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2010 - 2011 Catalog of Courses 
    
2010 - 2011 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • SOC 300 - Theories of Social & Personal Life


    This course will critically examine the classical and contemporary theories of self and society. The major paradigms of functionalism, Marxism, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, ethnomethodology, and critical and feminist theory will be evaluated.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 301 - Comparative Societies


    A comparative study of the social structures of selected countries and regions within the first, second, and third worlds. Comparisons will be made of societies within selected regions as well as their relationships to U.S. society. Selected countries and regions will include: Cuba and the Caribbean, the Andean countries, China, Japan, etc.

    Credits: 4
    Repeatable: Students may repeat the course for credit provided the topic is different on each occasion.
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 310 - Ecology and Society


    This course will examine environmental issues and the natural world from a cultural and socioeconomic perspective. It will attempt to study the ideas, conceptions, practices, and beliefs that relate people to the land and their collective environment. Finally, it will look at environmental concerns from the perspective of workers, minorities, and rural and urban communities both in America and worldwide.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 311 - Ecology & Society Field School


    This course offers a field experience in the relationship between people and the land. Students will work on farms and in the U.S. National Forest. They will meet with Anglos, Hispanics, and Native Americans in rural communities. One week will be spent in the National Forest learning to identify wildlife and its habitat.

    Credits: 8
  
  • SOC 315 - Field Methods


    This course is part of the Sociology internship program where students will learn how to conduct literature reviews, collect statistical data, conduct interviews and analyze that data for a major paper.

    Credits: 4
  
  • SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology


    This course critically compares and contrasts indigenous and modern worldviews with respect to ecological systems. Issues of water and food as well as connections among humans, animals, nature, and place will be explored. Reciprocity and subsistence versus surplus production and possibilities for socio-ecological sustainability or collapse will be discussed.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 320 - Community Service Practicum


    This course provides the student with experience in applied sociology. Students will be involved in human services, applied social research or other activities approved by the advisor and practicum coordinator. The emphasis is on gaining experiential knowledge through active participation in sociological practice and sharing this in a classroom experience. 

    Credits: 1-16
    Repeatable: Practicum may be taken for 1-8 credits per term and for a maximum of 16 credits.
    Notes: A maximum of 8 credits can be applied toward the major in Sociology.

    Consent of instructor.

  
  • SOC 321 - Special Topics in Sociology


    This course addresses topics of special interest to students in Sociology, Criminology or Ethnic Studies.

    Credits: 1-6
    Repeatable: Repeatable up to a maximum of 12 credits, provided that the topics are different.
  
  • SOC 330 - Mind, Self and Society


    An examination into the ways in which society influences the self and the individual produces society. The relationship between consciousness and social structure will be discussed. Theoretical focus may include symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology and/or a Marxist perspective.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 340 - Religion and Social Life


    An examination of, principally, contemporary religious phenomena from the viewpoint of social science. The course will also examine the significance of religious studies in the development of reasoning about society.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 345 - Art and Society


    An inquiry into the relationship between any historically specific art and the social setting in which it was created. The idea that art is a way of seeing a world view or a theoretic, will be explored. The focus of the course may be literature, the visual arts, music, theater, or film.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 350 - Soc Construction of Sexuality


    This course will examine the cultural and institutional obstacles to intimacy. Class, gender, and race as historical categories will play their part in discussion and analysis. The idea that intimacy is something that only applies to romantic relations but not to larger social and community concerns will be examined.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 353 - Medical Sociology


    A study of the social practices and beliefs that define and constitute the phenomena of health and illness.  The current health care delivery system, including professional roles, patient participation, administration, medical education, and planning, will be critically reviewed, and alternatives will be explored.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: This course is recommended for Pre-Health as well as Social Science majors.
  
  • SOC 361 - Deviance


    An examination of the traditional versions of deviance followed by modern critiques that emphasize “labeling” and the more phenomenological approaches to understanding human conduct.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 362 - Criminology & Criminal Justice


    An examination of the major “positivist” theories of crime and criminality (individual, familial, subcultural) followed by the modern critique of positivist criminology emphasizing the part played by the administration of criminal justice as an integral part of the characterizing and structuring of crime.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 363 - Youth and Crime


    A review of contemporary thinking about youth and crime and the linkages between youth culture, crime and the administration of juvenile justice.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 375 - Sociology of Education


    Study of the organization and practices of educational institutions and of the transformation these institutions are now undergoing. Special attention to the nature of these changes and their impact on the learning process as well as their consequences for the larger society will be explored.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 376 - Language & Social Behavior


    A concentrated look at the social function of language use in society. The extent to which languages create social reality will receive scrutiny. Particular topics may include language and social class, language and sex, linguistic politics, language and culture, or language cognition and development.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 380 - Work and Authority in Society


    This course will explore the extent to which meaningful work is possible in any society. It will seek to account for the forms of authority in work and describe the impact that hierarchical structures have on the individual.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 383 - Women in Society


    This course focuses on where American women in various class and ethnic categories stand in society now, compared not only to men but also to their mothers and grandmothers. It takes into account economic status, educational and job opportunities, family responsibilities, physical well-being and reproductive rights. It includes a significant portion of feminist theory, which serves as the vehicle for an ongoing analysis of the ways in which political, economic, and other social structures, as well as psychological factors such as gender attitudes, have historically affected the status of women.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics


    A study of political and legal issues that involve American Indians from a historical and contemporary perspective.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: This course is the same as PS 400; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  
  • SOC 421 - Contemp Social Analysis in SW


    A seminar in the application of theories of social change, social knowledge, and research into regional issues in the Southwest. Topics may vary but will critically address issues of water, energy, agriculture, urbanization, inequality, public morality, politics, education, and community.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: Consent of instructor.
  
  • SOC 496 - Senior Seminar


    Advanced study and research in selected topics. The student will prepare and submit a senior seminar research paper to qualify for graduation.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • SOC 499 - Independent Study


    Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.

    Credits: 1-6
    Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
  
  • SW 125 - Hist of Hispanos in Southwest


    A study of the history of the Hispanos in the American Southwest from the period of exploration to the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. For the purposes of this course the Southwest is defined as including the geographic area under Spanish and Mexican sovereignty before 1848.

    Credits: 3
    Suffix: HI1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 131 - Southwest History and Culture


    A broad introduction to Southwestern history and cultures with lectures on history, archaeology, literature, art, and other related topics.

    Credits: 3
    Suffix: HI1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 181 - US/SW Environmental History


    This course explores the environmental history of the U.S. from pre-European contact through today, with a focus on the West/ Southwest. The course will look at how the land and culture(s) interacted to reorganize and redefine one another, the relationship between environmental and cultural change, and how the present is linked to the past.

    Credits: 3
    Suffix: HI1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: This course is the same as Hist 181; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  
  • SW 225 - Catholicism in the Southwest


    This course covers the influential role Catholicism has played in shaping the American Southwest. Although Catholicism’s historical roots will be studied, the focus will be on the nineteenth century to the present.  Catholicism in the Southwest, then, seeks to trace how Catholicism, with its distinct world view and religious practices has structured religious-cultural, social, political and economic life in the region.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 241 - Public History:Scope & Methods


    We will examine the “front end” of history various ways in which stories of the past are taken outside of the academy’s “stone walls” and presented to the general public. Public historians package and convey history to make it come alive. They apply historical knowledge and methods in settings as diverse as archives, museums, historical sites, businesses, and mass media.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 255 - Intro to Heritage Preservation


    The Introduction to Heritage Preservation course will introduce students to a number of career paths in public history, archives, museums, and interpretation within federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, the National Parks Service, the Bureau of Land Management and tribal cultural preservation programs.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: Field trips, guest speakers, and group projects will be featured.
  
  • SW 256 - Introduction to Museums


    Introduction to Museums will enable students to learn about a wide facet of museum careers in art, culture, and history museums and in the interpretation of culture and historic sites. Students will get hands on experience with the numerous collections at the Center of Southwest Studies.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: Field trips, guest speakers, and group projects will be featured.

    Consent of instructor.

  
  • SW 265 - Art History of the Southwest


    A comprehensive study of the art forms developed in the Southwest, starting with Mesoamerica and ending with contemporary Southwest artists. The course emphasizes the cultural impact upon design transitions as it traces contemporary designs to their roots.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: The course is the same as Art 265; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  
  • SW 299 - Individual Study


    Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.

    Credits: 1-6
    Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
  
  • SW 301 - Writing/SW Studies Discipline


    This course fulfills the writing requirement for the Southwest Studies major. Students will study methods of writing of established scholars in the field and produce their own written materials appropriate for Southwest Studies.

    Prerequisites: CO1 course

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 318 - History of Chicanos in Film


    This course will focus on the changing treatment of Hispanos/ Chicanos in American commercial film. It will deal with the issue of stereotypes and will relate films to prevailing attitudes at the time in which they were made. It also will evaluate the impact of film on public attitudes.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 320 - West/SW American History


    This course will focus on the 19th century American west. Using the theme of expansionism, the course will look at the interaction between cultures and people in the West, the forces that produced a unique section of the country, the creation of the mythic West and its enduring legacy, and how the present is linked to the past in the trans-Mississippi West.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 326 - West & SW in Film and Fiction


    An analysis of the treatment of the West and Southwest in film and fiction.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 333 - Wilderness in America


    This course traces the history of the concept of wilderness on American public lands beginning in the Colonial period in the 1600s with wilderness defined as a dangerous, unsettled area, to the establishment of the federal wilderness preservation system in 1964. Students will read history, literature and science and will come to understand difficult issues in managing wilderness areas today.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: Hiking, camping, and field trips to wilderness areas in the San Juan Mountains will be an integral part of the course.
  
  • SW 335 - Nat’l Parks: America’s Best Idea


    This course will begin with the history of the National Park Service and the Organic Act, passed in 1916, that required national parks to remain “unimpaired for future generations” thus creating the paradox of public use versus site preservation. The evolution of the National Park Service will be discussed with equal attention to history and science and the concept of national parks as valuable biotic reservoirs for ecosystems and endangered species and as home to spectacular mountain and canyon Western landscapes. The course will also focus on history, archaeology, and anthropology as those disciplines have been interpreted at units of the National Park Service including national monuments national parks, national recreation areas, and national seashores.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: Field trips will be required.
  
  • SW 340 - Archival Theory and Practice


    The tools and approaches taught in this course should be useful to anyone who aims at making a difference in today’s information age. In addition to learning organizational principles from the archival profession, students will examine and implement effective and efficient ways of storing, accessing, and selectively preserving data. Classes are supplemented by archival work in the Center of Southwest Studies.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-3)
  
  • SW 341 - Oral History; Theory & Practice


    This course uses interactive listening to provide an understanding of the theory and practice of producing oral histories. It will benefit a budding historian, anthropologist, folklorist, sociologist, or archivist, and anyone wanting to improve listening skills and desiring to preserve an otherwise undocumented aspect of our past. Participants practice oral history interviewing and transcription. The final product is a transcribed oral history interview of sufficient historical research value to warrant inclusion in the Center of Southwest Studies collection.

    Prerequisites: CO1 course

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 342 - Cultural Resources


    This course is designed to prepare students in the interpretation of cultural resources and to create awareness of Western heritage under specific topics such as Indian Heritage; mining heritage; ranching heritage; etc. Each class will have a different cohesive theme that will include readings, research, guest speakers, and field trips.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest


    A survey of the complex relationships between human and biotic communities in the Southwest from ethnobotany to agriculture to the urban Southwest with an emphasis on technology, culture, and ecology.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 382 - Hispano Lit, Art, Cult


    Survey of the re-assertion of Chicano culture in the Southwest with a focus on myth, ritual, symbol and storytelling through art and literature and emphasis upon the relationships between Meso-American, American Indian, and Indo-Hispano cultures

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 383 - Southwest History to 1868


    The course will cover the history in the American Southwest to 1868 with an emphasis on the theoretical, practical, and conceptual foundations of the production of history, geographical, and cultural knowledge.

    Prerequisites: (CO1 course AND LIB 150) OR CO2 course

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 384 - Southwest History since 1868


    This course is a survey of the historical geography of the American Southwest from 1868 to the present. It is designed to place the historical narrative within the landscape and includes significant field experience.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 425 - Hispanic Civilization


    Using a global approach, this course examines the histories and cultures of the Indian and Hispanic Southwest by comparing them to the Hispanic cultures in Latin America, Europe, and the Caribbean.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 481 - Colorado History


    The history and peoples of Colorado from the preterritorial days through the present.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: This course is the same as Hist 324; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  
  • SW 482 - Western American Mining


    From the days of the Spanish to today, a history of mining and its impact, with special emphasis on the Southwest.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: This course is the same as Hist 322; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  
  • SW 491 - Practicum


    As an integral part of a heritage preservation certificate, the Southwest Studies practicum will provide valuable work-related experience in the Durango area for a minimum of 120 contact hours. Students may work on campus, in area museums, or with federal agencies involved in cultural preservation. This is a formal mentored relationship to allow students to pursue career goals in the preservation field.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-3)
  
  • SW 493 - Internship Southwest Studies


    The internship offers instruction and hands-on experience in museology and archival management.

    Credits: 1-6
    Repeatable: Course is repeatable for up to 6 credits.
  
  • SW 496 - Senior Seminar


    Senior seminar in Southwest Studies.

    Prerequisites: (CO1 course AND LIB 150) OR CO2 course

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • SW 499 - Independent Study


    Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.

    Credits: 1-6
    Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
  
  • THEA 100 - Theatrical Production I


    This course involves initial participation in theatrical production. It includes involvement in various areas of theatre from inception to presentation. Students with little or no theatre experience will gain a working knowledge of performance.

    Credits: 1-4
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
  
  • THEA 101 - Introduction to Theatre


    This course offers a general introduction to the theatre and to performance in the human experience. Students view and discuss films and live performances, and perform scenes in class. The course emphasizes an understanding of the processes of creating theatre, and of the role of theatre and performance in the context of cultures and contemporary society.

    Credits: 4
    Suffix: AH1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: There is a strong participatory component to the course.
  
  • THEA 126 - Introduction to the Dance


    This course offers an exploration of the historical/ theoretical basis of dance and its many variant forms. In addition to gaining an historical and theoretical knowledge of dance, this course includes the practical/technical overview of traditional and contemporary dance forms including African dance, folk dance, ballet, jazz dance, musical theatre, and dance improvisation. Students will gain a general knowledge of technical skills as well as a broad knowledge and appreciation of the art and history of dance.

    Credits: 4
    Suffix: AH1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 135 - Acting Techniques I


    This course introduces students to basic performance techniques including a study of basic techniques in body, voice, characterization, and play analysis as they are applied to performance. It includes improvisation skills, performance of dramatic text and literature, text analysis, and introductory scene work.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • THEA 156 - Guest Artist Series


    This course gives both theatre and non-theatre students the opportunity to work with and learn from guest artists – directors, designers, and performers – who are visiting from professional theatre venues of world renowned status. Students may choose to participate in some or all of the guest artist series depending on the schedule and the number of registered credit hours.

    Credits: 1-3
    Repeatable: Repeatable up to 8 times.
  
  • THEA 166 - Dance Techniques: Topics


    Students will learn and practice the technique of a specific style while concentrating on personal abilities, awareness, and ways to correctly train his or her body. The type of dance technique taught each session will vary each term.

    Credits: 2
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits maximum in any combination from Thea 166 and 366.
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 200 - Theatrical Production II


    This course constitutes involvement of the intermediate level student in theatrical production. Students with a developing dedication to theatre participate in selected areas including but not limited to dramaturgy, technical theatre, theatre administration, stage management, and performance. Repertoire includes classical, modern, musical theatre, and dance.

    Credits: 1-4
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
  
  • THEA 230 - Stage Technology


    This course provides students with a basic working knowledge of the technical aspects of theatre including scenery construction, costume construction, prop construction, lighting equipment and its uses, and introductory knowledge of the aspects of stage design.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 233 - Audition Techniques


    This course explores the audition process in terms of text analysis, musical auditions, film auditions, choosing audition materials, and audition trends across the United States. The purpose of this course is to help students compile an audition repertoire in order to be competitive in both the professional and educational world of theatre.

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 238 - Acting Techniques II


    This course involves advanced training in application of acting techniques of the voice and body including techniques of: freeing the body and voice, body language, movement in the development of characterization, advanced text analysis, and other actor techniques.

    Prerequisites: THEA 135 

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • THEA 240 - Ancient & Classical Theatre


    This course is the first in the theatre criticism/dramatic literature sequence (240, 340, and 342). Students taking this course attain a breadth and depth of foundational knowledge of western theatre/ dramatic literature and culture by examining various styles and traditions of performers, playhouses, plays, and playwrights to1800. Focus is placed on attaining insight into the thinking and theatre conventions of times and places at a greater distance from our own including: Classical Greek and Roman, Medieval, Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline, Spanish, French Neo-classic, Restoration and Enlightenment.

    Credits: 4
    Suffix: AH1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 270 - Acting for Camera


    In this course students will be introduced to techniques for performing to camera. Explorations include appropriate voice/ body work. Students should be enabled to grow in confidence and work with appearance and sound on camera. Commercials and short pieces of TV or film script will be utilized. The work will be undertaken using recording equipment in a rehearsal setting.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • THEA 272 - Vocal & Physical Preparation


    This course is designed to be a lecture/demonstration/ experiential class for students interested in public performance. It is designed to give each student tools to develop voice and body (physical and vocal) skills for performance. Students will learn the discourse and practice of physical and vocal developments with regard to stretching, alignment, placement, anatomy, quality, and projection.

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 274 - Make-up & Costume Design


    The study and application of the production elements, materials, methods, and principles of design as applied to stage costume and make-up. Emphasizes costume history and texts in analysis and interpretation. Presented in a studio format and project driven. Explores concept development, style selection, and extensive practice in a variety of techniques for costuming and make-up.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 296 - Sophomore Seminar


    Theatre majors must take Sophomore Seminar after the completion of 14 theatre credits. This course addresses various facets of the theatre discipline, self evaluation, professional skill-sets, leadership, and career planning.

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 299 - Individual Study


    Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.

    Credits: 1-6
    Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
  
  • THEA 300 - Theatrical Production III


    This course involves participation in a theatrical production, including various areas of technical theatre, performance, stage management, and theatre administration. The maturing student is actively involved in theatre production(s) during the semester.

    Credits: 1-4
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
  
  • THEA 310 - Scenic Design & Technology


    This course examines the process of theatrical scene design from early conception to realization. Course work is project-based. Students are introduced to the crafts of script analysis, conceptualization, design expression, drafting, and 3-D model building. Involves projects in theatrical scene design and provides intensive practice in sketching, rendering, drafting, and model-building.

    Prerequisites: THEA 230 

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 322 - Creative Dramatics


    Creative Drama uses a student’s innate ability to “play” in the developmental process of becoming a productive well adjusted human being. This course focuses on using drama as a teaching tool in multiple disciplines, using drama as a socializing tool for children and adults, and understanding drama as an art form.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 323 - Children’s Theatre


    In this performance-based course, students will explore dramatic literature appropriate for youth audiences.  Course involves touring or on-site performances for area schools.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: Students will perform for area schoolchildren.
  
  • THEA 335 - Styles in Acting


    This course further develops the acting student’s performance skills through the theory and practice of various styles of acting. At this level the students will focus primarily on styles in acting with regard to specific temporal periods including, but not limited to, Greek, Roman, Classical French, English Renaissance, Restoration Comedy of Manners, Enlightenment, Realism, and Anti-realism.

    Prerequisites: THEA 135 

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • THEA 336 - Creating Performance/Directing


    This course concentrates on the conceptual and practical application of performance in the form of creating a production from initial concept to closure. Students will develop and use the skills of analysis, strategic planning, directing, creating movement, organization, and administration.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 340 - Modern Theatre


    This course, the second in the dramatic literature sequence (240, 340, and 342) surveys developments in theatre practice and dramatic literature from the beginning of the 19th through the mid-21st century. The development of modern drama and the concurrent philosophical thinking in Western theatre history will be the focus of the course.

    Prerequisites: THEA 240 

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: May be taken as a “Topics” course for English majors.
  
  • THEA 342 - Asian Performance


    The purpose of this course is to facilitate knowledge, discussion, and critical thought of Asian performance forms including those from Japan, China, India, and Southeast Asia (Malaysia and Indonesia). The exploration of Asian performance gives students a greater breadth of knowledge and clearer understanding of non-Western perspectives as valid and important to our current culture and expression of meaning.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 356 - Guest Artist Series


    This course gives both theatre and non-theatre students the opportunity to work with and learn from guest artists – directors, designers, and performers – who are visiting from professional theatre venues of world-renowned status. Students may choose to participate in some or all of the guest artist series depending on the schedule and the number of registered credit hours.

    Credits: 1-3
    Repeatable: Repeatable up to 8 times.
  
  • THEA 366 - Dance Technique


    Students will learn and practice the technique of a specific style while concentrating on personal abilities, awareness, and ways to correctly train his or her body. The type of dance technique taught each session will vary each term.

    Credits: 2
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits maximum in any combination from Thea 166 and 366.
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 369 - Playwriting


    In Playwriting, students develop their own creativity in writing for theatre. Students examine dramatic plots, characters, dialogue, exposition, setting, theme, new and traditional forms and other elements of drama through a series of exercises and writing practices. They will read a number of contemporary plays and attend local performances.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
    Notes: All students will write a producible one-act play.
  
  • THEA 372 - Stage Management


    Covers stage management from the inception of a production concept through the process of mounting a production, focusing on the interrelationships of the various artists involved, management and scheduling of time, and the psychology of handling a wide range of personalities.

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
  
  • THEA 374 - Lighting and Sound Design


    Introduces the craft of stage lighting design and sound technology through experiential projects, lecture/demos, hands on production experience, and theoretical projects. Subject matter includes aesthetics of sound and light, color theory, lighting and sound for performance, electricity, acoustics, equipment, design graphics, and basic sound and light technology.

    Credits: 4
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
  
  • THEA 400 - Theatrical Production IV


    This course involves in-depth involvement in theatrical production, performance, and technical theatre. The advanced theatre student will have the opportunity to build on his/her theatre skills in areas such as performing, dance, technical theatre, costuming, dramaturgy, stage management and theatre administration.

    Credits: 1-4
    Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
  
  • THEA 460 - Internship in Theatre


    This course provides students the opportunity to take a forward step in their career development through active internship partnerships with professional and not for profit theatre organizations. Specific internships are determined by partner organizations, supervising faculty and the student.

    Prerequisites: THEA 200  OR THEA 300  OR  

    Credits: 1-4
    Repeatable: May be repeated once for a total of eight credits.
  
  • THEA 496 - Senior Seminar


    This course gives senior theatre majors the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in connecting the analytical academic research process to performance. Significant research, on an approved topic, will result in a substantial paper. Each student’s research combined with insightful performance knowledge, problem-solving techniques, and creative thinking, results in a public presentation.

    Prerequisites: THEA 336  AND  

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
    Notes: This is a full course and 496 must be taken in the fall, followed by 497 in the winter.
  
  • THEA 497 - Senior Seminar


    This course gives senior theatre majors the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in connecting the analytical academic research process to performance. Significant research, on an approved topic, will result in a substantial paper. Each student’s research combined with insightful performance knowledge, problem solving techniques, and creative thinking, results in a public presentation.

    Prerequisites: THEA 336  AND  

    Credits: 2
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
    Notes: This is a full course and 496 must be taken in the fall, followed by 497 in the winter.
  
  • THEA 499 - Independent Study


    Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.

    Credits: 1-6
    Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
  
  • TRS 82 - Introduction to Algebra


    This course provides review and instruction in elementary algebra and offers the opportunity to apply these skills to word problems and critical thinking exercises.

    Prerequisites: Computed Math Placement Score M0082

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • TRS 90 - Reading for Ideas


    This course introduces students to strategies for reading the types of texts assigned in entry-level college courses.

    Prerequisites: FLC Reading Placement Score C089 OR FLC Reading Placement Score C090

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • TRS 91 - Intro to Academic Writing


    This course introduces students to the strategies that are fundamental to writing source-based texts. Emphasis is on summary, response, analysis, and synthesis of multiple resources.

    Prerequisites: FLC Writing Placement Score C089 OR FLC Writing Placement Score C091 OR successful completion of TRS 90  with a C- or higher.

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
  
  • TRS 92 - Intermediate Algebra


    Designed to provide review and instruction in college preparatory mathematics for students with deficiencies in or apprehensions about required entrance level mathematics courses. The course will cover such topics as algebraic expressions, manipulation of signed numbers, solving equations and inequalities, algebraic fractions, polynomials, exponents, radical expression, and graphing.

    Prerequisites: TRS 82  OR Computed Math Placement Score M0092

    Credits: 3
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
    Notes: Students who wish to enroll in this course should have successfully completed at least the equivalent of Algebra I.
  
  • TRS 93 - Inter Algebra: Problem Solving


    Supplement to Intermediate Algebra for students who wish to explore the concepts in greater depth and who wish to receive additional assistance with problem solving.

    Credits: 1
    Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-0)
    Pass/Fail Standing: Students will receive a Pass/Fail grade.
 

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