Jun 16, 2024  
2022-23 Academic Catalog 
    
2022-23 Academic Catalog [NOT CURRENT CATALOGS]

Course Descriptions


 

Graduate Special Education

  
  • SPED 528 - Assessment of Functional Life & Transition Skills


    Credits: 3

    Instruments and approaches for use in assessing mild, moderate and severe disabilities in the areas of life, functional, and traditional skills, including self help and daily living skills, communication, prevocational, and post-secondary living skills are presented in this course. Emphasis is placed on the selection of appropriate instruments and approaches, on the administration and scoring of assessment instruments, and on the interpretation of assessment data.

    Prerequisites: SPED 526 . Admission to Special Education Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 530 - Assessment Applications


    Credits: 1

    This field based experience is designed to augment SPED 526  and SPED 528  and enables students to use assessment instruments and approaches to diagnose mild, moderate and severe disabilities among P-12 learners in school settings. Completion of an assessment project is required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 534 - Planning Exceptional Learner


    Credits: 2

    This course offers an overview of the principles and components involved in educational planning for the exceptional learner. Course content addresses guidelines for Individualized Education Plan (IEP) development and review, with emphasis on the use of assessment information to formulate goals and objectives for individual learners. Strategies for IEP implementations and daily planning are included. Models and methods of classroom and program organization, and individual and group instructional arrangements are presented.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Education Endorsement required. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 536 - Planning Applications


    Credits: 1

    This field based course is designed to augment SPED 534 - Planning Exceptional Learner . Students will develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for a P-12 level learner in a public school setting. Strategies for working with families and agencies and using community based resources to develop the IEP are included.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 540 - Academic Methods


    Credits: 3

    This course will address curriculum content, specialized instructional models, methods, materials, supports, technologies, and resources for teaching preacademic and academic skills to learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 541 - Communication Methods


    Credits: 1

    This course will address methods for teaching communication skills learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. Curriculum content, specially designed methods, materials, equipment, technology, and resources for teaching communication skills to specific populations will be presented.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 542 - Academic Methods: Applications


    Credits: 1

    This field based course is designed to augment SPED 540 - Academic Methods . Students will use specially designed academic instructional methods, materials, equipment, and technology to teach students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. Students will develop comprehensive instructional plans for a P-12 level special education learner.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 544 - Functional Life & Transition Skills Methods


    Credits: 3

    This course will address curriculum content, specialized instructional models, methods, materials, supports, technologies and resources for teaching functional and life (self help, independent living, sensory development, motor skills), and transitional skills to elementary through post high school level learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 545 - Functional Life & Transition Methods Applications


    Credits: 1

    This field based experience is designed to augment SPED 544  and enables students to use methods, materials, communication approaches, and technology to provide functional, life, and transition instruction to P-12 level learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. Completion of a transition plan is required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Student must have graduate level standing to register.
  
  • SPED 548 - Behavior Management Exceptional Learners


    Credits: 3

    This course addresses a range of behavior disorders and presents theoretical principles, applied models, strategies and techniques for effectively managing behavior disorders in school settings. Emphasis is given to specific intervention strategies and procedures for individual and classroom management. The use of applied behavior analysis is included, as are methods for implementing behavior supports in general education and home settings.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Special Education Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 550 - Collaboration/Consultation


    Credits: 2

    The models, principles, and practices of effective consultation in school settings are presented in this course. Approaches, strategies, and methods for consulting and collaborating with general educators, paraprofessional educators, administrators, outside agency representatives, and parents of learners with disabilities are emphasized. Procedures for implementing cooperative instructional arrangement and providing staff development and parent education and guidance are included.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 552 - Collaboration/Consultation Applications


    Credits: 1

    This field based experience presents specific strategies and methods for consultation and collaboration in P-12 school settings. Approaches for implementing cooperative instructional arrangements to meet the needs of exceptional learners in integrated P-12 school settings are emphasized. Family issues, resources, and interagency arrangements unique to P-12 special education learners will be addressed. A field based project is required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Special Education Endorsement Program. Student must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 556 - Issues in Special Education


    Credits: 3

    This course addresses current and critical issues pertinent to the education of learners with disabilities. Course content considers factual, historical, and contextual information, research evidence, and field based practices relevant to selected topics. Critical issues are presented, analyzed, and debated from multiple perspectives, with reference to influential social, political, legal, and economic factors. Students are required to select a topic and develop a corresponding research report.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 558 - Field Experience


    Credits: 1-2

    This culminating field experience enables students to demonstrate proficiency in the competencies acquired through previously completed courses and field studies, as applied to learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities at the P-12 level. In addition to participating in ongoing daily routines and activities, students are required to complete a work sample reflecting involvement in the special education areas of assessment, planning, instruction, management, and consultation. A field log describing and documenting the required hours of experience in both regular and special education settings is to be submitted. A final evaluation indicating proficiency levels in specified competency areas is completed by the cooperating teacher and university supervisor.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
  
  • SPED 562 - Practicum: Special Education (Capstone)


    Credits: 3-6

    This field based experience with learners with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities at the P-12 level serves as a capstone assignment in the Special Educator Endorsement Program. Students are provided the opportunity to apply and demonstrate proficiency in the competencies specified throughout previously completed coursework and field studies. Students participate in the full spectrum of activities, including those that occur in the regular classroom setting and within the assigned special education program at the P-12 school level. A comprehensive work sample reflecting advanced involvement in assessment, planning, instruction, management, and consultation is required. A field log describing and documenting the required hours of experience in both regular and special education settings is to be submitted. A final evaluation indicating proficiency levels in specified program competencies is completed by the cooperating teacher and university supervisor.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Special Educator Endorsement Program. Student must have graduate standing to register for this course.

Sustainable Rural Systems

  
  • SRS 201 - Rural Society, Env & Econ*SSC


    Credits: 4

    This course provides the student with a knowledge about the relationships between community, economy, and the natural environment of rural regions. It covers sociology, ecology, biology, economics, and policy making. It is designed to provide an integrated background that prepares the student for upper division course work in the Sustainable Rural Systems degree.

    General Education Core: Social Sciences
    Course Attributes: CIVI,INQ,SSC
  
  • SRS 215 - Rural Systems Seminar


    Credits: 1

    This seminar meets weekly to provide project descriptions and updates for students who have declared Sustainable Rural Systems as a major. In addition, guest speakers from the regional community will share professional expertise on topics relevant to the current project(s).

  
  • SRS 316 - Rural Systems Project


    Credits: 2

    This course provides the opportunity for direct involvement in an ongoing project in a rural community. It is designed to be taken every term and can be repeated as many times as desired (three terms are required). The first term will allow engagement in various planning and information gathering aspects of a rural project. Term 2 will provide opportunity to learn and use various data analysis methodologies, and term 3 will cover involve the student in final stages of a project. Student will be guided by the project instructor and Senior level student instructors. Such projects might include brownfield remediation, economic planning, land use planning, and ecological restoration. The first term will teach skills in planning and information gathering (data collection) aspects of a project. Student will interact and brainstorm with student leaders and community stakeholders in ongoing projects.

    Prerequisites: SRS 215 .
  
  • SRS 321 - Rural Community & Economic Sys


    Credits: 4

    This is a systems level course that provides the student with in depth knowledge about the relationships between rural communities and the socioeconomic systems that sustain them. Through the course of study the student will learn about the relationship between rural economies, politics, laws, human resource networks, and the natural environment. The ability to integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines to think about rural communities will be developed.

  
  • SRS 363 - Land Use & Sustainable Develop


    Credits: 4

    This course surveys the historical allocation of land in the United States among private, public, and tribal entities, reviews how land uses are determined and the varying arcs of land development. The focus turns to the concept of sustainability in use and development.

  
  • SRS 417 - Project Leadership and Community Connections


    Credits: 3-12

    This course provides extensive experience in the development and management of a long-term community project related to the success and sustainability of rural communities. It is the culminating experience in which the student applies understanding gained during previous applied and academic coursework to a leadership role on the project. The student will work closely with community leaders, consulting firms, government agencies and funding organizations to lead the project. The course includes completion of a capstone project. Repeatable up to 4 times.

    Prerequisites: 6 credits of SRS 316 , SRS 215 
  
  • SRS 451 - Natural Resource & Env Policy


    Credits: 4

    This course surveys state and federal agencies responsible for management of natural resources, and the policies and laws which guide this management.

    Prerequisites: SRS 363 .
  
  • SRS 493 - Response to Climate Change


    Credits: 4

    Covers the breadth of the climate change issue, from science to policy and economics. This course provides the scientific background, including an introduction to atmospheric science and marine biology, needed to understand the complexity of the global climate system. Student will gain experience accessing and reading the technical literature, and applying scientific information to decision making processes. Scientific, economic, and policy concepts will be integrated to provide comprehensive understanding of climate change and its impact on humans and the planet.

    Prerequisites: SCI 227 .

Social Science

  
  • SSCI 110 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

  
  • SSCI 115 - Democracy Freedom & American Ideal*SSC


    Credits: 5

    This course will focus on issues in U.S. society that illustrate the difficulty in defining and attaining social justice in a culture where individual and group differences engender suspicion, fear, prejudice, discrimination, and even hatred. These issues will be examined from a multidisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, academic feminism, philosophy, and economics.

    General Education Core: Social Sciences
    Course Attributes: CRIT,DPD,SSC
  
  • SSCI 145 - Survival Skills Distance Learners


    Credits: 2

    This course provides distance students the opportunity to develop strategies to assist them in achieving academic success. It will be taught as a Web-based course to support development of online skills as students work through the course content.

  
  • SSCI 200I - INTACT


    Credits: 1

    Course Attributes: INTA
  
  • SSCI 207 - Seminar


    Credits: 1-15

  
  • SSCI 208 - Workshop


    Credits: 1-6

  
  • SSCI 209 - Field Placement


    Credits: 1-15

  
  • SSCI 210 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

  
  • SSCI 310 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have at least sophomore standing to register for course.

  
  • SSCI 320 - Residence Life Leadership


    Credits: 2

    Offers an overview of the Resident Assistant position. Topics of study include: leadership, ethics, conflict and communication, crisis management, peer counseling, student development theory, and best practices for community development.

    Prerequisites: Instructor consent required.
  
  • SSCI 401 - Research


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 405 - Reading & Conference


    Credits: 1-15

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 407 - Seminar


    Credits: 1-15

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 408 - Workshop


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 409 - Field Placement


    Credits: 1-15

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 410 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 501 - Research


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have graduate standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 507 - Seminar


    Credits: 3

    Must have graduate standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 510 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Must have graduate standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 511 - Contemporary Development SSCI


    Credits: 3

    Consideration of main developments, trends, and thinking of leaders in various social science areas. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.

  
  • SSCI 708 - Workshop


    Credits: 1-6

    Additional Social Science courses are included under the respective disciplines (e.g. Geography, Political Science, etc.) Must have graduate standing to register for this course.


Statistics

  
  • STAT 102 - STAT Excel for 243


    Credits: 1

    In this course, students work together in a low stress environment to find workable approaches to statistics problems a bit more challenging than those in their current STAT 243  class. This course must be taken using the S/U grading scheme.

    Corequisite(s): STAT 243 .

  
  • STAT 110 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest to students and faculty.

  
  • STAT 210 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest to students and faculty.

  
  • STAT 243 - Elementary Statistics*SMI


    Credits: 4

    This is an introduction to concepts of statistical data analysis including experimental design, descriptive statistics, the normal distribution, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Students will also work with statistical computing packages such as MINITAB.

    Prerequisites: MATH 095  or MATH 098 .
    General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
    Course Attributes: INQ,SMI
  
  • STAT 243A - Elementary Statistics I*SMI


    Credits: 2

    This course is the first of a two course sequence. The two course sequence will be equivalent in credit and content to STAT 243 Elementary Statistics*SMI . Topics include experimental design, introduction to histograms, the normal distribution, sampling, the Law of Averages, and the Central Limit Theorem.

    Prerequisites: MATH 095  or MATH 098 .
    General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
    Course Attributes: INQ,SMI
  
  • STAT 243B - Elementary Statistics II*SMI


    Credits: 2

    This course is the second of a two course sequence. Topics include sampling error, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing including z-tests and chi-square tests. Any requirement satisfied by STAT 243 will also be satisfied by the pair of courses STAT 243A & STAT 243B.

    Prerequisites: STAT 243A  
    General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
    Course Attributes: INQ,SMI
  
  • STAT 244 - Correlation & Regression


    Credits: 1

    This is an introduction to concepts of linear correlation and regression analysis. Students will also work with statistical computing packages such as MINITAB.

    Prerequisites: STAT 243  
  
  • STAT 310 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest to students and faculty.

  
  • STAT 327 - Statistics & Experimental Design*SMI


    Credits: 5

    Principles of experimental design and associated data analysis techniques such as regression, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and non-parametric statistics; experience with statistical packages for computers; introduction to exploratory data analysis. This course requires students to apply basic principles of mathematics including algebra.

    Prerequisites: MATH 105 , MATH 111  or higher with a C- or better. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
    General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
    Course Attributes: CRIT,INQ,SMI
  
  • STAT 352 - Statistics


    Credits: 4

    A second term of statistics covering correlation, simple and multiple linear regression, and one and two sample hypothesis testing including t-tests, chi-square tests, analysis of variance, tests related to regression, and non-parametric statistics. Applications utilizing statistical software are used throughout the course.

    Prerequisites: STAT 243  (or STAT 327 ) and MATH 111 .
  
  • STAT 410 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest to students and faculty.

  
  • STAT 435 - Statistical Computing


    Credits: 4

    This course takes a programming and simulation approach to the review of probability theory including random variables, distributions, and sampling. The construction of stochastic models such as Poisson processes and Markov models are also introduced.

    Prerequisites: MATH 252 and STAT 352
  
  • STAT 457 - Advanced Statistical Methods


    Credits: 4

    This course introduces applications of multivariate statistical techniques including multiple linear regression and the general linear model, model construction and variable selection, logistic regression, and principle components analysis. The use of statistical software to perform appropriate analysis will be emphasized. This is a writing-intensive class. The emphasis will be on analysis of real-world data sets and accurate descriptions of appropriate analysis.

    Prerequisites: MATH 341  and STAT 352  or STAT 324.
    Course Attributes: UWR

Theatre Arts

  
  • THEA 110 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest/relevance to students and faculty.

  
  • THEA 111 - Script Analysis


    Credits: 3

    Students will be introduced to the intellectual tools with which to critically and artistically examine a playscript. Historical and contemporary methods of analysis will be studied and used as models from which to build a personal set of critical questions. Scripts and artists studied will encompass a variety of historical and cultural perspectives allowing a broad background from which to view theatre past and present.

    [Offered in the fall every other year]

  
  • THEA 112 - Introduction to Theatre*APC


    Credits: 3

    Theatre as a collaborative, vital and multi-faceted art form that reflects and impacts culture and society will be explored. Through study of theatre practice and various dramatic texts from Ancient Greece to contemporary times, this course will examine how the written word is translated into action and images on stage. Emphasis is on theatre as a profound measure of social, political and religious climates through the ages.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM
  
  • THEA 150 - Acting I*APC


    Credits: 4

    A performance-oriented overview of the acting process, aimed at providing a basic understanding of the elements of acting including character development, the actor’s instrument, scene work, and monologue work. Offered fall term.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM
  
  • THEA 208 - Effective Audition Techniques


    Credits: 2

    This course will train students how to prepare and participate in the most common audition situations. Students will learn about “Cold Reading” auditions, “Prepared Monologue” auditions, “Cattle-Call auditions, and “Musical Theatre” auditions. They will also become familiar with procedures of a “Callback” and how to prepare for it.

  
  • THEA 210 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest/relevance to students and faculty.

  
  • THEA 216 - Dance Musical Theatre*APC


    Credits: 5

    The basics of Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Modern forms of Dance are explored as it pertains to the genre and the performance of Musical Theatre. Basic movement techniques of each style will be covered as well as the history of the genres.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 218 - Movement I*APC


    Credits: 3

    Movement for the performer emphasizing skeletal alignment and correct body placement. The physical, emotional and psychological motivations of movement will be explored. Students will practice fundamental principles, skills and vocabulary through a variety of the following techniques; jazz, modern, tap and ballet.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM
  
  • THEA 221 - Topics in Dance*APC


    Credits: 3

    The basics of dance as it pertains to the performance of Musical Theatre will be explored. The course may include, but not limited to, the fundamentals of modern, ballet, tap, and jazz genres of dance. Basic techniques of the various genres will be covered.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 249 - Musical Theatre Performance*APC


    Credits: 3

    This course explores performance in musical theatre with an emphasis on ensemble and small group dynamics. Students will be given opportunities to create and express characters through musical pieces. Emphasis will be on developing the musical theatre character.

    [Offered in the winter every other year]

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM

  
  • THEA 250 - Acting II*APC


    Credits: 4

    A practical approach to acting technique as required by the demand of rehearsal. Students learn the vocabulary, discipline, and analytical skills needed to prepare a role in a full-length play. In addition, a workshop in auditioning develops monoloque and cold reading skills.

    [Offered winter term]

    Prerequisites: Acting I or consent of instructor.
    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM

  
  • THEA 255 - Production & Performance*APC


    Credits: 1-3

    Application of principles of acting and dramatic production. Credit available for students acting in or handling technical demands of scheduled performances. THEA 255 is for second stage, typically student directed productions.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC
  
  • THEA 256 - Fund Stage Combat*APC


    Credits: 3

    Introduction to techniques used when staging combat sequences in live stage productions. Basic techniques of tumbling, open and closed hand to hand combat and sword fighting will be taught and practiced.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 260 - Theatre History*AEH


    Credits: 5

    The course is an introduction and covers the history of Theatre from Ancient Greece to the present day. Actors, playwrights, directors, designers and the plays are included. Period theatrical movements, styles and genres will be explored and analyzed. Emphasis on the plays from history will be used to understand their periods and meaning in the context of their time. Students will also see through the drama and the historical context the struggle of theatre and the artists who have created it through the ages those cultural, governmental and religious censorship, banning and suppressive moments that at times even outlawed the art of theatre. Offered in the winter every other year.

    General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
    Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT,DPD,UWR
  
  • THEA 264 - Stagecraft*APC


    Credits: 4

    A backstage introduction to standard techniques and tools in mounting stage productions in scenery, lighting, construction, scene painting and properties. Included are 20 Lab hours based on the current terms’ season of shows.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 266 - Fund of Costuming*APC


    Credits: 3

    Demonstration of the basic working components of the costume artisan including sewing, dyeing, painting, hat-making and mask-making for the stage. Students will also practice basic construction techniques while building costumes for current productions.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 267 - Fund of Stage Makeup*APC


    Credits: 3

    Demonstration of and practice in the use of makeup for the stage - includes character, aging, “facial” hair, and three-dimensional techniques.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT
  
  • THEA 274 - Set & Lighting Design*APC


    Credits: 4

    Theory and techniques of basic stage scene and lighting design for Theatre. The course includes research, conceptualization, drafting, sketching, rendering, models, light plots and presentation techniques connected to a set of play projects.

    [Offered in the spring every other year]

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,CRIT

  
  • THEA 310 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest/relevance.

    Prerequisites: Prerequisites on occasion.
  
  • THEA 318 - Movement II


    Credits: 3

    Movement II is designed to introduce the performer to building ensembles and creating motivated movement onstage. Continued exploration of the physical, emotional and psychological motivations of movement. A variety of the following techniques will be studied; jazz, modern, tap and ballet.

    Prerequisites: THEA 218 .
  
  • THEA 319 - Projects in Theatre


    Credits: 1-3

    Opportunities for participation in special interest areas of theatre, such as readers theatre, theatre sports, or mime.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
  
  • THEA 321 - Adv Topics-Dance/Movement


    Credits: 3

    Advance techniques and elements of dance as it pertains to the performance of Musical Theatre will be explored. The course may include, but not limited to, advance modern, ballet, tap, and jazz genres of dance.

    Prerequisites: THEA 221 .
  
  • THEA 330 - Stage Management


    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the role of the stage manager in professional and most amateur theatre. Responsibilities of the stage manager in pre-production, rehearsal, performance and post-production situations will be discussed. The indispensability of the well-trained stage manager will be emphasized. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.

    [Offered in the winter every other year]

  
  • THEA 344 - Costume Design*APC


    Credits: 4

    This course introduces the student to drawing the figure, analyzing plays, researching various time periods and designing costumes for the stage. Emphasis on proportions, watercoloring techniques and period-accurate portrayal of a character. It is a creative, hands-on class for any level of artist. Offered winter term.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM
  
  • THEA 345 - Advanced Costume Design


    Credits: 4

    Continued exploration of costume design, research, play analysis and rendering. This course introduces the student to budgets and costume plots. Emphasis will be placed on portfolio development, expressive portrayal of character, and obscure time periods and locations. Brief introduction to digital rendering. Offered in the winter every other year.

    Prerequisites: THEA 344 .
  
  • THEA 346 - Fashion as Costume*APC


    Credits: 3

    Exploring the similar, yet different, mediums of fashion and costume design. This class will cover various fashion and costume designers, design processes and approaches, runway shows, theatre productions, historical and transformable clothing, and the negative impact (and some possible solutions) that textiles, clothing and costumes have on the environment. Offered in the spring every other year.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM,CRIT
  
  • THEA 347 - History of Fashion & Dress*AEH


    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to develop your knowledge of and appreciation for dress as it has evolved over time. We will focus on key moments and trends in Western Dress history and examine how fashion and dress relate to social, political and cultural identities and meanings.

    General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
    Course Attributes: AEH,COMM
  
  • THEA 349 - Advanced Musical Theatre


    Credits: 3

    This course explores advanced performance in the musical theatre genre with an emphasis on solo and duet performance style and technique. Students will be given opportunities to create and express characters through musical pieces. Emphasis will be on developing the musical theatre character. This advanced course is a continuation of THEA 249  basic skills.

    [Offered in the winter every other year]

  
  • THEA 350 - Acting III: Advanced Acting Technique


    Credits: 4

    The study of advanced acting technique for the performer. The approaches covered may include Shakespearean performance styles, form of other methods such as the Meisner technique, or film acting. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course. Students must have at least junior standing to register. [Offered in the spring every other year]

  
  • THEA 351 - Acting IV-Styles of Acting*APC


    Credits: 4

    Expanding the actor’s instrument, through exploration of non-realistic styles of acting. The question: What were the acting styles during various periods before the iconic “method?” will be explored. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. [Offered spring every other year]

    Prerequisites: THEA 150 and THEA 250 and consent of instructor.
    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,INQ
  
  • THEA 353 - Play Direction


    Credits: 3

    Exploring the principles and practices in beginning directing. Skills are learned through exercises and analysis, then applied to rehearsing a scene for public performance.

    [Offered in the fall every other year]

    Prerequisites: THEA 150  and THEA 250 . Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
    Course Attributes: UWR

  
  • THEA 354 - Advanced Directing


    Credits: 3

    Advanced projects in directing are designed to challenge and stretch basic technique. Students are encouraged to develop a personal approach to their craft through work on stylized material and one-act plays performed for the public.

    [Offered in the spring every other year]

    Prerequisites: THEA 353 . Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • THEA 355 - Production & Performance*APC


    Credits: 1-3

    Application and principles of acting and dramatic production. Credit available for students acting in or handling technical demands of scheduled performances. THEA 355 is for Mainstage, typically faculty directed productions.

    Prerequisites: THEA 255  and sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC
  
  • THEA 360 - Playwriting*APC


    Credits: 3

    The Study and execution of Playwriting as it pertains to Theatre. Playwrights, and what makes a great play will be explored. The course will go through the process of writing elements of a play and culminate in a fully realized one-act.

    General Education Core: Artistic Process & Creation
    Course Attributes: APC,COMM,UWR
  
  • THEA 362 - Irish Drama


    Credits: 3

    The Emerald Isle is explored through the history of its national theatre and the playwright’s words from the last century to the present. The course makes connections through the history and culture of Ireland and how it produced the Irish drama we have from its past to today. The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre will be emphasized through its history and the playwrights that participated in it from its inception. What about this Island’s spirit that creates the play? Through the texts the student will be given new insights to this question. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

    [Offered fall every other year]

    Course Attributes: DPD,UWR

  
  • THEA 363 - Banned Plays


    Credits: 3

    This course covers those plays that, over the course of history, have been banned, censored, or suppressed. The propaganda, societal, religious, cultural, and political aspects of why plays have been “Banned” will be covered from ancient to modern times. Students will analyze the plays in their historical context as well as with a contemporary eye. Plays from Hamlet to Hair to Oedipus Rex to West Side Story are covered. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

    [Offered winter every other year]

    Course Attributes: DPD,UWR

  
  • THEA 364 - Adv Stagecraft and Design


    Credits: 4

    Advance Stagecraft, Scenic, and Lighting Design techniques and technology are explored and experienced. Students will have the opportunity to design and execute Production design and technology for Theatre or Music program’s Mainstage productions.

    Prerequisites: THEA 264  or THEA 274  
  
  • THEA 369 - History of Musical Theatre


    Credits: 3

    This course explores the history and development of the genre of musical theatre. Emphasis will be placed specifically on the American Musical Comedy of the 20th century.

    [Offered fall every other year]

  
  • THEA 406 - Senior Project


    Credits: 3

    The design, research and implementing of a project that reflects the student’s expertise in an area of theatre scholarship or production.

    [Offered in the spring]

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Students must have at least junior standing.
    Course Attributes: C,UWR

  
  • THEA 407 - Seminar


    Credits: 1-5

    Intensive study of theatre topics with emphasis on student and faculty information exchange. Shared presentations, resumes, graduate school information and Senior interests and ideas will be highlighted. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • THEA 409 - Practicum


    Credits: 1-15

    Selected students will gain practical supervised experience in some aspect of theatre productions.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
  
  • THEA 410 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 1-6

    Topics of current interest/relevance to students and faculty. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

  
  • THEA 425 - The Theatre


    Credits: 3

    The Theatre is an advanced course covering specific aspects of Theatre throughout its history. From the plays of Sophocles to Christopher Durang, from the Restoration Comedies to the realism of Ibsen may be included. Samples of all styles, genres, playwrights and movements are explored in a given term. Course is offered on-campus and on-line through alternating years. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.

    [Offered fall every other year]

 

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