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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course builds on the basic oral skills developed in Oral Communication (HUC 101) and is designed to provide the student with the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for persuasive debate. The student will be introduced to different styles of debating, including the cross-examination debate. The student will also learn to prepare a debate brief and to use flow sheets to structure refutation and rebuttal. In addition, the role of argumentation and debate in a democratic society will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the historical development of such mass media as radio, television, newspapers, recordings, and film, and examines the functions and limitations of each medium. Special attention is given both to the role of mass communication in reflecting and projecting society, and to the form and functions of mass media systems of the future.
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3.00 Credits
This course critically analyzes selected issues in mass communication. Possible topics include: media violence and pornography; media stereotyping; comics and political cartoons; hidden persuaders; editorial policies; media bias; censorship; press freedom and responsibility. Students projects may vary each term.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of film history and theory. The student learns about aesthetic and technological innovations in the medium, while developing critical skills through screening films selected as representative of a type or concept. The student should expect to pay for film screenings.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore major films which have reflected and helped to define the concept of "supernatural horror" in Western culture. The films will be related to the themes in folklore and fiction that inspired their scripts. Students will learn to identify the basic themes in supernatural film and fiction and will acquire the basic methodology required to analyze these films as unconscious reflections and/or semi-unconscious projections of archetypal fears. The student should expect to pay for film screenings.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce themes and topics in theatre as a means of communication. Topics such as gender roles, immigration, urban, and family issues will be explored through the use of role-playing, class discussion, and small group work related to the chosen theatre texts. Special attention will be given to the role of language in theatre as a reflection and projection of American society.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the theories, techniques, and literature of the theatre. Subject matter includes the fundamental tools of playwriting, basic techniques of acting, function of the designer, and evaluation and criticism of performance. Readings, seminars, field trips to New York theatres, and class projects provide the student with an understanding of theatre as a social force and as an art form.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the functions and responsibilities of the theatre director: script analysis, transfer of written text to the stage, blocking, pacing, developing characters, using props, sound, and theatrical design elements. Students explore the director's relations with the playwright, designers, and actors. Activities include viewing videotape of directors at work, attending rehearsals with directors of diverse backgrounds, auditions, casting a play, and using various rehearsal techniques.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the theories, procedures, and means of assessing improvisational drama in such non-traditional settings as day care centers, rehabilitation centers, and a variety of social work areas. Also explored is the relation of creative drama to such fields as occupational therapy, geriatrics, media, and education. In addition, the student will have an opportunity to develop a resource file of dramatic materials applicable to his or her chosen field.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the theoretical perspectives and the practical demands of acting as an art form. Readings in theory are supplemented by student presentations of short scenes and possible seminar visits to New York theatres.
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