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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Theatre

Jennifer Knapp, Interim Chair
29 Hewitt Union
315-312-2130
www.oswego.edu/theatre
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The Theatre Department is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. The program offers a major leading to a BA in Theatre with concentrations in Acting/Directing, Design/Technical Theatre, History/Dramaturgy/Criticism and Music Theatre. Minors in dance, live event design and theatre, are also options. The program includes introductory, intermediate and highly specialized advanced course work in all areas.

Mission Statement:

The Theatre Department is committed to cultural and artistic diversity in its broadest sense. We foster innovative thinking, dynamic collaboration, and both scholarly and artistic achievement through a varied and balanced study of history, theory, and application within the local, national, and global community.

Academic and Performance Programs:

Our program provides students with the knowledge and skills to prepare for a career in the theatre and its related fields through a combination of academic and production experiences.  The Department offers students training in the foundations of the history, theory and craft of theatre and promotes interdisciplinary and innovative connections while holding itself to high artistic standards of production in the context of a Liberal Arts education. 

The Theatre Department produces at least three major productions during the academic year staged in Waterman Theatre (a 420-seat proscenium theatre) and a flexible lab theatre space. Programming features the classics, contemporary drama and musicals as well as numerous smaller scale activities such as student theatre, workshop productions, collaborations with the Music Department, readings of original plays and workshops with visiting artists. The department supports productions presented by ARTSwego, a campus-based performing arts series. The department also participates regularly in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Internships and study abroad opportunities are available and encouraged.

Program Viability:

The department has a high rate of success in graduates who have started and maintained careers in “the business” and/or entered graduate school.

The department maintains a large, active, and helpful alumni network that ranges from regional theatre to Broadway and includes TV and film.

 

The Theatre Department cosponsors the following interdisciplinary minors:

The Departments of Art, Music, Theatre, and Curriculum and Instruction cosponsor this concentration area:

Programs

Major

Minor

Courses

Dance

  • DNC 112 - Beginning Modern Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to dance as a developmental, expressive, and creative art form. Basic rhythms, dance technique, improvisation and beginning choreography. Artistic principles and movement concepts. Pioneers of modern dance.

    Note: One credit course may be repeated for total of three credits.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 201
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 1

  • DNC 116 - Beginning Jazz Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is a beginner level of Jazz dance technique. Emphasis is on body awareness and kinesthetic learning of codified Jazz techniques.  Introduces warm-up skills, alignment, principles of dance, movement and vocabulary, isolations, improvisation, progressions and rhythmic combinations. Presentational skills are encouraged.

    Note: Note: One credit course that may be repeated for a total of three credits.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 204
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 1

  • DNC 118 - Beginning Ballet Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to ballet technique, its basic movement principles, concepts, and its historical origin and context. Students are introduced to notions of healthy movement practices to avoid injury, proper use of body alignment with anatomical principles, and overall approach to physical training in relationship to ballet.

    Note: One credit course repeatable for a total of three credits.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 210
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 1

  • DNC 212 - Intermediate Modern Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Study in the modern dance technique of Lester Horton at the advanced beginner to intermediate level. This course allows sequential dance training in an American art form born of rebellious, expressive, creative and critical thinking. Emphasis is on kinesthetic knowledge of the technique.

    Note: Two credit course may be repeated for total of four credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 112; or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 202
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 2

  • DNC 216 - Intermediate Jazz Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is continuation in Jazz Dance at the intermediate level. Emphasis is on increased level of ability in movement vocabulary, musicality, alignment, principles of dance, isolations, improvisation, progressions and combinations. Use of choreographic elements and presentational skills are part of the course.

    Note: Two credit course may be repeated for total of four credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 116; or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 206
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 2

  • DNC 218 - Intermediate Ballet Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is a continuation of ballet principles and technique for students with some experience in ballet; it builds on fundamental knowledge, expands the vocabulary, refines the execution and performance of steps, and increases the difficulty of the technique through longer and more complex combination of steps beyond beginning ballet.

    Note: Two credit course repeatable for total of four credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 118; or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: DNC 214
    Credit: 2

  • DNC 250 - Dance Around the World

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will look at dance in various cultures and contexts, and how dance influences our understanding of self, community, religion, and the world at large. Students will also learn about the creative choices made in each culture and a few basic movements particular to some world dances.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 312 - Advanced Modern Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Continued intermediate and advanced level training in the Lester Horton Modern Dance Technique. Class emphasis is on kinesthetic knowledge of the technique and self-discovery.

    Note: May be repeated once for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 212; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 316 - Advanced Modern Jazz Dance Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is an intermediate level in Jazz Dance techniques. There is emphasis on specific movements, rhythm and vocabulary, principles of dance, alignment, isolations, improvisation, progressions, extended combinations and choreography. Presentational skills are imperative.

    Note: May be repeated once for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 216; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 318 - Advanced Ballet Technique

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is a continuation of ballet principles and technique for students with at least two semesters of experience in ballet. It further builds on knowledge of technique and injury prevention, expanding vocabulary, refining the execution and performance of steps beyond  intermediate level, and increases the difficulty of the techniques.

    Note: May be repeated once for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 218; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 350 - Dance History

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will look at the history of dance as a performing art since the turn of the nineteenth century until the present. Stylistic trends, multicultural influences, principal choreographers and artists and their works will be viewed and discussed.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 360 - Anatomy for Dancers

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to basic anatomical concepts of the human body as they relate to dance movement. Major skeletal and muscular systems and their relationship to dance movement will be covered. Basic concepts of exercise efficiency and injury prevention will also be introduced.

    Prerequisite: DNC 112 or 116 or 118.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 380 - Choreography

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course expands student use of the principles and skills of Choreography; the craft of making dances. The emphasis is on prior knowledge and individual creativity to develop a unique voice of expression and communication and the focus is on the creative process.

    Prerequisite: DNC 312 or 316 or 318; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • DNC 399 - Independent Study

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Individual study in the field of dance under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Note: Variable one to four credits may be repeated for a total of 15 credits.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis

  • DNC 499 - Independent Study

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    In-depth study of a topic of interest. Library research, choreography and/or studio work.

    Note: May be interdisciplinary.
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 4

Interpretation

  • INT 111 - Oral Interpretation of Literature

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Theory and practice of effective oral reading with emphasis on selecting, analyzing, rehearsing and presenting literature for oral interpretation.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • INT 120 - Storytelling

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Development of the art of storyteller through application of the oral tradition of literature. Individual guidance. Presentation of stories before class members and before children in the primary and elementary school.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3

  • INT 399 - Independent Study

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Research or creative projects in the field of oral interpretation.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 6

Theatre

  • THT 110 - Introduction to the Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The theatre, its history, development, and place in our society; discussion of basic techniques of dramatic production.

    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3

  • THT 119 - Introduction to Technical Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A one semester survey of many aspects of technical theatre including but not limited to: design, facilities, safety, sets, costumes, sound, and projections. This course is open to majors and non-majors. Co-enrollment in a theatre practicum is highly recommended.

    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 120 - Stagecraft

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is an introduction to scenic fabrication and visual communication.

    Prerequisite: Advisement Recommendation: THT 119.
    Offered: Fall.
    Credit: 3

  • THT 121 - Stage Electronics and Mechanics

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introductory course including the basic elements of stage electricity, lighting, rigging and theatre sound. Emphasis is on the practical application of the equipment in these areas.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 130 - Fundamentals of Acting

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The course introduces essential foundation work, with an emphasis on developing concentration, imagination, physical and vocal release and honesty through the pursuit of actions and intentions. Exercises, improvisation, scenes and monologues are explored to develop the actor’s commitment, vulnerability, and moment-to-moment involvement with a partner and in a group.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 145 - Basic Stage Makeup

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Principles and practices of make-up for the theatre including use of minor prosthetics, hair styling, and wigs.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 150 - Basic Costuming

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An introduction to the field of costuming stressing production aspects exclusive of design, including: fabric selection, sewing skills, production organization, pattern making and special construction techniques.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 180 - Voice and Diction for the Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Exploration and training of breathing, posture, relaxation; the production and transmission of vocal sound waves; and the articulation of sound into speech. Elimination of tensions and habits which interfere with effective communication and strengthening of the natural tendencies of a free voice that emerge.

    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 181 - Movement for the Actor

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Training in physical expression for the actor. Emphasis on the mind/body connection and the development of body awareness and confidence in relation to the actor’s presence and characterization. The student develops skill in the use and application of relaxation techniques, core strengthening, stamina, adaptability, focused energy and wellness strategies.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 201 - Developmental Drama

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Drama for personal creative development in any life area and in instructional situations for preschoolers through adults, including theory and activities and the use of theatre to teach both the arts and non-arts subjects. Instruction will be through observation, creation and application of practical activities including improvisation, storytelling and role-play.

    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 205 - Production Seminar

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An open seminar for the purpose of discussing the current productions within the Theatre Department. Students are encouraged to register to observe and/or participate in the production process.

    Note: The course is repeatable for credit.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 0 to 1

  • THT 222 - Introduction to Theatre Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The areas of scenery, costume and lighting design are explored through the process of lecture and discussion combined with student projects. The principles and practices of theatre design are placed in the integrated role of providing visual interpretation for the enhancement of communication between performance and audience.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 230 - Intermediate Acting

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The actor’s technique is developed through analyzing dramatic texts (American realism), creating a character and relationships in the context of a play’s given circumstances, applying actions and intentions to the specific needs of a character’s journey and sustaining the psychological and behavioral life of a character in scene work.

    Prerequisite: THT 130 or instructor permission
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 251 - Costume History

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The study of the development of clothing from ancient times to the present century. The course will also take into consideration political, social, economic and cultural environments that affect clothing and the creative nature in its development.

    Note: Advisement Recommendation: Completion of all General Education Basic Skills and Knowledge Foundations requirements.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 268 - History of the American Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will trace the development of the American theatre from colonial times to the present, focusing on major trends in acting, directing, design, playwriting, and audiences. American theatre has evolved along-side the development of the nation itself, and the cultural context of this country’s struggles with politics, religion, economics, and foreign affairs is central to this course.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 285 - Text Analysis

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will provide students with text analysis techniques utilized by playwrights & screenwriters, actors, directors, designers, and stage managers as they conceptualize a production. The core focus of the class is to analyze varying styles and types of scripts in order to prepare students for work in their respective fields. Key topics could include the effective use of action analysis, script scoring, and dramaturgy in service of a production.

     

    Prerequisite: ENG 102.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  • THT 300 - Advanced Theatre Production

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Academic credit is provided for production activities under the direct supervision of department staff. The course is available to any student who meets the prerequisites.

    Note: May be repeated for total of 7 credits. Theatre majors must complete three credits for graduation requirements.
    Prerequisite: THT 110 (previously or concurrently) or instructor permission
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 1

  • THT 308 - Women and the Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An exploration of the role, relationship and status of women in the institution of the theatre: throughout the ages. This course will provide an integrated view of the contributions of women to the theatre as well as examining the manner in which theatre reflects society’s view of women. Specific emphasis will be placed on women in the contemporary American and ethnic theatre.

    Prerequisite: THT 110 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 310 - Stage Lighting Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The principles and procedures of the design of lighting for stage productions is explored with the goal of developing ability to analyze lighting requirements, develop an approach or concept, select appropriate instruments, color and hanging positions, and to verbally and visually communicate designs at the highest levels of accepted practice.

    Prerequisite: THT 121 and 222, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 312 - Theatre Sound

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Theatre Sound is an advanced course which includes the areas of sound design, sound system engineering, vocal reinforcement, and sound effects production.

    Prerequisite: THT 121 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 314 - Theatrical Stage Properties

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course explores the many types, uses, and purposes of stage properties in a theatrical production. These include furniture, set dressing, stage expendables, hand props, weaponry, and many more. Students will learn research, budgeting, fabrication, and other skills often required of a theatrical Property Master.
    Prerequisites: Upper division standing, or instructor permission.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 322 - Basic Scene Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Lecture and laboratory course dealing with the basic principles of scenic design as applied to stage settings, lighting, costumes and properties.

    Prerequisite: THT 120 and 222, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 323 - Stagecraft 2

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    As a continuation of THT 120, this course will include more advanced technical skills, problem solving, and project management. This course progresses from the hand drafting of THT 120 to an introduction to computer assisted drafting (CAD) through the use of AutoCAD.

    Prerequisite: THT 120; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 324 - The Business of Show Business

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will explore the managerial aspects of theatrical production. Theoretical models and their practical applications will be examined using examples from actual productions. Topics will include organizational models, copyrights, contracts, taxes, funding, revenue sources and marketing.

    Prerequisite: THT 110 OR MGT 261.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 328 - Scene Painting

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The specialized area of theatrical scene painting is explored with emphasis on gaining basic skills in the traditional techniques utilized in painting scenery for the theatre. Students will gain practical experience by applying basic skills to the execution of paint on actual productions.

    Prerequisite: THT 222 OR 322; or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 330 - Advanced Character Development

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The actor’s technique is further developed through more in depth character analysis. Character creation and relationships will be explored more fully through applying more specific actions and intentions with the use of complex dramatic texts (Modern Contemporary).

     

    Prerequisite: THT 230; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 333 - Stage Management

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An in-depth study of the role and responsibilities of the stage manager with emphasis on developing skills in the areas of organization and communication. Material will include examples from drama, musical, theatre, and opera. Reference will be made to procedures and regulations established by Actor’s Equity Association.

    Prerequisite: THT 110.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 334 - Dramaturgy

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Dramaturgs serve a variety of purposes in theatre; they often work as script consultants, researchers, education outreach coordinators, artistic directors, and literary managers. The course offers an in-depth study of dramaturgy as a specialized field requiring a specific set of skills and knowledge. The course focuses on developing abilities in script analysis, production research, outreach, and education. The course materials include text-based discussion of the dramaturg’s role in production, application of dramaturgical skills to classroom assignments, and the semester’s two Theatre Department productions as practical experience projects.

    Prerequisite: THT 110 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 341 - Principles of Directing

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Responsibilities of the director in selecting the play, casting, stage-picturing, coaching actors, and conducting rehearsals and performances.

    Prerequisite: THT 130 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 345 - Advanced Stage Make-up

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course examines the advanced methods of make-up application for stage, film, and television. This includes life masks, the construction and use of prosthetic pieces, ventilation of mustaches and beards, wig fronts and wigs, as well as the care, maintenance, and styling of wigs.

    Prerequisite: THT 145 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 351 - Costume Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The course explores techniques for designing from a script, sketching and rendering, research procedures, in-depth study of costumes and accessories from all pertinent historic periods.

    Prerequisite: THT 222or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 352 - Acting Shakespeare

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Shakespeare’s plays offer essential training for the actor. The texts explore a great range of human character through vital, active language rooted in a specific era yet connected to contemporary performance. The study is informed by an examination of the philosophic and cultural milieu that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare’s writing.

    Prerequisite: THT 230
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 359 - Costume and Culture

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course examines in selected periods, how the manners, morals and artistic expression of a society, impact clothing and the adornment of the body. The course considers the political, social and cross-cultural influences that affect the development of fashion and the theatre.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 362 - Black Theatre History

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: THT 110.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 364 - Western Theatre: Edification or Entertainment?

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will look at how theatre developed from Ancient Greece through the Renaissance. Students will learn about major theatrical genres, as well as significant trends in performance, directing, design, and technical elements. These developments will be examined alongside concurrent cultural, political, religious, and artistic shifts in western civilization.
    Prerequisites: Upper division standing

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3

  • THT 365 - Theatre of India, China and Japan

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will involve a study of the traditional theatres of India, China and Japan, with an in-depth exploration of the traditional and contemporary theatre of Japan. Production and performance practices are placed in the larger context of the societies and cultures that they are a part of. These Eastern Theatres have influenced the direction and dynamics of 20th Century Theatre in the West. East-West fusion forms of theatre will also be studied.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing; or permission of instructor.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 366 - Computer Applications for the Theatre

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An introduction to the various pieces of software commonly used in various aspects of technical theatre, including, but not limited to: PowerPoint, Virtual Light Lab, & Photoshop, AutoCAD, & Vectorworks.

    Prerequisite: THT 222 or permission of instructor
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 367 - Western Theatre II: Neoclassicism to the Present

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will look at the ways that theatre developed from the Neoclassical tradition to the present, along with the cultural events and environments surrounding that development. Students will learn about major theatrical genres, as well as significant trends in performance, directing, design, and technical elements.
    Prerequisites: Upper division standing

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 381 - Advanced Movement

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is an extension of THT 181: Movement for the Actor. It is designed to deepen the student’s physical and mental awareness and use of the body for character exploration, development, and creative expression. The study of space as it relates to stage movement.

    Prerequisite: THT 181.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  • THT 399 - Independent Study

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Research or creative projects in theatre.

    Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 6

  • THT 410 - Advanced Stage Lighting Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Prerequisite: THT 310.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 430 - Period Styles for the Actor

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A play’s style - its look, sound and feel in performance - is created through an analysis of its language and structure in relation to the era when it was written. The student interprets character and inhabits the given circumstances of classical plays to reveal the “sensibility of a time.”

    Prerequisite: THT 230 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 440 - Advanced Directing

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Advanced Directing augments the student’s repertoire of techniques in script analysis, staging and working with actors through a study of period style and heightened language texts. With an emphasis on the collaborative nature of theatre, the course explores the communication between the director and colleagues in production and design.

    Prerequisite: THT 341
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 451 - Advanced Costume Design

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    THT 451 continues to explore the research techniques, script analysis, sketching and rendering procedures and study of period costuming techniques introduced in THT 351. This course also teaches advanced research and design skills, design philosophy, computer designing, as well as the techniques necessary to move from design concept to finished costume.

    Prerequisite: THT 351 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 470 - Seminar in Theatre Arts

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Special problems and studies of interest for advanced students. Subject is determined or supervised by the instructor. Seminar can be repeated up to 12 credits, but not towards the same learning outcomes.

    Note: Credit is variable for 1 to 3 hours, up to 12.
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring

  • THT 472 - The Theatre of Tragedy

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Tragedy examines moral and ethical issues, justice, suffering and retribution. The course explores the nature and function of dramatic theory as it relates to the tragic impulse in three critical epochs of Western Civilization. The classic texts central to the inquiry raise questions of personal identity, cultural allegiance, and the purpose of entertainment.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 473 - The Theatre of Comedy

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A study of the developing relationship between comic theory and theatrical presentation primarily in Western Civilization, but including comic performance traditions in Asia. Emphasis is on comic texts (plays) and the art of comic performance and the milieu that engendered them as well as the theatres for which they were written and which gave them life.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 490 - Studio I

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Based on meeting the student’s unique acting problems in a one to one student-teacher relationship.

    Note: Limited enrollment; weekly preparations.
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 491 - Studio II

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Allowing the student a further opportunity to receive intensive one to one student teacher training in acting.

    Note: Limited enrollment; complex weekly preparation.
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  • THT 495 - Senior Seminar/Capstone Experience

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    As part of the capstone experience for each graduating theatre major, THT 495 focuses on career and goal planning, resume and portfolio compilation as well as preparation for the audition/interview process for graduate school and professional work. THT 495 also provides a structure in which the student plans the Capstone Project. The project may involve a performance/acting recital, a directing or dramaturgy project, a design (costume, scenery, lighting, sound, make-up) technical direction or stage management. This culminating experience is an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained in the discipline at an intense level during the senior year.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3

  • THT 498 - Internship

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A course designed for students who wish to take part in a semester-long EXCEL Program placement related to the theatre. Students will work in a full-time position in a theatre setting for the purpose of testing academic learning in a work situation.

    Note: Variable credit 0 to 12, may be repeated three times for a total of 15 credits.
    Prerequisite: Acceptance in the EXCEL Program,upper division standing, a minimum 2.5 GPA, and permission of the Theatre Department.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis

  • THT 499 - Independent Study

    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Research or creative projects in theatre.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 1 to 6