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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the principles underlying effective design. Students study the dynamics of line, shape, color, texture, and pattern by experimenting with black and white and colored media. Students purchase their own materials. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the parts of a modern stage and the diverse tasks required in the performance of the play. Concepts in stage history, dramaturgy, set design, lighting technique, costume, and sound explored. Also introduced: individual merits of classical verse drama, Pantomime, commedia dell'art, clowning, melodrama, modern drama, epic theatre, and Absurdist drama. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the parts of a modern stage and the diverse tasks required in the performance of the play. Concepts in stage directions, and techniques of movement and voice production. The acting guidelines established by Stanislavski, Boleslavsky, Adler, Meisner, Hagen, and Shurtieff will also be introduced. May require written character analysis or journal writing. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    A workshop in acting techniques involving scene work, textual analysis, character study. Rehearse complex scenes, study a character's progression through arc of the play, and write well-developed character analysis. Exercises used to promote variation and authenticity in performances. Prerequisites: ENG 101 & ART 110 or permission. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a workshop in improvisational technique as applied to acting, performance art, and playwriting. Students will practice exercises to help them develop improvisational techniques and then apply those techniques to both written and unwritten scenes. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the overview of painting using acrylic or watercolor. The course covers color mixing, techniques of application, and composition. Students will paint from life and other sources, and from imagination. Students purchase their own materials. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    A course for those who have completed Basic Painting or the equivalent. Students are encouraged to further explore the picture-making process using acrylic paints. This is a studio workshop course. Students are expected to be self-motivated and resourceful, and able to work independently. Students purchase their own materials. Prerequisite ART 115. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course deals with photography as an art of visual communication. There will be discussions and instructions on the uses of the basic tools of photography: the camera, lens, film, exposure, and an introduction to darkroom techniques. Photo assignments will be given that require students to shoot, process, edit, and produce a finished picture. The student should have access to a camera, preferably a 35mm single-lens reflex. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course deals with the visual presentation of facts and ideas, the creative editorial point of view and the evaluation of the non-mechanical qualities of photography. Still photography is studied as a means of visual communication with emphasis on photojournalism and its use by the media. The student should have access to a camera, preferably a 35mm single-lens reflex. Prerequisite: ART 119. 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an introduction to craft and art of drama, including a close study of technique and subject, and selected plays. Prerequisite: ENG 102. 3 credits
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