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Courses: Theatre (THEA)

6198:6298:6398: Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre.

6311: Theatre Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in HFA program and approval of director of graduate studies. Advanced creative work, under faculty supervision, in selected areas of theatre production. May be repeated for credit.

6320: Stage Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Techniques of planning, organizing, rehearsing, and running theatrical productions as stage manager, with emphasis on management strategies to serve differing situations.

6321: Scene Painting
Cr. 3. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Series of demonstrations and practical application projects using materials, tools, and the techniques of textural and illusionistic scenic art.

6331: Acting and Directing Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Major statements of eminent theatre artists from the Greeks to the present.

6332: Acting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair. Ensemble training; actor's problems in preparing for major roles.

6333: Directing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair. Training in directing oriented toward the production of a full-length play.

6334: Movement and Mime
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair. History and techniques of mime and pantomime, general stage movement, period styles, fencing, and gymnastic techniques. Presentation of mime play.

6335: Scenery and Lighting Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit. Creative function of the scene and lighting designer in preparing visual elements of theatrical production.

6336: Technical Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Visual elements (scenic, costume, and lighting design) in a production as approached by the designer, director, and actor.

6337: Costume, Makeup Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit. Creative function of costume and makeup design in the production process.

6338: Musical Theatre Collaboration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Techniques of collaboration for composers, lyricists, bookwriters, directors, choreographers, producers, and designers in performance of new musical theatre works.

6339: Directing Shakespeare
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. An examination and analysis of selected Shakespeare texts from the perspective of editing, interpretation, and staging.

6340: Costume History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Survey of costume history and design from Egyptian through modern times, with a concentration on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

6343: Voice for the Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 3331 or equivalent, or approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Overview and comparison of current methods of vocal training, development of director's skill in recognizing, identifying, and correcting vocal problems as they arise in rehearsal.

6344: Musical Theatre Workshop
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Interpretation, performance, and production of a new musical with visiting professionals.

6345: Dialects for the Stage
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 3331 or equivalent, or approval of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Advanced studies in specific regional American and foreign dialects.

6350: Teaching Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor or director of graduate studies in Theatre. Required of all teaching assistants. Analysis of textbook and instructional materials and preparation for demonstration and testing in lower division undergraduate theatre production courses.

6362: Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. History of major creative and critical theories of dramaturgy from the Greeks to the present.

6370: Practicum in Acting and Directing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit. 6372: Playwriting Workshop Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit.

6374: Playwrights in Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. May be repeated for credit. The collaboration of playwrights, directors, and dramaturgs in the development and production of original material concluding in a staged production.

6375: Seminar in History and Criticism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre.

6376: Elizabethan Theatre History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of the English theatre 1560 to 1642 with special emphasis on theatre architecture and staging practices.

6377: Realism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of theoretical premises, representative scripts, and production values in realistic drama from 1870 to the present.

6378: History of Shakespeare Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of aesthetic concepts and production approaches in Shakespearean productions from 1660 to the present.

6391:6392:6393: Internship in Theatre Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Residency in a professional theatre, subject to approval of the chair, as the culminating requirement for the Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre.

6396: Selected Topics in Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Will be identified by a specific title each time it is offered. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

6397: Selected Periods in History of the Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair. A specified period in theatre history (Greek-Roman; Medieval; Renaissance) with emphasis on methodology and comparative studies.

6399-7399: Master's Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.