Course Descriptions

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Theatre Arts Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
TH A 125 Movement I: Skills (3) Fall 2009
TH A 130 Acting Workshop I (3) Fall 2009
TH A 205 Introduction to Technical Theatre and Design (2) Fall 2009
TH A 223 Voice I: Skills (3) Fall 2009
TH A 230 Acting Workshop II (3) Fall 2009
TH A 300 Theatre Imagination (3) Spring 2009
TH A 304 Focus on Acting (1) Effective Fall 1987
TH A 305 Design Graphics for Stage and Screen (3) Fall 2009
TH A 310 Scenery and Properties Laboratory and Crew (2) Fall 2009
TH A 312 Costuming and Makeup Laboratory and Crew (2) Fall 2009
TH A 313 Lighting and Sound Laboratory and Crew (2) Fall 2009
TH A 315 Theatre Production: Technical Laboratory and Crew (1) Fall 2009
TH A 323 Light Board Operation (1) Fall 2009
TH A 325 Advanced Lighting Practicum (1) Fall 2008
TH A 330 Acting Workshop III (3) Spring 2009
TH A 332 Asian Acting for Western Actors (3) Spring 2009
TH A 333 Lyric Theatre Workshop (3) Fall 2009
TH A 334 Scene Study for Opera (1) Effective Fall 2008
TH A 335 Rehearsal and Performance Technique (1) Fall 2009
TH A 340 Principles of Directing (3) Spring 2009
TH A 341 History of Directing (3) Fall 2009
TH A 401 Theatre Backgrounds: 500 B.C.-1642 (3) Fall 2009
TH A 402 Theatre Backgrounds: 1642-1900 (3) Spring 2009
TH A 403 Theatre Backgrounds: 1900-Present (3) Fall 2009
TH A 406 The Art of Comedy (3) Fall 2009
TH A 407 Popular Theatre/Popular Entertainment (3) Fall 2009
TH A 408 Asian Plays and Performance Styles (3) Effective Spring 1993
THA 408 Variable topics:
  TH A 408 Asian Plays and Performance Styles: Japan (3) Fall 2009
TH A 410 Scene Design for Stage and Screen (3) Spring 2009
TH A 411 Costume Design for Stage and Screen (3) Fall 2008
TH A 413 Stage Lighting Design I (3) Spring 2009
TH A 415 Area Study in Theatre Production (1-3) Effective Spring 1981
TH A 423 Voice II: Styles (3) Spring 2006
TH A 425 Movement II: Styles (3) Effective Summer 2006
TH A 430 Acting Workshop IV (3) Spring 2008
TH A 433 Musical Theatre Workshop (3) Fall 2009
TH A 435 Theatrical Audition (3) Fall 2009
TH A 440 Acting/Directing Workshop (3) Spring 2007
TH A 451 Storytelling and Folk Literature (3) Spring 2009
TH A 452 Theatre in Education (3) Fall 2007
TH A 454 The Business of Acting (3) Spring 2009
TH A 460 Play Development Workshop (3) Spring 2008
TH A 500 Explorations in Theatre Arts (3) Effective Spring 1980
TH A 504 Historical Styles for the Theater: Prehistory to 1700 (3) Fall 2009
TH A 505 Historical Styles for the Theater: 1700-Present (3) Spring 2008
TH A 510 Advanced Stagecraft (3) Fall 2009
TH A 515 Leadership and Organization for Production (3) Fall 2009
TH A 523 Voice III: Techniques (1-3) Effective Fall 1986
TH A 525 Movement III: Techniques (1-3) Effective Fall 1986
TH A 530 Acting: The Play (3) Fall 2009
TH A 531 Styles of Acting (3) Effective Spring 1980
THA 531 Variable topics:
  TH A 531 Understanding & Performing Shakespeare's Plays (3) Fall 2009
TH A 532 Asian Theatre Workshop (3) Spring 2008
TH A 533 Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop (3) Spring 2009
TH A 534 Performing Yiddish Theatre (3) Fall 2006
TH A 557 Theatre Workshop II (1-3) Effective Spring 1980
THA 557 Variable topics:
  TH A 557 Acting for the Camera (3) Spring 2008
TH A 605 Writing and Performing Monologues (3) Spring 2009
TH A 609 Theatre Design and Computers (3) Spring 2009
TH A 610 Practicum in Theatre (3) Fall 2009
TH A 611 Seminar in Costume Design and Technology (3) Effective Fall 1998
THA 611 Variable topics:
  TH A 611 Advanced Costume Design for Stage and Screen (3) Spring 2009
  TH A 611 Costume Accessories and Dyeing (3) Fall 2005
  TH A 611 Period Patternmaking and Tailoring for the Stage (3) Fall 2009
TH A 613 Stage Lighting Design II (3) Fall 2009
TH A 615 Seminar in Technical Theatre Arts (3) Effective Spring 1980
THA 615 Variable topics:
  TH A 615 Design for Musicals, Opera, and Ballet (3) Spring 2008
  TH A 615 Design for Thrust, Arena, and Multispace Staging (3) Spring 2009
  TH A 615 Scene Painting (3) Fall 2009
  TH A 615 Theatre Model Making (3) Fall 2008
TH A 622 Costume Research Techniques (3) Spring 2008
TH A 657 Practicum in School and Community Drama (3) Fall 2009
TH A 660 Advanced Play Development Workshop (3) Fall 2008
TH A 661 Play Development Showcase (3) Fall 2004
TH A 671 Stage Management (3) Spring 2009
TH A 685 Projects in the Teaching of Theatre Arts (1-3) Effective Spring 1998
THA 685 Variable topics:
  TH A 685 Projects in the Teaching of Theatre Arts (1) Fall 2009
  TH A 685 Projects in the Teaching of Theatre Arts (2) Fall 2009
  TH A 685 Projects in the Teaching of Theatre Arts (3) Fall 2009
TH A 690 Brown Bag Theatre Company (5) Fall 2009
TH A 691 Advanced Multicultural Production Workshop (3) Spring 2009
TH A 699 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
THA 699 Variable topics:
  TH A 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  TH A 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  TH A 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
TH A 700 Theatre Research and Writing Practicum (3) Fall 2009
TH A 701 Seminar: Theatrical History and Historiography (3) Spring 2009
TH A 702 Shakespeare: Text and Performance Seminar (3) Spring 2009
TH A 703 Seminar: The American Stage (3) Spring 2009
TH A 704 Seminar: Contemporary Plays and Performance (3) Fall 2008
TH A 705 Seminar: Performance and Production Theory (3) Effective Fall 1984
THA 705 Variable topics:
  TH A 705 Playcrafting and Dramaturgy (3) Spring 2008
TH A 707 Thesis Proposal (1) Fall 2009
TH A 709 Seminar: Dramatic Literature and Criticism (3) Fall 2009
TH A 711 Collaborative Processes in Theatre (3) Fall 2009
TH A 712 Portfolio Development (1) Fall 2009
TH A 732 Seminar: Topics in Asian Theatre (3) Fall 2008
TH A 740 Play Production Concepts (3) Spring 2009
TH A 750 Design Studio (3) Fall 2009
TH A 757 Internship in Theatre (3) Fall 2009
TH A 804 Historical Styles for the Theatre: Prehistory - 1700 (3) Fall 2009
TH A 805 Historical Styles for the Theater: 1700-Present (3) Spring 2008
TH A 810 Advanced Practicum in Theatre (3) Fall 2009
TH A 852 Directed Experience in Drama Education (3) Fall 2009
TH A 894 Creative Work Project (3) Fall 2009
TH A 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
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