Theatre Arts (Drama)
1. Theatre Appreciation (1; max total 4)
Open to non-majors. Understanding elements of theatre production through
observation of a wide variety of staged productions. Discussion will stem
directly from productions observed during the semester.
15. Dramatic Arts Laboratory (1-2; max total 6)
(Same as Drama 115.) Group laboratory experience in presentation of major
productions for public performance. Not available for CR/NC grading.
22. Fundamentals of Interpretation (3)
Discovering and communicating intellectual and emotional meaning of the
printed page through preparation and presentation of selected readings from
prose, poetry, and drama.
31. Fundamentals of Voice and Articulation (3)
Open to nonmajors only. Principles of voice and articulation with demonstration
in various aspects of oral communication.
32. Stage Techniques (3)
Coordination, gesture, and stage business training for student actors, singers,
and directors; development and improvement of creativity, awareness, and
body control.
33. Fundamentals of Acting (3)
Fundamental techniques and theories of acting; development of individual
insight, skill, and discipline in the presentation of dramatic materials.
(Can Dram 8)
34. Theatre Crafts (3)
Introduction to the crafts in technical theatre scene construction, scene
painting, property selection, stage lighting, sound production; costume
construction, and make-up; laboratory experience in preparing major plays
for public performance.
44. Fundamentals of Motion Picture Acting (3)
Introduction to the basic creative and mechanical principles of motion
picture acting through preparation and presentation of scenes on tape for
analysis and discussion
62. Theatre Today (3)
Not open to theatre arts majors. Perspectives on contemporary theatre forms
and productions.
83. Touring Theatre (1-3; max total 6)
(Same as Drama 183.) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Experience
in touring major productions for public performance.
89. Projects in Production (1-3; max total
9)
(Same as Drama 189.) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Group projects
in all phases of production in laboratory theatre.
101. Theatre Appreciation (1; max total 4)
Open to non-majors. Understanding elements of theatre production through
observation of a wide variety of staged productions. Discussion will stem
directly from productions observed during the semester.
115. Dramatic Arts Laboratory (1-2; max total 9)
(See Drama 15.) Not available for CR/NC grading.
122. Oral Interpretation of Literature (3)
Analysis and communication of selected readings from prose, poetry, and
drama.
131. Fundamentals of Playwriting (3; max total 9)
Exercises in plotting, characterization, exposition, and stage business,
critical analysis, and revision of manuscripts.
133. Advanced Acting (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Drama 33. Advanced techniques of emotion, timing, characterization,
and style developed by study and evolution of characters from the classic
plays through the body of contemporary literature.
134A-B. Advanced Theatre Craft (3-3)
(Same as Ind A 134A-B) Prerequisite: Drama 34. (A) Advanced training in
scenic techniques and allied technology. Laboratory application to major
public productions. (B) In-depth survey of each phase of the costume design
and production process. Laboratory application to major public performances.
135. Make-up for Theatre (3; max total 6)
Theory and practice of make-up for theatre; techniques for characterization,
style, and technical processes. Emphasis on basic techniques; introduction
to prosthetics. Preparing plays for major public performances.
136. Puppetry (3)
Introduction to the art of puppetry: history, construction of various types
of puppets and theatre, practice in manipulation, script writing, use of
puppets in education and recreation.
137. Creative Dramatics (2; max total 6)
(Same as T Ed 137.) Basic techniques for the use of dramatization in elementary
education; sociodrama, dramatization of school subjects, creative dramatic
play; simplified staging techniques.
138. Children's Theatre (A-3) (B-3; max total 6)
Theories of children's theatre and application to problems in production;
preparing plays for major public performance.
139. Fundamentals of Play Direction (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 33. Fundamental techniques and theories of stage direction;
function, responsibility, movement, analysis, style; practice in directing
scenes.
140. Advanced Play Direction (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 139. Advanced techniques of play direction: prerehearsal
problems and procedures; structural analysis of plays, composition, picturization,
pantomimic dramatization, movement, rhythm.
144. Advanced Motion Picture Acting (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Drama 44. Advanced development of motion picture acting techniques
through laboratory experience of filming selected scenes editing and rough
cut viewing.
145. Women in the Theatre (3)
(Same as W S 145.) Historical and contemporary perspectives and attitudes
applied to women in the theatre arts including study of female artists,
actresses, dancers, theatrical designers and technicians, directors, and
teachers.
150. Theatre Management and Promotion (3)
Principles of organization, operation, and administration of educational,
community, and professional theatre; box office operation, accounting procedures,
ticket manipulation, house management, find raising, promotional media.
Supervised practical experience in dramatic art area production.
155. Sound in the Theatre (3)
Theory, techniques, and procedure necessary to develop and integrate sound,
music, and effects in theatre production; hearing, acoustics, environment,
sources, transducers, control, systems, equipment; organization and planning.
Laboratory experience in preparing plays for a major public performance.
157. Theatre Graphics (3; max total 6)
Development of rendering technique and other graphic skills essential to
design for the theatre. (Computer lab fee, $15)
160. Field Studies in Theatre (1-6; max total 8)
Supervised off-campus study of the theatre arts: observation and evaluation
of significant theatrical presentations, conducted tours of important theatrical
sites and institutions, field lectures, discussions, laboratory experiences
and demonstrations. Submission of project or term paper required.
163. Dramatic Literature (3)
Critical analysis of various types and styles of plays with respect to their
form, meaning, and theatricality.
178. Oral Studies of Shakespeare (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 22. Appreciation and communication of representative
histories, comedies, and tragedies; problems of content and structure from
the point of view of the oral interpreter.
179. Readers' Theatre (1-2; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Directed study of spoken literature
for presentation resulting in a major public performance.
180A-B. Scene Design for Theatre (3-3; 180B max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. (A) Styles, techniques, and methods
of scene design; history. Laboratory application, material for major public
performance. (B) Scenery design; design problems of a complicated play;
experimental ideas; new materials. Laboratory application, material for
major public performance.
181A-B. Costume History for Theatre (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. (A) A survey of historical periods
of dress from early Egyptian civilizations to present day with an emphasis
on application to stage usage. (B) A chronological series of design projects
from the classical Greeks to contemporary Pinter with an emphasis on the
synthesis of script, research material, character analysis, and design elements.
182A-B. Stage and Television Lighting (3-3)
Prerequisite: Drama 34 or 134A-B. (A) Instruments, control, color, electromechanical
factors and simplified design and planning lighting leading to and resulting
in a major public performance. (B) Lighting as an art, design concepts;
lighting plots, projections, sequential cue relationships. Laboratory application,
material for major public performance.
183. Touring Theatre (1-3; max total 6)
(See Drama 83.)
184. Readings .in Dramatic Literature (3; max total 6)
Open to upper-division students of all departments. Prerequisite: permission
of instructor. Reading and discussion of great plays of history.
185. History of the Theatre and Drama I (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 163. History of European theatre and component arts
from ancient Greece through the mid-19th century; analysis of representative
examples.
186. History of the Theatre and Drama II (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 163. From Ibsen to the present; analysis of representative
examples.
187. History of the American Theatre (3)
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Prerequisite: upper division standing.
History of the theatre in America from colonial times to the present; analysis
of representative examples.
188T. Topics in Dramatic Arts (1-6; max total 9)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Selected topics may include acting,
children's theatre, creative dramatics, play direction, technical theatre,
theatre history, dramatic literature.
189. Projects in Production (1-3; max total 9)
(See Drama 89.)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
194. Shakespeare (4)
(See Engl 189.)
(See Course Numbering System.)
200. Introduction to Graduate Study (3)
Seminar in research procedures and materials. Required of all majors during
the first semester of graduate work.
220T. Seminar in Theatre Arts (1-3; max total 9 if no areas repeated)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor. Principal
theories and research in the phases of the theatre arts: directing, history,
criticism, aesthetics, playwriting, scene design, costume design, sound,
lighting, architecture, theatre administration, oral interpretation.
221. Seminar in Dramaturgy (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 185 and 186. A study of aesthetics and criticism in
relation to dramatic literature.
231. Applied Studies in Acting and Directing (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 32 or 33, Drama 139. Theoretical and practical study
of selected acting and directing styles.
232. Applied Studies in Design (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 134A, 134B. Study and analysis of performance as the
product of design, in script, direction, environment, technology and management
233. Seminar in Theatre Administration and Production Management (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 200, 221, 231, 232. Development of problem-solving,
decision-making, and management skills required in theatre administration
and production management.
240. Practicum in Dramatic Production (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 200, 221, 231, 232, 233. Advanced creative projects
with emphasis on theatre as a synthesis of performing arts, designed to
enhance individual depth and proficiency in each student's selected area
of concentration.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement - Independent Study.
298. Directed Study (3)
Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy for the M.A. degree and permission
of the Graduate Committee Chair. Individual production project: periodic
conferences.
299. Thesis (3)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project Preparation, completion
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Theatre Arts (Drama)
303. Topics in Theatre Arts (1-3)