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Course Catalog 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Oberlin College Courses
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SOCI 112 - Introducing Sociology, Science of Modern Life Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, WR
Learn the methods and theories that sociologists use to understand our mass society that emerged out of 19th -century industrial and political revolutions. This young science’s insights will help us understand contemporary controversies around inequality, social change, gender, race and power. This course will familiarize you with the relationship between sociology and other disciplines, techniques for reading original research articles, basic sociological writing skills, and mostly importantly, the social origin of individual thought and action. Enrollment limit: 40. Instructor: G. Mattson
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SOCI 120 - Introduction to Sociology Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
The course focuses on the questions that sociologists ask, the theories that frame these questions and the methods that help answer them. Exploration of questions is conducted within the particular context of the long-standing social struggles regarding evolutionary theory in the modern world (i.e., the challenges to Darwinism from the ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ in the early 20th century to the ‘intelligent design”debates of the early 21st century). Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: D. Steward
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SOCI 122 - Principles of Sociological Thinking Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
This course is an introduction to the discipline that will acquaint students with sociological concepts and methodology. Emphasis is placed on analyzing the components of society: from institutions to individuals, in keeping with Mills’ ‘sociological imagination’. Important issues addressed include the relationship between economy and institutions, stratification, and gender/racial-ethnic/class divisions. Current sociological literature is used to both introduce concepts and help students interpret scholarly writing. Emphasis will be placed on understanding social inequality and the link between the individual and social structure. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: D. John
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SOCI 125 - Sociological Analysis Society Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
A survey course to introduce students to the sociological way of looking at our world. This examination requires an exploration of the concepts, theories and research findings related to the social organization of our world. Areas to be examined: concepts, culture, socialization, deviance and social control, social stratification, intergroup relations, the family, religion, politics, economics and social movements. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: C. White Prerequisites & Notes Limited to first and second-year students.
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SOCI 127 - Introduction to Sociology Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological perspective. The course will review and discuss sociological concepts, theories, and research. First, the course will look at the role of sociology as a tool for examining the social world. Secondly, the course will introduce major theorists, perspectives, and research problems in sociology. Finally, the course will review major theoretical approaches e.g., macro and micro methodologies to critically analyze social problems. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: R. Baldoz
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SOCI 203 - Desire to be Modern: Sociology of Sexuality Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, CD
Sociologists study the social origins of sexuality; how shared beliefs shape what we desire, what is taboo or what shames us. Historical and cross-cultural research illuminates the emergence of modern sexuality and the ways it transformed systems of dating, marriage, homosexuality, government and racial classification. Learn why sociologists are skeptical of essentialist explanations that rely on biology and favor theories that recognize sexuality as a diverse, ever-changing function of cultural institutions. Enrollment limit: 25. Instructor: G. Mattson
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SOCI 210 - Social Research Methods Lab Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 hours Attribute: 2SS
This course must be taken concurrently with SOCI 211: Social Research Methods. The focus of this lab is on skill development related to information literacy, ethnographic interviewing techniques, qualitative data coding practices and applied statistical analysis and interpretation. Instructor: D. John Prerequisites & Notes Co-enrollment in SOCI 211 is required.
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SOCI 211 - Social Research Methods Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4SS, WR, QP-H
This course introduces students to the analytical logic and skills required for research in sociology. Emphasis is placed on teaching and executing the research process. Information literacy goals are addressed, such as evaluating the appropriateness, reliability and accuracy of different types of information; developing familiarity with sources of available data; generating new data; and interpreting empirical information within a theoretical framework. As groups, students work on research projects throughout the semester. Enrollment Limit: 24 Instructor: D. John Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology. Students must sign up for SOCI 210.
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SOCI 215 - Contemporary Asian American Experience Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, CD
The goal of the course is to introduce you to a range of contemporary issues dealing with Asian Americans and immigrants generally. The focus is less on each ethnic group?s differences and more on the trends that many groups face, with a focus on how they experience challenges and claim accomplishments. The course stresses the light that studying Asian Americans sheds on other groups and for the country as a whole, including immigration, identity, religion, family, gender, race relations, and other topics. We will read from a variety of disciplines, with stress on sociology. Enrollment Limit: 35. Instructor: P. Dhingra Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One course in sociology.
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SOCI 220 - Cyberspace and Social Relations Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
We will study the networks that constitute ‘cyberspace’ and the ways that they are embedded in the older worlds of ‘meatspace’. We will address such topics as social networking, virtual reality, panopticism, anonymity and accountability, identity construction, intellectual property regimes, electronic democracy, telecommuting, digital divides, distributed knowledge, and online learning. Some of our meetings will be held in cyberspace. Enrollment Lmit: 25. Instructor: D. Steward
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SOCI 222 - Introduction to Social Psychology Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
Social psychology is an area of study within sociology which examines the relationship between the individual and society. Emphasis is placed on the scientific study of the social behavior and experiences stemming from individual?s participation in social groups, interaction with others, and the effects of the cultural environment and social structures on the individual. Topics in social psychology include theories in social psychology, socialization, self and identity, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, language, social communication and group processes. Enrollment Limit: 35. Instructor: C. White Prerequisites & Notes One introductory course in Sociology.
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SOCI 233 - Gender, Social Change, Social Movements This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
This course focuses on theoretical debates about processes of social change and social reproduction at the individual, cultural, and social movement levels, with particular focus on gender identities and status. Attention will be paid to how the ‘modernity/tradition’ construct, and race, class, nation, and sexuality (as ‘differences’ and as sources of inequality) impact these debates and influence definitions of self and representations of others. Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: F. Hasso Prerequisites & Notes Notes: Priority given to GSFS and Sociology majors. Closed to first-year students.
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SOCI 238 - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality, and Feminst Studies Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: CD, 4SS, WR
This interdisciplinary survey course examines gender (including masculinities) and sexuality in relation to religious, ethnic, and national subjectivities, and culture, history, and politics in the Middle East and North Africa region. Students read full-length studies, as well as novels and memoirs produced in the region. Each student is required to complete an 8-10 page “primary source” research paper based on analysis of two novels and/or memoirs. Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: F. Hasso Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: a gender-focused introductory course in sociology, or consent of instructor. Note: Closed to first-year students.
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SOCI 241 - Urban Sociology: From Hogtown to Smogtown Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, CD
Explore a century of American hopes and fears about cities through the archetypes of Chicago and Los Angeles. Learn to see cities as built environments, ways of life, sources of community, and political economies. These paradigms ground our discussions of forces that shape cities and define American culture, including: race and residential segregation, technology, suburbanization, immigration, and gentrification. Central to this course are documentary films, field trips and curiosity about the cities you know. Enrollment limit: 30. Instructor: G. Mattson Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One course in Sociology.
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SOCI 258 - Security, Secrecy, and Spectacle: Surveillance Society Since 9/11 This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Law and Society Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
How are legal institutions changing in the wake of 9/11? We will sketch an answer to this question in this course, both by expanding our cognitive toolkits to incorporate insights of recent/contemporary social theorists (e.g., the growth of panoptic surveillance in the modern world) and by exploring the profound changes now taking place with respect to habeas corpus, the growth of hidden prisons and wire-tapping, etc. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: D. Steward Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One course in Sociology.
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SOCI 275 - Enacting the Law Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
The sociology of law studies how our everyday understandings both underpin and conflict with legal professionals and institutions. You need no previous legal knowledge – we use the legal knowledge you already possess to examine why claims of justice and equality often fail in practice and how legal reforms frequently have unintended consequences. Assignments include reading legal documents, conducting interviews, and observing legal proceedings – the formal and informal ways law gets enacted every day. Enrollment limit: 25. Instructor: G. Mattson
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SOCI 277 - Race and Ethnic Relations Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 SS, CD
New Course Added 11.08.2008.
This course is an introduction to the field of race and ethnic relations, with particular emphasis on the historical sociology of racial inequality. The course surveys general theoretical approaches to race and ethnicity, and applies them to specific historical developments in American race relations and how political forces shape and change these practices over time and space. A central objective is to understand the conditions under which racial hierarchies, segregation and group conflict emerge. Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: R. Baldoz
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SOCI 282 - Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: CD, 4SS, WR
Classical sociology arose in response to social problems opened up by the advent of industrial society, from the disintegration of community and the decline of religion to class conflict, and the rationalization of social life. The founding fathers of modern sociology-Durkheim, Marx, and Weber-formulated their theories in response to these problems and established three distinct traditions in sociological theory. This course explores continuities between classical and contemporary sociology in each of these three traditions. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: D. Steward Prerequisites & Notes Note: Priority given to Sociology majors.
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SOCI 305 - Feminist Research Methodologies This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality and Feminst Studies Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: CD, 4SS, WR
This course traces the historical and dialectical impact of feminist epistemologies on disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. We will explore feminist approaches to research practices including oral history, case studies, archival research, visual and literary criticism, survey/content analysis, and field work. Throughout the semester, each student works on an individual research proposal that incorporates interdisciplinary methods and includes a literature review. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: F. Hasso Prerequisites & Notes NOTE: Recommended in the junior year for GSFS majors, junior or senior year for other students.
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SOCI 314 - Unequal Educations Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
This course focuses on education as a social institution and the inequalities structured within it. Using theory and empirical evidence, education in the United States will be examined from pre-school through post-secondary levels. The intersections of education and other institutions, (e.g. political, economic and familial) are analyzed and include discussions of race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. Further, the role of education in social reproduction and social control will be examined. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: D. John
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SOCI 335 - Sociology of Globalization Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 Hours Attribute: 4SS
New Course Added 11.08.2008.
This course examines the historical, theoretical and ideological processes associated with ‘Globalization’. A growing number of scholars in the social sciences and humanities have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, and cultural processes that have been transformed since the 1970s. We will explore a number of aspects of globalization, such as the dynamics of a global political economy, transnational migration flows, and the emergence of new social movements. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: R. Baldoz Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One Sociology course or one Comparative American Studies Course.
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SOCI 391 - Practicum in Sociology Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 2-3 hours Attribute: 2-3SS
This course combines individual internships and private readings on a subject matter related to the internship-for example, an internship in a social service agency and readings and discussion on poverty and welfare issues. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: P. Dhingra, F. Hasso, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White Prerequisites & Notes See individual faculty. Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology
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SOCI 392 - Internships in Teaching Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-2 hours Attribute: 1-2SS
This course offers students the opportunity to work with a Sociology faculty member as a teaching assistant for one of the faculty member’s courses. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, leading discussion groups, maintaining course websites, conducting library research and providing review of materials. Consent of instructor is required; see individual faculty. Instructor: P. Dhingra, F. Hasso, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White Prerequisites & Notes Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only. Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology.
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SOCI 406 - Seminar: Gender and the State in the Middle East and North Africa This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality, Feminst Studies; Law and Society Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
This seminar addresses gender in relation to states, law (including significant attention to Islamic jurisprudence and discourse), and policy, largely since the beginning of the 20th century in the Middle East and North Africa region, with some attention to earlier histories. State policies vis-à-vis “personal status” or “family” law, reproduction, and regulation and discipline of bodies are comparatively explored. Each student is required to write a 15-20 pp. research paper using primary and secondary sources and focusing on a relevant topic. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment limit: 15. Instructor: F. Hasso
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SOCI 442 - Censorship & Silencing This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Law and Society Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
We will open with a study of the liberal orthodoxy regarding freedom of expression and the problem of state censorship. We will then turn to various heterodoxies that challenge the conventional wisdom: problems of media concentration and non-state censorship; the problem of silencing via hate speech; etc. We will also address the ways that technology enables and constrains practices of censorship and silencing. Consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 10. Instructor: D. Steward
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SOCI 443 - Generations of Youth Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS
This seminar will focus on several birth cohorts in the U.S. We will examine issues concerning relationships and sexuality, employment, underemployment and unemployment, cultural contributions, communication and social concerns of youth. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how youth experience differs from others and what implications this has for quality of life and social policy. Texts, video, music and the World Wide Web will be used as supplemental materials in this class. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment limit: 12. Instructor: D. John Prerequisites & Notes .
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SOCI 450 - Beyond Us vs. Them: How We Manage Contradictory Categories This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : GSFS Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, CD
We frame people as divided into competing groups (e.g. poor vs. rich, immigrant vs. American). But this is too simplistic, for we frequently inhabit contradictory categories (e.g. mothers in high-status careers, mixed races, gay Christians). This course advances current theories of group hierarchies and individual agency by examining how people manage conflicting statuses. We incorporate multiple disciplines, not only sociology. Students will research whichever groups interest them for a final project. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: P. Dhingra
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SOCI 490 - Junior Year Honors Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-3 hours Attribute: 1-3SS
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: P. Dhingra, F. Hasso, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
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SOCI 491 - Senior Year Honors Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-6 hours Attribute: 1-6SS
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: P. Dhingra, F. Hasso, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
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SOCI 995 - Private Reading Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours Attribute: 0.5-3SS
Signed permission of the instructor required. Instructor: P. Dhingra, F. Hasso, D. John, G. Mattson, D. Steward, V. Vujacic, C. White Prerequisites & Notes Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only.
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TECH 068 - (E)CAMP: (Experimental) Collaborations in Art/Music/Performance Next Offered: [2009-2010] Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 DDHU
This course focuses on the collaborative development and realization of cross-disciplinary, interactive installations. This is an upper level class for advanced students in TIMARA and in the Department of Art who are interested in using media-rich installation to its full expressive potential. We will engage in critical exploration of recent trends in the field and will hone skills and tools for contemporary installation practice. Students will work with partners/teams from outside their home department. Enrollment Limit: 14. Instructor: J. Christensen, P. Swendsen Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 068 |
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TECH 110 - Digital Art and Public Space: Installation and Production Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 The public sphere is always changing, and with the introduction of digital/electronic dynamics to the world of art-making, public space has changed dramatically. Artists are constantly defining and questioning the dynamics of this space, from the internet down to the sidewalk. In this course we will examine theory about what “public space” is, and how, as artists, we alter the meanings of “public” and “private.”
The fall semester will focus on Installation and Production. We will survey important electronic and experimental art works that have used installation or audio/video work to explore the public sphere. Culminating installation and audio/video production pieces will count towards the student’s grade in this class, along with weekly readings and listening/viewings.
(Students from all majors welcome, no prior experience necessary, although prior video editing experience is suggested.) Instructor: J. Christensen Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 18
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TECH 160 - Digital Art and Public Space: Performance and Transmission Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 The public sphere is always changing, and with the introduction of digital/electronic dynamics to the world of art-making, public space has changed dramatically. Artists are constantly defining and questioning the dynamics of this space, from the internet down to the sidewalk. In this course we will examine theory about what “public space” is, and how, as artists, we alter the meanings of “public” and “private.”
The spring semester will explore Performance and Transmission. We will explore performance as a means of examining and questioning the public sphere. We will also look at modes of transmission, (especially radio, file-sharing, and podcasting), to explore the ever-evolving world of distributed artwork and sound.
Culminating performance and transmission pieces will count towards the student’s grade in this class, along with weekly readings and listening/viewings.
(Students from all majors welcome, no prior experience necessary, although prior video editing experience is suggested.) Instructor: J. Christensen Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 18
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TECH 201 - Electro-acoustic Studio Techniques Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An introduction to the studio environment. Practical work includes analog sound models, MIDI, digital audio, DAT and ADAT, synthesis techniques, sequencing and sound editing on the computer. Introduction to working with additional media in the studio and on the Internet. Survey of historical and contemporary practice in the field, exploration of analytical and critical techniques. Preference given to students for whom this course is required. Instructor: P. Bloland Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
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TECH 300 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design Next Offered: [2009-2010] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A year-long course offered in alternate years. The first semester concentrates on the theory and design of the basic components found in analog electronic music synthesizing systems. The second semester expands into systems design employing digital circuitry and components used in hybrid systems. Practical work in the TIMARA electronic laboratory. Instructor: J. Talbert Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
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TECH 301 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design Next Offered: [2009-2010] Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A year-long course offered in alternate years. The first semester concentrates on the theory and design of the basic components found in analog electronic music synthesizing systems. The second semester expands into systems design employing digital circuitry and components used in hybrid systems. Practical work in the TIMARA electronic laboratory. Instructor: J. Talbert Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
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TECH 305 - Collaborative Investigations in Choreography and Composition Next Offered: [2009-2010] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 3 HU
The goal of this course is to initiate and support contact among students who have a strong interest in developing collaborative work with each other. We will investigate and experiment with various models of collaboration; participants will create studies in response to artistic challenges and problems. As a means to better understand the medium of their collaborators, students will also investigate those disciplines in which they are less accomplished. Artists we may study include: Adams/Sellars, Cage/Cunningham, Glass/Wilson, The Rachel’s/Bogart. P/NP/CR/NE Grading only.
Instructor: T. Lopez, N. Martynuk Prerequisites & Notes Identical to Dance 305.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Consent of instructor required.
This course will satisfy a TECH 350 requirement for TIMARA majors.
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THEA 100 - Acting 1: Fundamentals Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
The focus of this class is on developing specific techniques basic to American acting traditions (conversational reality; executing activities; playing intentions) and applying these skills in contemporary scene work. Intended for first- and second-year students. Auditions (prepare one- to two-minute contemporary monologue) will be scheduled during orientation week for fall semester sections and during the week preceding registration for spring semester. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 16. Instructor: H. Anderson
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THEA 101 - Introduction to Theater Arts Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This is a team taught class including the entire Theater and Dance faculty. We will focus on all major aspects of how a theatrical production is actualized, with special attention on how comprehensive text analysis leads to artistic choices. The course will cover design collaboration, an overview of production implementation (sets, costumes and lights) and the rehearsal process (staging, coaching, and stage management). As a final project, students will present short plays in the Little Theater. Enrollment limit: 42. Instructor: M. Wright Prerequisites & Notes This course is limited to first year students, and is highly recommended for those planning to take THEA 100: Acting 1, offered second semester.
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THEA 105 - Exploring Acting Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course is intended to allow non-Theater majors to explore the craft of acting and live performance. Students will use storytelling, improvisations and scene work to become familiar with techniques in creating character, identifying obstacles and objectives, and pursuing actions on stage. Students will also engage in theatrical exercises aimed at developing vocal expression, physical activity, and emotional realism, as well as discussions exploring the nature and function of theatre. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 16. Instructor: H. Boll Prerequisites & Notes Note: This course is intended for third and fourth-year students only.
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THEA 172 - Production: Scenery Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
Beginning work in the techniques and principles used in technical production for theater, dance and opera. Lecture materials include: production management, stage rigging, orthographic projection, elements of the physical plant as well as construction methods used in building scenic units. Students participate in fabricating scenery for the semester’s productions as scheduled. Enrollment Limit 14. Instructor: J. Natt
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THEA 173 - Production: Costumes Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
An overview of the costuming process from the development of the costume design through the construction of the costume. Also includes seminars in costume crafts, shop management and fabrication. A three-hour weekly lab focuses on theatrical costume techniques and approaches. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8. Instructor: J. Cuthbertson
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THEA 174 - Lighting Technology Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
An introduction to lighting technology, terminology and technique. Lectures cover lighting history, equipment, manual and computer controlled lighting systems, distribution systems, electricity, lamps, reflectors, lenses, projection equipment and moving lights. Students hang and focus lights for actual shows and participate in a crew for a theater, dance or opera production during the semester. Enrollment limit 20. Instructor: J. Benjamin Prerequisites & Notes In case of schedule conflicts a project may be substituted for the run crew.
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THEA 199 - Theater Production Lab Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 0 hours Attribute: 0HU
Each enrolled student will serve on one technical/administrative crew for one of the theater, dance or opera productions during the semester: scenery, lighting, sound, costumes or publicity. Instructor: A. Jobe Prerequisites & Notes Mandatory one-time class meeting on the second Friday of the semester; 4:30-6:00 p.m.
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THEA 200 - Acting 2: Scene Study Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
THEA 200 is the first semester of a year-long sequence of intermediate level scene study. The class will focus on observation, personalization, activation, and moment-to-moment realization of character. The course will explore the process of crafting a character, rehearsal techniques and scene study utilizing American plays. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: M. Wright Prerequisites & Notes Notes: Auditions in late spring. A few slots will be held for fall auditions and transfers. Prerequisite: THEA 100.
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THEA 201 - Acting 2: Scene Study Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course builds upon skills learned in THEA 200 and focuses on the plays of O’Neill, Ibsen and Chekhov. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: M. Wright Prerequisites & Notes Notes: Auditions in late fall. Prerequisite: THEA 200.
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THEA 208 - Directing I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course is designed to introduce students to the art and craft of directing. Students will explore the theory and function of the director as well as become familiar with the step by step process that a director must take to create a piece from first read into production. Students will develop strategies for analyzing scripts, visualizing design concepts, as well as engage in exercises to create dynamic staging and begin building a vocabulary for working with actors. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: J. Emeka
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THEA 210 - Movement for Actors Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course is designed to increase the actor’s physical range of motion and gain awareness of how the body contributes to the process of acting. Students will use techniques in pantomime, viewpoints, and Capoeira to explore the use of gesture, space, and rhythm onstage. Students will participate in daily movement exercises, improvisations, and scene work that allow them to increase their physical imagination. We will focus on using the body to listen, express emotion, create character, and pursue actions. The goal of the class is to provide skills that allow students to gain comfort and confidence in fully engaging their body onstage. Enrollment limit: 14. Instructor: J. Emeka
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THEA 212 - Stage Management Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. This course will culminate in a final stage management project and a prompt book for a play. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 14. Instructor: A. Jobe
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THEA 213 - Stage Management Practicum Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-4 hours Attribute: 1-4HU
For student stage managers currently working on productions sponsored by the Theater and Dance Program. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: A. Jobe Prerequisites & Notes Note: May be taken concurrently with THEA 212.
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THEA 215 - Neo-Futurist Performance Workshop with Greg Allen Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour Attribute: 1 HU
New Course Added 01.16.2009.
This one week workshop (Mar. 30-Apr. 4) will introduce students to the basic theory and practice of Neo-Futurism - a new form of personal, non-illusory, audience-interactive performance. Students will be given assignments based on randomness, environment, gesture, found text, collage, and autobiography to create their own original two minute plays. The workshop will conclude the evening of Sat. April 4th with a public performance of short pieces devised and performed by the students. There is no need to have theater experience to sign up - just the willingness and creativity to explore your actual life and immediate surroundings on stage. Workshop led by Greg Allen, who founded The Neo-Futurists in 1988. The Neo-Futurists is an ensemble of artists who write, direct, and perform original experimental theater in the form of interactive non-fiction performance.
Instructor: R. Copeland, G. Allen
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THEA 218 - Stage Combat Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 hours Attribute: 2HU
This course will cover safety, basic hand-to-hand combat, falling and rolling techniques, introduction to sword (rapier), and choreography development. Teamwork. concentration, physical control and, most of all, safety will be fostered in this work. Consent of instructor required. (Priority given to junior and senior Theater & Dance majors.) Enrollment limit: 16. Instructor: J. Davis
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THEA 225 - Individual or Group Projects Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-3 hours Attribute: 1-3HU
Intended for intermediate or advanced-level work by individuals and small groups not easily covered in the private reading option. Projects must be approved by the sponsoring faculty member before registration. Consent of director required. Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith, A. Jobe, P. Moser, J. Emeka Prerequisites & Notes Demands high student initiative and sustained individual work.
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THEA 232 - Costume Design Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course is an introduction to the art of designing costumes for the theater, with a primary focus on the process of creating the visual world of a play in both aesthetic and practical terms. Ranging from basic art concepts, through text and character analysis, research and design development to finished designs, the course will emphasize the conception of ideas that help project the style and meaning of a production. Readings, lectures, discussions, design exercises and projects will comprise the material for this course, which demands high student initiative. Instructor: C. Flaharty Prerequisites & Notes Demands high student initiative and sustained individual work.
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THEA 236 - Scene Design Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course will use historical theater architecture and scene design as an impetus to the design process by using historically accurate elements to inspire plans and elevations for class design projects. Presentation of individual and group design projects will be by plan, elevation, rendering and model. Basic scenographic techniques will be covered, as well as design processes involving the collaborative nature of the medium. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: M. Grube
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THEA 252 - Western Theater History I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
A year-long lecture course tracing the evolution of the Western theater from Dionysian ritual in ancient Greece through contemporary performance practice in Europe and America. Theater architecture, works of dramatic literature and theoretical treatises on performance will be studied in relation to the social and intellectual history of each major era. Three historical periods will receive special attention: the 5th century BC in Greece, the 17th century in England and France, and the 20th century in Europe and America. Enrollment Limit: 35. Instructor: R. Copeland Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: THEA 252 and consent of instructor are prerequisites for THEA 253.
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THEA 253 - Western Theater History II Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
A year-long lecture course tracing the evolution of the Western theater from Dionysian ritual in ancient Greece through contemporary performance practice in Europe and America. Theater architecture, works of dramatic literature, and theoretical treatises on performance will be studied in relation to the social and intellectual history of each major era. Three historical periods will receive special attention: the 5th century BC in Greece, the 17th century in England and France, and the 20th century in Europe and America. Enrollment Limit: 35. Instructor: R. Copeland Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: THEA 252 and consent of instructor are prerequisites for THEA 253.
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THEA 254 - Classical Asian Theater/Dance Forms This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : East Asian Studies Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU, CD
Asian performance rarely makes the sort of distinction between ‘theater’ and ‘dance’ that characterizes much Western performance. This course is designed as an introduction to those modes of Asian performance which combine elements of both theater and dance: Kabuku, Noh and Bunraku from Japan, Beijing Opera from China, Wayang Kulit from Indonesia, and Kathakali from India. Many of these forms also utilize masks and puppets. This course will examine the wide range of theatrical elements that Asian forms utilize to create an alternative to the Western style known as ‘realism.’ Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: R. Copeland
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THEA 264 - African American Drama Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU, CD
This class surveys plays written by Black Americans from the post-slavery period through the late 20th century. An overview of the history of African-American performance is followed by reading and discussion of current criticism and a wide selection of plays by writers such as James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Adrienne Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, August Wilson, and George Wolfe. Requirements include papers, journals and scene work. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 264 |
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THEA 268 - Black Arts Workshop Next Offered: 2009-2010 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3 HU, CD
The Black Arts Workshop combines theory and performance in African American cultural styles. Readings and discussions encompass Afrocentric philosophy, history, religion and aesthetics, dance, music, visual arts and drama. Classroom exercises focus on meditation, movement, dance and acting skills. In the latter part of the semester there is a focus on Black Theater including scene work. Written work is required. Final projects are to be creative in nature. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 268. |
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THEA 269 - Voice for the Actor Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2-3 hours Attribute: 2-3HU
This course introduces basic principles of voice production for actors: breathing, relaxation, coordination, resonance and centering. Exercises are designed to integrate mind/breath/sound/body in the act of purposeful communication: daily progression from pure sound to text work. Emphasis on freeing the students’ natural range and expressiveness. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of general American speech through the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet, addressing individual speech challenges. Consent by audition and instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 16. Instructor: H. Boll
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THEA 270 - Speech and Dialects For The Actor Next Offered: 2009-2010 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU
A course designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of General American speech through the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The first module of the course will address individual speech challenges and the second module will investigate the process of learning dialects for the stage. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 16. Instructor: M. Wright
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THEA 281 - Rehearsal and Performance Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-3 hours Attribute: 1-3HU
Intermediate and advanced level work in preparation and public performances of a production directed by a member of the theater faculty. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: J. Emeka, M. Wright Prerequisites & Notes Notes: May be repeated once only for credit. CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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THEA 300 - Acting 3: Advanced Scene Study Next Offered: 2009-2010 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU
This is an intensive course designed to increase the actor’s physical awareness of space and rhythm while creating relationship and character. Students will engage in movement exercises, improvisations, and scene work in order to engage in the pursuit of emotional and physical “actions” onstage. Through readings and discussions, we will also work to identify obstacles and objectives in developing an actor’s process that allows them being fully present and committed to what is going on “in the moment”. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: Mr. Emeka Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: THEA 200, and consent of instructor.
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THEA 301 - Acting 3: Shakespeare Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
This course will introduce skills needed to perform Shakespeare: imaging, phrasing, scansion, and rhetorical analysis. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: P. Moser Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: THEA 200. To be taken concurrently with THEA 269 (Voice for the Actor). This combination of courses is designed to prepare advanced students planning to apply to graduate school in Acting.
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THEA 302 - Non-Literary Theater: 1960 to the Present Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
Utilizing videotape excerpts from legendary productions, this course traces the evolution of ‘non-literary’ theater in America from the 1960’s to the 21st Century. The semester will begin by examining the ‘Theater of the Body’ in the work of The Living Theatre and The Open Theatre. We will then move on to the more ‘painterly’ theater pieces of Robert Wilson, and conclude with recent works by Stelarc and The Wooster Group in which the actor/audience relationship is complicated by technological ‘mediation.’ Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: R. Copeland
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THEA 307 - Directing 2 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4HU
During first module, students will be introduced to different modes of textual analysis and how these lead to key artistic choices in rehearsal. Assignments will focus on careful play reading, staging and coaching actors. During the second module, classes will monitor the progress of student-directed one act plays to be performed in the Little Theater. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6. Instructor: P. Moser Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: THEA 200 and 208.
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THEA 309 - Theater of the Millenium Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU
New Course Added 09.08.08
This class will explore dramatic literature written in the last 40 years, primarily by living American playwrights. The plays will be drawn from many vantage points including a variety of dramatic styles and techniques as well as the cultural/historical backgrounds of the writers. We will examine the works of Tony Kushner, George Wolfe, Anna DeVeare Smith, Emily Mann, Horton Foote, Jose Rivera, Oliver Mayer, Eve Ensler, August Wilson, Caryl Churchill, Maria Irene Fornes, Adrienne Kennedy, Amiri Baraka, Kia Corthron, and Suzann Lori-Parks among others. The plays will be contextualized and complemented by critical and historical readings. In addition to class discussions and written work, scene work will be an important component of the class. Enrollment limit: 6. Instructor: C. jackson-Smith
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THEA 320 - Special Projects Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-4 hours Attribute: 1-4HU
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: M. Grube, A. Jobe
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THEA 324 - The Concept of the Avant-Garde Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
A seminar examining the cultural and political forces of the late 19th and early 20th century which helped create an ‘adversary’ relationship between ‘avant-garde’ artists and middle-class society. The course focuses on those modernist movements that affected painting, literature, and theater. Major issues explored include: the relationship of the avant-garde to radical politics as well as to popular culture and the mass communications media, the ‘fate’ of the avant-garde in the age of post-modernism, and the current controversies surrounding NEA funding for the work of artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: R. Copeland
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THEA 326 - Acting for the Camera This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Cinema Studies Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
In weekly on-camera assignments, students will explore the particular challenges and opportunities entailed in making vivid acting choices in front of a camera. Work will include improvisation, monologues, and scene-work. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit 12. Instructor: P. Moser
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THEA 328 - Musical Theater Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU
A studio class introducing the fundamental techniques of musical theatre performance. The course will cover song interpretation, as well as action-driven acting technique through scene study of classic and contemporary American musical theatre masterworks. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit 12. Instructor: C. Flaharty, M. Wright
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THEA 333 - From Stage to Screen Next Offered: 2009-2010 Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Horus Attribute: 3 HU
This course will examine key similiaries and differences between theater and cinema, with special emphasis on the problems that arise when works of dramatic literature are adapted to the screen. We will focus on a number of key topics: the role of spoken language in both mediums, the relationship of the human actor to his or her surrounding environment, theatrical vs. cinematic constructions of space and time, and differing conceptions of “audience.” Key readings will include classic essays about film and theater by Andre Bazin, Erwin Panofsky and Susan Sontag. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: R. Copeland
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THEA 341 - Directing Project Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-3 hours Attribute: 1-3HU
Individual study in directing. Student directors will meet weekly with a faculty advisor to discuss and monitor their projects through the various stages of production: script analysis, concept, design, casting, rehearsals, tech and performance. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: P. Moser Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: THEA 208 and stage management of a faculty-directed production. Students must first gain Theater and Dance Program approval for a their project, at which time a faculty advisor will be assigned. Applications available in the program office, are due April 15th.
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THEA 368 - Black Arts Workshop II Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4HU, CD
This course continues the inquiry begun in AAST/THEA 268 focusing on the Western Hemispheric inheritance from traditional African cultures. This course will focus on performance in sacred and secular cultures of the African diaspora in the mid-to-late 20th century. The class will hone performance skills through in-class exercises and assignments, and intellectual and critical skills through reading, discussions, presentations, journals and critical papers examining aesthetic and cultural performance theories. The course will culminate in a final performance. Consent of Instructor Required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: AAST/THEA 268 or other AAST Fine Arts classes taught by Professors Coleman, Sharpley and/or Logan. Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 368 |
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THEA 420 - Honors Project Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 2-6 hours Attribute: 2-6HU
Intensive independent work in theater on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: R. Copeland, M. Grube, C. Jackson-Smith, P. Moser, M. Wright Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program.
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THEA 995 - Private Reading Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours Attribute: 0.5-3HU
Signed permission of the instructor required. Instructor: R. Copeland, J. Cuthbertson, J. Emeka, C. Flaharty, M. Grube, C. Jackson-Smith, A. Jobe, P. Moser, M. Wright
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XART 101 - Connections: Landscape/Soundscape/Wordscape This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : TIMARA, ENGL Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU
New Course Added 06.25.08.
An interdisciplinary team-taught exploration of how places become texts through the work of composers, writers, and visual artists. Texts include poetry, fiction, acoustic and electroacoustic music, digital media, films, paintings and drawings. We will make extensive use of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. In addition to scholarly engagement with the course material, students will undertake their own creative work during the semester (though no prior experience in this regard is required). Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: N. Jones, P. Swendsen
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