‡THTR 101 GE: Play Production (3:3:0)
This course in the art and technique of play production is designed to enhance the student's understanding of the theatrical production process and to aid the prospective producer of school and amateur theatricals. The class covers theatrical organization, theatre facilities, types of staging, and a survey of the many technical elements involved in the production of plays and musicals. Participation in production is required.

‡THTR 102 GE: Acting (3:3:0)
This course aims at the development of basic acting techniques. Emphasis is placed on developing greater confidence before an audience and increasing one's power of imagination, observation, and concentration. Beginning techniques of character development will be explored. Preparation of specific acting assignments is required.

‡THTR 103 GE: Theatre Practicum (1:0:2)
This course is designed to allow students academic credit for participation in the theatre production program of the Theatre Department. Work in the technical and performance areas is included. Participation in production is required.

‡THTR 118 GE: Stage and Comic Technique (3:3:0)
This course explores comedy and comic techniques from the broadest, most physical form of farce to the intellectual wit of comedy of manners. It stresses the fundamental conventions and techniques found in the performance of comedy. The course also reinforces the basic techniques of performance, including relaxation observation, and concentration. Preparation of specific performance assignments is required. Offered in alternate years.

§THTR 163 GE: Introduction to Film Study (3:3:0)
This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of the elements necessary for film analysis toward a development of an appreciation for film as art. Representative films are screened in order to study the impact of the art form on modern society and on the individual.

‡THTR 200 GE: Summer Theatre Workshop (Semester hours arranged)
The Workshop is open to high school and college students, teachers, and to anyone interested in theatre production. Students who enroll in this intensive Theatre Workshop will participate in all phases of Summer Theatre productions. Workshop students will participate in weekly critique sessions. Both self and group evaluative techniques will be utilized. Guest critics will be invited as participants in the critique sessions. The individual student's participation in the Workshop will be tailored to needs and abilities.

‡THTR 211 GE: Voice for Performance (3:3:0)
This course will focus on the development of physical awareness of the vocal process through exercises in relaxation, body alignment and support of tone. Further development of actor's voice in range, power, flexibility and articulation will also be explored. Preparation of readings in prose, poetry and dramatic monologue will be included.

‡THTR 220 GE: Children's Theatre (3:3:0)
This course consists of selection, adaptation, and presentation by adults of plays for young audiences; it includes a study of plays with suitable moral and social values.

§THTR 228 GE: Theatre Tour of the Performing Arts (3:2:2)
This course is designed to enhance a student's understanding and appreciation of our theatre heritage by experiencing the theatre, arts and culture of a particular country and culture. The student will attend theatre productions, participate in discussions with leading professionals, tour facilities, and visit theatre exhibitions. Travel fees additional.

§THTR 230 GE: Stagecraft (3:3:0)
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary set construction properties, stage engineering, lighting and sound. Students will be introduced to the tools and specialized equipment of both the scene and light shops. Participation in production is required.

THTR 235 Drafting for the Performing Arts (3:3:0)
This course is designed to develop necessary skills in drafting for the stage. Students will learn how to draft floor plans, front and rear construction elevations, isometric drawings, orthographic projections, and perspective drawing for the stage.

§THTR 240 GE: Stage Make-Up (3:3:0)
This course is centered around the theory and practice of theatrical make-up techniques. The course allows students the opportunity to design and create performance make-up. Prerequisite: THTR 100 or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years.

§THTR 267 GE: Art and History of the Film (3:3:0)
This course studies the historical and aesthetic developments of the cinema, emphasizing the aesthetic aspects of film in an attempt to develop critical standards through surveying the methods and problems of film. Narrative, non-narrative, fictional, and documentary films are screened and discussed. Prerequisite: CMST 163.

THTR 290 Special Topics (Semester hours arranged)
These courses are designed to meet specific needs of groups of students or are offered on a trial basis in order to determine the demand for and value of introducing them as a part of the university curriculum.

§THTR 301 GE: Costume Design (3:3:0)
This course emphasizes the design, history, and construction of costumes for theatre, television, and film. The emphasis will be on script analysis, research, and design concepts. Design construction projects allow the student to gain a greater understanding of the role of a costume designer in the theatrical process. Prerequisite: THTR 100 or 101.

§THTR 302 GE: History of Theatre I (3:3:0)
This course will provide an understanding of the history and literature of theatre from the ancient times through the 18th Century. Emphasis is placed on how the theatre has reflected the political, social, economic, and cultural trends in each era. Plays from the various periods are read and analyzed. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite THTR 100.

§THTR 304 GE: History of Theatre II (3:3:0)
This course will provide an understanding of the history and literature from the 19th Century to the present. Emphasis is placed on how the theatre has reflected the political, social, economic, and cultural trends in each era. With an emphasis on Western theatre, plays from the various periods are read and analyzed. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: THTR 100.

‡THTR 310 GE: Advanced Acting (3:3:0)
This course provides further study of character development that includes contemporary scene study with additional focus on improvisation, concentration, observation and voice and movement techniques. These techniques are applied in the preparation and presentation of scenes and monologues. Prerequisite: THTR 102.

§THTR 331 GE: Theatrical Lighting (3:3:0)
This course is concerned with the theory and practice of designing lighting for the performing arts. Students will be introduced to script analysis and conceptualization of plays, musicals, and dance and will learn to develop light plots in an experimental theatre setting. Students will provide their own drafting equipment. Prerequisite: THTR 230.

§THTR 332 GE: Scene Painting (3:3:0)
This course is concerned with the theory and practice of scene painting. Students will explore a variety of scene painting techniques and how they can artistically be translated to the stage. Prerequisite: THTR 230.

‡THTR 341 Stage Management (3:3:0)
This course is offered for students interested in production management areas. A study of audition, rehearsal and production management techniques will be made. Emphasis will be on planning and organizational skills for stage management. Prerequisite: THTR 100 or 101.

‡THTR 343 GE: Directing (3:3:0)
Basic principles and techniques of stage direction will be explored. This course will provide director, actor or designer the necessary methods and tools to analyze and synthesize the elements necessary to ringing a production to life before an audience. Topics include: play analysis, creating the ensemble, conceptual unity, metaphor and organizational responsibilities of director. Presentation of scenes will be required. Prerequisites: THTR 100, 102.

§THTR 370 GE: Film Genre (3:3:0)
This course will analyze significant films of either one or two genres in an attempt to define the characteristics of each genre and understand their cultural meanings. Readings will focus on the genres' historical development with emphasis on their relation to the social currents of the times. Representative films will be screened. Selected genres will vary with each offering of the course. Genres studies will include: the comedy film, the science fiction film, the musical film, the documentary film, the film noir, and the horror film. Prerequisite: CMST 163.

THTR 420 Myth and Ritual in Theatre (3:3:0)
This course explores myth and ritual as they relate to theatre, both in their primitive foundations and in their modern applications. The use of masks and various primary aspects of theatre and acting will be examined, culminating in an informal performance reflecting elemental acting skills, as they relate to mythical and ritualistic foundations of theatre. Available for graduate credit. Prerequisites: THTR 100, 102.

§THTR 430 GE: Scenic Design (3:3:0)
This course is concerned with the theory and practice of designing scenery for the performing arts. Students will be introduced to script analysis and conceptualization of plays and musicals and will learn to develop floor plans, models, construction elevations, finished color renderings of their design projects. Students will provide their own drafting equipment. Prerequisite: THTR 230 and 235.

THTR 485 Independent Study (Semester hours arranged)
This course consists of directed research and study on an individual basis. It is open to a limited number of students who are juniors and seniors or who have completed 12 credit hours in Theatre Arts and who received departmental approval. A student engaging in Independent Study will complete a minimum of five (5) hours per credit of exclusive conference time with the faculty member in charge of the Independent Study relative to the design, consultation, and evaluation of the study. The student must demonstrate competencies appropriate to the level of the course. The standards shall include performance in the subject, explication of that work by written or oral reports, and evidence of a willingness to meet the commitments of the discipline.

THTR 486 Field Experience and Internship (Semester hours arranged)
This course provides field experience gained through placement in a practical on-the-job situation under professional supervision.

THTR 496 Fine Arts Seminar (3:3:0)
A team-taught interdisciplinary capstone experience for senior Fine Arts majors. In conjunction with this seminar the student and faculty explore selected topics in the fine arts relative to the preparation of a thesis project in Art, Music, or Theatre through which the student will demonstrate a satisfactory level of performance and/or research skills. Prerequisites: Advanced standing of 90 credits, permission of instructor. Also offered as ART 496 and MUS 496.

§ Courses with the § symbol fulfill the requirements for Fine Arts.
‡ Courses with the ‡ symbol fulfill the requirements for Performing Arts.