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THTR 487 Promotion for the Performing Arts Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction and overview of all aspects of marketing the arts including both non-profit and commercial organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Research and actively develop the theory of theatre as a moving political, social, economic and spiritual force of change within the local community. Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 489 Theatre Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical experience in the entertainment industry. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 491 Theatre Organization and Administration Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Budgets, contracts, box-office procedures, public relations; personnel and executive policies of the school, community, and professional theatre. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 492 Producing Theatre Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of all procedures involved in producing theatre (commercial or non-profit) including legal and business guidelines and contracts. Prerequisite: THTR 491 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of the influence of historical and cultural events on the evaluation of theatrical styles. Classical to Jacobean. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of the influence of historical and cultural events on the evaluation of theatrical styles. Restoration to 20th century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 494 Raising Money for the Arts Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of fundraising techniques for non-profit theatre including grantsmanship, board development, direct mail soliciting, and money raising activities and events. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 495 Experimental Theatre Workshop I Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Guidance and direction in the production of new and experimental plays for a public audience. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 496 Experimental Theatre Workshop II Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation of THTR 495 . Enrollment by audition only. Instruction Mode: Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive participation in a production sponsored by the school and supervised by the faculty, to increase and develop artistic growth. Prerequisite: THTR 397 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 498 Production Analysis and Performance Units: 4 Investigation and analysis of the work of a major dramatist and his milieu; production of one of his plays. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies in selected areas of theatre art. Intensive practice in role and script interpretation and its psychological relationship to the audience. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 500 Dramaturgical Perspectives and Approaches Units: 2 Max Units: 10.0 Investigates art and craft of dramatic writing initiated/completed in other MFA in Dramatic Writing courses or that was submitted as a sample for program entry. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 501 Poetry and Prose into Drama Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: Sp Plays for the stage shall be written using public-domain poetry and prose as inspiration and source material, complemented with exploring poetry, prose, and varied dramas as context for the student writer. Students should be well-versed in literature, and have written in one or more genres. Recommended Preparation: reading poetry and novels Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENGL 563 |
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THTR 504 The Art of Collaboration and Ensemble Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An investigation of the role that collaboration plays in making ensemble work. MFA Actors will collaborate with MFA Dramatic Writers in creating an ensemble company. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 505 Staging Community-based Theatre Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the theory and practice of staging community-based popular theatre, including Theatre of the Oppressed, street theatre, witness theatre, agit-prop and festival theatre events. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 506 Advanced Creating Characters Units: 2 An advanced writing workshop that focuses on continuing development of the crafting of character, centering on depth, breadth, dimensionality, and authenticity. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 510 Writing the Short Drama Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The art and craft of dramatic writing. In particular exploring its dimensions with regard to character and story development in the ten minute play. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 512 Studies in Dramatic Analysis Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A skill-based workshop that uses a historical survey of theatre texts to develop critical reading skills along two different tracks: Acting and Dramatic Writing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 513 Seminar in History of the Theatre Units: 4 Bibliography, historical evolution, patterns, and techniques of the theatre from primitive to modern times. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515a Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515b Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515c Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515d Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515e Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Corequisite: THTR 480, THTR 540e , THTR 555 , THTR 575 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 515f Advanced Movement Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced exercises in movement for the use of the body in relation to the stage. Corequisite: THTR 520e , THTR 540f , THTR 597 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 520a Advanced Acting Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced training in acting skills; emphasis upon individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 520b Advanced Acting Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced training in acting skills; emphasis upon individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 520c Advanced Acting Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced training in acting skills; emphasis upon individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 520d Advanced Acting Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced training in acting skills; emphasis upon individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 521 Engaging Community Narratives Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides training for actor/artists who partner with non-actors in community-based theatre projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 525 Seminar in Contemporary Theatre Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Analysis of trends, problems, and the work of major figures in the contemporary theatre. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 526 Seminar in Dramatic Literature Units: 4 Study and analysis of world drama best representing changes in philosophies, aesthetics, and tastes of audiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 527 Writing the Pacific Rim: Global and Western Dramatic Writing Units: 4 Writing dramatically, utilizing the Pacific Rim and the Western United States as cultural sites of knowledge and as inspirations. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 528 Seminar in Dramatic Analysis Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Drama as a living art; reading, analysis, and discussion of plays which best illustrate principles of effective playwriting. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 529a Textual Studies for Performance Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Close textual reading of dramatic texts as a fundamental tool for rehearsal and performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 529b Textual Studies for Performance Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Close textual reading of dramatic texts as a fundamental tool for rehearsal and performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 530 Seminar in Dramatic Criticism Units: 4 Dramatic criticism from the classical Greek period to the modern. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 533 Seminar in the American Theatre Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: SpSm History and literature of the American theatre from its beginning to the present day. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 535 Seminar in Aesthetics of the Theatre Units: 4 Aesthetic theories which apply to the art of the theatre; emphasis upon acting and play direction. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 540a Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced individual vocal development and application to a variety of professional and performance circumstances. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 540b Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced individual vocal development and application to a variety of professional and performance circumstances. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 540c Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced individual vocal development and application to a variety of professional and performance circumstances. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 540d Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced individual vocal development and application to a variety of professional and performance circumstances. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 540f Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced individual vocal development and application to a variety of professional and performance circumstances. Corequisite: THTR 515f , THTR 520e , THTR 571 , THTR 597 . Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 541 Diction and Dialects Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals of speech, diction, dialects and accents, including work in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 542 Singing for Actors Units: 2 An introduction to the various facets of singing in theatrical performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 544 Embodied Poetics Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the relationship between vocal and physical expression and the spontaneity of human impulse within the community-based context. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 545 Visiting Artists Master Seminar Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A workshop taught by a master visiting artist, concentrating on his/her specific expertise in relation to dramatic writing. Course topics determined by the instructor. Recommended Preparation: reading or viewing the work of the visiting master artist. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 550a Seminar in Scene Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of scene design; an intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 550b Seminar in Scene Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of scene design; an intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 552a Seminar in Costume Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of costume design; intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 552b Seminar in Costume Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of costume design; intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 553a Seminar in Lighting Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of lighting design; intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 553b Seminar in Lighting Design Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and practice of lighting design; intensive investigation into the relationship of a script to the visual statement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 554 Visual and Spatial Relationship Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The illustration and understanding of how space can be used to add emotional undertone, contextual information and strong staging ideas to a production. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 555 Directing Fundamentals Units: 2 To provide the basic foundations for the conceptualization and execution of works for the stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 556a Directing Units: 2 A seminar/workshop in developing and testing directorial skills: text, design, acting, producing, and communication with an audience. Prerequisite: THTR 555 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 556b Directing Units: 2 A seminar/workshop in developing and testing directorial skills: text, design, acting, producing, and communication with an audience. Prerequisite: THTR 556a . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 558a Design for Directors Units: 2 Basic elements of scenic, costume, props, lighting, sound, and make-up design, as they apply to the art of directing. Prerequisite: THTR 555 . |
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THTR 558b Design for Directors Units: 2 Basic elements of scenic, costume, props, lighting, sound, and make-up design, as they apply to the art of directing. Prerequisite: THTR 558a . |
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THTR 566 Dramatic Writing Studio Units: 4 Max Units: 24 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigates gestalt of the student dramatic writer’s professional development from the empty page and writing fundamentals to the first-draft script, business affairs, and dramaturgical advancement. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 567a Studies in Playwriting Units: 4 Extensive examination of playwriting, dramaturgical development process, and readings of work toward the completion of professionally promising plays. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 567b Studies in Playwriting Units: 4 Continued extensive examination of playwriting, dramaturgy, development, and readings of work toward the completion of professionally promising plays. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 568 Popular Theatre for Education and Development Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and practice of Theatre in Education and Theatre for Development as resources for conscientization and liberation of communities at the margins of power. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 570 Acting on Camera: The Collaborative Process Units: 2 Study of acting methods and techniques for the camera, focusing on collaboration with directors in the realization of screenplays. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 571 Professional Seminar Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to the world of the professional actor. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 572 Global Dramatic Writing Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp “Tour” of non-European and non-European American cultures with regard to their dramatic subject matter and traditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 574a Dramatic Writing Across Media for Playwrights Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive overview of career paths for playwrights in a wide array of media as they exist now, and as new opportunities arise. Duplicates Credit in former THTR 574 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 574b Dramatic Writing Across Media for Playwrights Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive overview of career paths for playwrights in a wide array of media as they exist now, and as new opportunities arise. Prerequisite: THTR 574a Duplicates Credit in former THTR 574 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 575 Creative Production Projects Units: 6 Advanced creative projects for production with emphasis on theatre as a synthesis of the performing arts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 576 Creative Process for Dramatic Writers Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An advanced writing workshop that focuses on critical and deep development of plays that are the centerpieces of student’s thesis portfolios. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 577 Theatre and Therapy for Cultural Fieldwork Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the theory and practice of theatre and therapy in the cultural fieldwork and community development settings. Recommended Preparation: THTR 587 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 578 Theatre of the Oppressed: Theory, Games, and Techniques Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic theoretical foundations of game playing for populations at the margins of power. Recommended Preparation: THTR 521 , THTR 544 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 579 Writing Culture Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Borrows from anthropology, popular/community-based theatre, cultural studies, and literature to provide an array of methodologies and approaches to artistic collaboration across cultures and difference. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 586a Applied Theatre Arts: Los Angeles Residency Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Academic and group process context for students’ work in their chosen local internships to help students engage with communities as cultural fieldworkers. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 586b Applied Theatre Arts: Los Angeles Residency Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervisory, logistical, and theoretical container for THTR 586a . Engages students in their curricular experiences in the cultural field in partnership with their community-based organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 587 Liberation Arts and Community Engagement — Theory Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Historical foundations of liberatory movements using expressive arts towards community-based goals of reciprocal and collaborative empowerment, civil rights, psychological or political freedom and justice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 588 Liberation Arts and Community Engagement — Praxis Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and practice of developing liberatory and Theatre of the Oppressed events, from first community contact to staged public event. Prerequisite: THTR 587 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit |
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THTR 591 Seminar in Producing Theatre Units: 4 A seminar in the theories and processes of producing theatre (commercial and non-profit). |
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THTR 592a Participatory Action Research for Community-based Theatre Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination of theories and practices of Participatory Action Research (PAR) to better understand its various forms in community-based contexts using theatre as the research mode. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 592b Participatory Action Research for Community-based Theatre Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Implements the theories and practices of THTR 592a towards the creation of a summative research paper on the local and international applied theatre arts experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 593 MFA Project Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit awarded upon completion of project. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit |
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THTR 594a Master’s Thesis Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit |
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THTR 594b Master’s Thesis Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit |
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THTR 594z Master’s Thesis Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit |
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THTR 595a Graduate Playwrights’ Workshop Units: 4 Development of thesis plays utilizing faculty dramaturgical support and involvement of student actors/directors. Includes readings with/without audiences. Simulates professional development process Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 595b Graduate Playwrights’ Workshop Units: 4 Continued development of thesis plays in a simulated professional development workshop process utilizing dramaturgy and involvement of student actors/directors. Culminates in staged readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 596 Thesis Development and Attainment Units: 2 Max Units: 10.0 Designed to guide the MFADW student toward refinement of thesis including vision, development, and execution. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 597 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Preparation, rehearsal, and performance of dramatic works in main stage repertory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 598 Applied Theatre Arts: International Externship Units: 2 Supervisory, logistical and theoretical container for students exploring cultural fieldwork in international settings. Prerequisite: THTR 588 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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THTR 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Studies in selected areas of theatre art. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
Translational Genomics |
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TRGN 510 Basic Foundations in Translational Biomedical Informatics Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Translational biomedical informatics analysis of next-generation sequencing genomic data, fundamentals, foundations, and concepts for applied analysis, human ontology, application molecular tools, basic computing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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TRGN 514 Introduction to Human Genomic Analysis Methods Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Translational next generation sequencing genomics microarrays, RNA-seq, exome sequencing, annotation, transcriptome, ontology, pipelines, variants, expression, methylation. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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TRGN 515 Advanced Human Genomic Analysis Methods Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular biotechnology, genomics, next-generation sequencing, epigenomics, drug discovery, biomarkers, microrarrays, analytical validation, pipelines, molecular analysis. Prerequisite: TRGN 510 and TRGN 514 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter |
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