Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 University Catalog 
    
2018-2019 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Courses


Overview

The University Catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions.  Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester.

Course Renumbering

A complete list of all courses renumbered during this past academic year can be found below.

Courses Renumbered 2018-2019  

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  • THST 131 Introduction to Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    The fundamentals of design for the theater including costume, lighting, and scenery. Review of the designer’s role in the production process, design requirements, and aesthetics. Emphasis on the basic principles of two-dimensional art and graphic forms through various media and study of color and color theory.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: THST*131, THST*131
  
  • THST 132 Set Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    An exploration of and instruction in techniques for theatrical scenic design. This class includes lectures, individual guidance, discussions and projects investigating the aesthetic, technical, and practical problems of designing scenery for the stage. Repeatable for elective credit, with advanced projects for repeating students.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 133 Introduction to Design II

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This class will expand on the material covered in Introduction to Design. Further emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of design for the theater including costume, lighting, sound and scenery. Students will explore how the physical requirements of a play, musical libretto or score influence design choices. There will be a focus on the role that choice and style play in the creation of a design concept and the execution of design in production.

    Prerequisites THST*131

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 181 Acting for Non-Majors I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces the non-actor to improvisation, character development, and the basic idea of action and objective in performance. The first four weeks acclimate the new actor to being expressive in a group using body and voice through improvisation, theater games, and movement; breathing and relaxation techniques are also taught. The student is introduced to script analysis and asked to write and develop monologues to create dramatic characters for performance. Grading is based on class participation and progress with the work on monologues.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 201 Acting Studio: Technique I

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This begins a focused exploration of techniques focused in a psycho-physical acting approach, in which the students expand their imaginations, explore their impulses, and creatively integrate their bodies and voices. An emphasis on ensemble building techniques is present to strengthen cooperative skills. There is a continuous focus on text analysis used to identify given circumstances and objectives, ultimately leading to options and choices for the actor to apply in scenes from diverse 20th & 21st century playwrights.

    Prerequisites THST*102

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 202 Acting Studio: Technique II

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This work builds upon and deepens the exploration and application of psycho-physical techniques in Acting Studio: Technique I. Through continued focus on expanding imaginative impulses students develop a more acute integration of the voice and body for more transformative characterization. Ongoing exploration of ensemble building techniques will be used to strengthen cooperative and listening skills. Text analysis progresses with scene work that approaches heightened text.

    Prerequisites THST*201

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    Prereq. Override Available
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 205 American Sign Language

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces the student to American Sign Language (ASL), the language used by the majority of people in the American Deaf Community. It is a beginner’s course designed to provide non-native signers an opportunity to study ASL as a foreign/second language. In this course students are introduced to a language, which is very different from any spoken language. ASL is visually based, rather than auditory based, and is composed of hand shapes, spatial referencing movements, number usage, basic time and money concepts, fingerspelling, basic questions, statement, and negations (basic ASL gloss) and facial expressions as the primary structures of language. Along with learning the primary language of Deaf people, students are also introduced to American Deaf Culture by experiencing a visually based signing environment in the classroom and through visits into the Deaf Community outside of the classroom, readings, and videotapes. This class is totally in ASL with supplemental mime/gesture, drawing, etc. This is an immersion class. Speaking is not permitted during class time.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 213 Advanced Music Skills Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 15.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Supports Music Skills III and IV.

    Prerequisites THST*113

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 214 Music Skills for Musical Theater III

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Continued skill training in sight reading, ear training, keyboard and music theory, oriented to the needs of the musical theater performer. Examples are drawn from a wide range of musical repertoire. In-class exercises and drills are supplemented with computer-based instruction.

    Prerequisites THST*115

    Corequisite Course(s): THST*213

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 215 Music Skills for Musical Theater IV

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Continued skill training in sight reading, ear training, keyboard and music theory, oriented to the needs of the musical theater performer. Examples are drawn from a wide range of musical repertoire. In-class exercises and drills are supplemented with computer-based instruction.

    Prerequisites THST*214

    Corequisite Course(s): THST*213

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 231 Lighting Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Procedures for lighting, with emphasis on the functions of theatrical stage lighting. Discussions and projects investigating the problems of lighting design, including electrical principles, instrumentation, color, media, equipment control, planning, and rigging. This course and its projects are studio-based in approach. Repeatable for elective credit, with advanced projects for repeating students.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: TH*339, TH*431, THST*231, THST*231
  
  • THST 232 Costume Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Investigation of materials and principles, tools, supplies and techniques of costume design and construction, with emphasis on projects and discussions involving aesthetic, technical, and practical elements. Repeatable for elective credit, with advanced projects for repeating students.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 235 Projection Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course will explore the usefulness and application of projection design in contemporary theatre, dance, and opera. Students will develop a vocabulary to discuss projections with directors, fellow designers, and producers. Students will have hands on opportunities to discuss, develop, and design for multiple projects in class. This course requires students to complete assignments on design ideas, research, pre-visualization, system design, and content creation. The goal of the course is to have a fundamental knowledge of projection design and the ability to discuss and determine its value in the design palette.

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors. Requires completion of 15 credits.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 250 Director/Design Collaboration

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    An exploration of the designer - director relationship in theater or film work. The course develops skills in collaboration and communication and provides models for effective director - designer production practices. Collaboration skills will be enhanced through practical work on a series of individual and group projects.

    Prerequisites THPD*261 or FIDE*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 275 Lab Hours

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The student will be brought into the classroom to perform in exercises, improvisations, scenes, etc. in support of curriculum. Performances in courses include, but are not limited to, Directing/Playwriting/Production and School of Film courses.

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 278 Production Hours

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 60.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will be involved in the rehearsal and performance of a production within the Brind School in their sophomore year. Involvement includes, but is not limited to, performance in the main Brind School production season, student produced work, or departmentally supported workshop productions.

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 280 Fundamentals of Acting I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Designed specifically for voice and dance majors from the Schools of Music and Dance, this introductory course places an emphasis on each student discovering their core through the study of improvisation, monologue work, emotional discovery, speech and movement. The course is open only to students admitted to the Musical Theater minor and serves as a foundation for training in acting that complements studies in musical theater technique.

    Open to Theater Management and Production majors and Musical Theater minors in the School of Dance or Music only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 301 Acting Studio: Technique III

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Studies in advanced acting. Further development of performance technique as it relates to the rehearsal process. Special emphasis given to clarity of behavior, characterization, action, and objective. Scene work used as a means of gauging the actor’s ability to apply studio work to text.

    Prerequisites THST*202

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 302 Acting Studio: Poetic Realism

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Exploration of scene study methods as they apply to dramatic works by such playwrights as Williams, O’Neill, Isben, Strindberg, Wilde, Checkhov, Synge, O’Casey, and further development of actor’s attention to and application of behavioral specificity.

    Prerequisites THST*202

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 323 Musical Theater Styles: Solos and Scenes

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    A two-semester sequence designed to introduce students representative musical theatre genres and styles and prepare them to perform successfully in them. Fall semester genres include: Comic opera and operetta; vaudeville and early musical comedy; ‘Standards’ of the 20’s and 30’s; Rodgers and Hammerstein ‘Musical Play.’ Incorporates components of THST 321: Musical Theater Repertory and THVC 321: MT Performances: Styles I

    Prerequisites THVC*222

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 324 Musical Theater Styles: Solos and Scenes II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    A two-semester sequence designed to introduce students representative musical theatre genres and styles and prepare them to perform successfully in them. Second semester of course includes: Brechtian musical theater; Broadway opera and the Euromusical; rock musicals; and contemporary experimental music theater. Incorporates components of THST 322: Musical Theater Repertory II and THVC 322: MT Performances-Styles II.

    Prerequisites THST*323

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 326 Advanced Costume Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This class will delve into the specifics of costume design for performance. The format will be project and critique based. Students will work on several large, diverse projects throughout the semester, completing each phase of the costume design process. The class will focus special attention on script analysis and generating ideas at the outset of a creative collaboration. Additionally, students will be instructed in methods for costume rendering, detail drawings, swatching, sourcing, and patterning.

    Prerequisites THST*232

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 329 Advanced Set Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This class will delve into the specifics of set design for live performance and build upon the material from THST*132: Set Design. Students will work on several large, diverse projects throughout the semester, completing each phase of the set design process. The class will focus special attention on script analysis and generating ideas at the outset of a creative collaboration. Continued development of communication ideas through research and models will be emphasized. Additionally, students will be instructed in the standards and details of generating complete scenic drafting packages either by hand or using Vectorworks drafting techniques.

    Prerequisites THST*132

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 330 Design Technology Seminar

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This seminar-style class is designed as a forum for considering challenges and concepts facing advanced design and technology students. Course deals with advanced design concepts and applications in the various theatrical fora, including dance, opera, ballet, and musical theater. Solutions are sought through the collaborative process with costume, lighting, scene design, and theater tech students arriving at conceptual treatments and visualizations.

    Prerequisites THPD*264

    Open to Theater Design Technology majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 331 Sound Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Fundamental procedures for sound creation and reproduction, with emphasis on the function and practice of theatrical sound design. Lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and projects investigating the problems of sound design for the stage, including sound production, modification, amplification, balance, instrumentation, character of sound, media, equipment control, planning and rigging in stage space, and working with stage management to set cues for the live performances.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 332 Design Technology Seminar

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This seminar-style class is designed as a forum for considering challenges and concepts facing advanced design and technology students. Course deals with advanced design concepts and applications in the various theatrical fora, including dance, opera, ballet, and musical theater. Solutions are sought through the collaborative process with costume, lighting, scene design, and theater tech students arriving at conceptual treatments and visualizations.

    Prerequisites Complete 3 courses from THPD*264, THST*132, THST*231, THST*232, THST*235, or THST*331

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 333 Design Technology Master Class

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    A senior level studio design course providing advanced instruction in scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and technical design. Students will complete in-depth investigations of plays, musicals, dance, or film projects through comprehensive paper projects that will be critiqued by design faculty. This course offers the opportunity to build upon the foundations of the introductory design courses while investigating specialized production problems and challenges. This class is meant to serve as the final design studio in the major. It may be taken after or concurrently with the other design studio classes.

    Prerequisites THST*332

    Open to Theater Design Technology majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 341 Acting on Camera

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 30.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Designed for acting students who want to gain knowledge and experience in acting for film and television, the primary market in the entertainment industry. Sessions give each participant a hands-on experience in acting for the camera. The actors are able to see and evaluate each other’s film work during a special screening session at the end of the course.

    Prerequisites THST*202

    Open to Acting majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 344 Audition Techniques

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course focuses on the skills necessary to audition successfully for theater, film, and television. Topics include cold readings, monologues, television commercials, and dealing with agents and casting directors.

    Prerequisites THST*302 or THST*361

    Open to Acting and Applied Theater Arts majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 355 Advanced Lighting Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This class will delve into the specifics of lighting design for performance. The format will be project and critique based. Students will work on several large, diverse projects throughout the semester, completing each phase of the lighting process. The class will focus special attention on script analysis and generating ideas at the outset of a creative collaboration. Additionally, students will be instructed in the standards and details of generating lighting paperwork, as well as Vectorworks drafting techniques.

    Prerequisites THST*231

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 361 Directing I

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    An introduction to the art directing. Through hands-on work, directors will develop their unique artistic imaginations and collaborative leadership styles. Students will begin to learn: the relationship between form and content, the process of interpretation, the larger social impact of their work as storytellers, and the ability to clearly communicate their vision. This class is a studio that will explore production preparation, scene work, text analysis, exercises and provide critical feedback.

    Prerequisites THEA*161 or THST*202

    Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 375 Production Hours

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 60.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The student will be involved in the rehearsal and performance of a production within the Brind School in their junior year. Involvement includes, but is not limited to, performance in the main Brind School production season, student produced work, or departmentally supported workshop productions.

    Acting & Musical Theater majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 380 Fundamentals of Acting II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Designed specifically for Voice, Dance and Applied Theater Arts majors from the Schools of Music, Dance and Theater who have been admitted into the Musical Theater Minor. This second course in the sequence is devoted primarily to technical training in which actors gain a sense of conversational reality, strengthening their imaginations, responsiveness, spontaneity, and range of emotions. The course serves as a foundation for training in acting that complements studies in musical theater technique.

    Prerequisites THST*280 w/ grade of B or better

    Open to Musical Theater minors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 385 Advanced Sound Design

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This class will delve into the specifics of theatrical sound design for live performance. The format will be project and critique based. Students will work on several large, diverse projects throughout the semester, completing each phase of the sound design process. The class will focus special attention on script analysis and generating ideas at the outset of a creative collaboration. Students will explore methods for content creation and manipulation, system design and technology, and cueing structures, and will be instructed in the standard of sound paperwork and drafting.

    Prerequisites THST*331

    Priority enrollment for Theater Design and Technology majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 401 Acting Studio: Verse Drama I

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Integrated voice and performance work on period scenes and monologues. Material to be covered includes Greek and Restoration.

    Prerequisites THST*302

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 403 Improvisation for the Actor

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    The course is designed to build the students foundational skills in improvisation and apply those skills in games and scene work. There will be a focus on students developing stronger connection to their creative impulses and increasing their ability to make bold, committed choices. Through exercises and explorations in spacework, character development, and ensemble, students will refine their storytelling. Students will learn how to generate information through teamwork, physical action, character, heightening circumstances, emotional adjustments, active listening, and the important, vital skill of saying yes.

    Prerequisites THST*202

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 440 New Play Workshop

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course hosts professional playwrights who have new plays currently in development in order to establish and advance the new script development skills of directors, playwrights, and managers. Students, along with their professor, develop a plan to optimally develop and workshop the visiting professional’s scripts and then act upon their plan. Students then give the professional playwright(s) feedback about both their work and the process of their workshop/development. In this course, students learn how to workshop as a director, playwright/dramaturg, and manager. Students interface with mid-career professional playwrights. It is a studio class that cultivates and explores the collaborative relationships among playwrights, directors, actors, managers, and dramaturgs. New scripts are developed through innovative workshops, exercises, and staging. Important questions are asked about what each new script needs in order for it to reach its full artistic potential.

    Prerequisites THEA*152

    Priority enrollment to Theater Management and Production majors. Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 442 Acting on Camera II

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 30.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course moves from the classroom to the film set with practical application of the skills acquired in Acting on Camera I. Using all of their subsequent training, students will arrive to set fully prepared to shoot a scene and fulfill their responsibilities in front of the camera. While classmates shoot their scenes students also learn responsibilities of work behind the camera, such as crewing, script supervising, and assistant directing. When shooting wraps students will then assist in the post production process of editing the footage and creating the final project. The final edited scene will then be given a screening.

    Prerequisites THST*341

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THST 450 Contemporary Scene Study

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This is an advanced scene study studio for actors focusing on the contemporary American playwrights and theatre makers shaping 21st century drama. The course is designed to familiarize actors with their work while further honing rehearsal and performance technique under the tutelage of a professional director. The plays will be read and researched; appropriate scenes will be selected, rehearsed and presented within the studio structure. The crucial building block of the process will be the notion of ‘action’ through which the actor makes strong imaginative and specific choices appropriate to the world of the play.

    Prerequisites THST*301

    Open to majors in the School of Theater only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 451 Voice Acting

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A detailed program of vocal production work designed to introduce the student to the voice-over business: the audition procedures and techniques required to gain and maintain employment in the field of commercial, industrial and animation voice overs. The curriculum includes an in depth study of voice preparation and characterization, text analysis, cold readings and microphone technique. The course will also include discussion of independent contacting, representation, and Union requirements.

    Prerequisites THVC*212

    Priority enrollment for Acting majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THST 461 Directing II

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course continues the work of Directing I. An in-depth studio that further develops the student artist’s directorial interpretation, leadership style and personal artistic point of view. Through work on scenes that both instructors and students select, student directors will work with actors to develop the skills necessary to work collaboratively in pursuit of their vision.

    Prerequisites THST*361

    Priority enrollment to Theater Management and Production majors. Open to Majors in School of Theatre Arts Only
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 462 Directing III

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course continues the work of Directing II. An in-depth studio that further develops the student artist’s interpretation, leadership style and personal artistic point of view. Student directors work on challenging scenes that push them to new discoveries and a deeper articulation of their point of view.

    Prerequisites THST*461

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THST 463 Director’s Workshop

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This course is an advanced studio in directing and deeply explores the interpreting different kinds of theater each semester.

    Prerequisites THST*462

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit
  
  • THST 475 Production Hours

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 60.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    The student will be involved in the rehearsal and performance of a production within the Brind School in their senior year. Involvement includes, but is not limited to, performance in the main Brind School production season, student produced work, or departmentally supported workshop productions.

    Acting & Musical Theater majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  
  • THVC 111 Voice and Speech for Actors I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Linklater exercises are the basis of a course designed to help the student find his/her natural voice and to integrate body, breathing, voice, thought and feeling into expression through speech. The student is given a practical understanding of the voice and how it works. Tensions that inhibit primary impulses are uncovered and dismantled. The function of the articulators is studied and they are examined for blocks and exercised for release.

    Open to Acting majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 112 Voice and Speech for Actors II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Linklater exercises are the basis of a course designed to help the student find his/her natural voice and to integrate body, breathing, voice, thought and feeling into expression through speech. The student is given a practical understanding of the voice and how it works. Tensions that inhibit primary impulses are uncovered and dismantled. The function of the articulators is studied and they are examined for blocks and exercised for release.

    Prerequisites THST*101 and THVC*111

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 121 Musical Theater Performance: Introduction

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Introduction to the fundamentals of vocal technique, vocal anatomy, and vocal performance for the musical stage. Examination of various styles used in the musical theater, past and present.

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 122 Musical Theater Performance: Foundation

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Introduction to the fundamentals of vocal technique, vocal anatomy, and vocal performance for the musical stage. Examination of various styles used in the musical theater, past and present.

    Prerequisites THVC*121

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 131 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Individual (and, occasionally, small group) instruction in vocal techniques appropriate for the musical theater, culminating in a jury examination each semester.

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 132 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Individual (and, occasionally, small group) instruction in vocal techniques appropriate for the musical theater, culminating in a jury examination each semester.

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 210 Voice for Actors Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    0 credits 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Lab work designed to strengthen techniques learned in THVC 211 & 212 Voice and Speech for Actors.

    Prerequisites THVC*211

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THVC 211 Voice and Speech for Actors III

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Practical training in speech for the stage. Emphasis on articulation and eliminating regionalisms. Through the course of the year, each student is expected to achieve a high degree of proficiency in General American Pronunciation by developing a working knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Resonance, placement, and range are developed. Particular attention is paid to ending consonants, equating length of thought and length of breath and key wording.

    Prerequisites THVC*112 or THVC*132, and THST*102

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 212 Voice and Speech for Actors IV

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Practical training in speech for the stage. Emphasis on articulation and eliminating regionalisms. Through the course of the year, each student is expected to achieve a high degree of proficiency in General American Pronunciation by developing a working knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Resonance, placement, and range are developed. Particular attention is paid to ending consonants, equating length of thought and length of breath and key wording.

    Prerequisites THST*201 and THVC*211

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 213 Voice for Actors Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Lab work designed to strengthen techniques learned in THVC 211 & 212 Voice and Speech for Actors.

    Prerequisites THVC*112

    Corequisite Course(s): THVC*211 or THVC*212

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THVC 221 Musical Theater Performance: Principles of Singing Acting I

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    An exploration of the fundamental principles of singing acting. Students learn to practice making expressive behavioral choices in face, body and voice while singing. Technique is developed through exercises and repertoire study. Song analysis is taught as a tool to identify the most productive opportunities for behavioral choice-making.

    Prerequisites THVC*122

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 222 Musical Theater Performance: Principles of Singing Acting II

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Continued exploration of procedures for making expressive behavioral choices in face, body and voice while singing. Application in scene work (duets) as well as solo singing. Specificity, authenticity, variety and intensity of behavioral choice-making are pursued through exercises and repertoire study.

    Prerequisites THVC*221

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 231 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    See THVC 131.

    Prerequisites THVC*132

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 232 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    See THVC 131.

    Prerequisites THVC*231

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 235 Language and Diction for the Singing Actor

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Practical training in diction and prosody focusing on the unique challenges for the singing actor to bring dynamic use of language through song. Exercises to identify, isolate, and manipulate components of speech production through the use of IPA and the structure of lyrics will bring an ease and clarity to the singer. Special attention is paid to consonants as they support rhythm, phonemes as they effect vocal resonance and placement, and rhyme as it affects vowel shape.

    Prerequisites THVC*132

    Priority enrollment to Musical Theater Majors and Minors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 311 Voice and Speech for Actors V

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course involves advanced voice work for actors. It will consist of a progression of breathing, voice and speech exercises designed to relax, connect, open-up and center the actor’s breathing and voice and add range, musicality energy and clarity to their speech. The physical and vocal work will then be applied to text in the form of Shakespeare sonnets and monologues as preparation for the Verse Drama Studio.

    Prerequisites THST*202 and THVC*212

    Corequisite Course(s): THVC*213

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: THVC*311, TH*309A, TH*309
  
  • THVC 312 Voice and Speech for Actors VI

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course is focused on voice acting and how the actor adapts their voice for different mediums (e.g. stage, video, voice-over, etc.). Curriculum builds on the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, vocal connection, and text work. Material can address vocal work in dialects, genre/style, reading commercial copy, and vocal characterization.

    Prerequisites THVC*311

    Open to Acting and Musical Theater majors only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course is equated with the following courses: THVC*312, TH*309B, TH*310, THVC*312
  
  • THVC 325 The Singing Instrument

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The singing voice is the only instrument that is being built while it is played. The inability to physically touch the singing voice makes it difficult to learn and practice. What does the singing instrument look like? We will examine the anatomy and physiology of the singing voice as well as explore different methodologies and styles of vocal production. Part pedagogy and part performance, students will be challenged to make cogent observations and informed critiques of professional singers on recordings and performances by their peers as well as execute and display vocal improvement through performances of their own.

    Prerequisites THVC*232

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  
  • THVC 331 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Individual (and, occasionally, small group) instruction in vocal techniques appropriate for the musical theater, culminating in a jury examination each semester. See THVC 131 & 132.

    Prerequisites THVC*232

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 332 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Individual (and, occasionally, small group) instruction in vocal techniques appropriate for the musical theater, culminating in a jury examination each semester. See THVC 131 & 132.

    Prerequisites THVC*331

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 406 Pop/Rock Styles in Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    POP/ROCK STYLES IN MUSICAL THEATER familiarizes and exercises students in all styles of popular music currently represented on Broadway (Motown 50s/60s, 70s folk/rock, Disco, 80s pop/rock, Contemporary pop/rock, Hip/Hop, Country, Faeries).

    Prerequisites THVC*331

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 421 Musical Theater Performance: Cabaret/Audition

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 30.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A senior seminar in singing-acting. Students work on more demanding repertoire and on special performing challenges such as cabaret theater and auditioning. A Senior Showcase is prepared and performed, and professional outplacement issues are addressed.

    Prerequisites THVC*222

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 422 Musical Theater Performance: Professional Preparation

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 30.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    A senior seminar in singing-acting. Students work on more demanding repertoire and on special performing challenges such as cabaret theater and auditioning. A Senior Showcase is prepared and performed, and professional outplacement issues are addressed.

    Prerequisites THVC*222

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 431 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    See THVC 131.

    Prerequisites THVC*332

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • THVC 432 Voice Lesson for Musical Theater

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 7.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    See THVC 131.

    Prerequisites THVC*431

    Open to Musical Theater majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • TIME 101 Narrative

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This course will explore narrative’s cultural and ideological functions in art, film and design.
    Students will be introduced to essential theory about what defines narrative. They will also
    examine how medium affects narrative-how oral, pictorial and written narratives differ. The
    course will offer an introduction to experimental ways of structuring and experiencing narrative.
    In addition, this course will require that students put theory to practice. Exercises in a
    range of media will ask students to apply narrative principles to their own life stories,
    thereby grounding insights and theories learned from lectures and readings. The course will
    encourage students to both understand and explore the many ways in which narrative can be
    manipulated, across disciplines and media, to powerful effect.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    Priority enrollment for freshman level CAMD Core Studies students.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • TIME 221 Sound

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Sound is a sensuous medium that touches our bodies and minds in profound ways. This introductory course investigates the expressive range, communicative power, and aesthetic structure of sound as an artistic material. Frequent readings and listening examples will demonstrate the ways that sound communicates, and will enhance students’ awareness of the medium. Practical exercises will build fundamental skills in observation, editing, and mixing. Students will learn to listen, develop their technical and aesthetic sound vocabulary, and explore audio recording and digital sound editing in order to create aural projects, which cover the spectrum of sound art. This course will offer a historical overview of sound as an artistic and conceptual medium weaving in and around the movements of Dadaism, Futurism, Fluxus, Musique Concrete and New Music. All of these instances of sound experimentation have profoundly influenced current sound developments, including current mobile media practices, and have proliferated in the vast landscape of interactive, re-mixable, shared and networked multimedia.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • TIME 222 Narrative

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course will explore narrative’s cultural and ideological functions in art, film and design. Students will be introduced to essential theory about what defines narrative. They will also examine how medium affects narrative-how oral, pictorial and written narratives differ. The course will offer an introduction to experimental ways of structuring and experiencing narrative. In addition, this course will require that students put theory to practice. Exercises in a range of media will ask students to apply narrative principles to their own life stories, thereby grounding insights and theories learned from lectures and readings. The course will encourage students to both understand and explore the many ways in which narrative can be manipulated, across disciplines and media, to powerful effect.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • TIME 223 Language Craft and Concepts

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will explore issues and concepts in creative writing. Diverse reading and writing assignments spanning the genres of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction will introduce students to a variety of writing styles and techniques. Professors will provide skill-based lessons and seminar discussions to show how craftsmanship and technique shapes art-making practices. Students will learn to evaluate writing through critique, collaborate with peers to develop an artistic community, and apply writing techniques to their creative processes.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • TIME 224 Effects of Time

    College of Art, Media & Design

    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    In Effects of Time students will be introduced to multiple approaches to time-based media across art, film and design. Using digital and manual techniques, students will investigate time-based media from the earliest proto-cinematic devices to the most contemporary methods of marking and structuring time. Students will be introduced to both ancient and modern, western and non-western models of time through projects, lessons, seminar discussions and readings. Students will work independently and collaboratively to produce designs and images that express the effects of time. These may include animated shorts, experimental videos, audio tracks and kinetic objects.

    Prerequisites IMAG*101

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 101 Creative Practices



    1.5 credits 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Creative Practices serves as an introduction to the broad range of contemporary professional activities in all of the disciplines available for study at UARTS. The course will emphasize the principles and ideas common to all contemporary art/design/media/performance - pointing toward the potentials inherent in the array of course listings offered in Collaborative Studio.

    Required first semester freshman year
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 202 Collaborative Studio: Art Stories\Kid Stories



    3 credits 67.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This is the first undergraduate course affiliated with NEUARTS: Neighborhood Engagement at The University of the Arts. This course combines community service while applying a range of student creative skills to make a difference in the local community. We will collaborate with a local elementary after school program and develop art electives and art projects throughout the semester. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 203 Collaborative Studio: Interdisciplinary Collaboration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Explore your creativity in a student-directed team of artists from all disciplines working with guest professor/artists from various disciplines. The focus of this course is on the process of creative collaboration rather than on product as students venture into various disciplines as dictated by collaborative projects they choose to create. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 204 Collaborative Studio: the Supernatural In Asian Performance and Art



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The Supernatural in Asian Performance and Art explores the importance of the supernatural as an integral subject in Asian performance and art in the 13th through 21st centuries. Students will expand their cultural knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts from a basis outside Western practices, traditions, and aesthetics to develop a collaborative project that engages non-Western ideas and themes such as spirituality, regard for ancestors, and respect for ritual. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 205 Collaborative Studio: Interdisciplinary Performance Collaboration



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Open to students from all disciplines including dance, theater, music, design, film , writing, crafts, painting, sculpture, media arts, this collaborative studio is focused on research and creation of performance works including site specific works and installations in varying forms and sizes of collaboration, based on a common theme or subject matter, decided on collectively by the students. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 206 Collaborative Studio: Illustration Communication Workshop



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students from diverse disciplines will work together to produce posters for the School of Theater Arts Main Stage Productions. Mentored by Illustration and Graphic Design faculty, students are challenged with real-life, professional design studio experiences such as working with a client on deadline and creative processing from concept through completion. Printed posters will advertise upcoming theater productions on campus and throughout the city of Philadelphia. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 207 Collaborative Studio: Vis-Po Right Now



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course will investigate the form and meaning of writing and interpreting poems as printed matter, as objects in space, as mixed media, and as computer generated text. In their collaborative projects students will address how the printed poem is experienced alongside the multitude of dimensional media that can liberate a poem, how a dancer performs a poem, how a sculptor re-interprets poetry through the materiality of an object, and how a composer resonates with poetry in scoring music, among a multitude of possibilities. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 208 Collaborative Studio: The Signal and the Noise



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students from all disciplines will develop collaborative projects through hands-on making and digital experiments. Working with video, projection mapping, basic animation, 3D scanning, manual and digital fabrication processes, we will investigate what is gained and what is lost when artists translate an idea across multiple media. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 209 Collaborative Studio: Visual Storytelling



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Stories don’t happen; they are told. The means include text, speech, performance and illustration. Examples may be drawn from a nearly inexhaustible range of sources. This course explores storytelling possibilities through five collaborative projects engaging cross-disciplinary media, processes, and forms. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 210 Collaborative Studio: The Collaborative Artist Book



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Open to students in all majors, the artist book provides an ideal opportunity for students from diverse disciplines to explore and express ideas, personal narratives, and stories in interdisciplinary partnerships that make ready use of accessible and non-threatening tools and formats such as xerography and cell phone photography. In the final project, students will employ basic book binding techniques, combining images and text, to produce a book edition as a collaborative project. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 211 Collaborative Studio: Enchantment Studio - Creating and Interpreting Songs



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Songs have a powerful magic and figure prominently in the artistic expression of every era. They inspire us, comfort us, make us wise, stir our souls and bring us together as a community. In this collaborative studio class, students will work together to create original songs and interpretations of songs in all media (including performance, video, writing, photography and other visual arts). Is there a song in your heart? Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 212 Collaborative Studio: City Abandoned: Image, Place and History



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Songs have a powerful magic and figure prominently in the artistic expression of every era. They inspire us, comfort us, make us wise, stir our souls and bring us together as a community. In this collaborative studio class, students will work together to create original songs and interpretations of songs in all media (including performance, video, writing, photography and other visual arts). Is there a song in your heart? Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 216 Collaborative Studio: Richard III: An Exploration through Text and Mask



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Richard, the boar-ish, ‘rooting hog,’ Queen Margret the she-wolf of France, and the crafty fox Buckingham: Shakespeare’s Richard III is full of animal imagery. This collaborative workshop will allow students to experiment with mask and text in building anthropomorphized animalistic characters through scene study and visual design. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 217 Collaborative Studio: Creative Expressions in Rock and Pop Styles



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will benefit from a comprehensive overview of rock and pop stylings. Looking at the timeline of creative diversity in rock and pop will add substance and depth to your chosen media, especially when relating to a contemporary audience. The course is open to anyone who is willing to express themselves. A wide range of vocal skills can be accommodated. (You don’t need to be an accomplished singer to create strong communication with vocal expressions. In some of the expressions, e.g., punk music, the performance art is the point, not the music.) We will study the natural progression of styles in the chronology of rock and pop musical artistic expression. Students will gain a basic knowledge of how and why rock and pop music evolved; sociologically, as a means of free expression, technologically, and ornamentally. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 218 Collaborative Studio: Responsive Memory



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Students will explore the concept of memory through science, sound, visual and performing arts, and critical writing. They will be introduced to multiple aspects of ‘memory’ realized through various visiting professional’s presentations, individual and collaborative research and works utilizing cross-disciplinary creative processes. The course will conclude with collaborative presentations, images and compositions that demonstrate students’ understanding of different aspects of memory. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 219 Collaborative Studio: Audio-Video Archaeology



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Audio-Video Archaeology encourages students to utilize their senses and sensibilities, ‘unearthing’ both old and new media references from a wide range of online and offline sources. We will learn to embrace the digital Audio-Video research and re-editing process as a cultural roadmap to inform studio practices, spanning a rich legacy from the early 20th Century to present day. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 221 Collaborative Studio: Extra-Visual: Art Beyond Sight



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Explore forms of art that extend beyond sight. This class will involve object-making, film, installation, and performance that incorporate sound, smell, touch, and taste. We will observe and discuss how prioritizing these other senses in our work can change our experience, signal content, and trigger memory and emotional response. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 222 Collaborative Studio: Human Alienation Art Beyond Sight



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    ‘Human Alienation’ is an intensive collaborative studio course that explores the theme of isolation, ultimately resulting in a mixed media film. The class is open to film makers, animators, screenwriters, actors, composers, musicians, dancers and illustrators.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 223 Collaborative Studio: Larger Than Life



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The first half of the semester will be a planning and research stage to develop themes. Performance, photo, film, music, drawing will all be used to explore ideas and create source material. Students will work collaboratively on distilling subjects and themes to essential elements. In the second half students will work in groups to execute a large 2D piece on a canvas drop cloth using any means and materials appropriate. While the foundation of the piece will be drawing, sculpture, video, collage, photo, and performance may also be utilized.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 224 Collaborative Studio: The Water Project: Re-Engaging With a Critical Resource as Designer, Artist, and Citizen



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    With the world population exceeding 7 billion and growing at an exponential rate, we must begin to understand and promote better ways of accessing and using the critical resources we depend on. Artists and Designers are key to raising awareness, educating, and offering tangible solutions for challenges such as this. The goal of this studio is to thoroughly engage with one of the primary critical resources, Water, and to incorporate it in and extensive research-intensive studio process. We will bridge academic and artistic investigation with ongoing community efforts in order to improve the current status quo regarding this simple compound that life depends on. There will be initial readings, viewings, field trips, and discussions that will aid the students and faculty in the search for understanding and in the formation of studio goals and deliverables. Skills based in 2D, 3D, and the written word will be developed and used to form the basis of this discussion, as well as to yield tangible results that will be critiqued and exhibited. The studio will be purposefully agile and flexible in its expected outcomes to support our community collaborators and the collaborative process that we will be engaged in.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 225 Collaborative Studio: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Performance



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    In this course student artists will collaborate to create an interdisciplinary performance, which will culminate with an end of semester informal public showing. Student artists will be exposed to a range of interdisciplinary practices and collaborative tools. Throughout the semester, students will source from their artistic backgrounds as well as cross borders into new disciplines. Deep listening, risk-taking, and respect for difference are skills developed during this course. A primary goal is create an ensemble of interdisciplinary collaborators that showcases individual strengths.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 226 Collaborative Studio: The Art of Engagement



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The University Common Curriculum reinforces the fundamental link between art theory and practice. In this Collaborative Studio course, students from all disciplines at UArts will be challenged to collaborate on making work in public space, and to engage directly with the audience as participant. The component themes for the course will be: Viewer/Audience as Participant, Communities within Cities, Identity and Political Expression, and Creative Practice as Activism. Readings and lectures will inform students of artistic approaches to community engagement, public space, and political activism. Building on these references, students will develop final collaborative projects that will make use of each student’s background and skills. Students will work in various small groups over the course of the semester, and gather together to offer guided critique on each other’s efforts.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 227 Collaborative Studio: Deadline: News Feed



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Deadline: News Feed is a fast-paced workshop where students talk back to the news, social media and world events using an exotic array of tools and talents. Working in small groups, you’ll get to collaborate with gifted artists from other schools and majors at UArts, and join forces to create artworks based on events happening right now in the news and social media. This isn’t just reflexive talk back; you’ll have studied and understood underlying the issues you tackle and be ready to react powerfully and be heard. Explain something no one understands in a song, recreate Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan as an installation environment, confront a famous bully on Twitter using devastating humor, build a campaign to escape the news! Recreate yourself as another gender and take on bigots … while dancing(!), project your manifesto on a wall in downtown Philly, reenact a famous news event with your own group of players … and a different ending. You’ll be the smartest person in the room or at any party. In free ranging classes you’ll get to test ideas and create works for each other that you’ll refine and show in the classroom and beyond. Have a improvisational spirit, a quick wit and a willingness to play with others. We’ll make something important while having more fun than anyone else on campus. In the end, you’ll realize you can speak up and make yourself heard in the world. All you need is information, your talent and some smart friends.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 229 Collaborative Studio: Compliance and Rebellion



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Why do professors give assignments? Why do students welcome or resist being told what to do? In what ways does creativity emerge from compliance and rebellion? This Collaborative Studio Course seeks to explore the pedagogical framework of ‘the assignment’, the ways in which students negotiate challenges, how experiencing failure is a necessity to artists, and how rule sets - and the breaking of rule sets - can be a useful tool to help sustain and push one’s own art practice outside of academic institutions. Students will be challenged to create artworks in response to a set of obstructions. Obstructions are meant to challenge comfort zones and may range from unconventional mediums, emotional tone (from the serious to the humorous), time restrictions/endurance, confronting fears, random/chance, site-specific, and answering difficult questions, among others. Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 230 Collaborative Studio: The Meditative Act: a Zen Approach to the Arts



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The aim of this course is the making of collaborative art works - by artists from a variety of artistic disciplines - inspired by the Zen understanding of the human person as it bears on the creation of art. The creation of two types of artworks will be explored: work produced from meditative states achieved through both still and moving meditation exercises and practices; and work influenced by Zen koan (paradoxical verbal and nonverbal structures designed to disclose the problem of being a self). Utilizing acting theory, technique, and exercises as the ‘jumping off’ point and common vocabulary for the practical application of Zen ideas, this course will explore the intersections of a number of artistic mediums and collaborative prospective.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes, building links and connections across the disciplines through diverse cultural experiences, critical writing and discussion.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  
  • UACC 231 Collaborative Studio: Methods and Making



    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    In this course, students will start by choosing one word as a central theme; they will investigate its meanings and manifestations and then expand upon the theme in the medium of their choosing. Performances, web maps, interviews, magazines, research tools, and the work of other artisans will inform their explorations and take them beyond their initial understanding of the original word. Based on their research, students will make a small series of objects, sculptures, paintings, or choreographed dances, which will be introduced to the broader public in order to glean insight into how their chosen theme and work are perceived.

    Collaborative Studio engages students in cross-disciplinary and collaborative processes utilizing cooperative, interdisciplinary techniques and approaches to generate collaborative student processes and projects

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
 

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