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Sep 07, 2024
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College Catalog 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Theatre Major
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Requirements of the Theatre Major
Introduction to the Fields (2 courses)
The Materials of the Spectacle (2 courses)
Embodied Research: Histories, Methods, Praxes (3 courses)
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Depth of Expertise (2 courses)
Two (2) courses chosen in consultation with the academic advisor, which allow the student to prepare for a capstone project in an area of emphasis: acting; design; theatre and performance studies; stage management; playwrighting; technical theatre; directing.
Other regularly-offered courses in theatre and dance may be taken by students toward the development of an emphasis in the major. The range of courses here includes:
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Staging Hard Times |
Alternating Spring |
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This is a good option for work in directing, playwrighting, stage management and other areas where students need to do closely-mentored work in preparation for their capstone.
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Advanced Theatre Scholarship (1 course)
Fall Advanced Production and Collaboration (see 11a, below) |
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Advanced Production and Collaboration
11a Practica: Production and Collaboration
4 practicum credits must be earned during the student’s 4 culminating semesters (3 required if student studies abroad), one of which is earned in the student’s capstone project (see 11b, below). The other 3 (or 2) credits must be distributed among several areas, as outlined in the catalog, to maximize skills development and experience in collabroation: production/scenery; production/costume; acting; stage management, etc. (Please refer to recently-developmed progression of these required practica.).
11b Capstone: Senior Research Collective
Variable-credit (1-4) practicum and Independent STudy, for year-long seminar in advanced research and production work.
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