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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Through play readings, viewing selected films of plays and occasional attendance at performances, students will analyze and examine distinctions between theatre and film as they pertain to film adaptation. Students will compare and contrast aesthetic, economic, social, and political issues involved in the translation and adaptation of stage plays to film. Addresses the relevance of theatre as a medium focused on the delivery of human energy in relationship to film as a mechanized counterpart in an increasingly technologically focused society.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to techniques used in the process of writing for the stage and the screen (film and television). Readings and guest lectures will complement the writing process in which students will be engaged. Issues of responsibility of the writer to his/her community will be addressed in relationship to the play/screen scripts viewed and read for class. Methods of analysis of the text and development of critical thought on the social issues surrounding the work will be discussed. Much emphasis will be placed on the fact that writing for the stage, screen or radio has little to do with written text on a page. Students will examine scripts and follows them from page to stage by attending live performances and movies available locally. May be repeated once for credit with a different instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Through individual and group readings, this course presents theatre written and performed as a document of society's concerns. Analysis of representative dramatic pieces from different cultures and/or ethnic groups in the United States. Considers relevant historical, cultural, and philosophical perspectives and the meaning each work offers within the context of our multicultural society. Explores the relationship between art and politics through issues including identity, gender, sexuality, race, class, community, and ethnicity. This exploration will include in-class discussions, library research, and attendance at theatre events.
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3.00 Credits
Through study and performance of bilingual texts, students will acquire practical and critical skills that will enable them to understand and employ techniques for working with a Mexican/American bilingual population. The phenomenon of bilingualism (English/Spanish) in the American Southwest will serve as the foreground for this interdisciplinary approach to theatre and performance. Plays will be examined within a historical context accounting for factors and perspectives that have shaped the use of language in our society including colonialism, migration, assimilation, acculturation, and cross-cultural interaction. Two hours lecture and two hours theater activities. Enrollment Requirement: SPAN 202.
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3.00 Credits
An active interdisciplinary approach to the study of theatre. Following the presentation of a historical and theoretical background, students will approach and analyze a variety of Spanish and Latin American plays both as works of literature and as theatre in performance. Students will acquire basic acting techniques as well as develop skill in literary analysis. Issues of gender, class, community, and sexuality contained in the plays will be explored within an aesthetic context. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Also offered as SPAN 421. Students may not receive credit for both. Two hours of lecture and two hours of theatre activities. Recommended Preparation: TA 301.
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3.00 Credits
Explores various modes of expression in the theatre arts through active in-class learning based on independent and group work. Students will gather material through library research, then analyze and synthesize material into texts for performances in the classroom and in the community. The material used in class provides for the examination and comparison of different cultural perspectives as seen through dramatic texts and theatrical exercises. These different cultural perspectives include an awareness of the changing conditions in our world and the role of theatre/art work as a voice and tool of understanding within this context. Provides students with a platform for self-examination and challenges within an aesthetic and cultural environment geared towards the non-professional. An emphasis will be placed on theatre activities that can be applied to the K-12 classroom. This course satisfies the Liberal Studies requirement for work in Studio Arts. Two hours lecture and two hours theatre activities. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units of credit.
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with an engaging and practical experience essential for understanding and synthesizing theoretical and textual work in theatre arts. Students will participate in various aspects of play production including analysis acting, play development, library research, technical theatre, and audience development. Stage work includes rigorous interaction between student, professor, and the text. Together with TA 489S may be repeated for a total of twelve (12) units.
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with an engaging and practical experience essential for understanding and synthesizing theoretical and textual work in theatre arts. Students will participate in various aspects of play production including analysis acting, play development, library research, technical theatre, and audience development. Stage work includes rigorous interaction between student, professor, and the text. Together with TA 489 may be repeated for a total of twelve (12) units.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to link the student directly with a selected and approved theatre or individual for the purpose of providing additional creative and/or studio skills as sell as a practical understanding of the discipline. Graded Credit/No Credit. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended for students with advanced standing in respective areas of study. Selected topic(s) must be approved by the Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Committee and supervised by a faculty member or academic advisor. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor
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