writing Program in the Courses section. Through readings and discussions of such authors as Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones, students examine perspectives of contemporary American society from a minority viewpoint. Concepts such as roots, religion, family, community, justice, and the future provide signposts to African-American life

2000 Production Design for Film and TV (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1550. PADP Program requirement.

2010 Second-Year Singing for Actor Training Program (2)

Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Introduces singing/acting performance techniques through practical application and repertoire study. Students study how to learn material, develop a process to bring a song to performance level, and explore the musical theatre canon through sight-singing, work-shopping, and performing.

2020 Second-Year Singing for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 2010. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Presents students with the basic elements of the physiology of the voice and discrete singing techniques. The course helps students deepen their awareness of vocal production through individual and ensemble exercises and performances.

2030 Third-Year Singing for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 2020. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course continues the exploration of singing technique through the building of individual repertoire.

2033 Acting II (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1033 or Instructor's approval. Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. For Non-majors. Advanced acting techniques for non-majors. The course builds upon the skills and techniques developed in Acting I through focused approaches to character creation and acting styles across diverse theatrical forms.

2040 Third-Year Singing for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 2030. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course continues the student's development of singing technique, including assessment of range and craft, and culminates in the preparation of audition pieces.

2050 Alexander Technique (2)

For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. The Alexander Technique is a dynamic process of body learning that will help you learn to move more freely and have greater mental flexibility and expressiveness. You will experience a sense of lightness as you let go of habitual tensions that interfere with energy, health, and performance. The Technique helps to eliminate chronic headache pain, neck, shoulder, and back tension, and vocal and breathing problems.

2110 Scene Design I (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1550. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students explore modern stage design through lectures and assigned projects that develop drawing, sketching, and model building techniques.

2130 Second-Year Acting (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1130. Advanced stage acting, instruction, and practice.

2140 Costume Design I (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1550. For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to costume design and rendering techniques to support a theatrical production.

2203 Costume Construction (3)

Learn basic sewing and construction skills as it relates to costume design for the theatre.

2160 Design Studio (3)

Basic drawing and sketching techniques for Theatre Design Students

2170 Lighting I (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1550. Meets with THEAT 6090. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Introduces students to the mechanical aspects of stage lighting. The course is also designed to help the actor, director, technician and designer understand the functions, psychology, and practical application of lighting design.

2220 Second-Year Acting for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1230. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Emphasizes tools and skills in building a character. Scene study focuses on realism through the works of modern playwrights.

2230 Second-Year Acting for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 2220. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students examine, through diverse dramatic literature, physical release and grounding of breath and body, listening skills, spontaneous interaction, inner monologue, wants/actions/obstacles, sense and emotional memory.

2420 Introduction to Playwriting (3)

This course introduces students to the craft of playwriting. Through completing a series of reading, writing, and presentation assignments, students will begin to learn to write for the stage. By the end of the course, students will have completed a substantial portion of a first draft of a new play.

2713 Theatre and Theory (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. Introduces theatre majors and minors to the Department, and to the art and craft of contemporary theatre. Introduces students to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions shared by theatre professionals.

3000 Grappling with Diversity and Multiculturalism Through the Arts (3)

Fulfills Diversity. Use of arts-based inquiry to represent data and explore diverse texts dealing with multiculturalism and diversity. Students create and produce performance pieces that integrate formal histories, personal narrative, case studies, and theories and critiques of multicultural education.

3001 Zen, The Art of Eastern Theatre (3) Cross listed as UGS 3001.

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. Students will explore the intellectual concepts of Eastern Theatre through the dramatic plays of Noh, Kyogen, Kabuki and Bunraku. The class will develop the skills of Zen meditation breathing and the movement acting styles that are necessary to perform these art forms of Japan. The discussion of theories, concepts and beliefs, coupled with the experience of practicing the technique of these genre will be the main focus of the class..

3010 Second-Year Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1240. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Explores the fundamentals and discipline of voice work to ground an actor's creative process. Areas of study include alignment, placement, release of sound, vibrations, and range.

3020 Second-Year Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEAT 3010. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Extends the exploration of voice and speech technique for the actor Use of vocal technique as a launching pad for creativity. Molding voice and acting as an inseparable discipline.

3040 Introduction to Voice and Speech (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration. This course is designed for students who wish to improve voice and speech skills in the interest of clear and effective communication. Emphases include body release, grounding of the breath, alignment, resonance, projection, rhythm, and pacing.

3210 Tai-Chi Yoga Movement (3)

Tai-Chi Yoga incorporates the dance forms, martial applications, and energy work of Tai Chi, with the exercise, breathing, and meditation of Yoga.

3240 Second-Year Movement for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1240. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students explore fundamentals of movement, Viewpoints and Butoh techniques. Students apply the concepts from these movement systems and investigate how they can be used by the actor to create a more expressive physical instrument. Begins a progression of movement awareness and skills for the actor.

3250 Second-Year Movement for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3240. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students explore the concepts of Butoh as they emerge in the work of Hagikata and Kazu Ohno. Emphasizes the fundamentals and mechanics of the body as an expressive tool and how movement relates to the actor on stage.

3260 Third Year Movement for Actor Training Program (2)

Pre-requisite: THEA 3250. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students explore the concepts of Butoh as they emerge in the work of Hagikata and Kazu Ohno. Emphasizes the fundamentals and mechanics of the body as an expressive tool and how movement relates to the actor on stage.

3270 Third-Year Movement for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 3260. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students integrate breathing and meditation techniques with their study of the art of Butoh. The course culminates in the development and performance of original movement pieces..

3500 Sound Design I (3)

This course is an in-depth look at modern theatrical sound design. Students focus on the sound design process and apply the tools and technology necessary to create and execute professional sound designs. Basic sound design and engineering for the theatre.

3715 Fine Arts Teaching Methods (2)

Acceptance into the Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education Program required. Must also enroll for DANCE 3715. Familiarizes preservice teachers with methods for integrating dance and theatre into the school curriculum. Students design and implement dance and theatre lessons, as well as create and perform original pieces with and for elementary school learners.

3720 History of Theatre (5)

Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing. Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Upper Division Communication/Writing Emphasis. From Sophocles to Sheridan, the course examines European Theatre from its beginnings through the Renaissance. In addition to dramatic texts, students examine the impact of performance spaces, aesthetic theories, religious beliefs, and the contemporary politics of a given era on the development of drama.

3730 History of Theatre (5)

Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing. Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. From Schiller to Kushner, the course examines European and English-speaking theatre from the 18th through the 20th centuries, including such movements as romanticism, realism, early 20th century subjectivity, epic theatre, and late 20th century eclecticism.

3790 Special Topics I (1 to 5)

Special topics courses are designed for both Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. The focus of these courses varies each semester. Past courses have included: Performance Art, American and European Scene Study, and Dialects. Auditions for Actors Stage Combat Improv Check the Department's web site for current information on the content and emphasis of special topics offerings. A variety of topics in theatre are covered relating texts to the culture that produced them.

3791 Absurd Theatre (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration. For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will examine the dramatic literature of seminal writers such as Alfred Jarry, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco, Harold Pinter, and others in an exploration of their philosophies, reaction to world events, and creative expression.

3792 Gay and Lesbian Theatre (3)

Fulfills Diversity. Gay and Lesbian Theatre explores the society, culture, and history of the U.S.--early 20th Century to present --using the lens of gay and lesbian culture and theatre. The course asks students to contemplate the relationship between American drama written by and about gay men and women and the ever-evolving U.S. culture these plays reflect.

3796 Auditions for Actors (3)

Students develop an awareness and appreciation of the art of acting as an actor and as an observer. Explores the basics of the audition process and examines various points of view regarding it. Students will also create a simple resume.

3810 Theatre Teaching Forum (0.5) 

Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Must enroll for four semesters. A seminar for theatre education majors to discuss specific theatre education issues, new research in teacher education, new teaching methods, and share personal learning and teaching experiences.

3820 Theatre Teaching Practicum (0.5)

Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Must enroll for four semesters. Hands-on field based opportunities to teach theatre content to K-12 students.

3880 Stage Management (3)

Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Introduction to the creative and administrative work of a stage manager, including forms and formats, protocols, and roles of the stage manager in a University production.

3910 PADP Individual Design Project I (3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. THEA 3910 (all sections) meets with THEA 3940 and THEA 4910.  Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned technical projects to support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty. Course credit for completing assigned technical projects on departmental productions.

3920 Beginning Individual Performance Projects I (1 to 3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised performance projects.

3930 Undergraduate Research Projects (1 to 3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised research projects.

3940 Studio Design Project (1)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. THEA 3940 (all sections) meets with THEA 3910 and THEA 4910. Creating a design for a play (set, costume, lights, sound, makeup, props) and realizing that design on a stage with a limited budget.

4010 Shakespeare in Performance (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration. Open to all students. Study Abroad Program. Lecture/Discussions on plays seen in performance in London and Stratford-upon-Avon as performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and others. Introduces students to the life and works of William Shakespeare through a combination of lecture-discussions, play attendance, master classes with actors and artistic staffs of major theatre companies, reflective journals, and field trips to Shakespearean sites.

4020 Dramatic Genres (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration. Open to all students. Study Abroad Program. Students will be immersed in London's extensive Spring production season which includes outstanding productions from all major periods of theatre history. This course also introduces students to the work of great playwrights and worldwide currents of artistic thought. Course work will include lecture-discussions, play attendance, master classes with actors and artistic staffs of leading international companies, reflective journals, and field trips.

4030 Contemporary Drama (3)

Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration. For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Study Abroad Program. More new plays premiere in London than any other city in the English-speaking world. This course focuses on new, cutting-edge drama or The English Stage. Coursework will include lecture-discussions, play attendance, master classes with actors and artistic staffs of leading international companies, reflective journals, and field trips.

4100 Computer-Assisted Design (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to CADD for theatre contexts using a Macintosh platform.

4210 Scenic Drafting (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1550. Drafting techniques for designers and technicians.

4220 New Play Workshop (3)

For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Instructor's approval. Meets with THEAT 6220. Students explore the collaborative processes which bring a new script from the page to production.

4230 Audition Technique I for ATP (2)

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Actor Training Program. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students are taught to determine their individual performance personalities and to market themselves. Students choose, develop, edit and present material for prepared auditions. Students also gain practical experience with interview techniques

4240 Audition Technique II for ATP (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 4230. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. The second in a two-course sequence. In this semester, the text material is primarily classical. Each student will develop a repertory of classical audition pieces. Students also study the business as currently practiced by working theatre professionals.

4250 Fourth Year Movement of Actor Training Program (3)

The intent of this course is to explore, in depth, Butoh techniques. Butoh is a movement-based art form that developed in Japan in the late 1950s as a reaction to the Western influences that were pervading Japanese culture and as a reflection of the upheaval that the Japanese people were experiencing as a result of this. Butoh rejects serving one technique, instead encouraging a creative response to what is going on at that moment. In order to be able to effect this the performer has to have a finely tuned body and acute sense concentration and focus. Butoh encourages performers to "emerge from the interior of their own unrevealed spaces", thereby enabling the actor to connect with his/her own energetic impulses and the expression of this energy while developing a character. The course will examine physical manipulations that open and awaken the body's inner energy patterns. It will push the students to find their own physical language of expression and then challenge them to develop that into characterization through improvisation and performance. It examines the symbiotic relationship of mind, body, spirit and emotions and asks the student to bring the integration of these elements to their performance. This course will be a culmination of the ATP movement sequence. It will bring together the honed body and basic movement technique of the second year, the mask work and improvisational playfulness of the third year and require the student to combine these elements to create challenging, provoking, skilled works of art.

4270 Stage Makeup II (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 1223 or instructor's approval. Advanced makeup techniques, including latex prosthesis and cosmetics.

4310 Scene Design II (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 2110. For Theatre Majors and Minors. An advanced design studio course emphasizing the development of the design process through period research, sketching, and script analysis.

4320 Scene Painting (3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students intern with professional scenic painters.

4330 Dramaturgy (3)

Meets with THEA 6330 Advanced Dramaturgy. Preparation in the theory and practice of providing literary and historical research essential to quality dramatic production.

4390 Survey of Historic Costume (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3720. For Theatre Majors and Minors. A survey of key periods in costume history.

4420 Advanced Playwriting (3) 

Instructor's approval. This course is intended for the talented playwriting students. Students write or re-write full length plays. The course teaches students how to submit their finished plays to contests and theatres which produce new work.

4460 Costume Design II (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3720. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced costume design and rendering techniques. This course provides students with a methodology that enables them to realize their costume designs for a play, including how to read a play for information about costumes, how to convey character through costumes, how to use costumes to help to tell the story of the play, how to make a design presentation, and how to organize design portfolios.

4480 Design Studio (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 2160. Costume and scenic sketching using watercolors, pencils, markers, and mixed media.

4490 Lighting Design II (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 2170. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced design concepts, script analysis, and composition. Students will gain professional experience in theatrical lighting design contexts.

4660 Survey of Period Style and Decor (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3730. For Theatre Majors and Minors. An examination of styles and forms of architecture and decoration as these have evolved from ancient Greece to modern times. Students will explore the social, economic, and political history of each period as a way of illuminating the reasoning behind the visual nature of discrete styles.

4800 PADP Internship (3 to 12)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. Acceptance into the PADP. Mentored design internship with a professional theatre company, or a film or television producing company.

4830 Proseminar (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3720 and THEA 3730. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Capstone Course. Intensive study of a seminal figure in theatre (e.g., a designer, director, performer, producer, or theorist). The subject will change each time the course is offered. The course is intended as a culminating experience in a student's program of study. This course may be repeated for credit.

4880 Advanced Stage Management (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3880 or Instructor's Approval. For theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced problem-solving techniques and group organizational dynamics.

4910 PADP Individual Design Project II (3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. THEA 4910 (all sections) meets with THEA 3910 and THEA 3940. Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned technical projects to support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.

4950 Individual Stage Management Projects (1 to 5)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised experience in stage managing a production.

4960 Portfolio Preparation (1)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students design and produce individual professional portfolios under the mentorship of PADP faculty.

4999 Honors Thesis/Project (3)

Restricted to students in the Honors Program. Students will complete individualized projects under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

5010 Acting and Directing Shakespeare (3)

For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will study the craft of acting and directing Shakespeare through play analysis, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance. Students will craft a "director's vision" and realize that vision through the rehearsal and production of scenes.

5030 Student Productions I (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Participation in student-directed play productions.

5040 Performance Groups I (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Closely supervised group projects in performance.

5050 Pioneer Theatre Company (3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Performance in Pioneer Theatre Company Productions

5070 Third-Year Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 3020. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Builds upon the exploration of voice for the actor, focusing on individual need, extending vocal possibilities, agility, strength, and stamina. Emphasizes specific placement of sound in the interest of speech possibilities and clear communication. Work is summarized in the presentation of monologues and scenes in Stage Standard Dialect.

5080 Third-Year Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 5070. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Continues the exploration of speech possibilities for the actor. Students will complete work on the sounds of the International Association Phonetic Alphabet, phonetic transcription, and master Stage Standard Dialect. Continues the exploration of body/voice connection, resonance, articulation, the use of language, and Laban movement.

5090 Fourth-Year Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: THEA 5080. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Individualized and small group study of advanced voice and speech techniques.

5110 Beginning Stage Directing (3)

For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to the fundamentals of play directing. Students will study and experience the craft of directing including play analysis, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance. Participants will create a director's vision that integrates all play and production elements into a unified artistic whole, and examine the evolution of the director's role in the theatre.

5120 Research and Collaboration (3)

Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Meets with THEA 6120. Analysis of the complex relationship between director and designer using models of collaboration to evaluate the artistic process.

5140 Advanced Scene Study (3)

Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. An advanced acting studio concentrating on scene work.

5160 Introduction to 3-D Computer Graphics (4)

Prerequisite: FA 2000 or instructor's consent. Overview of three-dimensional computer graphics on a Macintosh platform. Students develop a working knowledge of realistic rendering and three dimensional drawing technology as it applies to design in the arts. Students will finish with a substantial portfolio of computer generated work.

5170 Third-Year Acting/Styles for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 2230. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Begins an extended study of elements of verse and the use of language in verse drama. Students will prepare monologues and scenes, drawn primarily from Shakespeare's texts.

5180 Third-Year Acting/Styles for Actor Training Program (3)

Prerequisite: THEA 5170. Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Continued study of the elements of verse drama through performance projects drawn from texts by Shakespeare and other verse playwrights.

5190 Advanced Performance for Actor Training Program (2)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. An in-depth exploration of a performance text and production process.

5220 Theatre-in-Education Tour (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will create a performance text and production that will tour to elementary and secondary schools.

5600 Teaching Theatre in Elementary Schools (2)

For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. An examination of age appropriate teaching methods, strategies, and curriculum planning for elementary school learners.

5610 Teaching Theatre in Secondary Schools (3)

Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. An examination of age appropriate teaching methods, strategies, and curriculum planning for secondary school learners. Additional emphases include planning a production season, using national and state content and performance standards, assessing student growth, and developing community advocacy plans.

5620 Young People's Theatre (2)

Open to all students. A survey of the field of Young People's Theatre. Students will explore the work of outstanding contemporary playwrights who are writing for young audiences, and develop techniques in writing, acting, and directing for and with young people.

5630 Drama as Service-Learning (3)

Open to all students. Students will learn and demonstrate specific teaching methods for applying theater to service-learning situations outside the traditional theatre classroom (e.g., drama/theatre-in-education, social-issue-focused-theatre (SIFT), theatre with special populations, crisis prevention, drama therapy). A service-learning scholar course co-listed with the Bennion Center.

5640 Musical Theatre Directing (2)

Open to all students. An introduction to the fundamentals of directing musical theatre including beginning music theory, choreography, analysis of a musical theatre work, and production techniques.

5700 Acting Class Internship (1 to 3)

Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Designed to prepare the beginning teacher to teach acting to secondary students through observation of experienced acting teachers.

5780 Experimental Course I (1 to 5)

New and/or experimental course with variable subject matter.

5810 Continuing Education in Theatre I (1 to 4)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students design and produce original works for elementary and secondary school learners, mentored by theatre education faculty.

5890 Individual Projects in Elementary School Play Directing (2)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Students will direct new or published works in an elementary-school setting under the supervision of theatre education faculty.

5900 Individual Projects in Secondary School Play Directing (2)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Students will direct new or published works in a secondary-school setting under the supervision of theatre education faculty.

5920 Individual Performance Projects I (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised performance projects.

5930 Individual Research Projects I (1 to 4)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised research projects.

5940 Advanced Private Performance Study I (1)

Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced private practicum in singing.

6000 Directing Forum (1)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Must enroll for six semesters. A focused examination of the director's process as it emerges in selected works.

6010 Introduction to Graduate Studies (0.5)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Required for all entering theatre graduate students. An introduction to graduate studies at the University of Utah.

6020 Directing Project I (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Direction of a one-act play mentored by the student's graduate committee.

6030 Directing Project II (1)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Direction of a contemporary full-length play mentored by the student's graduate committee.

6040 Directing Project III (1)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Direction of a classical play mentored by the student's graduate committee.

6050 Directing Project IV (1)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Direction of a new play mentored by the student's graduate committee.

6060 Major Project Preparation (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Supervised preparation for the major project including dramaturgical research, concept development, reflective journal of the process, and a record of preliminary artistic work

6080 Thesis Preparation (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. For students who will be writing a thesis as part of their degree work, this class will go over the fine points of scholarly writing.

6090 Lighting Design for Directors (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Meets with THEAT 2170. Essentials of the lighting design process with emphasis on elements of design, composition, styles, and script analysis.

6120 Research and Collaboration (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Meets with THEAT 5120. Analysis of the complex relationship between director and designer using models of collaboration to evaluate the artistic process.

6140 Continuing Performance Laboratory (2)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Performance students will continue to improve through exercise and practice of their skills on stage.

6150 Continuing Performance Laboratory (2)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Further development of performance students' abilities in their chosen area of expertise.

6170 Directorial Concept (2 to 3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Students examine techniques of creating directorial concepts and establishing personal criteria for making directorial choices. By creating, presenting, and defending a concept, students will begin to discover individual voices as well as critical stances.

6180 Directing Technique (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. The course examines techniques involved in directing a stage production including auditioning, casting, staging, stage composition and picturization, textual analysis, ground plans, and rehearsal organization.

6200 Directing Verse Drama (3)

Offers directors the opportunity to analyze and prepare verse scenes, to work with actors on those scenes, and to work with the instructor on directing a workshop production of a play in verse.

6210 Advanced Directing (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of diverse directing styles both contemporary and historical including non-realistic and non-western approaches to the craft of directing.

6220 Advanced New Play Workshop (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Meets with THEA 4220. Students explore the collaborative processes which bring a new script from the page to production.

6240 Artistic Direction (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Examination of the work and role of the artistic director in the American Theatre.

6290 MFA Project (1 to 2)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Development of a preliminary portfolio prior to major project approval.

6330 Advanced Dramaturgy (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Approaches to directing verse drama. Analysis and preparation of verse scenes, and workshop productions of full length verse plays.

6420 Advanced Playwriting (4)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Approaches to the writing of one-act and full-length plays.

6500 Sound for Directors (5)

6750 Studies in Theatre History (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of significant theater groups, movements, periods, etc.

6760 Studies in Dramatic Literature (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Examinations of a significant writer or writers, prevailing themes, ethnic or gender-based literature, etc.

6770 Current Trends in Theatre (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of historiography that places key works of a playwright representative of each decade of the 20th century in a purely American theatrical context (i.e., how the generation, structure, content, and reception of a play was affected by contemporary social history, theatrical trends, economics of production, and its contributing artists).

6780 History of Stage Direction (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Students study, discuss, research, and report on the history of stage direction and directors.

6790 Advanced Dramatic Theory (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of genres and modes of theoretical analysis.

6800 Designer Seminar (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Students develop a design presentation to support selected theatre works

6820 Seminar: Child Drama I (1 to 3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Students develop a design presentation to support selected theatre works

6890 Seminar: Teaching Theatre I (1 to 4)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of selected topics related to teaching theatre including content and performance standards, pedagogy, assessment, and current trends.

6900 Internship (1 to 8)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Internship with a professional producing organization.

6950 Graduate Research Projects I (1 to 8)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Independent research projects mentored by graduate faculty.

6951 M.F.A. Projects I (1 to 8)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Students direct a fully staged production and document the process in a comprehensive portfolio presentation and defense.

6970 Thesis Research: Master's I (1 to 5)

6980 Faculty Consultation I (1 to 5)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Individualized graduate study mentored by graduate faculty.

7401 Playwriting (4)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Advanced work in writing one-act and full-length plays.

7820 Seminar: History of Theatre (3)

7830 Seminar: Current Trends in Theatre (1 to 4)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. An examination of recent theatrical movements or creators.

7840 Seminar: Shakespeare (3)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Intensive study of Shakespearean theatre and dramatic texts.

7910 Advanced Graduate Research Projects I (1 to 5)

Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing required. Supervised research mentored by graduate faculty.

7970 Dissertation Research: Ph.D. I (1 to 5)

Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing required.

7980 Faculty Consultation I (1 to 5)

Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing required. Faculty mentoring and advisement.

7990 Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)

Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing required. Continuing registration for doctoral candidates.