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Pre-requisites: Student has completed or is in process of completing 30 Credits
This course addresses contemporary topics and subfields within the discipline of sociology. Course content will vary. Topics may include but are not limited to Cuisine & World Hunger, Comparative Societies, Social Poetry, or the study of anarchism. (3-0)
This course is currently being offered as a Topics course in PS. However, we are planning to cross list it in order to optimize the availability of existing Faculty by using cross departmental collaborations. This course will be triple cross listed: SOC/PS/ENV, and will be an elective for CRIM. (3-0)
The soil beneath our feet is teeming with life and is as complicated as the earth's ocean waters. Yet we are facing a local and global crisis of denigrated and dead soil. This course explores the sociohistorical underpinnings of our current soil crisis, identifies solutions and barriers to soil health restoration, and engages a wide range of experts and practitioners. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): ADMN 000 - Instructor Permission
This course offers a field experience in the study of cultural identity and social movements. Students travel through multiple communities in the Basque Country to learn how Basque identity is restored, protected, and reified within Spain at large. The course explores cultural/national identity through cultural movements and social change by way of experiential learning opportunities.
This course will explore the practice of imaginative and narrative skills to engage in re-envisioning, shaping, and aiding individuals, groups and social institutions and structures. (3-0)
The Senior Seminar requires advanced study and independent research in a selected topic. The student will prepare and submit a senior seminar research paper to qualify for graduation. This course is part of the Sociology Block Program, and requires special permission to register. (3-0)
This course offers students interested in theatrical production the opportunity to apply foundational skills in the areas of performance, management and marketing. Students gain a working knowledge of skills necessary to stage a performance.
This course offers a general introduction to the theatre and to performance in the human experience. Students view and discuss films and live performances, and perform scenes in class. The course emphasizes an understanding of the processes of creating theatre, and of the role of theatre and performance in the context of cultures and contemporary society. (3-0)
This course offers students interested in theatrical production the opportunity to apply foundational skills in the areas of technical theatre, management and marketing. Students gain a working knowledge of skills necessary to stage a performance.
This course explores the practical and theoretical foundations of dance in the context of historical and contemporary cultures. As an expressive art, topics may include, but are not limited to, ballet, jazz, modern, world and improvisational dance. (3-0)
This experiential course provides students with the foundational skills of construction and creation in technical theatre encompassing scenery, sound, properties, costumes and stage lighting.(3-3)
This course introduces students to basic performance techniques including bodywork, voice, characterization, audition techniques, and beginning text analysis through scene and monologue work. (3-2)
This course introduces students to basic ballet techniques. Students gain foundational skills for body awareness, health and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to basic jazz dance techniques. Students gain foundational skills for body awareness, health and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to basic tap dance techniques. Students gain foundational skills for body awareness, health and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to basic dance techniques. Students gain foundational skills for body awareness, health and performance. The topic varies based on departmental needs. Course meets 3 hours per week..
This course is the first in the theatre criticism/dramatic literature sequence (240, 340, and 342). Students taking this course attain a breadth and depth of foundational knowledge of world theatre/dramatic literature and cultures by examining various styles and traditions of performers, playhouses, plays, and playwrights to1800. Focus is placed on reading and analyzing plays and attaining insight into the thinking and theatre conventions of times and places at a greater distance from our own ...including: Classical Greek and Roman, Asian, Indonesian, Medieval, Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline, Spanish, French Neo-classic, Restoration and Enlightenment. (3-0) Read more
This course is the study and application of the production elements, materials, methods, and principles of design as applied to stage make-up. Presented in a studio format and project driven, the class explores script analysis, concept development, style selection, and extensive practice in a variety of techniques for make-up. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed any of the following course(s): THEA 100 - Theatrical Production - Performance, THEA 114 - Theatrical Production - Technical with grade greater than or equal to C (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
This course offers students interested in theatrical production the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge and skill in the areas of performance, management and marketing in a variety of production styles.
This course offers students interested in theatrical production the opportunity to apply their required knowledge and skill in the areas of technical theatre, management and marketing in a variety of production styles.
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 130 - Stage Technology with grade greater than or equal to C (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).] [Student has completed or is in process of completing 30 Credits]
This course examines the process of theatrical lighting design through experiential projects, lecture/demonstrations, hands-on production experience, and theoretical projects. Subject matter includes aesthetics of light, color theory, electricity, lighting equipment, and basic light technology. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 130 - Stage Technology with grade greater than or equal to C (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
This course examines the process of theatrical costume design through experiential projects, lecture/demonstrations, hands-on production experience, and theoretical projects. Subject matter includes aesthetics of costume design as well as costume construction, fabrics, and pattern making. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 138 - Acting Techniques I with grade greater than or equal to C (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
Students will be introduced to techniques for auditioning and performing to camera and other electronic media. Explorations include appropriate voice and body work that would enable students to grow in confidence and emphasize attention to appearance and voice. Scripts from commercials, television and film will be utilized. (3-2)
Students in this course work with and learn from visiting theatre professionals in the areas of directing, designing, performing and theatre administration. Topics vary each semester.
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 158 - Dance Techniques: Ballet
This course offers students the opportunity to develop further the techniques of ballet in application, criticism and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week.
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 160 - Dance Techniques: Jazz Dance
This course offers students the opportunity to develop further the techniques of jazz dance in application, criticism and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): THEA 164 - Dance Techniques: Tap Dance
This course offers students the opportunity to develop further the techniques of tap dance in application, criticism and performance. Course meets 3 hours per week.
This course offers students the opportunity to develop further the techniques of dance in application, criticism, and performance. The topic varies based on the departmental needs. Course meets 3 hours per week.
This course further challenges the acting student's performance skills through the theory and practice of advanced styles of acting. At this level, the students will focus on acting styles specific to periods including, but not limited to, Greek, Roman, Commedia dell'arte, Classical French, English, Renaissance, Restoration and Comedy of Manners. (3-2)
This course provides students the opportunity to take a forward step in their career development through internship partnerships with professional and not-for-profit theatre organizations. Specific internships are determined by partner organizations, supervising faculty and the student.
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed or is in process of completing 30 Credits]
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Calculus Pathway Placement score equal to 1.]
This course provides review and instruction in elementary algebra and offers the opportunity to apply these skills to word problems and critical thinking exercises. (2-0)
