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The following list comprises the core courses in Theatre and Drama. Many departments frequently offer additional topical courses that emphasize theater and drama. Students are encouraged also to take courses in such disciplines as anthropology, musicology, history, sociology, performance studies, languages and politics.
TH&DRAMA 501 Doctoral Studies in Theatre and Drama (1): Introduction to methods, questions, ideas, and resources in theater and drama scholarship. Seminar with individual research projects. Required of entering students in program; open to students in other departments with permission of instructor.
TH&DRAMA 502 Topics in Theatre (1): The history, theory, or literature of theater. Course material varies.
TH&DRAMA 503 Interdisciplinary Studies in Theatre and Performance (1): Intersections between theater and related performance forms, studies from historical, theoretical, phenomenological, or other viewpoints. Course material varies.
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DANCE 330 Dance Criticism (1): Criticism and theory of writers on Western theatrical dance. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
DANCE 331 Summer Dance Institute (1): Choreography workshop explores the elements of jazz dance with guest artists. Summer only.
DANCE 332 Improvisation for Dance with Music and Theatre (1): Theory and practice of improvisation as a source for performance and composition. Lecture/laboratory examination of the interrelationships of the arts. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
DANCE 333 Dance and Music: Studies in Collaboration (1): Music and dance collaborations from historical and theoretical perspectives. Seminar/practicum. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
DANCE 334 Advanced Choreographic Study (1): Advanced choreographic concepts: abstraction, style, use of music, group work, and humor in dance. Lecture and laboratory.
DANCE 335 Special Topics in Dance Research (1): Research methodologies, dance scholarship, criticism, and historical reconstruction.Content varies. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
DANCE 337 Theory of Dance and Expressive Art Therapies (1): Movement as it relates to body image and human development; psychotherapeutic use of movement/artfor physical integration; expressive language of the body in relation to personality and symbolic meaning; nonverbal communication of affective and unconscious states. Overview; not training for therapists.
DANCE 371 Dance in Education (1): Organizing and teaching dance for children and adolescents. Creative play, movement exploration, and acquisition of basic motor skills. Lecture, film, simulations, and field experiences.
DANCE 442 Studies in Dance (1): Advanced problems in dance. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
DANCE 499 Independent Study (1-3) : May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
ENGLISH 312 Studies in Drama (1): Content varies. Samples: Ibsen, Shaw, and Pirandello; women and modern drama. With department consent, may be repeated for credit with change of topic.
ENGLISH 324 Studies in Medieval Literature (1): Content varies. Samples: courtly romance; fabliaux; poems in manuscripts; Arthurian tradition; women in medieval culture.
ENGLISH 332 Renaissance Drama (1): English plays of the Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean periods, including such writers as Marlowe, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, and Ford.
ENGLISH 334-1,2 Shakespeare (1)(1): First Quarter: Principal plays up to 1600. Second Quarter: Principal plays after 1600.
ENGLISH 339 Special Topics in Shakespeare (1): Content varies. Samples: late comedies and romances; illusion and the social order; Shakespeare on the Elizabethan stage.
ENGLISH 342 Restoration and 18th-Century Drama (1): English drama from 1660 to the end of the 18th century.
ENGLISH 412 Studies in Drama (1): Content varies. Samples: theories of comedy; the history play.
ENGLISH 434 Studies in Shakespeare and the Early Drama (1): Content varies. Samples: Shakespeare's history plays; Marlowe and Shakespeare.
GERMAN 324 Modern German Drama (1): Modern drama of the German stage as a “moral institution,” as defined by Friedrich Schiller and echoed by Erwin Piscator. Works by authors ranging from Heinrich von Kleist to Peter Weiss.
PERF_ST 307-1,2 Studies in Gender and Performance (1)(1): 1. Theories of gender in relation to selected literary texts. Performance used as a critical methodology to highlight the interplay between gender theory and literary representation. 2. How gender theory applies to live performance; role of the critic, especially concerning race, class, and sexuality.
PERF_ST 308 Performing Modern and Contemporary Poetry (1): Use of performance in analysis and criticism of selected genres in modern and contemporary poetry.
PERF_ST 309 Performance of Black Literature (1): Exploration of black poetry, short fiction and novels, as literary and cultural texts, through solo, duo, and group performance. The literary genre will vary from year to year.
PERF_ST 311 Performance in Everyday Life (1): Conceptual view of human beings as actors. Dramatism and the perspective of life as theatre.
PERF_ST 315 Nonfiction Studies (1): The dramatic impulse in nonfiction texts. Emphasis on autobiographical and intercultural works.
PERF_ST 316 Folklore and Oral Traditions (1): Genres of oral literature. Introduction to methods and aims of folklore research. Emphasizes two themes in modern folkloristics: the nature of verbal art as performance and the importance of cultural context.
PERF_ST 318-1 Shakespeare's English Histories (1): Use of performance in the analysis and criticism of Shakespeare's two tetralogies of English history plays.
PERF_ST 318-2 Shakespeare Adaptations (1): Use of performance in the analysis and criticism of selected Shakespeare plays and their adaptations by other writers.
PERF_ST 320 Languages of the Body (1): Nonverbal body movement and gestural vocabularies in theatre, dance, and performance art (with reference to cinema and to productions of the body in the visual and commercial media); uses illustrations specific to a particular genre, repertoire, historical time, cultural context, and/or performance situation.
PERF_ST 321 Performing the American Fifties (1): Use of performance in the analysis and criticism of selected postwar American literature. Emphasis on the relationship between literature, film, and American popular culture.
PERF_ST 322-1,2 Staging the Novel (1)(1): Theory and practice of adapting novels for stage performance. 1. Film adaptation as a model for stage adaptation. 2. Staging narrative voice and style; fiction in relation to non-fiction.
PERF_ST 324-1,2 Presentational Aesthetics (1)(1): First Quarter: theatrical convention, presentational mode, and conscious artifice in the performance of dramatic literature, poetry, and nonfiction. Second Quarter: chamber theatre: its conventions and presentational modes. Adaptation, staging, and performance of prose fiction. Chamber theatre from the performer's or director's perspective.
PERF_ST 326-1,2 Performance Art (1)(1): First Quarter: history, development, and theories of performance art from Dadaism to the present. Proxemics of text to performer and audience; creation and performance of image; development of individual style. Second Quarter: relationship of media to performance art; development of media interaction and collaboration; writing and designing performance pieces.
PERF_ST 327 Field Methods in Performance Studies (1): Theory and practice of fieldwork in performance, from the collection of data to the write-up of material; practical fieldwork experience.
PERF_ST 328 Studies in James Joyce (1): Primary emphasis on extensive critical study of Ulysses, resulting in either a lecture-performance or a research paper. Screening of the film version of Ulysses.
PERF_ST 329 Performing Individual Poetic Styles (1): Content varies, but course focuses on the major poems of one or at most three writers, permitting an in-depth encounter with the writer, cultural context, and performance-related issues.
PERF_ST 330 Topics in Performance Studies (1): Significant areas of performance studies research and artistic practice. Content varies. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic.
PERF_ST 331 Field Study/Internship in Performance Studies (1): Intensive participation in off-campus production and/or field research experience. Department approval required. Only one unit of credit may be applied toward the MA degree. Up to three units may be applied toward the Ph.D. degree.
PERF_ST 332 Urban Festivity (1): Ethnographic study of festivals, parades, spectacles, civic celebrations, and other genres of urban cultural performance. Emphasis on multiethnic expressions of Chicago identity. Fieldwork required.
PERF_ST 410 Studies in Performance (1): Principles governing the congruence of literary texts and their oral presentation.
PERF_ST 412 Performance of Individual Literary Styles (1): Critical study of the work of one writer, resulting in a lecture recital.
PERF_ST 414 Studies in the History of Performance Traditions (1): Critical writings from ancient times to the present, tracing uses of and development in the performance of text; analysis of contemporary principles and practices.
PERF_ST 416 Seminar in Cultural Studies and Performance (1): Contemporary theories on the dialogical relationship between culture and performance (performative anthropology, interpretive and symbolic ethnography). Creative, dynamic, and processual energies of culture as expressed in performance genres.
PERF_ST 424 Practicum in the Adaptation and Staging of Texts (1): Participatory apprenticeship seminar: observation of the scripting process and rehearsal for a production of a narrative work. Major research papers by seminar members.
PERF_ST 425 Critical and Aesthetic Principles (1): Principles and methods of literary criticism and their bearing on the aesthetics of performance. Texts considered historically from Plato and Aristotle to Deconstructionism.
PERF_ST 426 Seminar on Media and Performance (1): Interdisciplinary seminar introducing methods of performance research that explore, both analytically and creatively, the movement of performance across the traditional boundaries of the live arts and the visual and electronic media.
PERF_ST 427 Seminar on Modes of Representation (1): Theories of representation applied to performance; repetition and improvisation, the ideology of form, intertextuality, metaphor, irony, parody, synesthesia, idiophonics, and effort qualities in human action.
PERF_ST 499 Independent Study (1-3) : May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor and department required.
PERF_ST 515 Seminar: Problems in Performance Studies (1): Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
PERF_ST 518 Seminar: Problems in Research (1): For MA and PhD students only.
PERF_ST 590 Research (1-3) : Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
RTVF 301 Broadcast News (1): Survey of existing research and critical analysis of the process, content, impact, and utilization of broadcast news.
RTVF 310-1,2 History of Broadcasting (1)(1): Evolution of US radio and television; development of the industry and important programs; evolution of programming and audience; survey of literature and research, trends, cultural influences, and issues.
RTVF 312-1,2 History of Film (1)(1): International survey of motion pictures as a distinctive medium of expression from film's prehistory to the present.
RTVF 313-1 Documentary Film: History and Criticism (1): Survey of the schools, styles, and purposes of documentary film as a unique form of artistic expression and sociopolitical political persuasion.
RTVF 313-2 Documentary Film and Video (1): Contemporary work and issues in documentary film and video.
RTVF 321 Radio/Television/Film Authorship (1): Authorship in the media; different uses of author theory related to the work of particular artists.
RTVF 322 Radio/Television/Film Genre (1): Genre in the media, with reference to popular American forms.
RTVF 323-1 Experimental Film: History and Criticism (1): Films and theories of experimentalists since the 1920s; the contemporary underground movement.
RTVF 323-2 Experimental Film and Video (1): Contemporary work in experimental film and video.
RTVF 325 Feminism and Film/Video (1): Feminist theoretical/critical perspectives on film and video.
RTVF 326 Mass Media Criticism (1): Contemporary critical methods applied to mass communication media. Critical literature supplemented by written analyses of selected films, television programs, and other appropriate material.
RTVF 330 Electronic Media Management (1): Organization and management of the television station and other electronic media organizations and facilities; the functions and interrelationships of various departments.
RTVF 331 Regulation of Broadcasting (1): Government regulation and industry self-regulation: historical perspective and examination of current issues.
RTVF 333 Cable Communications (1): Legal, technical, and programming aspects of cable and satellite communications. Services offered by existing systems and the complexities of developing systems.
RTVF 334 Television in Education (1): Uses, potentialities, and current developments in educational media.
RTVF 341 Technological Innovations (1): How technology develops and is assimilated into mass media.
RTVF 342 Program Planning and Programming (1): Programming the broadcast station in relation to audiences, markets, coverage, station policies, and facilities.
RTVF 343 Political Economy of Mass Media (1): Introduction to the analytical perspectives of contemporary political economy and its classical origins. Issues related to media industries, market structure and power, ownership and control, global dimensions, and public policy.
RTVF 344 Program Distribution and Promotion (1): Analysis of network program distribution, syndication, cable distribution, and how programs and series are promoted; how a station programmer makes decisions.
RTVF 345 Film as Business (1): Institutional view of the American film industry; structure and policies related to production, distribution, and exhibition. Relations of the film industry, US government, foreign governments, and other segments of the entertainment business are examined.
RTVF 349 Internship in Radio/Television/Film (1-3) : Selected students work 20-40 hours each week in the production departments of Chicago television stations, film studios, and other media organizations. Guided reading and research.
RTVF 351 National Cinema (1): Historical aspects of cinema in a culture outside the United States or a social/cultural/intellectual movement within the general evolution of cinema.
RTVF 353 National Mass Media (1): Creating a distinct national cultural identity through mass media; specific nations as case studies.
RTVF 360 Radio/Television/Film Dramatic Writing I (1): Forms, techniques, and types of dramatic screenplay writing.
RTVF 361 Radio/Television/Film Dramatic Writing II (1): Forms, techniques, and types of dramatic screenplay writing.
RTVF 372 Editing (1): The technique and art of editing for film. Topics include editing for continuity, controlling pace and rhythm, and editing non-linear narratives. Prerequisites: RTVF 380 and permission of instructor.
RTVF 375 Designing for the Internet (1): Design concepts as they relate to the web in an intensive studio/workshop environment.
RTVF 376 Interactive Media (1): Exploration of the techniques and aesthetics of interactivity using various media.
RTVF 379 Topics in Film/Video/Audio Production (1): The in-depth study and practice of one area of film, video, or television.
RTVF 380 Lighting and Cinematography (1): Techniques, aesthetics, and technologies of lighting and camera skills, including film and video.
RTVF 381 Video Production (1): Techniques and technologies of 3/4-inch video; single-camera shooting and multisource electronic editing. Lecture/laboratory.
RTVF 383 Sound Production (1): Production of complex radio program types. Lecture/laboratory.
RTVF 384 Foundations of Sound Design (1): Aesthetics and techniques of the sound/image relationship in media.
RTVF 390 Directing (1): Single camera dramatic directing, including visualization of scripts, breakdown of scripts, camera blocking, and working with actors.
RTVF 391 Television Studio Directing (1): Film and video directing techniques for unscripted interviews, debates, and talk shows. Problems of preplanning versus off-line directing, performance analysis, relationship of director and host, and the development of various directing styles. Prerequisites: RTVF 380 or RTVF 381.
RTVF 392 Documentary Production (1): Students examine documentary practices and produce their own short. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
RTVF 393 2-D Computer Animation (1): Animation techniques in the 2-D sphere and incorporation of visual design principles.
RTVF 394 Experimental Media Production (1): Creation of an experimental work as a linear film or video, an interactive web site, an installation, a game, or a multi-disciplinary performance. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
RTVF 395 Computer Animation (1): The fundamental concepts and techniques of 3-D computer modeling and animation. Use of concepts acquired in camera-based production techniques to create a rendered animation. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
RTVF 398 Symposium: Issues in Radio/Television/Film (1): Special issues and topics in the analysis of radio, television, and film.
RTVF 402 Television and Media Theory (1): Seminar in the key historical and contemporary debates shaping the study of television and emerging electronic media.
RTVF 403 Media and Cultural Theory (1): Seminar in cultural theory with emphasis on issues of cultural production in film, television, and digital media.
RTVF 410 Media Historiography (1): Introduction to historiography with emphasis on the research and writing of history in film, television, and digital media.
RTVF 420 Film Theory and Criticism (1): Seminar surveying historical and contemporary issues in the analysis of film form and spectatorship.
RTVF 422 Textual Analysis (1): Seminar in the textual analysis of film, television, and digital media.
RTVF 426 Global Media (1): Seminar in historical and contemporary issues related to media and globalization.
RTVF 443 Topics in Political Economy of Media and Culture (1): Current issues in research and theory in political economy. Global perspective on changes in media industries and cultural industries. Emphasis on theoretical, methodological, and technological advances.
RTVF 464 Advanced Writing for the Media (1): An advanced writing course primarily emphasizing dramatic writing for feature film and television. At the discretion of the instructor, the course emphasizes one of several types of writing such as episodic television, television movies, playwriting, genre films, comedies, action/adventures, and adaptation. Offered yearly.
RTVF 475 Graduate Production Workshop (1): Intensive introduction to media production and aesthetics that includes still photography, computer simulations of production problems, and extensive small-format video production and editing. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
RTVF 476 Advanced Cinematography (1): Continuation of work started in RTVF 380 Lighting and Cinematography; greater emphasis on developing advanced lighting skills. Work on industry standard 16mm film cameras and High Definition video cameras. Detailed scene studies focusing on color, composition, and camera movement. Prerequisites: RTVF 380, or permission of instructor.
RTVF 478 Film and Video Postproduction (1): An advanced study of film editing and finishing practices and procedures, videotape off-line and on-line editing, and ways in which film and videotape interface in postproduction. Prerequisites: RTVF 380 and RTVF 381.
RTVF 479 Seminar: Studies in Film and Video Production (1): An advanced study and practice of one aspect of film and video making, such as scriptwriting, lighting, cinematography, directing, sound recording, or editing. May be repeated for credit no more than twice. Prerequisites: RTVF 380 and RTVF 381.
RTVF 490-1,2 Dramatic Directing (1): An advanced two-quarter course in dramatic directing skills and techniques. Each student directs and produces an independent short dramatic production in addition to assigned exercises. Fundamentals of pre-production, script development, casting, directing actors, directing the camera, and post-production. The first quarter is a prerequisite for the second quarter. Prerequisites: RTVF 381.
RTVF 499 Independent Study (1-3) : Permission of instructor and department required. May be repeated for credit.
RTVF 550 Research Seminar: Telecommunications Management (1): An advanced study of telecommunications management issues.
RTVF 575 MFA Production Seminar (0): A forum required for third year MFA students to present work in progress and receive feedback and guidance. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
RTVF 584 Research Seminar (1): Topics vary.
RTVF 590 Research (1-3) : Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
SLAVIC 369 20th-Century Russian Drama and Theater (1): Russian dramatic and theatrical tradition from the founding of the Moscow Art Theater to the institution of Socialist Realism in the mid-1930s. Dramatic texts, theories of theater, and theatrical productions. Readings available in Russian and English.
SOCIOL 350 Sociology of the Arts (1): Art as a collective activity. Conventions in artistic activities and aesthetic responses. Training of professionals and audiences. Relation of artistic works to other aspects of culture.
SOCIOL 420 Cultural Sociology and the Sociology of Culture (1): Production, distribution, reception of culture; culture and meaning; cultural approaches to social boundaries, social problems; local and global cultures.
THEATRE 307 Studies in Gender and Performance (1): Recent research on the social and political background of gender, particularly women's access to performative expressions. Focuses on historical aesthetics: change in debates on women's participation in the public theatre and the significance of the body in performance. Prerequisites: PERF ST 307-1,2.
THEATRE 310 Advanced Voice/Styles (1): Advanced vocal techniques for the actor. Vocal styles include work on Molière, Restoration Comedy, Bernard Shaw, Noel Coward, and Tom Stoppard. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 312-1,2 The Art of Storytelling (1)(1): Fundamentals of story delivery, performance, analysis, and criticism. Students will develop a repertoire of stories for performance in class, discuss each other's stories and critique storytellings outside of class.
THEATRE 338 Theatre Practicum (1-2): Enrollment for students who are members of the Northwestern Summer Theatre Festival Company.
THEATRE 339 Advanced Acting (1): Scene-study course in advanced acting techniques, emphasizing scene analysis and character development. Focuses on the creation of realistic characters from the modern theater. Primarily for graduate students and undergraduate transfer students. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 340-1,2 Stage Directing (1)(1): Principles and techniques of the director ’s art. 1. Fundamentals of staging: blocking, movement, business, tempo, script selection and analysis, casting, and rehearsal planning. 2. Selected problems in exposition, suspense, surprise, marking of climaxes, and creation of mood. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 341-1,2,3 Acting II: Analysis and Performance (1)(1)(1): Theory, principles, and techniques of interpretation of drama from the actor ’s point of view. 1. Greek tragedy. 2. Shakespeare. 3. Modern drama. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 342 Lighting Design II (1): For advanced undergraduate lighting design students and graduate students studying lighting design as a secondary area. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 343 Scene Design II (1): For advanced undergraduate set design students and graduate students studying scene design as a secondary area. Lectures and design projects. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 344 Costume Design II (1): For advanced undergraduates studying costume design and graduate students studying costume design as a secondary area. Lectures and design projects. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 345-1,2,3 History of Western Theatrical Practice (1)(1)(1): Comprehensive survey of the theory and history of the theater and drama. 1. The classical period. 2.The Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early 17th century. 3. The late 17th through the 19th centuries and the modern period.
THEATRE 346-1,2,3 Playwriting (1)(1)(1): Fundamental techniques of playwriting: a yearlong sequence aimed at developing original, full-length play. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 347 Children's Theatre (1): Selection, evaluation, direction, and production of plays for children. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 348-1 Creative Drama (1): Applications of creative drama in many areas (e.g., teaching, performance, therapy, writing, recreation). Students explore the use of process-centered improvisations in their lives and work. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 348-2 Advanced Creative Drama (1): Improvised drama as a teaching method and means of learning for the elementary school child. Theory and practice through reading, discussion, films, observation, culminating with extended teaching projects with children from local schools. Prerequisites: THEATRE 348-1 or equivalent and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 349-1,2,3 Acting III: Problems in Style (1)(1)(1): Advanced problems in acting theories and styles. 1. Comedy. 2. Contemporary drama. 3. Special topics. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 350 Production Management (1): Role and duties of a production manager. Experience in production management. Production management of modern shows in different venues. Prerequisites: Permission of instuctor.
THEATRE 351 The Staging of Contemporary Drama (1): Production problems peculiar to the staging of plays of the contemporary theater. Advanced directing; readings and discussion.
THEATRE 353 Topics in Stagecraft (1): Seminars with guest or resident faculty on topics in stagecraft.
THEATRE 354 History of Costume and Decor (1): Style and aesthetics of art, architecture, fashion, and decorative arts. Special emphasis on periods of theatrical production. Lecture and projects. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 355 Scene Painting (1): Traditional and contemporary theory and practice of scene painting. Lecture and studio .Lab fee required. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 356-1,2,3 Drawing and Painting for the Theatre (1)(1)(1): Techniques and materials of graphic communication for the stage designer. 1. Model Building. 2. Rendering the Theatrical Space. 3. Rendering the Theatrical Figure. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Prerequisites: Prerequisite:permission of instructor.
THEATRE 357-1,2 Drawing and Painting for the Theatre (1)(1): Drawing for scenery, costume, and lighting designers; principles of drawing and composition using a variety of drawing materials. 1. Freehand Drawing. 2. The Figure in Space. Lecture and studio. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 358 Improvisation for the Theatre (1): Discussion-participation course investigating improvisational techniques and theater games as methodologies useful to the actor or director in any creative process. Summer only.
THEATRE 359 Directing for the Open Stage (1): Special techniques of stage directing for situations in which the performers are completely or partially surrounded by the audience. Summer only.
THEATRE 360 Problems in Stagecraft (1): Investigation of curricular and production stagecraft topics for the secondary teacher. Topics may vary. Summer only.
THEATRE 361 Textile Arts and Crafts for the Costume Designer (1): For advanced undergraduates and graduates studying costume design. Topics may include fabric dying, fabric modification, wig ventilation, millinery construction, and yarn arts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Prerequisites: THEATRE 344 and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 362 20th-Century Stage Design (1): Major stylistic development in 20th-century scene design, costume design, lighting design, and scenography. Emphasis on the American artist in context with the major influences that have shaped the craft. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 363 Theatre Sound (1): Planning and execution of sound for the theatrical production and the design of the actor’s acoustical environment. Lecture and laboratory.
THEATRE 364-1,2,3 Period Pattern Drafting and Draping (1)(1)(1): Techniques of flat pattern drafting and advanced construction used to create historical garment patterns for the stage. 1. Flat patterns. 2. Draping. 3. Period patterns. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 365-1,2 American Theatre and Drama (1)(1): Survey of American theater and drama: examines relevance of plays, performances (e.g., pageants and blackface minstrelsy), theater companies, and their original contexts to national identity. 1. Beginnings through the 1930s. 2. The 1940s to present.
THEATRE 366 Special Topics in History, Literature, Criticism (1): Content varies. Studies of individual playwrights, national or regional theaters, historical periods, performance practices, or theoretical inquiries.
THEATRE 367 History of Lyric Theater (1): An overview of the artistic and social history of the inter-related art forms of Ballet, Opera, and Musical Theater. The course includes multi-medica lectures, and viewing of related video materials.
THEATRE 368 African Theatre and Drama (1): Major practices in African theater and drama. Topics may include: festival practices, traveling and popular theaters, Anglophone drama, nationalist dramas, reappropriation of the Western canon, or theater for development.
THEATRE 369 Latin American Theatre (1): Explores the intersection of theatre and politics in modern and contemporary Latin American Theate by linking dramatic texts to readings in history, genre,and theory.
THEATRE 372 Teaching of Dramatics (1): Drama in the secondary school. Relation of theater to the individual, society, and arts; process of acting; study of the dramatic text through improvisation; organizing the play for production. Lecture, class participation, peer teaching, and field experiences in local high schools.
THEATRE 373 Computer Graphics for the Theatre Artist (1): Computer graphics for the stage designer. Investigation of available software programs and strategies for use in the theater. Lecture and laboratory. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 374 Text Analysis for Theatrical Production (1): Seminar in analysis of dramatic and nondramatic texts as related to the problems of realized theatrical production. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 376 Participation Theatre for Young Audiences (1): Participation and story theater; incorporating improvisation in the structure of a scripted play for the child audience. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 380 Internship in Theatre Practice (1-3) : Full-time participation in production and/or management activities in a theater company. Open to graduate students with department approval. Normally only one unit of THEATRE 380 may be applied toward candidacy for the MA degree. Up to three units may be applied toward candidacy for the MFA degree. Cannot count toward PhD residency.
THEATRE 401 Introduction to Graduate Study (1): Problems and methods involved in graduate study and research.
THEATRE 402 Graduate Colloquium (0): Advanced graduate study. Topics vary with instructor.
THEATRE 420-1 Collaboration: American Realism (1): First in a series exploring collaboration between stage director and designers for production. Focus: collaborative process; realistic and naturalistic American drama. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 420-2 Collaboration: Contemporary Drama (1): Second in a series exploring collaboration between stage director and designers for production. Focus: contemporary drama. Prerequisites: THEATRE 420-1 and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 420-3 Collaboration: Shakespeare in the Twenty-first Century (1): Third in a series exploring collaboration between stage director and designers for production. Focus: Shakespeare. Prerequisites: THEATRE 420-1, THEATRE 420-2, and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 434 Workshop in Drama-Oriented Teaching Techniques (1): Content varies; focuses on the origins and practice of storytelling, theater games, and story theater. Summer only.
THEATRE 440 Studies in Comparative Theatre and Drama (1): One aspect of the drama and theater before the modern period.
THEATRE 441 Studies in Modern Theatre and Drama (1): One aspect of the modern theater movement, a dramatist, or type of drama.
THEATRE 442 Studies in Theatre Practice (1): Advanced problems in stage lighting, directing, scene design, costuming, or another aspect of theater activities. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 443-1,2 Problems in the Production of Premodern Drama (1)(1): Problems of producing premodern drama for present-day audiences. 1 .Classical, medieval, and Elizabethan. 2. Continental Renaissance, Stuart and 18th-century.
THEATRE 444 Dramatic Criticism (1): Principles of dramatic criticism from Aristotle to the present. Critical standards and methods and their application to the evaluation of drama in performance.
THEATRE 445-1,2,3 History of Western Theatrical Practice (1)(1)(1): History and theory of theater and drama.
THEATRE 446 Theatre Management (1): Principles and methods in the conduct of theater operations, such as organization, choice of plays, building an audience, publicity, ticket sales, box office routines, house management, touring, and business records.
THEATRE 447 Studies in Child Drama (1): Analysis and interpretation of advanced problems in children’s drama, both formal and informal.
THEATRE 448 Studies in American Theatre and Drama (1): Intensive study of one aspect of American theater and drama,s uch as political theater, Chicago theater, American drama and the American dream, or the history of acting in America.
THEATRE 450 Topics in Stage Design (1): Seminars with guest or resident faculty on advanced topics in theater design; intended primarily for graduate design students. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 451-1,2,3 Seminar in Advanced Directing (1)(1)(1): Seminar in advanced directorial topics; required of graduate students in the MFA program in directing.
THEATRE 462-1 Advanced Studies in Lighting Design (1): Primarily for graduate lighting design students. Students develop lighting ideas and images based on text analysis and production parameters and explore graphic means of communicating their ideas and images . Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 462-2 Advanced Studies in Lighting Design (1): Primarily for graduate lighting design students. Students implement lighting ideas and images through light plots. Photometrics and technical knowledge and skills emphasized. Prerequisites: THEATRE 462-1 and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 462-3 Advanced Studies in Lighting Design (1): Primarily for g raduate lighting design students. Special topics are addressed through a paradigm of master classes, workshops, lecture demonstrations, and projects. Prerequisites: THEATRE 462-1, THEATRE 462-2, and permission of instructor .
THEATRE 463-1 Advanced Studies in Scenic Design (1): Script and the action of the play as the foundation for scene design. Use of initial reading of the script, combined with research, in forming design ideas. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 463-2 Advanced Studies in Scenic Design (1): Students apply drawing, painting, modeling and drafting skills developed in THEATRE 463-1 to create a mature design presentation that expresses their ideas clearly. Prerequisites: THEATRE 463-1 and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 463-3 Advanced Studies in Scenic Design (1): Using the process developed in Theatre 463-1 and Theatre 463-2, students generate a complete, professional scenic design for a major work of drama, including a fully documented package. Prerequisites: THEATRE 464-1, THEATRE 462-2, and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 464-1 Advanced Studies in Costume Design (1): Individual design process, involving text interpretation, character analysis, and research, in response to texts of various theatrical genres. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
THEATRE 464-2 Advanced Studies in Costume Design (1): Students apply costume design processes developed in THEATRE 464-1 to the interpretation of traditional and non-traditional text. Prerequisites: THEATRE 464-1 and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 464-3 Advanced Studies in Costume Design (1): Using the processes developed in Theatre 464-1 and Theatre 464-2, students generate a professional level costume design for a major work of drama. Texts may be in verse or operatic form. Prerequisites: THEATRE 464-1, THEATRE 464-2, and permission of instructor.
THEATRE 470 Theatre in Education: The Teaching of Acting (1): Explores various approaches to teaching acting, concentrating primarily on the basic structures of a curriculum designed for the novice actor. For directors, teachers, and advanced actors contemplating a teaching career. Summer only.
THEATRE 499 Independent Study (1-3) : May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor and department required.
THEATRE 545 Seminar: Studies in Drama (1): Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
THEATRE 546 Seminar: Studies in Theatre (1): Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
THEATRE 590 Research (1-3) : Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
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