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2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • TET 530 - INSTRUCTIONAL DESKTOP PUBLISHING

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course provides hands-on experience that focuses on effective ways to assemble and distribute information.


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  • TET 535 - INTERNET IN THE CLASSROOM

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course provides hands on experience with Internet resources to aid educators in planning and teaching in the classroom.


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  • TET 540 - INTERNET/TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on gaining confidence learning introductory Internet skills through a hands-on approach and on acquiring valuable Internet research skills by improving search strategies and evaluating Web-site content.


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  • TET 545 - DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on the utilization of computers to develop and deliver digital presentation by combining text, graphics, clip art, and photos, video, and audio resources. Emphasis is placed on the planning, designing, and delivery of professional digital presentations using software such as Microsoft PowerPoint.


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  • TET 553 - PERSONAL & ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSITION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course explores the personal side of change, the difference between change and transition, and basic change theory related to organizations.

    Notes
    Cross-list: AHED 553

    credit hour change from 2 to 3 credit hours on 5-22-09


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  • TET 565 - WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course introduces the basics of building structured web pages with XHTML code through hands-on projects and case projects. The emphasis is placed on planning, designing, and publishing professional web sites.


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  • TET 584 - CURRENT ISSUES IN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description The focus of the course will vary depending upon current issues in learning and performance technology.


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  • TET 700 - PROGRAM SUSTAINING

    0credit hour(s)

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


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  • TET 701 - TECHNOLOGY IN THE CURRICULUM

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course involves the study of technology and how it can impact education, including the development of skills so that graduates can use tools to improve education. Examines the impact of technology on teaching, classroom organization, and changes in what and how topics may be studied.


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  • TET 710 - TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course takes a broad look at “technology” and considers how it affects us personally, professionally, and as a society.


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  • TET 715 - SOCIOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course studies the dynamics of Education in America and the world during the 21st Century as influenced by technology and communication and the pragmatic responses of the government, society, and the schools.


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  • TET 725 - NETWORKING PRINCIPLES

    2credit hour(s)

    Description This course presents the principles of computer networking as found in many K-12 schools and small businesses. Internet access from local area networks is also included as is selection, set-up and operation of Macintosh and Windows servers.


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  • TET 727 - HUMAN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course examines how to identify human performance problems in organizations and develop non-instructional solutions. The course broadens students’ understanding of the human performance technology (HPT) field and includes strategies that can be used to improve and evaluate performance in the workplace.


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  • TET 729 - ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course introduces students to electronic performance support systems. An electronic performance support system (EPSS) is an integrated electronic environment that can provide online access to guidance, advice, information, and assistance in order to enable job performance with minimal support from others. Students will learn how to use software to create an EPSS.


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  • TET 730 - ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course provides hands-on experience that focuses on advanced techniques for effective assembly and distribution of information


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  • TET 732 - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING AND TRAINING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course will provide students with the skills and appropriate application of current and emerging technologies and how to implement them with all learners in education and training.


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  • TET 735 - PROGRAM DESIGN FOR WORK-FORCE TRAINING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course provides hands-on experience that focuses on advanced techniques for effective assembly and distribution of information


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  • TET 742 - MINDTOOLS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course presents Mindtools, which are inexpensive, commonly available and readily learned software programs that provide multiple methods for representing and building knowledge. This course helps students create technology-enhanced instruction which engages critical, creative, and complex thinking. Mindtools include semantic organization tools (databases, semantic networks), dynamic modeling tools (spreadsheets, expert systems, systems modeling tools, and microworlds), information interpretation tools and visualization tools, knowledge construction tools (multimedia production, hypermedia construction and linking, Web site production), and conversation tools (synchronous communication environments, asynchronous information tools, scaffold computer conferences).


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  • TET 745 - ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on the creation of interactive non-linear digital presentations for audiences in school and non-school settings. Students will explore and use software such as eZediaMX and eZediaQTito, Macromedia Flash, Authorware, and Director to design and develop digital presentations.


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  • TET 755 - DISTRIBUTED LEARNING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course explores the nature and increase of distance education initiatives in the U.S. and worldwide and examines their fundamental components. It presents the distance education system and its components, student characteristics and progress, teaching and advising, technology and media, course design and development, and administrative services and policy.


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  • TET 760 - INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

    3credit hour(s)

    Description The course provides concepts and tools for applying systems theory to instructional design, including needs, instructional, learner, and context analyses, objectives, assessment, strategy, development, and evaluation. Course content addresses client learning needs in various organizational settings: business, industry, military, health care, education, and not-for-profit.


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  • TET 763 - APPLIED RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course will be geared to practitioners in organizational settings. The use of observation, interviewing, field notes, transcription, and narrative inquiry will be explored. The use of descriptive statistics particularly as applied to survey and questionnaire research will also be reviewed. Description, analysis, and interpretation of data in current organizations or training situations will be the focal point of the course

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: EDER 761 - Research Methods in Education or its equivalent.


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  • TET 765 - ADVANCED WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on advanced concepts of building structured Web pages through hands-on projects and case projects. Emphasis is placed on creating Web sites with usability and accessibility compliance. Advanced topics such as CSS, JavaScript, interactive web pages, e-commerce, etc. will be addressed.


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  • TET 770 - MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course covers principles of visual design, use of color and hands on production of text and animated resources for use in interactive multimedia lessons, presentations and training materials.


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  • TET 771 - PRODUCTION OF DIGITIZED AUDIO AND VIDEO RESOURCES

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course covers the capturing, digitizing, editing and output of video and audio resources.


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  • TET 772 - MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE DESIGN AND AUTHORING

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course presents the principles and practices of producing computer interfaces, with emphasis on communicating by means of visual metaphors and the planning, story boarding, scripting and authoring of multimedia with and without programming.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: TET 760 - Instructional Design for Work Force Development and TET 770 or LT 731 - Multimedia Production.


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  • TET 775 - ASSESSMENT OF WORK-FORCE SKILLS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on the principles and strategies for work-force skills assessment, including performance analysis, job and task analysis, performance programs and employee development, levels of training and performance assessment, and procedures for carrying out work force assessment projects.


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  • TET 780 - ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course acquaints students with major theoretical traditions in the field of organizational development and change. Through writing and discussions, students will gain the reflective skills needed to make decisions based on theoretical, ethical, and professional knowledge. This course provides students with the background they will need to be effective change consultants and organizational leaders.


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  • TET 785 - DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course examines integrated delivery systems and associated design, delivery, and administrative issues for distance and on-site training/education. Prepares students to assume or enhance their professional roles within a specific delivery technology or distance learning project context.


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  • TET 786 - ADMINISTRATION OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course will focus on the processes and decisions required in the administration of a technology program and accompanying resources.


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  • TET 790 - SEMINAR

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course is a seminar covering current topics as they relate to technology for training and development. A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research.


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  • TET 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

    1 to 6credit hour(s)

    Description Students complete individualized plans of study, which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and the student negotiate the details of the study plan. May be repeated. Requires permission of the instructor.


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  • TET 792 - TOPICS: TRENDS AND ISSUES IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course is an investigation of historical and current training and development practice to anticipate needs of the near future. Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.


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  • TET 793 - WORKSHOP

    1-3credit hour(s)

    Description Special, intense session in specific topic areas.  Approximately 45 hours of work in required for each hour of credit.  Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery.  They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.


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  • TET 794 - INTERNSHIP

    1 to 8credit hour(s)

    Description Supervised field based experience in a K-12 or non-school setting appropriate to career goals.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Master degree students only. Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • TET 805 - LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course explores the leadership role in integrating technological change into organizations. Diffusion of Innovation theory, the concept of Personal Mastery, organizational stewardship and other current approaches will be reviewed.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: TET 780 - Contemporary Views of Organizational Development or BADM 761 - Organizational Theory and Behavior or its equivalent.


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  • TET 860 - ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course delves more deeply into instructional design methods from behaviorism, humanism, cognitivism and constructivism presented in earlier courses. Discussions and applications will include contemporary developments in instructional design, including component display theory, situated cognition, problem-based learning, mass customization, rapid prototyping, expert systems, electronic performance systems, and contextual design.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: EPSY 741 - Advanced Educational Psychology and LT 716 - Systematic Design of Instruction.


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  • TET 865 - MANAGEMENT OF WEB SITES

    1credit hour(s)

    Description This course focuses on the administrative aspects of Web site and Web server management, including set-up of Web server software. Various issues related to the decision-making and implementation phases of Web sites will be explored.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: TET 565 - Web Page Development, or permission of the instructor.


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  • TET 872 - AUTHORING SYSTEMS FOR INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course provides hands-on experience in the use of advanced authoring tools and techniques.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: TET 760 - Instructional Design for Work Force Development and TET 770 - Multimedia Production, TET 771 - Production of Digitized Audio and Video - resources, and TET 772 - Multimedia Interface Design and Authoring, or permission of the instructor.


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  • TET 875 - EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course presents concepts and tools for conducting program and product evaluations in education and training settings, including formative and summative evaluations, levels of performance assessment, alternative approaches to evaluation, and the procedures for planning, conducting, reporting, and using work force assessments.


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  • TET 880 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING SKILLS

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description This course will examine the concepts, tools, and computer software for managing staff, time lines, budgets, and resources for education and training projects. Students will learn consulting skills related to solving performance problems.


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  • TET 883 - APPLIED EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Using available hardware and assessment software, this course examines technological learning-systems relative to aspects of instruction, training, management, and supervision. Current technological education and training systems will be examined, along with their underlying learning theory.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: TTD 860 - Advanced Instructional Design and EPSY 741 - Advanced Educational Psychology, or its equivalent.


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  • TET 894S - INTERNSHIP

    1 to 8credit hour(s)

    Description Supervised field-based experience in a K-12 or non-school setting appropriate to career goals. Educational Specialist and Doctoral degree students only. Permission of the instructor is required. Applied, monitored and supervised, field based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in this course than in the case with field experience courses.


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  • THEA 501 - PERFORMANCE THEATRE STUDIO

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive study of selected areas in theatre practice (acting, directing, dance, design, technical production, etc.). Topic varies. Repeatable.


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  • THEA 503 - DESIGN/TECHNICAL THEATRE STUDIO

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive study of selective areas in design and technical theatre production.  Topics vary. Repeatable.


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  • THEA 512 - LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

    3credit hour(s)

    Description This course covers the major works of ancient Greek and Roman literature.

    Notes
    (Also CLHU 513 and ENGL 513)


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  • THEA 513 - SHAKESPEARE I

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Background of and close readings of the major comedies.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 531)


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  • THEA 514 - SHAKESPEARE II

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Background of and close readings of the major tragedies.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 532)


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  • THEA 531 - ACTING: PERIOD STYLES

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Study and practice of analysis and of psychological, physical, and vocal approaches to the performance of playscripts in major non-realistic styles: Greek tragedy to modern experimentation (excluding Shakespeare.)

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: THEA 331 - Acting III, or permission of the instructor.


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  • THEA 532 - ACTING: SHAKESPEARE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Study and practice of analysis in psychological, physical, and vocal approaches to the performance of Shakespearean texts.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: THEA 331 - Acting III, or permission of the instructor.


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  • THEA 533 - STUDIES OF SHAKESPEARE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Study of Shakespeare’s works, other than comedies and tragedies.

    Notes
    Cross-listed: ENGL 533


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  • THEA 539 - AUDITIONING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Theory and practice of actor auditioning for stage, film, and video; resume writing and job-finding strategies for actors.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 552 - STAGE MANAGEMENT

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Study of the principles and systems of stage management with particular emphasis placed upon developing effective organizational tools and communication techniques. Practical application of stage management skills in University Theatre productions.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 561 - HISTORY OF THEATRE AND DRAMA: BEGINNINGS–1600

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Survey of Western drama and theatrical production through the Renaissance. Emphasis on Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the Roman Republic, Medieval England and Europe, Renaissance Italy, Spain, and England. Study of selected plays from Aeschylus to Shakespeare.


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  • THEA 562 - HISTORY OF THEATRE AND DRAMA: 1600–1860

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Survey of Western drama and theatrical production from the Baroque through early Realism. Emphasis on the Jacobean period, as well as Neoclassical, Romantic, and early Realistic forms. Study of selected plays from Jonson to Ostrovsky.


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  • THEA 563 - MODERN DRAMA AND THEATRE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Survey of Western drama and theatrical production from Realism through Theatre of the Absurd. Emphasis on Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Epic Theatre, Theatre of Cruelty, Existentialist Drama, and Theatre of the Absurd. Study of selected plays from Ibsen to Beckett.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 563)


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  • THEA 564 - CONTEMPORARY DRAMA AND THEATRE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Survey of PostTheatre of the Absurd drama and theatre. Emphasizes major standard and experimental dramatists since 1960.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 564)


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  • THEA 566 - DRAMATIC THEORY AND CRITICISM

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Study of major documents in Western dramatic theory and criticism from ancient Greece to Grotowski.


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  • THEA 569 - AESTHETICS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Investigation of the major aesthetic theories and critical analysis of problems concerning the nature of aesthetic judgment in art

    Notes
    (Also ARTH 513, PHIL 524, CLHU 533, and ENGL 587)


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  • THEA 571 - PLAYWRITING II

    3credit hour(s)

    Description A continuation of the study of the craft of the dramatist, with emphasis on the structure of action. Practice through the writing of one-act plays and adaptations for the stage.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 572)


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  • THEA 585 - MOVEMENT SPECIALTIES (COMBAT)

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Training in unarmed and armed combat for the stage. Includes fisticuffs, falls and rolls, work with quarterstaff, broadsword, rapier and dagger, and basic techniques of fight choreography.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: THEA 331 - Acting III, or permission of the instructor.


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  • THEA 590 - SEMINAR IN THEATRE

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports, based on literature, practices, problems, and research.


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  • THEA 592 - TOPICS IN THEATRE

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in Theatre. Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.


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  • THEA 593 - THEATRE WORKSHOP

    1 to 5credit hour(s)

    Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in Theatre. Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic

    Notes
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  • THEA 594 - INTERNSHIP

    0 to 16credit hour(s)

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than in the case with field experience courses.


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  • THEA 595 - PRACTICUM

    1credit hour(s)

    Description Practical application of theatre crafts in University Theatre productions. Credit available for acting, costuming, lighting, scenery, sound, publicity, box office, and other areas. Assignments based on student needs/desires and production needs. Repeatable.


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  • THEA 596 - FIELD EXPERIENCE IN THEATRE

    1 to 10credit hour(s)

    Description Practical application of theatrical crafts. Summer only. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 hours.


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  • THEA 700 - PROGRAM SUSTAINING

    0credit hour(s)

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


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  • THEA 701 - INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE STUDIES IN THEATRE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Examination of graduate program options and procedures. The study of methods of research, writing, and documentation.


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  • THEA 730 - ACTING ENSEMBLE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Extensive work on releasing tension, developing concentration, and training the actor’s sensory and emotional instrument for integration into scene work. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 731 - DIRECTING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Four-course sequences involving extensive work in stage directing. Areas of focus include text analysis, production and historical research, communication, and style as applied to (I) one-act plays, (II) periods and styles, (III) new plays, and (IV) advanced problems (i.e., musical theatre, film/video, Shakespeare). Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 734 - PLAYSCRIPT ANALYSIS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Investigation of methods and purposes of playscript analysis as a preparation for theatrical production; detailed reading of scripts to discover given circumstances, patterns of action, verbal and theatrical imagery, and structural organization; synthesis into production concepts.


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  • THEA 735 - VOICE DYNAMICS

    2credit hour(s)

    Description Work on all aspects of vocal production for the actor: articulation, projection, resonance, breathing, and relaxation techniques. Repeatable to a maximum of four hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 736 - MOVEMENT DYNAMICS

    2credit hour(s)

    Description Process-orientated training in movement fundamentals for the actor; includes explorations of movement efficiency and ease, as well as range of movement vocabulary. Application of movement choices for character development and ensemble work is emphasized. Repeatable to a maximum of four hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 739 - DIRECTING LABORATORY

    1 to 2credit hour(s)

    Description Practical application of directing, stage management, and acting skills in University Theatre productions. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 740 - SCENIC DESIGN

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive exploration of the function, process, aesthetics, and materials of scenic design, with practice in analysis, conceptualization, composition, and presentation. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 741 - COSTUME DESIGN

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive exploration of the function, process, aesthetics, and materials of costume design, with practice in analysis, conceptualization, composition, and presentation. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 742 - LIGHTING DESIGN

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive exploration of the function, process, aesthetics, and equipment of lighting design, with practice in analysis, conceptualization, composition, and presentation. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 745 - ADVANCED PROBLEMS–DESIGN/TECHNICAL THEATRE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Intensive study of selected areas in design and technical theatre, such as welding, scene painting, costume patterning, graphics for the theatre, special materials, rigging, shop management, millinery, fabric painting and dyeing. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 746 - THEATRICAL RENDERING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Exploration of media, techniques, and styles of rendering as they aid graphic expression for theatrical designers.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 747 - PERIODS AND STYLES OF DESIGN

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Exploration of visual art, architecture, ornamentation, and other arts in relation to the societies and aesthetic movements that produced them and as source material for theatrical production.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 749 - DESIGN/TECHNICAL LABORATORY

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description Practical application of design skills and technical crafts in University Theatre productions. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 771 - ADVANCED PLAYWRITING

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Advanced study of the functions and techniques of the playwright. Practice through the writing of one or more full-length plays.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 788 - MFA PROJECT

    6credit hour(s)

    Description The culminating Master of Fine Arts production project in a Plan B program of study. Research, preparation, and production of the project, with the development of appropriate professional materials.


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  • THEA 789 - MFA PROJECT SUSTAINING

    0credit hour(s)

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


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  • THEA 790 - GRADUATE SEMINAR IN THEATRE

    3credit hour(s)

    Description A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research.


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  • THEA 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description Students complete individualized plans of study, which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and the student negotiate the details of the study plan. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Requires permission of the instructor.


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  • THEA 793 - WORKSHOP IN THEATRE

    1 to 3credit hour(s)

    Description Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time periodf or delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.


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  • THEA 794 - PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP

    1 to 15credit hour(s)

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than in the case with field experience courses. Resident internship with a producing theatre or other approved arts organization.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor and department chair is required.


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  • THEA 798 - THESIS RESEARCH IN THEATRE

    1 to 6credit hour(s)

    Description Research and production/writing of creative or scholarly thesis. For students following plan A.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • THEA 799 - THESIS SUSTAINING

    0credit hour(s)

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


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  • WMST 574 - LITERATURE OF FEMINIST POLITICS

    3credit hour(s)

    Description Analysis of American feminism from its origins as a political movement through its current expressions in literature and literary criticism.

    Notes
    Cross listed with: ENGL 574 and POLS 574


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