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2020-2021 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Courses
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The University Catalogue includes a listing of all active courses; course sections are not offered every term.
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STME 600 Special Topics in Music Education
3 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
This Special Topics course is designed to build the capacity of K-12 music educators to continually improve instructional practice, under the guidance of professional musicians and educators. Research suggests that integrating the music into the curriculum supports knowledge acquisition and retention. This course expands on K-12 educators’ substantive knowledge base in music education through in-studio skill-building and strategies for the music education classroom.
Only open to MM Music Education majors.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STME 601 Band Instrument Repair, Level 5
3 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Band Instrument Repair Level 5: Apprenticeship is a hands-on course designed for the music educator, who wants to extend advanced repair techniques and secure a deeper knowledge of repairs of school-owned equipment. Instruction includes a review and update on current repair procedures, tooling and supplies. The focus of the course will be in an independent apprenticeship style of learning where faculty is coaching the execution of repair work and introducing advanced skills and knowledge. Participants are required to supply all instruments used for repair in this course. All tools, parts, supplies and workbook are supplied. If major parts are needed, this will be at an added cost to the student and in consultation with the faculty of record for the course, prior to the start date. Band Instrument Repair Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the prerequisites for this course.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STME 602 Evolution of Song Styles: From Bessie Smith to Beyonce
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This class explores how three types of songs evolved in America throughout the decades, from the turn of the 20th century through modern times. From Bessie Smith to Beyonce, from Patsy Cline to Prince. These categories are: Torch and Flame Songs, Protest Songs, Novelty Songs. Songs within these three realms are explored using sound recordings, videos, and historical and biographical accounts of their inception and performance. Our investigations lead us to ask the following questions: What cultural, technological, and political changes in this country affected both how songs were written and recorded? How did these changes prepare audiences in successive eras to receive them? Did songs from one era change not only in production style and recording, but in lyrical content as new information and vocabulary were introduced to the world? How will songwriting styles and recording technology continue to evolve? Can we predict how styles and tastes will change by looking at the past? The goal of this class is to provide students with an understanding of how song styles have changed due to the evolution of technology, culture, and politics. This will provide students with ways to better express an informed viewpoint of music in America, and its ever-changing state, to colleagues, students, and friends.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 606 The Mindful Music Educator
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Through the practice of Mindfulness, participants will be given time to pause and focus on their own care and well-being. This class is designed for the self-care of music educators. This is an opportunity for music educators to reduce stress, recharge, reflect, and reconnect. This time together will be both educational and experiential. This will be a shared experience of discovery, awareness, and care. Self-care is at the heart of everything we do: the way we feel, think, and act. When we take care of ourselves, we can be at our best, have more balance in our lives, and be more present for the people in our lives. This enhanced presence allows us to better connect with our families, friends, colleagues, and students. In addition, as teachers, we want our students to lead healthy lives, to learn healthy coping skills, and to make healthy choices. When we care for ourselves, we can be more present for our students and we can model healthy behaviors for them. Self-care allows us to better connect with ourselves and with the individuals who may cross our paths each moment of the day. We can actively enhance our lives and the lives of others.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 614 Integrating Social Emotional Learning Into Your Ensemble
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course will provide music educators with an introduction to the basics of Trauma Informed Education and components of the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework. The focus will be on practical application and integration of concepts into the music education classroom. These classroom strategies will address challenges students face, adaptations to a socially and emotionally rich environment, benefits of SEL instruction, and creation of customized lesson plans and activities for immediate use in the classroom.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 615 Fiddling: How to Introduce Folk Styles Into Your Classroom
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed for the string educator looking for something different to bring to their classroom! Participants will develop strategies to learn tunes by ear, then use those same strategies to learn chords and accompaniment techniques. Participants will also learn basic arranging skills and how to arrange in a group. Participants will leave with the skill set to create an environment where orchestras are excited to put away the sheet music, take ownership of their music-making, and have fun in the process! This class will culminate with a public performance. Violin/Viola/Cello players are welcome and all participants will need to bring their own instrument.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 616 Web Design for Your School Music Program
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course explores a wide spectrum of free and inexpensive online tools that will help you create an effective and attractive website that can highlight your music program’s curriculum, provide lesson resources for students, share school performances and important information for parents, and much, much more! Using a template-based website creation tool called Weebly, participants will learn the ins and outs of adding text, images, audio and video to design and customize webpages. No coding knowledge necessary! In addition, easy-to-use online tools for creating and editing images, a blog, an audio podcast, a video screencast, and embedding G-Suite documents, YouTube videos, and Spotify playlists will be explored. This course is suitable for all teachers and can be completed using a desktop/laptop running any operating system, or a Chromebook.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 617 Orff Movement and Dance Masterclass
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course will cover dance and movement material that will go beyond the scope of the Orff Certification Program Level III. Participants will examine in-depth the intimate relationship between music and dance; and the parallels between the elements of music and dance. Participants will develop a step-by-step progression of dance pedagogy for elementary through high-school aged students in their classroom. The masterclass will focus on dance techniques and styles such as, Renaissance, Harlem Renaissance, African, Latin, Jazz dances; modern dance styles like the Katherine Dunham technique; stomping; Caribbean dance style; and European modern dance a la Chladek. As part of this focus, participants will use dance movements to conduct a percussive orchestra (dancer improvises while conducting a percussive orchestra).
Prerequisites MMED*738, MMED*739, and MMED*740
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 618 Preparing the Solo Singer: Contemporary Vocal Strategies
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to advance the knowledge and skills of the K-12 vocal music educator through learning and integrating contemporary vocal music into the curriculum and aiding the solo singer. Contemporary styles will include Jazz, R & B, Rock, and Pop. Participants will explore and learn strategies that can be implemented in their classrooms. These strategies can be used in one-on-one coaching, but also applied to group vocal settings and large ensemble rehearsals. Participants will also be exposed to arranging methods and learn how to work contemporary ideas and repertoire into a traditional choir settings well as into a variety of group settings. Participants will be expected to sing daily as a component of this course.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 619 Conductors’ Chorus
1 credit 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Participants will learn and sing their parts for the Choral Conducting Technique course as members of the Conductors’ Chorus. They will explore ways to rehearse with the goal of singing expressively as performers. Exposure to these techniques and the repertoire will be helpful for teachers to use in their classrooms. Students will receive music ahead of time, and be expected to prepare their parts prior to class. A group performance will take place on Thursday evening, July 9 (Villanova Chapel, 7pm), and is a requirement of the course.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STME 620 Lights, Camera, Learning! Video Projects, Level 2
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is a continuation of Level 1 and focuses on the following areas: examination of and practice with more advanced video production features; producing more advanced videos for students (including video lecturettes, tutorials, assessments, performances, etc.); using engaging video scoring activities with students to teach many important musical concepts; and acquiring video from various sources (online, DVD). This course will include several class presentations throughout the week, as well as an advanced final video project (approved by the instructor). Students will use the following applications and equipment: Camtasia (and/or iMovie), QuickTime, GarageBand (and/or Audacity), Google Drive (and several Google Apps), computer’s built-in camera and microphone, mobile device video camera and microphone, external microphone, Edu-creations (and/or Explain Everything) for iPad, Skype and/or Google Hangout.
Prerequisites MMED*725
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STMR 600 Special Topics in Museum Resources
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
In partnership with the featured special exhibitions on view at museums in the Philadelphia area, this course is one of a continuing series that uses primary museum resources to better understand the works of particular artists in historical context. Participants study the artists’ lives and work, influences within an art history perspective, as well as social and cultural significance represented in the show. Course content is developed with the Education Department at partnering museums and feature speakers who discuss the exhibition in depth, plus lectures and demonstrations. Participants create and develop lesson plans and classroom activities that are applicable to a range of subject areas and grade levels.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 601 Medium + Message: Exploring Resources for the Classroom
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Summer Teacher Institute: Medium and Message, Exploring Multiple Perspectives in Art. Across all art forms, the medium amplifies the artists’ message. In the Summer Teacher Institute at the Barnes, students will compare the use of paint, ceramic, and film by artists of the 19th and 20th centuries in the Barnes permanent collection and in the special exhibition Renoir Father and Son: Painting and Cinema. The special exhibition explores the works of acclaimed director Jean Renoir and the influence of his father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, on his art and life. Workshops include art-making, poetry writing, and film making lessons for use in the K-12 classroom. In anticipation of the Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist exhibition, students will leave with images and lesson plans that compare artists’ perspectives, and also to prepare students for visits with their own classes over the next academic year.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 602 Visual Arts as a Source for Teaching (VAST): Art as Spark for Socially- Engaged Teaching + Learning
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
K-12 educators will spend an immersive week with the Museum’s collections, developing inquiry-based, active-learning strategies using particular pieces and art forms as sources for socially engaged teaching and learning.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 604 Vast: Insider-Outsider
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Each summer the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Division of Education offers K-12 teachers of all subject areas the chance to renew their spirit of inquiry through VAST: Visual Arts as a Source for Teaching. This program allows teachers to immerse themselves in the museum’s collections and its use as a resource in the classroom, with themes changing each summer. The collections serve as the starting point for lively experiences that stress an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach in looking at and teaching from works of art. Participants take part in lectures, demonstrations, small group discussions, behind-the-scenes meetings with museum curators, writing workshops and field trips to build skills and strategies for teaching humanities-based curriculum. This summer we will explore the lessons that art and the art museum can teach us about inclusivity and individuality. What does it mean to be an insider? What does it mean to be an outsider? Experiment with object-based teaching strategies for building a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom and beyond.
This course may not be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 605 Barnes Foundation: Tradition, Challenge, And Change
2 credits 28.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Reimagine your connections to art, learning, and teaching in the Barnes Summer Teacher Institute 2020: Tradition, Challenge, and Change. This four-day workshop is an immersive experience with the Barnes Foundation’s collection that spans many centuries and artistic traditions. This Summer Teacher Institute course will provide educators with ways to help students connect to art by exploring contemporary issues. Teachers will challenge their understanding of artistic traditions with tours and workshops from artists expert in a variety of art forms such as music and dance as well as visual art. Teachers will look at art from western canon through contemporary lens such as Afro Futurism, Restorative Justice, and more. They will tour Elijah Pierce’s America, a special exhibition of exceptional work by self-taught woodcarver, barber by trade, and preacher by calling, Elijah Pierce (1892-1984), who reacted to life in 20th-century America through his handcrafted works, which also reflect his experience as one of the first generations of African Americans born into freedom. The Institute emphasizes an arts integrated approach to lesson plan development. Teachers will be immersed in the objective method of the Barnes Foundation, and learn teaching strategies that help students develop their visual literacy skills. Teachers will take home lesson plan ideas and educational resources that integrate art across the curriculum into content areas such as: English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Teachers earning graduate credit must submit a five-lesson Student Learning Objective (SLO) project to demonstrate how ideas and themes from the Institute will be used in the classroom.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 606 The Barnes Foundation’s Math in Art
2 credits 28.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Math in Art offers teachers a chance to explore how art and math integration can invigorate students and bring curriculum to life. Over the six week online course, teachers will learn techniques from museum educators and math experts, investigate artworks from a world-class collection, and practice skills through video with a community of their peers. Each week, the teachers will build skills, starting with how to look closely at a work of art. They will then learn how to support an art dialogue with their students and, finally, how to add a math lens and facilitate math-based art experiences in their classrooms. Though the Math in Art course is online, the learning is interactive and self-paced, with opportunities to practice activities and teaching strategies online with their peers as well as with their own students. Throughout the course, teachers will reflect on their teaching practice and arts integration, culminating in their Final Project Lesson Plan. All teachers are welcome, with each week’s topic scaffolded so that teachers from all grades, disciplines, and comfort levels will feel confident bringing the course’s math and art integration concepts into their classrooms. Resources for classroom lessons will be provided, including lesson plans and ideas for integrating art into the math curriculum, a set of art posters, and free admission to the Barnes for the duration of the course. Through the coursework, teachers can earn Act 48 credit or earn graduate credit by creating a five-lesson project plan for their classroom.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STMR 607 Vast At the Pma: Changes and Challenges
2 credits 28.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The history of art is the history of changing ideas, cultures, and societies. Reflecting on art from different time periods allows us to reflect on our pasts, both individual and collective, and chart our futures. Interacting with contemporary art can make us more open-minded and build our resilience to change. Join a community of teaching colleagues at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as we develop ideas to apply these lessons across our curricula.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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STPS 600 Selected Topics Primary Sources
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress, the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program
at the University of the Arts creates professional development opportunities for K-12
educators that focus on teaching with primary sources in an arts context to enhance
cross-curricular areas in all grade levels. Teaching with primary sources allows educators to
design student-centered learning experiences focused on the development of critical skills and
building content knowledge. Educators will examine primary sources from the Library of
Congress and local collections. Those sources will be used in combination with site visits and
studio projects to develop lesson plans that include inquiry-based activities for use in the
K-12 classroom.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing
Studies.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STPS 601 A Is for Everything - How Typography Shapes Our Language and Culture
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Using type specimens, printed ephemera, and design examples from the Library of Congress digital collections, participants will trace histories, narratives, and connections in parallel with our diverse cultural experiences and visual language. We regularly interact with typefaces and designs that were forged thousands of years ago. Over 500 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type created an explosion of shared knowledge, history, and visual language that continues to evolve in contemporary culture. This course will explore meaning and subject matter through type design. Collaborative exercises will encourage participants to think critically and openly about how type and design shapes our language and visual culture. Site visits include collections in the Philadelphia region, with guest lectures and an artist studio visit. Content is appropriate to a range of subject areas, from art and design, to history, science and technology.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STPS 602 The City as Primary Source: Connecting the City, Local Collections and the Library of Congress
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Teaching with primary sources allows educators to design student-centered learning experiences focused on the development of critical skills and building content knowledge. The City provides a vast array of primary source material to help understand history, culture and identity. In this course, educators will examine the city of Philadelphia - its layout and geography, architecture, and the art it inspires - as a primary source. Educators will examine primary sources from direct access to sites around the city and local collections, as well as from the digital resources made available by the Library of Congress. Site visits include guided tours of historical and cultural attractions, an architect-led walking tour of significant buildings in the city, and a visit to an artist’s studio including a hands-on studio activity. Comfortable attire and footwear is suggested for participants in this course, as walking is required, and most sites are outdoors.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STPS 603 Moving Pictures: Connecting with Documentary Film
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Documentary films often depend on primary archival source and later themselves become primary sources for studying the culture, technology, history and aesthetics of the time in which they were made. This course explores the role of archival sources within documentary through screenings, discussions and projects using the Library of Congress collection Selections from the National Film Registry. Educators will produce a short film that draws upon this resource and, in the process, learn about research techniques, non-linear editing and ethics around archival usage. Lessons that may be brought forward to students include the artistic and/or historical possibilities of working with such resources and best practices for using online research tools. There will also be a discussion of rights and Fair Use.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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STPS 604 Local Collections: Botanicals As Primary Sources
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Think critically about our connection with the natural world and how its roots are embedded in history - from medicinal gardens and landscape architecture to seed catalogues and United States currency. Using primary sources from the Library of Congress to explore these histories, narratives and links to plants, participants will study the centuries-old traditions of botanical illustration and horticulture, as well as present-day community gardens. Through observation, collaboration and hands-on exploration, gain a deeper understanding of horticultural practices and history, sustainability, conservation and more. Further discovery will come from site visits to local collections and museums and guest lectures from experts. Content is appropriate for a range of subject areas including art, design, history, science and technology.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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STTA 600 Selected Topics in the Arts
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This Selected Topics course is designed to build the capacity of K-12 educators to continually improve instructional practice in and through the visual and performing arts, under the guidance of professional working artists and museum educators. Research suggests that integrating the arts into the curriculum supports knowledge acquisition and retention. This course expends on K-12 educators’ substantive knowledge base in arts integration through in-studio skill-building and strategies to bring the arts into the K-12 classroom across content areas.
Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing
Studies.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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STTA 601 Graphic Design for the Classroom: Adobe Photoshop
3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course outlines the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop for use in middle and high school classrooms. Participants will develop practical strategies to integrate software skills into lessons as a foundation for ongoing design exploration with students. Participants will learn the basics of image resolution, scanning, image import/export, print setup, and photo adjustments. Participants will gain an understanding of how this design program works for different types of design projects and the ability to create basic design projects and activities that reinforce concepts, vocabulary, and design principles to students in the classroom. Each day will include design lecture, software skill demonstration, and studio time for in-class exercises and projects. This in-class work will be supplemented with materials including video tutorials and readings.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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TDTC 120 Theater Sketching and Rendering
2 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Exploration of the drawing techniques and practices employed in theater design work, including set design sketching and costume design rendering. Students will complete a series of drawing projects using method, media, and presentation techniques that are fundamental to the design process in theater.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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TDTC 201 Drafting and Model-Making
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will build their skills in creating and using drafted scale drawings of the type used for theater design and technical work. Students will also learn to create and use scale models.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 202 Cutting and Draping
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will build their costume-construction skills in the areas of pattern-making and draping, and will learn how to use a variety of fabrics and construction methods.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 203 Vectorworks Drafting
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will build their skills in creating and using CAD-based drafted scale drawings of the type used for theater design and technical work. Students will also learn to use digital modeling and visualization software.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 204 Scenic Painting
2 credits 60.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will build their scenic painting skills in the areas of layout, process planning, surface preparation, faux finishing, and large-scale image creation for the stage. This course carries an additional fee.
$100 materials fee
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 205 Costume Crafts
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will build the skills in detailed costume construction necessary to function as professional costume designers and technicians.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 207 Theater Photography
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is offered as a craft elective as part of the Theater Design and Technology program. Students will explore the challenges and uses of photography in documentation, promotion and archiving of theater productions.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 208 Costume Construction
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Introduction to the basic methods of construction used by professional shops and costume houses to create theatrical costumes. Students will complete several projects, covering hand and machine sewing, commercial and hand-drafted patterns, simple alterations, and finishing techniques. Class would also include lectures on fitting garments, fabric identification, tools of the trade, and fashion terminology.
Prerequisites THPD*112, THPD*114, THPD*130, or FIBR*101
Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 209 Production Planning
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to production planning. Primary topics include cost, time estimating, and scheduling, for all phases of production. Additional topics will include contracts, season planning, and calendars.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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TDTC 210 Props for Theater and Film
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class will investigate the role of the prop master and the process from reading a script through putting the props onstage or on camera. The course will cover hand props, furniture, set dressing and special effects. Projects will focus special attention on collaborative communication, period research and creative problem solving and will include strategies for choosing materials, planning, budgeting and sourcing. Projects will include both Theatrical and Film/TV assignments.
Prerequisites FIDE*101, THPD*113, THPD*114, or THPD*130
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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TDTC 211 Theater Drafting
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students will build their skills in creating and using drafted scale drawings of the type used for theater design and technical work. Drafting techniques including lineweight, page layout, and assessment of required elements will be covered. Students will develop drafting which accurately conveys their design ideas while adhering to accepted industry standards.
Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTC 212 Theater Rigging
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course examines traditional and nontraditional rigging techniques. Equipment discussed includes counterweight and mechanical rigging systems and their components. Class format is both lecture and lab with written and practical projects assigned to further the student’s understanding of theatrical rigging practices. At the culmination of this course, students will be able to safely design, implement and use standard theatrical rigging.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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TDTC 217 Theatrical Modelmaking
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class will help students to translate their theatrical set design ideas into three-dimensional models. Students will use their skills in creating and using drafted scale theatrical drawings to create and use scale models. Students will understand the basic standards and practices of theatrical model making and its use as a communication tool in the entertainment world.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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TDTP 331 Set Practicum
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Practical application of set design training to theater production work, with presentation and discussion of all project work in progress. Students are given advanced training in techniques and methods used in set desgin, and are given feedback and guidance on their practical assignments.
Prerequisites THST*132
This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
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TDTP 332 Costume Practicum
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Practical application of costume desig training to theater production work, with presentation and discussion of all projet work in progress. Students are given advanced training in techniques and methods used in costume design, and are given feedback and guidance on their practical assignments.
Prerequisites THST*232
This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
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TDTP 333 Lighting Practicum
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Practical application of lighting design training to theater production work, with presentation and discussion of all project work in progress. Students are given advanced training in techniques and methods used in lighting and design, and are given feedback and guidance on their practical assignments.
Prerequisites THST*231
This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
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TDTP 334 Sound Practicum
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Practical application of sound design training to production work, with presentation and discussion of all project work in progress. Students are given advanced training in techniques and methods used in sound design, and are given feedback and guidance on their practical assignments.
Prerequisites FILM*304 or THST*331
This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
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TDTP 335 Tech Practicum
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Practical application of theater technology training to assigned production work, with presentation and discussion of all project work in progress. Students are given advanced training in techniques and methods used in technical production, and are given feedback and guidance on their practical assignments.
Prerequisites TDTC*210, THPD*264, or THST*132
This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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THEA 151 Survey of Theater Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Designed to foster students’ intellectual engagement with drama and theater, from classical to contemporary, by introducing them to the basic terminology and methodology used in understanding plays and performances. A range of critical perspectives are applied to a variety of plays from different periods and places; additionally, a number of contexts for theater study are introduced, including theater history and production elements.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Theater Arts.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 152 Script Analysis
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Introduces the student to practical analysis of texts/scripts. The course explores the concepts of conflict, human action, character, action/ reaction cycle, dramatic structure, translations and resources external to the script (historical perspective). At the course’s end, the student should possess a firm understanding of the process involved in script analysis, be thoroughly familiar with the composite types of dramatic literature, begin to understand the nature of an informed aesthetic, and understand the consequences of each element of a performance on its audience.
Prerequisites THEA*151, COMP*102, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Theater Arts.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
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THEA 161 Collaboration in Theater
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A study of how the functions of the various role-players in theatrical production intersect. Special focus is given to the behind-the-scenes production staff and the creative artists whose work intertwines on its way to final public presentation. Discussions embrace working within the production bureaucracy, the need to work within means, and the spirit of teamwork that yields a successful production experience.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 201 The Teaching Artist
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class is designed to introduce the student to the field of teaching artistry. The goal of
this class is to give the student a sense of who teaching artists are, what they do and why they
do it and how the student’s work as a Theatre Major can be translated into the classroom. The
student will discover the TA work being done through many different venues both locally and
nationally, build a personal repertoire of theater games, learn how to create and lead their
own activities and develop their own lesson plan. This class will also include a look at the
history of the field and some education methodology (the science and philosophy behind
the fun) as it pertains to learning in and through the arts.
Prerequisites THEA*151
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 220 Exploration of Style
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course will introduce students to major theater styles such as absurdism, epic theater, realism, etc. While learning about these styles, students will be introduced to major theater makers such as Boal, Brecht, Barba, as well as the work of groundbreaking theater companies. Students will watch videos, read articles, discuss them, and create connections. The course will create a solid knowledge of different theater styles in order for the students to gain a better understanding about how to position themselves as theater makers and utilize these styles.
Prerequisites THEA*151
Priority enrollment for DPP majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 221 Dramaturgy
2 credits 30.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course will examine both the history and practical application of dramaturgy on both published scripts and new work. Students will deeply analyze scripts, conduct research, and ask important questions of the script and their collaborators. Students will also learn how to engage in project-enhancing feedback and criticism when speaking with collaborators about new work.
Prerequisites THEA*152
Priority enrollment for Theater Design and DPP majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 251 Theater History I
3 credits 45/0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Two-semester survey of the history of theater: its dramatic literature, theater structures
and production methods, styles of acting, and historical trends, through readings,
discussions and lectures. The course explores the history of theater through its artistic,
spiritual, political, and cultural sources of empowerment. Students are provided with
the historical background to apply acting, directing, and designing techniques to the
theater of other periods of history.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
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THEA 252 Theater History II
3 credits 45.0 HOURS
200 level undergraduate course
Two-semester survey of the history of theater: its dramatic literature, theater structures
and production methods, styles of acting, and historical trends, through readings,
discussions, and lectures. The course explores the history of theater through its artistic,
spiritual, political, and cultural sources of empowerment. Students are provided with
the historical background to apply acting, directing, and designing techniques to the
theater of other periods of history.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
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THEA 272 Study Abroad: London Theater
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A first-person, on-site encounter with the modern professional theater scene in London, England. In this study abroad course, students embark on several tours of London theater institutions, attend a minimum of five plays, and participate in a series of lectures and seminars designed to provide background for the activities that have been scheduled for the trip. The course convenes for roughly two weeks during the mid-year break and is included in the student’s registration for the Spring term.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
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THEA 353 Musical Theater History I
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Two-semester survey of the history of the American musical theater in the 19th and 20th centuries. Students develop insight into the writers, performers, and theater artists who created the legacy of the musical theater in America, and examine representative works from a variety of periods. Students undertake research projects focusing on major performers, writers, directors, and choreographers. Artists and their work are studied in print and on audio and video recordings.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater Majors and Minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
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THEA 354 Musical Theater History II
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Two-semester survey of the history of the American musical theater in the 19th and 20th centuries. Students develop insight into the writers, performers, and theater artists who created the legacy of the musical theater in America, and examine representative works from a variety of periods. Students undertake research projects focusing on major performers, writers, directors, and choreographers. Artists and their work are studied in print and on audio and video recordings.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater Majors and Minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
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THEA 355 Playwriting I
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This workshop course introduces students to the discipline of writing for theater and radio. Focusing on the elements necessary for the creation of producible scripts, the student develops practical skills leading to the creation of a short work for stage or radio by the end of the semester.
Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
This course is equated with the following courses: LITT*254, LALL*873, THEA*355, LALL*873
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THEA 356 Playwriting II
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This studio course continues the work of Playwriting I. With an eye toward invention and innovation, students explore their point of view while still developing their understanding of narrative, structure and composition. Students further develop their sense of language and form as they generate and revise a 30-minute play.
Prerequisites THEA*355
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
This course is equated with the following courses: THEA*356, LITT*324, LALL*973
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THEA 358 History of Costume & Decor
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
One-semester survey of the history of costume and decorative elements for use in theater design work. The class also surveys the history of theater design, covering important movements and leading designers. Students are provided with a background of design history and styles in order to help them contextualize and understand their own art forms.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 456 Playwriting III
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This studio course continues the work of Playwriting II. With an eye toward invention and innovation, students explore their point of view while still developing their understanding of narrative, structure and composition. Students further develop their sense of language and form as they generate and revise a full-length play.
Prerequisites THEA*356
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 457 Playwrights’ Workshop
2 credits 30.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course is the fourth level of Playwriting and is only for the advanced Playwriting students. It is a seminar class that takes the advanced playwriting students’ work and gives them mentorship, time and development of their own full-length plays. This course delves deeply into one of each student’s full length plays, with the aim of developing it to the point that the student can either produce the play or submit it to national festivals.
Prerequisites THEA*456
Open only to DPP majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THEA 460 Business of Theater
1 credit 22.5 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Exploration of the business and legal aspects of careers in the professional theater: the roles of agents, managers, producers, and managing directors are explored. Involves lectures on various topics such as unions, contracts, taxes, management and representation as well as occasional visits by professionals in the field.
Prerequisites THST*302, THST*330, THST*332 or THST*361
Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THEA 475 Special Studies in Theater Arts
1 - 3 credits undefined hours
400 level undergraduate course
Topics and studies of current interest in areas of theater practice, such as new trends or movements in performance, movement, voice work or international theater. Topics could also include areas of theater production, guest artists’ workshops, or contemporary developments in the field. Courses can be taught in either a studio or lecture format with contact hours varying accordingly.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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THEA 490 Independent Study
1 - 6 credits 12.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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THEA 499 Internship
1 - 12 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Hands-on involvement with a professional company. Placements may consist of administrative or production support work, positions in assistance to directors, producers, stage managers, designers or dramaturges, literary management, casting, understudying or performance, and may be outside the Philadelphia area. Students are encouraged to discuss internships with Program Heads or Director of the Bring School.
Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only.
Requires completion of 75 credits.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
Pass/fail grading only.
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THEA 690 Graduate Independent Study
1 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
500 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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THEA 699 Topics: Theater
1 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
Pass/fail grading only.
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THMD 115 Introduction to Ballet I
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Ballet technique training oriented to the specific needs of the musical theater performer. Classes build strength and awareness while extending the student dancer’s physical and expressive range.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 116 Introduction to Ballet II
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Ballet technique training oriented to the specific needs of the musical theater performer. Classes build strength and awareness while extending the student dancer’s physical and expressive range.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater Majors and Minors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 120 Introduction to Jazz Dance I
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Jazz dance technique training oriented to the specific needs of the musical theater
performer. Classes build strength and awareness, while extending the student dancer’s physical
and expressive range. Emphasis placed on isolation of muscle groups and rhythm training.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 123 Introduction to Jazz Dance II
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Jazz dance technique training oriented to the specific needs of the musical theater
performer. Classes build strength and awareness, while extending the student dancer’s physical
and expressive range. Emphasis placed on isolation of muscle groups and rhythm training.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 130 Introduction to Tap I
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Dance Technique training in tap. Attention to the specific needs of the Musical Theater
performer. Introduction of Broadway dance style as well as hoofing. Tap vocabulary
and terminology introduced.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 133 Introduction to Tap II
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Dance Technique training in tap. Attention to the specific needs of the Musical Theater
performer. Introduction of Broadway dance style as well as hoofing. Tap vocabulary
and terminology introduced.
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 144 Movement & Dance for Musical Theater II
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Dance technique training in Jazz dance and Tap oriented to the specific needs of the musical theater performer. Jazz classes build strength and awareness, while extending the student dancer’s physical and expressive range. Emphasis is placed on isolation of muscle groups and rhythm training. Tap classes introduce Broadway Tap style, hoofing, Tap vocabulary and terminology.
Prerequisites THMD*143
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 160 Movement for Actors I
2 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The course is designed to build the actor’s physical awareness and ability to more fully
embody the process of acting. Students will learn about their own physicality and capacity
for integration and will begin to understand and delineate the functional, expressive, and
communicative components of movement. The theories, principles, and terminology of Yoga,
Modern Dance Improvisation, Laban Analysis, (BESS) Anatomy, and Bartenieff Fundamentals
provide the framework for investigation and discovery.
Open to Acting majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 163 Neutral Mask
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A sequence of instruction in mask/movement techniques designed to remove all pedestrian movement from the actor, thereby helping the student to begin to develop a movement vocabulary. Develops students’ awareness of their own personal movement habits and their ability to drop their habits in order to achieve neutral body movement. Exercises are designed to achieve neutral body by beginning with simple actions and progressing to object identification.
Open to Acting and Applied Theater Arts majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 164 Mask Characterization
1 credit 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An introductory course in character development focuses on a process designed to release and open the student’s emotional and physical range, stimulate the imagination, place great emphasis on physical actions, acting with the whole body and ridding the student of self-conscious mannerisms. Through the use of oversized masks (and a series of challenging exercises), the student is allowed the freedom to become someone else. The work aims to integrate the student’s skills with his/her instincts, allowing impulses and the imagination to flow in conjunction with a flexible and vulnerable body.
Prerequisites THMD*163
Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 165 Movement for Actors II
2 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of THMD*160 and is designed to continue to build the actor’s
physical awareness and ability to more fully embody the process of acting. Students broaden
their own physicality and capacity for integration and will continue understanding to
delineate the functional, expressive, and communicative components of movement. The
theories, principles, and terminology of Yoga, Modern Dance Improvisation, Laban Analysis,
(BESS) Anatomy, and Bartenieff Fundamentals provide the framework for investigation and
discovery.
Prerequisites THMD*160
Open to Acting majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 171 Stage Combat I
2 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The integration of aggressive acting intent and safe combat techniques using both the unarmed body and the knife.
Open to majors in the School of Theater only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 172 Stage Combat II
2 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The integration of aggressive acting intent and safe combat techniques using a saber or single rapier.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 175 Stage Combat II
1 credit 30.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The integration of aggressive acting intent and safe combat techniques using a saber or single rapier.
Prerequisites THMD*171
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 183 Movement for Musical Theater
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level udergraduate course
A course designed to build the singing actor’s physical awareness and ability to more fully embody the process of acting. Students will learn about their own physicality and capacity for integration and will begin to understand and delineate the functional, expressive and communicative components of movement. The theories, principles and terminology of Yoga, Modern Dance improvisation, Laban Movement Analysis, Anatomy and Bartenieff Fundamentals will provide the framework for investigation and discovery.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 210 Beginning Fundamentals of Ballet
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of the previous year’s dance training. There is greater emphasis on additional steps and increasing flow and speed. More center floor and combination work is demanded.
Prerequisites THMD*115 or THMD*116
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 215 Intermediate Fundamentals of Ballet
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of the previous year’s dance training. There is greater emphasis on additional steps and increasing flow and speed. More center floor and combination work is demanded.
Prerequisites THMD*115, THMD*116, or THMD*210
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 220 Beginning Fundamentals of Jazz Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the previous year’s dance training with focus on the jazz technique
needs of the musical theater performer. More intricate combination work: turning, increase
in speed, and strength.
Prerequisites THMD*120 or THMD*123
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 223 Intermediate Fundamentals of Jazz Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the previous year’s dance training with focus on the jazz technique
needs of the musical theater performer. More intricate combination work: turning, increase
in speed, and strength.
Prerequisites THMD*220
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 230 Beginning Fundamentals of Tap
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the previous year’s dance training with focus on the technical and
stylistic needs of the musical theater performer. More difficult steps and more intricate patterns
and rhythms are explored.
Prerequisites THMD*130 or THMD*133
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 234 Intermediate Fundamentals of Tap
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of the previous year’s dance training with focus on the technical and
stylistic needs of the musical theater performer. More difficult steps and more intricate patterns
and rhythms are explored.
Prerequisites THMD*230
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 261 Movement for Actors III
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Utilizes intensive physical-emotional improvisation work, including exercises in Williamson technique, rhythmic movement, center floor work, stretches, and the use of physical impulse to expand emotional range.
Prerequisites THMD*165, THST*102, and THVC*112
Open to Acting majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 262 Movement for Actors IV
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Utilizes intensive physical-emotional improvisation work, including exercises in Williamson technique, rhythmic movement, center floor work, stretches, and the use of physical impulse to expand emotional range.
Prerequisites THMD*261
Open to Acting majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 263 Movement for Actors Lab
1 credit 30.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This movement lab is a group physical warm-up. The student will spend one hour, twice a week in regimented, group exercises in preparation for Studio work. As this course progresses, the student will lead physical exercises and eventually an entire warm-up sequence.
Prerequisites THMD*160 and THMD*165
Corequisite Course(s): THMD*261 or THMD*262
Priority enrollment for Acting majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 271 Stage Combat III
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This intermediate course teaches the integration of safety and acting with the techniques of broadsword and rapier-and-dagger.
Prerequisites THMD*172
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 272 Stage Combat IV
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Intermediate course prepares the student for the National Stage Combat Proficiency Test, adjudicated the last day of class by a Fight Master from the Society of American Fight Directors. This test includes unarmed combat, rapier-and-dagger and broadsword, integrated into a character-specific scene of dramatic conflict.
Prerequisites THMD*271
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 273 Stage Combat III
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This intermediate course teaches the integration of safety and acting with the techniques of broadsword and rapier-and-dagger.
Prerequisites THMD*172 or THMD*175
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 274 Stage Combat IV
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Intermediate course prepares the student for the National Stage Combat Proficiency Test, adjudicated the last day of class by a Fight Master from the Society of American Fight Directors. This test includes unarmed combat, rapier-and-dagger and broadsword, integrated into a character-specific scene of dramatic conflict.
Prerequisites THMD*271 or THMD*273
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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THMD 313 Advanced Fundamentals of Ballet
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of the Intermediate Fundamentals of Ballet training. Execution of all jumps, all dance steps in combination, in turns and in releve’. Styles and performance technique explored.
Prerequisites THMD*215
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 323 Advanced Fundamentals of Jazz Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of the Intermediate Fundamentals of Jazz training. More technically challenging steps, more intricate combination at more rapid instructional pace. Styles and performance technique emphasized.
Prerequisites THMD*223
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 331 Advanced Fundamentals of Tap
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is a continuation of the Intermediate Fundamentals of Tap dance training with focus on the technical and stylistic needs of the musical theater performer. More difficult steps and more intricate patterns and rhythms are explored.
Prerequisites THMD*234
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 339 Partnering
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
For the more advanced student, this course explores the dynamics of partnering including Ballet and Jazz lifts, turns, tilts, balances, simple to advanced. Also includes, swing, mambo, cha cha, disco, strength, weights training, and conditioning.
Prerequisites Complete 6 credits from THMD*115, THMD*116, THMD*210, THMD*215, THMD*313, or THMD*390
Corequisite Course(s): THMD*351 or THMD*352
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 351 Musical Theater Dance Repertory I
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A two-semester sequence designed to introduce students representative musical theatre dance genres and styles and prepare them to perform successfully in them.
Prerequisites THMD*133, THMD*215, or THMD*220
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 352 Musical Theater Dance Repertory II
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A two-semester sequence designed to introduce students representative musical theatre dance genres and styles and prepare them to perform successfully in them. Continuation of THMD 351. Incorporates material previously taught as part of THST 322: Musical Theater Repertory II.
Prerequisites THMD*133, THMD*215, or THMD*220
Priority enrollment to Musical Theater majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
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THMD 361 Movement for Actors V
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Develops clarity and precision of movement through increased awareness of action and character. The student develops greater kinesthetic sense and enhances his/her capability for expressive movement. First term focuses on Laban efforts and the second term on Viewpoints.
Prerequisites THST*202
Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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