Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of a theatre faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.

This course familiarizes students with the social, economic, psychological, and political issues that challenge contemporary women locally and internationally. It also encourages students to further their personal progress toward understanding and dealing constructively with womens issues.

Participation in an intercultural learning experience in the form of study abroad, service-learning experience, or an internship. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing.

Courses on topics of interest in global studies offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Courses generally include some type of cultural immersion experience. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

This course is intended to give students comprehensive training in technical drafting for the theatre. Students will gain skills in hand drafting as well as various computer graphics programs such as Auto CAD, Vectorworks, and Photoshop. This course will focus on communicating through graphics utilizing drawings in the scenic, properties and lighting disciplines. Advanced projects will be given. May be repeated for credit.

The purpose of this advanced costuming course is to allow students to further explore, develop, and apply skills and techniques introduced in THTR 175. This course will focus on such advanced costuming skills as draping, cutting, pattern-making, construction, and basic tailoring. Prerequisite: 175.

This course prepares students to enter the industry with an understanding of how to make ones self a "show-business person" and addresses the practical issues of beginning an acting career. Students will develop an extensive repertoire of audition monologues and songs, learn basic stage and camera audition techniques, research career opportunities, graduate schools, hone their resumes and increase their understanding of what it takes to live and work as a professional actor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher Restricted to music theatre and theatre (acting) majors. Prerequisite: one credit of 476 or one credit of MUTH 370.

This course is a further examination of practical and theoretical considerations in the process of stage management as it applies to both producing and presenting organizations. The student will be introduced to financial, contractual, facility, administrative, and management considerations unique to the production of performance and arts events in both professional and academic environments. The focus of this course centers on stage management for the commercial theatre with an emphasis on process and the current conditions in the industry as a whole. Topics will include associated issues in working with unions (AEA, and IATSE), interpersonal skills and the negotiation of conflict resolution. Prerequisite: 250.

Identity in Theatre explores the ethical and moral evolution of identity through the scripts and practices of our contemporary Theatre. It approaches this through the dialectic as well as class projects such as the personal diversity statement as outlined in the PowerPoint (pdf) submitted for review. In this course, we find that there are no dichotomous answers but much of our discussion examines the grey spaces in between and how there is no one right answer or structure that will solve everything. Ultimately, the course requires the students to examine pre-held belief structures and evolve their way of thinking into a more nuanced and fluid process. Prerequisites: LDW course, ENGL-104 or 105 or 195.

A study of application techniques for the theatre painter, the course focus is on class projects designed to provide the student with opportunities to handle a wide range of subject matter and to employ a variety of painting methods. Emphasis is placed upon the ability to reproduce details, colors, and styles. AE