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3.00 Credits
(Formerly VPA 107) 3 credits, 3 hours This course introduces the student to a diversity of movement influences such as mime, the Alexander Technique, the Suzuki training, and Anne Bogart's Viewpoints for the stage. Methods will be used to help the student connect physically, emotionally and mentally with the challenges of the dramatic text. The student will become familiar with the different theories as well as with the application of various methods.
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(Formerly VPA 3610) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: None Co-requisite: ESL 025 This course is an introduction to phonological and phonemic awareness of American English language designed for Intermediate ESL students. Students will understand sound structure and further develop their listening, speaking, and reading skills by using readings in poetry and drama rhymes, auditory blending, segmentation, alliteration, and drilling exercises. Students will identify and manipulate the sounds of American English and will improve their pronunciation, enunciation, and auditory skills.
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(Formerly VPA 3612) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ESL 035 or ESL 086 Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 The student will present introductions; present impromptu, extemporaneous, and manuscript speeches; perform exercises to improve public speaking technique; limit topics; create outlines; and present informative and persuasive speeches, as well as speeches for special occasions.
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(Formerly VPA 206) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: VPA 3598 - Acting I This course further develops the basic principles mastered in Acting I. The student will learn a diversity of exercises and improvisational work to expand the imagination and stimulate the instruments-an actor's body and mind-by increasingsensorial awareness, enabling each student to make specific and clear choices in becoming a truthful character on the stage. The emphasis will be on characterization through monologues and scene work.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly VPA 207) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: VPA 107 Co-requisite: None This course continues the work introduced in Movement for the Actor I. The student will be further challenged in a diversity of movement influences; methods and trainings will be used to help the student connect physically, emotionally, and mentally with the challenges of the dramatic text and the development of a character. The student will become familiar with different theories as well as with application of various methods.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly VPA 3616) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: VPA 192 Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 The student will organize and deliver informative and persuasive speeches at an advanced level. Topics will be appropriate to academic and career situations. Students will deliver speeches from a lectern using a microphone. Selected exercises will be audio and video taped. Students will engage in analysis and criticism of the content and delivery of the speeches. Problem-solving exercises will be included.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours The student will practice the techniques of linoleum and woodcutting. S/he will develop the use and care of tools used in various art crafts as well as work in a variety of media. S/he will be required to complete at least three pieces of work to the satisfaction of the instructor.
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3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ESL 025 or ESL 082/084 or higher Co-requisite: ESL 035 or ESL 086/088 or higher; ENG 091 or ESL 091 The student will take a speech diagnostic test at the beginning of the course, and through individual and group exercises, demonstrate measurable improvement in speech production, diction, and pronunciation.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ESL 035 or above This course introduces Web design principles and basic programming techniques for developing effective and functional web sites. The course provides students with a foundation in the fundamentals of Internet technology and Web authoring using current Web authoring software. Course work will emphasize Web site structure and navigational models, practical and legal usability considerations, and performance factors related to using various types of media and tools such as hypertext markup language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CSS), dynamic HTML (DHTML) and scripting.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 110 An interdisciplinary course that draws on literature, history, psychology, science, economic and feminist theory. Introduction to Women's Studies examines cultural assumptions about gender (e.g., femininity, masculinity, sexual preference), promoting new ways for students to look at the construction of knowledge from woman-centered and feminist perspectives. Readings and written assignments emphasize women's diverse experiences (across races, religions, cultures and economic class), masculinity studies and gay studies. Topics include: woman's nature in myth and symbol; historical and cultural sources of gender oppression; the family circle; women and work; new visions for the future. At the end of the course, students will be able to discuss from both A theoretical and personal standpoint how and why one's gender shapes nearly all aspects of one's life; additionally, students will gain understanding of women's studies: its evolution, current debates within the field, and its application to other fields of study.
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