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Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Theater
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The Theater curriculum offers courses each year in acting, directing, history, criticism, design, and production. In addition to class meetings, many courses have a laboratory component that involves students in the process of creating a theater production. Each year, the program produces two or three mainstage productions, and co-sponsors a black theater production directed by a faculty member appointed jointly in Theater and Dance and the African American Studies Department. Workshop productions and student directing projects are also regularly scheduled. These smaller scale productions are intended to provide a bridge between the classroom experience and the fully-mounted campus productions.
The program also sponsors theater residencies from time to time. These residencies supplement the curriculum by giving students the opportunity to participate in workshops. In the past, these workshops have included work with specialists in stage combat, voice and movement, stage makeup, and film and video acting.
In addition to productions that are sponsored by the Theater and Dance Program, students have the opportunity to participate in productions sponsored by other departments and by campus student theater organizations.
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Theater Major
The Theater Major is designed to allow students the flexibility to either design a general theater major, or pursue a particular emphasis within the Theater curriculum, such as acting, directing, history/criticism, or production/ design. The student planning to major in theater must first secure a faculty advisor, preferably at the end of the sophomore year. This should be an instructor in the student’s particular area of interest with whom the student has already successfully completed intermediate level coursework. The student then works closely with the advisor to design an individualized plan of study. Once approved, the instructor agrees to serve as the student’s major academic advisor. Major forms are available from the Program office. Core Requirements
Listed below are the core requirements for a theater major: Theater Major (34-35 total hours):
- Core Requirements (25-26 hours):
- History of the Western Theater (252, 253) - 6 hours
- Acting (100) - 3 hours
- Production and Design - 7-8 hours
- Two theater production labs (199) - 0 hours
- Additional intermediate and advanced course electives in Theater - 9 hours
(See footnotes **)
- Course electives in dramatic literature - 9 hours
(See footnotes *) Theater Minor (14-15 hours):
- History of the Western Theater (252, 253) - 6 hours
- One Production and Design elective - 2-3 hours
(See footnotes **)
- Six semester hours at the intermediate or advanced level in the student’s area of interest - 6 hours
(See footnotes **) Footnotes
* The Theater faculty offers few drama lit classes. Most drama literature courses are offered by English, Classics, and various language departments. These vary annually. Students should check with their advisor to see if a course counts towards this requirement. A student may count a three-hour playwrighting course (not independent study) toward this requirement, but no Private Readings.
** Declaring a Theater major or minor does not guarantee consent of instructor for upper-level classes outside of a student’s emphasis. |
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