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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
To view descriptions of courses in a curriculum, click the curriculum name.
Humanities | | | | DT-101 | | INTRO TO DRAMA/THEAT | | Broad informal introduction to central theatrical and literary elements of drama. Readings from classical and modern plays and surrounding criticism includes use of available presentations (radio, film, T.V., recordings). Firsthand experience of local theatre provokes analysis of theatre as a present and living form of human expression. (C, N, S) (cycles) | | | | DT-102 | | CONTEMP THEATRE WKSP | | Various approaches to acting as a disciplined form of expression and communication. Physical and vocal exercises, breath control, yoga, games, sensitivity exercises, improvisation, spatial explorations, movement, and behavior analysis lend new individual and group awareness. Some character study and scene work applied toward end of semester. (C, N, S) (cycles) | | | | DT-310 | | 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN THEATRE | | This course introduces the student to the original sources of Russian theatre culture and the peculiarity of Russian drama and its development. Selected works of Puskin, Gogol, Ostrovsky, Turgenev, and L. Tolstoy with some foundation dramatists will be investigated through stage depiction with discussion. Pre/corequisite student must be enrolled or have completed EN 110. (C, N) (cycles) | | | | DT-320 | | 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN THEATRE | | This course involves the main aspects of Russian theatre from the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century. The content includes the Moscow Art theatre and its repertoire, the most outstanding achievements of Russian theatre during the soviet period and the method of Stanislavsky with its global influence on drama performance. Pre/co-requisites: Student must be in or have completed EN 100. (C, N) (cycles) | | | | DT-440 | | INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE | | An introduction to the theatre experience. This course will involve a survey of the development of theatre, acting theory and techniques, directing theory and methods, and basic principles of stage design and stagecraft. Study will involve the relationship of these elements to the script and will emphasize the theatre as a form of cultural and social expression. (C, N) (cycles) | | | | DT-445 | | FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING | | A lecture and workshop course in the fundamentals of acting: concentration, imagination, voice, and movement techniques. Scene study, character development, physical and psychological theories will be studied during the semester with an emphasis on performance. (C, N) (cycles) | | | | DT-450 | | INTRODUCTION TO STAGECRAFT | | A study of technical theatre involving design for the set, lighting, makeup, and costume with emphasis on the practical techniques essential to realizing those designs. The course will include stage construction and set painting, lighting techniques and practice, as well as methods for makeup and costume construction. (C, N, S) (cycles) | | | | DT-455 | | THEATRE WORKSHOP | | This is a workshop-rehearsal-performance course which will involve the student in the production of live stage theatre, childrens theatre, or dramatic reading for the college and surrounding community. The students will develop their productions for performance on campus, at other schools, in libraries, etc. (C, N, S) (cycles) | | | | DT-460 | | THEATRE PRACTICUM | | Course emphasis is on participation in college theatre productions. Students will be directly involved in both technical theatre construction and stage acting performances. Students may enroll four times for a maximum of four semester hours of credit. (C, N, S) (cycles) | | |
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