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THE CURRICULUM / DEPT. OF THEATER & DANCE

Academic/Artistics Tracks:
acting | music/dance | design/technical | directing/dramatic literature |
administration | minor in theater arts | teaching

The following classes are currently in The Dept. of Theater & Dance permanent curriculum:

THEA 100. What Is Theater?
THEA 130. Private Voice
THEA 144.  Ballet THEA 145.  Classical Jazz Technique
THEA 150. Drawing for the stage THEA 195.  Special Topics
THEA 200. Principles of Arts Administration THEA 200L. Arts Administration Internship-Lab
THEA 210G.  The Dramatic Impulse (Modern) THEA 211G.  The Dramatic Impulse (Classical)
THEA 230. Practical Acting: Broadway to Boardroom THEA 232. Beginning Acting: Playing an Action
THEA244.  Ballet II THEA 249.  Music Analysis and Dance Composition
THEA 250. Introduction to Technical Theater THEA 250L. Backstage Practicum
THEA 252. Introduction to Costume THEA 254.  Rendering for the Theater

THEA 258.  Makeup for Theater [Formerly THEA358]

THEA 261.  Science on the Stage
THEA 295.  Special Topics THEA 330. Pursuit of Realism
THEA 332. The Actor's Voice THEA 334. The Actor's Body
THEA 336. Fundamentals of Play Directing THEA 338. Introduction to Stage Combat
THEA 344. Dance Styles for the Musical Theater THEA 346. History of Musical Theater
THEA 349.  Dance History & Contemp. Perspectives THEA 350. Stage Management
THEA 351. Tech Theater II THEA 352.  Art, Clothing, and Society

THEA 353.  Scene Painting [Formerly THEA 253]

THEA 354. Scene Design
THEA 356. Lighting Design THEA 361W. Broadway to Hollywood and Back-WI
THEA 366W. The Rise of Realism in the Theater-WI THEA 367. Modernism and the Avant-Garde
THEA 370.  A Movable Feast THEA 380. Production
THEA 381.  Production in Dance THEA 395. Special Topics
THEA 430. Scene Study THEA 431. Styles of Acting
THEA 432. The Actor's Voice II: Verse and Text THEA 434. The Actor's Body II
THEA 437. Managing a Performance Career THEA 438.  A Call to Arms
THEA 444. Advanced Dance Styles/Musical Theater THEA 452. Costume Design
THEA 456. Lighting Design II THEA 461W. The One-Act Play WI
THEA 468. Playwriting Seminar THEA 491. Theater Practicum
THEA 492. Arts Administration Internship THEA 493.  Play Directing II:  Practicum
THEA 495. Special Topics THEA 498. Thesis Project
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THEA 499 . Independent Study (Form)  

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