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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours A continuation of learning from SW 305. Students write papers on the research they have conducted relevant to social work practice. Prerequisite: SW 305.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A year-long independent research project. Applications are completed on the "Honors Program" formavailable at the registrar's office, requiring the signatures of a faculty supervisor, the department head, the honors program director, and the registrar. Interdisciplinary projects require the signatures of two faculty supervisors. The project must be completed by the due date for senior projects. The completed project is evaluated by a review committee consisting of the faculty supervisor, another faculty member from the major department, and a faculty member from outside the major department. All projects must be presented publicly. Only projects awarded an "A-" or "A" qualifor "department honors" designation. The honorsproject fulfills the all-college senior project requirement. (R, W)
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0.00 Credits
0 hours An intensive experiential research ensemble devoted to crafting, creating, developing, performing and producing a faculty-directed theatre and/or dance event. Students in this course will be involved in research and theoretical discussion supporting active involvement in a collaborative process of performance, design and production management, such as director/designer assistant; set construction; lighting, sound, costume, properties, make-up/hair, and stage management. Theatre/Dance majors must complete 6 Production Practicums, while minors must complete 3. Course may be repeated an unlimited number of times. Enrollment by audition or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours How does an audience member participate in the viewing process How does an audience member make choices in viewing-cultivating one's imagination andbroadening the ability to identify with artists' choices By viewing contemporary dance and theatre performances through film, video and live representation, Viewing Performance examines lenses of perception-the eye and role of the audience. This course also examines how the elements of performance and environment are proportioned to create meaning and sensation. We will consider how socio-political and economic perspectives affect artists' choices. Guest performers, critics and practitioners will complement and expand the syllabus. This course is intended for non-theatre/dance majors. (HEPT)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours "Nothing is so beautiful as a bare stage; yet its loneliness and its openness is often too strong a statement and it must be enclosed."-Peter Brook.This course is designed to introduce students to the illusionary arts that are employed in creating theatre. Theatre is a collaborative art form with a variety of artists functioning together to create a single work. This course will explore the connection between the designer and the artist/craftsperson. Through field trips, readings, and experiential lab work students will develop, design, create and practice the art of illusion found in the world of the theatre. Field trips to theatre productions, art and theatrical museums will be a part of this course. (HE)
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1.00 Credits
1 hour This course introduces students to the crafts of stage technology, applying them to the fields of theatre and dance. Students in this course will be assigned work in areas of scenery, properties, costuming, makeup, lighting, and sound. The course does not fulfill the Fine Arts or Human Expression general education requirement. Offered every semester on a credit/no credit basis. May be repeated. No prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Students will learn the craft of playwriting and play production through the creation of and production of 10-minute plays. The class will encompass writing, casting, directing, designing and performing the work of the class. No experience in any performing area is assumed. No prerequisites. (HE, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introduction to performance concepts and skills utilizing text as a beginning point for the performance experience. The course will include analysis and performance of diverse texts through solo and group work, incorporating elements of movement, spoken text, and music. Letters, novels, poems, plays, biographies, journals, and newspapers are examples of potential performance texts. No experience in any performing area is assumed. (HE, S)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introductory movement course exploring vital integrative connections between somatic practice and performance preparation. Somatic skills including dynamic alignment and functional anatomy provide the groundwork for embodied movement exploration. The study and practice of dynamic alignment and embodied anatomy unfolds new relationships between physical function and expression. (HE)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introduction to the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation, a dance form that explores elements of physical contact among participants. Emphasis will be placed on finding mindful and physical ways to prepare to be "ready" to dance: cultivating a quiet coreamidst the wilderness of physical disorientation; finding the root of levity, contact point, weight sharing, pathways into the floor and air; and focusing attention on the details of sensation. Students will engage in practices for building skills of trust, receptivity, and responsiveness, as well as tolerance for waiting in the unknown. (HB, HE, W)
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