An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
A study of dramatic play as intrinsic in human development, this course explores the power of dramatic experience for sharpening imagination, deepening interpersonal relations, fostering creative power, enhancing problem-solving skills, and strengthening individual identity. Integration of such experience for creativity and innovation is emphasized.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Last Updated: Title and Course Description Change 10/2011, effective Winter 2012
Emphasis on the study and practice of performing story, poetry, mythology, mythmaking and oral interpretation of adolescent literature for multi-age audiences.
CTAR 513 - Contemporary Issues in Arts Administration
The influence of Arts and Entertainment in the economy, education, public policy and regional planning is critical to the growth of this discipline. Contemporary Issues allows students to develop a broad array of skills and knowledge in this diverse field.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Last Updated: New Course 06/2011, effective Fall 2011
CTAR 515 - Drama/Theatre Facilitation for Artists and Educators
Expand drama and theatre facilitation skills by studying and evaluating in practice the theories and facilitation styles of influential theatre artists.
This is a course that explores the benchmark events, artists and organizations that form the history of American Arts Management and Administration practices.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Last Updated: New Course 06/2011, effective Fall 2011
Applied Theatre is a specialized field that uses theatre as a medium for education and social development, and in various non-traditional contexts. This class will address the present state of applied theatre around the world, practice devising original theatre and engage in a community-based theatre project.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Last Updated: Title/Credit Hour/Course Description Change 10/2011, effective Winter 2012
CTAR 523 - Puppetry: Catalyst in Human Development
Consideration of puppetry as a medium for learning and creative expression. Experience in constructing puppets for purposeful work with people. Examination of the applications of puppetry to many disciplines.
CTAR 524 - Developmental Drama/Theatre for Persons with Disabilities
Study of principles, theories and practices of developmental drama/theatre for persons with disabilities. Applications to educational, recreational and institutional settings will be stressed.
This course provides an advanced analysis of what students need to know about securing donations as they prepare for leadership positions in the field of Nonprofit Arts Management. All units studied are informed by the creation of a plausible case statement for giving. Units explored will include: managing the giving process, securing the gift, relationship building, donor research, volunteer involvement, and ethical accountability.
Credit Hours: 2 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Notes - Academic Service-Learning will be required for this class.
CTAR 527 - Grant Proposal Writing and Management in the Arts
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to write and effectively manage grants to arts organizations. While working in grant writing teams on the research, preparation and submission process students will design and test management tools in data collection, record keeping, compliance and reporting. This course prepares students to successfully respond to requirements for the increased accountability demanded of arts organizations in requesting and administering grants.
Students will gain practical experience in play development, direction, performance and production for young audiences. A theatre production designed for touring will be performed at area schools and other community sites.
Advanced theoretical and applied investigation of dramatic texts in historical, literary, and performative contexts as it contributes to collaborative production of theatre. Special attention will be given to research strategies, modes of textual analysis, critical writing for/about theatre, and dramaturgy’s utility within various aspects of production.
Youth Theatre focuses on the history, theories, and practice of theatre training and directing for performers, ages 6-18. Scripts for youth performers are analyzed using both artistic and educational lenses. Youth theatres and theatre educational programs are examined to reveal current best practices in the business of youth artistic development and production.
An interrogation of culturally based historical trends in world theatre, from antiquity to 1642. Specific attention paid to theories of performance origins, production practice and style, theatre architecture, and dramatic literature and criticism. Students will examine primary and secondary source documents in an attempt to develop a cogent yet flexible notion of theatre’s historical development.
An interrogation of culturally based historical trends in world theatre, from 1643 to present. Specific attention paid to theories of performance origins, production practice and style, theatre architecture, and dramatic literature and criticism. Students will examine primary and secondary source documents in an attempt to develop a cogent yet flexible notion of theatre’s historical development.
Examination of the impact of public policy and law on arts organizations and the individual artist. Particular attention is paid to tax policy, copyright, arts advocacy and contract law.
A study of managerial practices of arts organizations and agencies. Emphasis on facility planning, personnel, income sources, promotion, budget development and management.
Relates traditional marketing practices to arts administration and provides experience in applying marketing skills to the arts. The study of marketing in the arts and information relating to past market analysis; research and preparation of a specific market plan for an arts organization; presentation of market plan.
Review of the literature and personalized preparation of materials and techniques equipping the actor to better confront tryouts and auditions for the commercial and noncommercial theatre.
The theory and practice of directing selected periods of drama, with emphasis on Greek, Elizabethan, Restoration, modern and non-Western presentational forms.
This course will address the challenge of matching the actor’s personal methods with a wide range of stylistic demands that exist in the theatrical repertory. The student will discover that acting means translating the text into a series of actions and that physical actions take on a particular shape or style in accordance with the given circumstances of the text.
Character, production, style in the American musical including concept musicals, operetta, golden age, rock, and musical revues. Historical survey and production workshop format.
The course is designed for knowledgeable actors who are beginning work with musical theatre literature. The emphasis is on workshop experience to develop techniques for performing songs.
This course is a laboratory-performance course in which students prepare performances of landmark musicals. The course promotes the development of skills necessary for students to effectively address the technical and stylistic demands of musicals as defined by period or genre. Particular attention is given to contemporary performance standards in structured production. The class culminates in a public performance.
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Credit Hours: 1 hr Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Class Restriction(s): Graduate Standing
Notes - Qualified Seniors should see department for permission to enroll
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Credit Hours: 2 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Class Restriction(s): Graduate Standing
Notes - Qualified CMTA Seniors should see department for permission to enroll
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Class Restriction(s): Graduate Standing
Notes - Qualified CMTA Seniors should see department for permission to enroll
Performance inquiry confronts questions, methods and assumptions employed both by scholars and practitioners in performance and theater-related fields. The course examines current literature, theoretical/applied frames and foundational approaches to research.
CTAR 606 - Colloquium in Communication and Theatre Arts
Students will study a special topic area with resource persons from the community as well as members of the Communication, Media and Theatre Arts faculty.
CTAR 607 - Colloquium in Communication and Theatre Arts
Students will study a special topic area with resource persons from the community as well as members of the Communication, Media and Theatre Arts faculty.
A study of dramatic literature for the young, from developmental as well as artistic viewpoints, and in contexts of the main body of dramatic literature and children’s literature, and the total educational experience of children and adolescents.
This course is an extensive survey of the nature and range of theatre experiences for child, adolescent and multigenerational audiences. Current approaches to theatre for these audiences are studied within the context of the historical development of the field and the evolution of dramatic literature for the young.
Credit Hours: 3 hrs Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)
Class Restriction(s): Graduate Standing
Major Restriction(s): Communication, Media and Theatre Arts; or Children’s Literature
Notes - Students enrolled in another graduate program may request permission to enroll
Last Updated: Title/Course Description/Prerequisite Change 10/2011, effective Winter 2012
A directed field experience in a department-approved agency or institution under the direction of certified personnel. Arrangements must be approved by adviser prior to registration.
A directed field experience in a department-approved agency or institution under the direction of certified personnel. Arrangements must be approved by adviser prior to registration.
A directed field experience in a department-approved agency or institution under the direction of certified personnel. Arrangements must be approved by adviser prior to registration.
A directed field experience in a department-approved agency or institution under the direction of certified personnel. Arrangements must be approved by adviser prior to registration.
An introduction to the nature and value of research; the research problem; basic research tools; philosophical foundations of historical, descriptive and experimental research; professional writing.
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Students will investigate a particular topic approved by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
A comparative study of the mass media in the United States; their development, function and import. Special emphasis will be placed on the process and effects of mass communication with detailed study of radio and television.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
CTAT 689 - Internship in Telecommunication and Film
A directed field experience in a department-approved agency or institution under the direction of certified personnel. Arrangements must be approved by adviser prior to registration.