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4.00 Credits
Production of culture and meaning in everyday life employing perspectives from sociology of culture and cultural studies. Subjectivity and agency relation to social structure. Formation, expression of individual and collective identities, and contestation of ideology in life activities such as eating, dressing, dancing, watching television, and shopping. Ethnography explores everyday activities that define sense of selves and power, give meaning while organizing social institutions and processes. Fulfills Social and Psychological Perspective of General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Advanced introduction to sociology of everyday life. Sociological approaches to study of language and social behavior in everyday settings. Study of some specific social setting or familiar features of modern urban life. Gain direct experience with setting or phenomenon using audio, visual, and/or photographic recordings. Fulfills Social and Psychological Perspective of General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Examine various forms of social control, use of power constructing normative boundaries that differentiate normal and deviant perspectives. Media roles within popular culture, and overviews of differing academic perspectives include specific grand theories evidenced through sociological imagination; varieties of violent forms; sexual configurations; mental disorders; substance usages; white-collar dysfunctions; governmental-
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4.00 Credits
Individual projects planned in collaboration with instructor to meet students' specific interests within the social sciences. Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA and permission of instructor and department chair.
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4.00 Credits
Course introduces students to the nature of theatrical performances, which may include drama, comedy, musical theater, opera, dance, solo performance, or performance art. Students will see theatrical performances both on and off the Emerson campus and will be exposed to a wide range of performance styles. Readings will include plays and some historical material as well as readings in performance theory and critical analysis. Special attention will be given to the student's written response to theatrical art. Fulfills the Aesthetic Perspective of the General Education requirements.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the acting process designed for the non-performance major. Group and individual exercise work develops a relaxed instrument able to respond freely, in the body and the voice, to emotional and external stimuli. The course moves from fundamental explorations through improvisation to work on scripted material.
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4.00 Credits
Building on the work of TH 121, this course proceeds to careful study of acting craft through the vocabulary of intentions, actions, obstacles, subtext, and objectives. Prerequisite: TH 121.
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4.00 Credits
Course bases the actor's work in the experience of voice and language. The goal is a free voice in a free body and the ability to express thought and emotion with openness and truth. The course guides the student through awareness of and release from habitual tensions and into body alignment, breathing, resonators, sound and movement, group interaction, and the exploration of individual and group creativity. Students will use both scripted and improvised material as they discover the two to three octaves of the speaking voice and its connection with thoughts and words. Prerequisite: TH 123. (Spring semester)
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2.00 Credits
Course introduces performance majors to improvisation, developing listening skills, spontaneous playing, and the art of presence. Required for all students enrolled in the Actor Training Program. (Fall semester)
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2.00 Credits
Course continues the study of improvisation begun in Improvisation I, developing skills from Johnstone, Spolin, and others. Required for all students enrolled in the Actor Training Program. (Spring semester)
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