May 20, 2024  
Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • SOC 382 - Social Change: Race, Gender, and Social Class

    3 hours
    This course examines various aspects of social change as related to social inequality. It explores how and why social change occurs, who gets involved, and the changes produced. Additionally, this course shows how sociologists and criminologists use their degrees to address real-world social issues.

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110  and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

  
  • SOC 383 - Gendering of Science: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

    3 hours
    Listed also as SWG 383 .

  
  • SOC 385 - Critical Theoretical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity

    3 hours
    This course examines race theory in the United States from a “critical” perspective. It highlights the ideologies, attitudes, behaviors, and structures that produce and maintain racial inequality.

    Listed also as BWS 385  

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110  and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SOC 390 - Theoretical Approaches to Health, Society, and Aging

    3 hours
    A critical examination of social theories and empirical analysis of health concerns specific to aging. Consideration will be given to life course, conflict, functionalist and symbolic interactionist theories, among others, to understand the micro and macro forces that drive the changes and adaptations that individuals makes as they age.

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110  and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

  
  • SOC 398 - Bridge to Career

    3 hours
    This course is designed to provide criminology and sociology students with the professional skills, knowledge, and behaviors necessary for a successful transition to their future career. To do so, this course focuses on professional socialization, course selection, campus resources, and extra-curricular experiences.

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , SOC 200  and sophomore standing; sociology and criminology majors only.

  
  • SOC 407 - Classical Social Theory

    3 hours
    A critical examination of the origins of social theory from its sources in philosophy through the Chicago school of the early 20th century. Special emphasis will be placed on the legacy of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, as well as Harriet Martineau, W.E.B. DuBois, and Jane Addams.

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110  and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

  
  • SOC 409 - Contemporary Social Theory

    3 hours
    A critical examination of social theory from the Chicago school to the present. Consideration will be given to interactionist, ethnomethodological, structuralist, critical, feminist, rational choice, and postmodern perspectives, with special emphasis on the legacy of Robert Merton, C. Wright Mills, and Erving Goffman, as well as Dorothy Smith, Anthony Giddens, and Patricia Hill Collins.

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 110  and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

  
  • SOC 450 - Independent Study

    1-8 hours
    An opportunity to do independent research or study under faculty supervision.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the supervisory faculty member is required.

  
  • SOC 455 - Internship

    1-8 hours
    Internships in a variety of agencies and organizations involved with the delivery of social services, health care administration, social justice advocacy, and/or research and policy analysis are available under faculty supervision. Student participants enhance their research proficiency while gaining valuable work experience in an area of their interest.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and consent of supervising faculty member is required.

  
  • SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I

    4 hours
    This course introduces students to the Spanish language by listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish in a cultural context. Students will develop a basic proficiency in all language skills through a study of Spanish grammar and vocabulary.

  
  • SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II

    4 hours
    This course continues to develop the four language skills.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 101  or equivalent.

  
  • SPAN 191 - Accelerated Spanish for Heritage Speakers I

    4 hours
    This course will offer an accelerated review of elementary level grammar and vocabulary for heritage speakers (those from bilingual or Spanish-speaking homes). We will practice all four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) focusing on topics relevant to Hispanic culture, both abroad and in the United States. This course prepares students for SPAN 192 - Accelerated Spanish for Heritage Speakers II . It is expected that students take both semesters.

    Prerequisite(s): Placement exam or consent of department.

  
  • SPAN 192 - Accelerated Spanish for Heritage Speakers II

    4 hours
    This course will offer an accelerated review of grammar and vocabulary for Heritage speaker (those from bilingual or Spanish-speaking homes).  We will practice all four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) focusing on topics relevant to Hispanic culture, both abroad and in the US.  It includes an off-campus Community Based Learning experience. This course continues the work begun in SPAN 191 - Accelerated Spanish for Heritage Speakers I , and it is expected that students take both semesters.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 191 , placement exam, or consent of department.

  
  • SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish

    4 hours
    This course completes the grammar cycle with an emphasis on the subjunctive. It reinforces and builds upon basic skills in Spanish through the development of the four language skills. Compositions and dialogues in conjunction with daily written and oral exercises reinforce the grammatical concepts.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 102  with a minimum grade of C- or placement through examination.

  
  • SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II

    4 hours
    This course continues the development of reading and writing skills, with an emphasis on written and spoken communication. Visual, oral, and written materials form the point of departure for work that enhances students’ communication skills.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 201  or equivalent. Not open to students who have completed SPAN 231 .

  
  • SPAN 208 - Intermediate Spanish Conversation through Film and Music

    2 hours
    This 2-credit course, with a 1-credit intensification option, will focus on acquiring and practicing Spanish in a dynamic and interactive form through film and music. By viewing various films and listening to music from Spain and Latin America, students will not only practice speaking Spanish, expanding their vocabulary and reviewing grammar in the process, but also familiarize themselves with authentic pronunciations of Spanish and gain insight into cultural and historical contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 201  or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 209 - Spanish for Health Professions

    3 hours
    This intermediate-level course will focus on a general review of relevant grammar and on the specialized vocabulary needed for effective communication with Spanish-speaking clients or patients. Of interest to a wide range of healthcare professions. Topics include: emergency, hospital, dental, maternity, nutrition, and drug and alcohol treatment.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 111 or SPAN 201 or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 231 - Spanish Language and Culture for Heritage Speakers

    4 hours
    This is an intermediate level language course designed specifically for heritage speakers of Spanish to address their specific linguistic needs. The course objectives are to advance fluency in the formal use of language in all areas (writing, speaking, reading, and listening comprehension), and to investigate the cultural aspects of Spanish heritage language experiences in the United States. This course includes an off-campus community-based learning experience.

    Prerequisite(s): Placement exam or consent of instructor.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SPAN 245 - Introduction to Spain

    4 hours
    This course provides a survey of the significant aspects of the history and culture of Spain and its contributions to Western civilization.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 202 , SPAN 231 , or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 246 - Introduction to Spanish America

    4 hours
    This course provides historical and cultural background of individual countries in Spanish America, as well as a study of contemporary cultural issues and institutions.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 202 , SPAN 231 , or consent of instructor.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SPAN 295 - Bestsellers and Blockbusters of Hispanic Literature and Film

    2-3 hours
    This 2-credit course, with a 1-credit intensification option, will study a selection of bestselling books of the Hispanic world, as well as view blockbuster films from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Cuba. In studying the works, special attention is paid to the relationships between the literary and cinematic narratives and their cultural and historical contexts. We ask what is the essential appeal that led to commercial success, and discuss how the stories told are more broadly human ones. How the use of language expresses the core ideas of the work will also be analyzed. All discussion will be in English, works will be read in translation (Spanish majors and minors will read in Spanish), and films viewed with subtitles.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement if taken for 3 credits.
  
  • SPAN 301 - Advanced Grammar and Composition

    3 hours
    Development of writing skills with emphasis on the complexities of structure and idioms; composition techniques; review of grammar.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 245  or SPAN 246  or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 302 - Advanced Oral Communication

    3 hours
    Development of increased fluency in spoken language in a variety of forms–conversations, team projects, reports, panels, etc. The class will focus on relevant contemporary materials contained in short stories, films, magazine and newspaper articles, videos, and television programs.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 304 - Professional Spanish

    3 hours
    Advanced study of written and oral Spanish as it applies to business and other related professional careers. It prepares students for the optional Madrid Chamber of Commerce certification examination.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301 .

  
  • SPAN 320 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature

    3 hours
    The primary objective of this course is to teach students to read critically. Written texts will include selections from prose, fiction (both novel and short story), poetry, theatre, and essays from Spanish and Spanish American literature. Students will be introduced to literary terminology in Spanish and to the analysis of a variety of textual strategies.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  or consent of instructor.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • SPAN 325 - Introduction to Hispanic Cinema

    3 hours
    This course introduces students to the study of Hispanic cinema (from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America), with special attention paid to the distinct art of movie making. Content may include a survey of renowned directors and their contributions to world cinema, thematic intersections of culture with social and political realities of the Hispanic world, or major cinematic movements and trends.

    Listed also as CAS 325 

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 320 , or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 350 - Special Topics in Culture and Civilization

    3 hours
    This course will vary per course depending on title. Topics will center on cultural or social themes in Spain, Latin America, or both.

    Prerequisite(s): If topic is exclusively Spain, SPAN 245  is required. If topic is Latin America, SPAN 246  is required.

  
  • SPAN 382 - Survey of Peninsular Literature

    3 hours
    This course will study literature written in Spain from the medieval period to the present day. Through a survey of texts produced during this period, this course will focus on both the artistic value of the works as well as their reflection of the cultural and socio-political reality of their respective periods and countries. This course may not be taken for credit by students who previously earned credit in SPAN 380 or SPAN 381.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 320  

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • SPAN 392 - Survey of Latin American Literature

    3 hours
    This course will study literature written in Latin America from the colonial period to the present day. Through a survey of texts produced during this period, this course will focus on both the artistic value of the works as well as their reflection of the cultural and socio-political reality of their respective periods and countries. This course may not be taken for credit by students who previously earned credit in SPAN 390 or SPAN 391.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 320  

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • SPAN 399 - Directed Study

    1-4 hours
    This option is to be selected only when absolutely necessary (i.e., the student has already taken all courses offered that semester or there is a conflict in the schedule that cannot be resolved otherwise).

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing with consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 425 - Survey of Hispanic Literature for Teachers of Spanish

    3 hours
    This course surveys key literary movements of Hispanic literature from the Middle Ages through the end of the 20th century, and reviews the biographical profiles of its most prominent authors. Additionally, we will review the terminology, forms and structures of the three literary genres (narrative, poetry and drama), as these are taught in standard “Introduction to Hispanic Literature” courses. We will work with the two main textbooks available to instructors for these introductory courses, and we will evaluate the pros and cons of each. It is not required to have taught literature in Spanish to take this course.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 320  and any one of the following: SPAN 380 , SPAN 381 , SPAN 390 ,or SPAN 391 ; junior or senior standing.

  
  • SPAN 427 - Special Topics

    3-4 hours
    This course will center on focused readings, discussions, and reports on any of the following: selected authors, works, or movements; or cultural or social themes found in literature and culture. Content varies per course and may be repeated in different semesters under different subtitles.

    Listed also as LLAS 427 .

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 320  and either SPAN 380 , SPAN 381 , SPAN 390 , or SPAN 391 , or consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 450 - Independent Study

    1-4 hours
    An independent study is for students who have already taken all of the courses offered in a given semester.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, consent of instructor.

  
  • SPAN 455 - Internship

    1-8 hours
    This course gives students academic credit for a work experience that is directly related to the major. In addition to the hours of work completed (either paid or unpaid), students will be required to submit written reports and/or give oral presentations.

  
  • STA 200 - Ghana: A Gateway to Africa

    1-3 hours
    Listed also as BWS 201 

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • STA 223 - Drawing on Florence

    3 hours
    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • STA 231 - Strasbourg French Language Program

    3 hours
  
  • STA 251 - The Art of Renaissance and Baroque Rome:1400-1700

    3 hours
    Winter interim only.

  
  • STA 282 - Florence: The City as Renaissance Text

    3-4 hours
    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • STA 299 - International Service Study Abroad: Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti, South Africa

    1-3 hours
    All sites will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  
  
  • STA 325 - Study Abroad Chronicle

    1 hour
    Fall only. Semester in London only.

  
  • STA 330 - Cuba-Culture, History, and Politics

    6 hours
    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • STA 335-336 - Study in Salamanca

    18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

  
  • STA 338-339 - Study in Milan

    17-18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

  
  • STA 342 - El Salvador: Human Rights, Gender, and Globalization

    1-3 hours
    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • STA 352-353 - Study in Limerick, Ireland

    18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

  
  • STA 360-361 - Poitiers France

    1-18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

  
  • STA 366-367 - Study in Stellenbosch, South Africa

    18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

    Listed also as BWS 366-367 .

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • STA 370-371 - Study in Blackfriars Oxford

    18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum 3.7 GPA required.

  
  • STA 375-376 - Study in Salzburg, Austria

    18 hours
    Fall and/or spring semester(s).

  
  • STA 395 - Paris: Essentials of French Fashion

    6 hours
    Summer only.

  
  • STA 403 - China: Modernization, Tradition, and Culture

    3 hours
    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SWG 107 - Black Women In Society

    3 hours
    Listed also as BWS 107 

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SWG 200 - Introduction to the Study of Women and Gender

    3 hours
    This course explores the significance of sex and gender through classical and contemporary theories, concepts, multidisciplinary frameworks, and diverse perspectives.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SWG 220 - Women In Philosophy

    3 hours
    Listed also as PHIL 220 .

  
  • SWG 221 - Gender Issues

    3 hours
    We will examine the concept of gender and explore its construction, as well as look at issues such as how gender affects relationships and how issues like sexual harassment and equity in the workplace can be understood through a feminist lens.

    Listed also as PHIL 221 

    This course will satisfy the philosophy core area requirement.
  
  • SWG 222 - Black Women Writers

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 222  and BWS 222 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 

    This course satisfies the literature core area requirement and the multicultural requirement.
  
  • SWG 230 - Sociology of Gender

    3 hours
    Listed also as SOC 230 .

  
  • SWG 233 - Bad Girls of the Bible

    3 hours
    Listed also as THEO 233  

    This course will satisfy the theology core are requirement.
  
  • SWG 235 - Women in Political Philosophy

    3 hours
    Listed also as POSC 235 .

  
  • SWG 256 - Marriage and Family Life

    3 hours
    Listed also as THEO 256 

    This course will satisfy the theology core area requirement.
  
  • SWG 257 - Women and Religion

    3 hours
    Listed also as THEO 257 .

  
  • SWG 263 - Women of the Italian Renaissance

    3 hours
    Listed also as ITAL 263 

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • SWG 264 - Modern Italian Women Writers

    3 hours
    Listed also as   ITAL 264  and MFL 264 .

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • SWG 273 - Great Women Mystics

    3 hours
    Listed also as THEO 273 

  
  • SWG 277 - Women and Film

    3 hours
    Listed also as CAS 277 .

  
  • SWG 286 - Masculinity and Communication

    3 hours
    Listed also as CAS 286  and SJCE 286  

  
  • SWG 290 - French Women Writers: Poetry, Theater, Prose

    3 hours
    Listed also as FREN 290 .

  
  • SWG 299 - Community-Based Learning

    1 hour
  
  
  • SWG 330 - Human Sexualities

    3 hours
    This course uses inter-disciplinary frameworks to explore historical and contemporary understandings of sexuality. This perspective deepens our understandings of human sexualities, encouraging the examination of a wide range of human sexual experiences across cultures and the history of our species. We use the biopsychosocial framework to address some of the basics of our anatomy and physiology. We use social science theories and research to explore norms and values, behaviors, actions, desires, and identities, and to assess how our social and cultural ideas of human sexuality and identities are shaped.

    Listed also as SOC 330  

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or consent of the instructor.

  
  • SWG 350 - Medieval Women and Gender

    3 hours
    Listed also as HIST 350 .

  
  • SWG 351 - Women and Development

    3 hours
    Listed also as SOC 350  and LLAS 350 

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SWG 352 - Images of Woman in Drama

    3 hours
    Listed also as THEA 350 .

  
  • SWG 358 - Gender and Media

    3 hours
    Listed also as CAS 358 .

  
  • SWG 380 - Contemporary Feminist Theories

    3 hours
    In this class, we will examine the development of U.S. feminist thinking beginning with the 1960s. We will explore perspectives such as Marxist, liberal, and radical feminism, and examine the impact of feminist philosophical thought and the transition from second- to third-wave feminism.

    Listed also as PHIL 380 

    Prerequisite(s): SWG 220  or SWG 221  or consent of the instructor.

  
  • SWG 381 - Transnational Feminist Theories

    3 hours
    We live in a globalized world. Our lives are integrated by economies, mass media, and policies. With all we have in common there is much that divides us. We are all citizens of the world but we are situated in different positions—we have different values, priorities, and analyses. Transnational feminism engages the similarities, differences, and contradictions to create a theoretical framework for social change across genders, sexualities, race and ethnicities, social classes, regions, and nations. Framed by critiques of “universal sisterhood” launched by women of color and feminists from the Global South, this course challenges the conventional Western story of feminism. As we analyze the workings of power and gender in different cultural contexts and within international feminist discourse, we will also focus on the creative cultural practices women use to negotiate their lives and consider various challenges and strategies of transnational feminist projects.

    Listed also as SOC 381 

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 230   or SWG 200  or consent of instructor.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  
  • SWG 382 - Constitutional Law III: Gender and Race

    3 hours
    Listed also as POSC 382 .

  
  • SWG 383 - Gendering of Science: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

    3 hours
    Course utilizes a feminist intersectional analysis to explore the ways scientific knowledge is raced and gendered.

    Listed also as SOC 383 .

  
  • SWG 400 - Interdisciplinary Frameworks for the Analysis of Women and Gender

    3 hours
    This upper-level theory course will focus on interdisciplinary and multicultural epistemologies, theories, and methodological approaches to the study of women and gender.

    Prerequisite(s): SWG 200  and junior standing or consent of the instructor.

  
  • THEA 140 - Theatre Practicum

    1 hour
    This course provides a hands-on opportunity for students to work with professional entertainers contracted through the performing arts series. Areas include: front of the house, performance, costuming, lighting and sound, set/scene work, and more. The practicum also includes the practical application of skills to university productions.

    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment limited to theatre arts majors and minors.

  
  • THEA 142 - Dance

    3 hours
    This course is appropriate for students new to dance as well as to those who already have basic dance skills. A different form of dance will be offered each semester, such as ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip-hop, etc. Each course is designed to impart basic techniques as well as aid physical fitness and awareness.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 143 - A Survey of American Concert Dance

    3 hours
    This course is specifically created with the beginning dancer in mind. However, movement material can be adjusted to fit the needs of the students. Each meeting time will consist of a studio dance class (1 hour and 45 minutes), which will explore different movement styles from which contemporary choreographers draw. Dancers will be guided through a genre-specific warm-up and long-form movement phrases that introduce the technical requirement of each form, varied accompaniments, and performance qualities. Students will then move to a lecture hall where they will view a variety of dance films that will serve to give a historical context to the work in the studio and introduce students to artists whose work has broken new ground or stands as an example of the purity of a specific form. This segment of the class will also meet for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

  
  • THEA 150 - Introduction to Theatre

    3 hours
    This course develops the students’ understanding and experience of theatre. The elements of drama, the collaborative process of theatre production, contemporary performance forms and contexts, and methods of criticism are introduced. Course work includes weekly reading and oral and written analyses of dramatic texts and live and filmed performances. Attendance at theatre performances in the Chicago area is required.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 160 - Voice and Diction

    3 hours
    Students will improve the quality and effectiveness of their speaking voice through a program of drills and performance exercises. Rodenburg’s text, The Right to Speak, will be fully covered. TV and radio announcing skills will also be included. Course offered on satisfactory/fail basis only.

    Listed also as CAS 160 .

  
  • THEA 161 - Voice and Movement I

    3 hours
    Students will enhance the use of their voices and bodies for performance and presentation through individual body connection work. Using the techniques of Linklater, Alexander, Penrod, Spolin, and others, students will explore how their instrument functions and how to maximize their physical and vocal aptitude.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 170 - History of Theatre

    3 hours
    This course focuses primarily on the history of Western theatre. Through weekly reading, writing, and discussion of primary texts, secondary sources, and dramatic literature, students will examine the purposes, forms, and processes of theatre as manifested in specific cultural contexts from the beginning of theatre to the present.

  
  • THEA 180 - Acting Fundamentals

    3 hours
    We are actors in everyday life. Through the study of the Stanislavski System, along with other acting methodologies and exercises, students will explore how characters relate to others, thereby enhancing individual aesthetic awareness. The course will focus on the art of acting as a craft and discipline, and how these skills can connect to and enrich other aspects of our daily world.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 228 - Classical Drama

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 228 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 230 - Theatre Production I

    3 hours
    This course and its hands-on approach will equip the student in the fundamental techniques, materials, and shop skills relevant to the various elements of technical theatre. Students will assist in preparing and mounting university productions in the areas of lighting, set construction, scene work, sound, etc.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 240 - Forms of Drama

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 240 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 253 - Improvisation

    2 hours
    Viola Spolin says, “Spontaneity is the moment of personal freedom when we are faced with a reality and see it, explore it, and act accordingly.” This course will help students embrace creative freedom, discover and design new realities, and enhance their intuitive skills through the fundamental study of improvisational acting. The course will cover a wide variety of improv forms, techniques, and exercises.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 254 - Theatre for Young Audiences

    3 hours
    The course will focus on the elements involved in producing quality theatre for young audiences. Through the practical application of acting exercises, improvisation, and textual analysis, students will extensively explore acting in children’s theatre and gain knowledge in the various aspects of directing, scripting, and producing youth-oriented theatrical experiences. This course requires some outside work: additional rehearsals and live performances.

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 260 - The English Drama

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 260 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 261 - Shakespeare’s Romantic Couples

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 261  

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 262 - Shakespeare’s Tragic Families

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 262 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 263 - Introduction to Shakespeare

    3 hours
    Listed also as ENGL 263 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 

    The course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  
  • THEA 270 - Theatre: The American Scene

    3 hours
    Students will study major developments in the American theatre from 1929 to the present with emphasis on the dramatic literature and theatre personalities of each decade. Attendance at theatre productions is required.

    Listed also as AMST 273 .

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
 

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