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SWA 101 - Elementary Kiswahili I
Practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing at the beginning
level work in the language. Emphasis on communicative proficiency.
Introduction to the basic vocabulary, expressions and structures of
Swahili and to the culture of African countries.
Prerequisites & Notes
ADV Codes: BCR
Consultation with dept. required
Credits: 3
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SWA 102 - Elementary Kiswahili II
Practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing at the beginning
level work in the language. Emphasis on communicative proficiency.
Introduction to the basic vocabulary, expressions, and structures of
Swahili and to the culture of African countries.
Prerequisites & Notes
ADV Codes: BCR
Prereq: SWA 101
Credits: 3
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SWA 103 - Intermediate Kiswahili I
Intermediate level work in the language, adding more extensive practice
in the four basic language skills. Continued emphasis on the grammar,
on communicative proficiency, and on the study of African cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
ADV Codes: BR
Prereq: SWA 102
Credits: 3
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SWA 104 - Intermediate Kiswahili II
Intermediate level work in the language, adding more extensive practice
in the four basic language skills. Continued emphasis on the grammar,
on communicative proficiency, and on the study of African cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
ADV Codes: BR
Prereq: SWA 103
Credits: 3
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Theatre Arts |
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THA 105 - Dance Studio Class
This is a Music Theatre Major core requirement. The student will take
this Dance Studio course every semester and will gain dance experience
in the following areas during their four year matriculation as a Music
Theatre Major: ballet, jazz, tap and modern.
Prerequisites & Notes
Course repeated each semester for four years or four total credits.
Adv codes: ABS
Credits: 0.5
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THA 107 - Jazz Dance
Credits: 0
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THA 109 - Ballet
Credits: 0
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THA 120 - PI Introduction to Theatre Arts
(Perspectives I course) Examination of theatre as an art form.
Structural analysis of scripts and study of the creative steps in the
production of a play. (Production lab option.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABPR
THA majors must participate in the production concurrent with this course.
Non-THA majors may participate on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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THA 125 - PI The Play’s the Thing
(Perspectives I course) Course content framed around one or two scripts
to be produced during the term. The historical, critical, and literary
contexts of the scripts will be learned first-hand as each class member
participates in the production process. (Production lab option.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: PRN
Credits: 3
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THA 140 - Fundamentals of Acting
Beginning aspects of an actor’s training will be explored. This course will aid students in understanding the actor’s psychological and physical instrument and relationship to the script. Emphasis is placed on the development of credible and compelling in performance in contemporary drama.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABS
Coreq: THA 140L
Credits: 3
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THA 140L - Fundamentals of Acting Lab
All aspects of an actor’s training will be explored. This course will aid students
in understanding the art of the actor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABS
Coreq: THA 140
Credits: 0
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THA 150 - Technical Theatre I
Introductory work in areas of technical theatre: set construction, scene painting,
stage lighting, stage properties and costumes. Forty-hour lab requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABPS
Additional course fee required
THA majors must participate in the production concurrent with this course.
Non-THA majors may participate on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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THA 150L - Technical Theatre I Lab
In order to better understand the area
of technical theatre, all THA 150 students
are required to complete a lab. This lab
involves hands-on training and completion of
hours in the scene shop where we train to build
the scenery, construct costumes, prepare the
lighting, and the rest of all scenic elements for
the Department of Theatre Arts shows.
Alternative methods of completing the lab include
the backstage running of a show either on the
deck with the scenery, running the light board or
sound console, or on wardrobe crew to help the
actors get dressed and complete their make-up.
Credits: 0
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THA 203 - PI Special Problems in Theatre
(Perspectives I course) Occasional course offerings in specialized
areas of theatre history, theory, acting, technical theatre, or touring
production. Offered at various levels of difficulty.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to THA majors.
Adv Codes: BR
Credits: 3
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THA 204 - Special Problems in Theatre
Occasional course offerings in specialized areas of theatre history, theory, acting, technical theatre, or touring production. Offered at various levels of difficulty.
Credits: 3
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THA 215 - Oral Interpretation
The reading aloud of affective material (poetry, prose, dramatic passages). Attention is paid to textual analysis, to determining approaches to readings and to vocal expressiveness and physical involvement in the communication process.
Credits: 3
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THA 221 - Voice for the Stage
Emphasis will be on freeing the physical instrument of tension,
developing vocal resonance and clear articulation, followed by
exploration of stage dialects.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHS
Credits: 3
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THA 226 - PII Women in Theatre
(Perspectives II course) Seminar which focuses on the artistic
contributions of women to the genres of dance, film and primarily
theatre.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Women’s Studies Minor Course
Credits: 3
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THA 230 - PII History of Fashion
(Perspectives II course) Study of the evolution of civil dress from the
ancient Egyptians to the 20th century. The course traces changes in
costume forms; identifies political, economic and social events which
influenced fashion, and shows how the use of artistic elements in the
design of clothing changed from one period to the next.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 232 - PII History of Period Styles
(Perspectives II course) Survey of 2,000 years of architecture, decor
and furnishings as they impinge upon theatrical production and design.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 233 - Costume Construction
Basics of constructing costumes, including use of patterns, cutting,
fittings and alterations, machine and hand work. (Lab requirement)
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BPS
Additional course fee required
Credits: 3
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THA 235 - Stage Makeup
Introduction to basic stage makeup techniques: character makeup; hair, mustaches
and beards. (Lab requirement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BS
Additional course fee required
Credits: 3
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THA 237 - Stage Management
Introductory studio course in the study and practice of managing the
artistic elements of theatrical production, rehearsal and performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes BS
Prereq: THA 150 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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THA 240 - Intermediate Acting: Characterization
Course in character analysis and development with particular emphasis on comic technique.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHS
Prereq: THA 140 or permission of instructor
Coreq: THA 240L
Credits: 3
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THA 250 - Technical Theatre II
A continuation of Technical Theatre I. Forty-hour lab requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BPS
Prereq: THA 150 or permission of instructor
$40 lab fee to be collected
Credits: 3
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THA 270 - PII American Musical Theatre
(Perspectives II course) The development of modern musical theatre from
both a historical and structural perspective. The works of
representative composers, lyricists, librettists and
director-choreographers will be investigated in an effort to illuminate
the form’s development.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 275 - PII History of the Theatre I
(Perspectives II course) Study of the evolution of Western drama,
theatrical styles and production modes from ancient to contemporary
theatre forms with the Renaissance as the dividing line between the two
semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Adv Codes: ABR
Credits: 3
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THA 276 - PII History of the Theatre II
(Perspectives II course) Study of the evolution of Western drama,
theatrical styles and production modes from ancient to contemporary
theatre forms with the Renaissance as the dividing line between the two
semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 280 - Music Theatre Performance
This course will provide students with practical applications of dramatic, musical
and choreographic techniques used in the Musical Theatre form and aid the student
in the preparation of audition and performance materials by the integration of
skills learned in vocal and dance technique class with performance elements learned
in acting.
Credits: 3
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THA 303 - Special Problems in Theatre
Occasional course offerings in specialized areas of theatre history,
theory, acting, technical theatre, or touring production. Offering at
various levels of difficulty.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BS
Special/Selected Topics
Credits: 3
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THA 304G - Special Problems in Theatre
(Perspectives II Global Course) This course will focus on all relevant
aspects of Chinese culture as evolutionary factors, which affected the
development of Chinese traditional and modern drama will be covered.
The semester will be divided into several units which will focus on
different types of drama, their historical background, scripts, music
and acting styles, and also the connection between Chinese theatre and
theatre of the West. This course is a combination of lecture, video
viewing of the Chinese dramatic productions, and student presentations.
There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. Prerequisite, any PI in
Fine Arts
Prerequisites & Notes
any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 321 - Movement for the Stage
Emphasis will be on the student’s relationship to the body as well as
tuning it and developing physical performance skills for stage work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BS
Prereq: THA 140 and one of the following Jazz Dance, Tap, Ballet, Yoga Juggling
or Fencing
Credits: 3
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THA 322 - PII The Art of Film
(Perspectives II course) The history and aesthetics of film and
filmmaking; the distinctive qualities of film as an artistic medium.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Credits: 3
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THA 330 - Scene Design
Introductory study of scenic design which takes the student from the
design concept to implementation with emphasis on research, design
process and presentation skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: AHS
Additional supplies required
Credits: 3
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THA 331 - Lighting Design
Introductory study of lighting for the stage from concept through
implementation of the design. Emphasis placed upon design process,
presentation and technical skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ACS
Prereq: THA 150 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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THA 332 - Costume Design
Introductory study of stage costume design which approaches clothing
both as an artistic medium and as an expressive element within a
production concept. Design problems in different periods, media and
styles will be used to show how costumes help achieve chosen artistic
and production objectives.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ACS
Prereq: THA 150 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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THA 335 - Scene Painting
A study of both traditional and non-traditional methods for painting scenery.
Lab requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: GQS
10-hours lab practicum required
Credits: 3
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THA 340 - Advanced Acting: Styles
A course utilizing techniques and theories of acting. Students will study period styles of performance and dramatic literature and use them in scene study.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHS
Prereq: THA 140, THA 240, and permission of the instructor
Coreq: THA 340L
Credits: 3
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THA 345 - Theatre Practicum
Production, projects in performance, design or management for upper
class students working under direct supervision of appropriate theatre
faculty. Junior or senior standing and departmental permission
required. May be taken for a total of four credits and will not fulfill
upper-level elective requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv codes: FHS
Credits: 1
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THA 351 - Play Analysis
Intensive reading and analysis of plays, emphasizing structural and theatrical
problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ABR
Prereq: THA 120
Credits: 3
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THA 353 - PII American Theatre
(Perspectives II course) A study of the American theatre experience
from an historical perspective and the development of an American style
in acting and playwriting. Seminar format.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BR
Credits: 3
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THA 370 - PII Theatre in England
(Perspectives II course) London-based course studying the history of
British theatre. Students will attend theatrical productions, tour
theatre facilities and attend lectures and critiques. Offered in summer
sessions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BGR
Prereq: any PI in Fine Arts
Multicultural Studies Minor Course
Credits: 3
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THA 375 - Principles of Play Directing
Introduction to basic principles: determining production concepts and
approaches to the dramatic material; deciding upon appropriate visual
and oral patterns; and working with the actor, culminating in one-act productions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: ACHR
Prereq: THA 150, THA 240, THA 275, THA 276, THA 351 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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THA 377 - Playwriting
A workshop course in the making of theatre scripts. Students will
submit work on a project basis, which will be evaluated independently
and/or in class. Course will be limited to 10.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHR
Prereq: THA 275 THA 276 THA 351 or permission of instructor
Cross-listed with ENGW 377
Credits: 3
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THA 403 - Special Problems in Theatre
Occasional course offerings in specialized areas of theatre history, theory, acting, technical theatre, or touring production. Offered at various levels of difficulty.
Credits: 3
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THA 404 - Special Problems in Theatre
Occasional course offerings in specialized areas of theatre history, theory, acting, technical theatre, or touring production. Offered at various levels of difficulty.
Credits: 3
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THA 452 - Seminar in Theatre
Group study of selected topics in the field of theatre and dramatic
literature leading to preparation and execution of senior comprehensive
projects and the comprehensive evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: AFHR
Credits: 3
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THA 483 - Internship in Theatre
Work with professional theatre companies and groups.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of the instructor, a written proposal and acceptance by a professional theatre company
Credits: 3
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THA 485 - Independent Study
Exploration of specific problems of interest to the Theatre Arts student. Written proposal and departmental approval required.
Credits: 3
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THA 486 - Independent Study
Exploration of specific problems of interest to the Theatre Arts student. Written proposal and departmental approval required.
Credits: 3
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THA 499 - Senior Comprehensive Examination
Senior Comprehensive Examination
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: AFI
Credits: 0
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WMS 201 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
(Perspectives II course) An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women’s
studies. This course explores feminist perspectives on women’s lives across cultures
and over time and seeks answers to questions such as: What is gender inequality?
Is patriarchy universal and inevitable? How are women’s experiences altered by
race, social class, sexual orientation and other social differences? How can women
and men, individually and collectively, contribute to positive social change?
Prerequisites & Notes
Women’s Studies Minor Requirement
Credits: 3
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WMS 300 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies
Occasional course offering which considers a major issue in the field of Women’s
Studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHR
Credits: 3
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WMS 301G - PII Latin American Women Writing in the Margins: Theories of Gender and Sexuality
See LIT 310G for description.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross-listed as LIT 310G
Women’s Studies Minor Course
Credits: 3
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WMS 302 - PII Gender and Education
Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: BHR
Women’s Studies Minor Course
Credits: 3
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WMS 440 - Seminar in Feminist Theory
Course looks at some critical books and essays that compose the
theoretical underpinnings of the last twenty years in feminist theory.
The seminar will raise issues and study different approaches to
questions such as: women’s relationship to language; the social
construction of knowledge; the history of patriarchal policies: the
politics of women’s bodies; “mothering” as a concept and activity.
Prerequisites & Notes
Women’s Studies Minor Requirement
Credits: 3
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WMS 485 - Independent Study
Advanced study open to Juniors and Seniors arranged by individual student with a faculty member in an area of mutual interest.
Prerequisites & Notes
Women’s Studies Minor Course
Credits: 3
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