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SPED 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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SPCH 1000 - Introduction to Speech Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
The class focuses on theory and practice of interpersonal and public communication, including communication theory, self-concept, perception, language, listening, non-verbal communication and public speaking. ART
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SPCH 1100 - Argumentation and Debate
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Students participate in projects that emphasize analysis, research, evidence, strategies, briefing, refutation and the delivery of debates on representative questions. ART
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SPCH 1400 - Small Group Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
The course explores the fundamentals of group discussion in private and public settings. Emphasis is on group structure, leadership, problem solving and interpersonal relationships, including extensive practice in varied group situations. ART
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SPCH 1600 - Public Speaking
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
The course fosters the development of skills and strategies employed in the preparation and presentation of the public address. Students make critical assessments of rhetorical strategies utilizing historical speeches as well as discussing contemporary rhetoric. ART
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SPCH 2600 - Persuasion
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
The course studies the causes of listener belief and action with special emphasis on the development of strategies to influence listener behavior. Special projects emphasize the use of persuasion in everyday life. ART
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SPCH 2800 - Rhetorical Criticism
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The class explores approaches to the rhetorical criticism of significant speeches and speech movements, past and present.
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SPCH 3000 - Speech Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The class will focus on the process of audience analysis as it affects the creation of rhetorical pieces in print and media. Special emphasis on researching, outlining and analysis.
Prerequisite(s): SPCH 1000 .
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SPCH 3100 - General Semantics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The purpose of this course is to provide (1) the understanding of communication as a process, (2) the development of semantic representation—how can we represent the meaning of a sentence in order to capture the essence of truth and context? (3) enhancing the semantic composition to achieve a desired response from listeners and readers.
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TETA 2100 - Theatrical Design Skills
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
This is a lecture/laboratory course presenting basic problem solving skills in scenic and costume craft covering terminology and processes of stage production including integration of design elements/materials, basic drafting, stage carpentry, rigging, equipment use and shop safety.
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TETA 2300 - Fundamentals of Stage Lighting Design
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The course is a lecture/laboratory course dealing with the application of the elements of design relating to lighting for the theatre and dance. Mechanics of basic electricity, color theory, instrumentation, distribution and control are discussed.
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TETA 2400 - Scene Design
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The course is a lecture/laboratory study of the historical and contemporary contribution of space and environment atmospherics to the creation of the world of the play/dance and the theatre experience as a whole. Rendering, graphic media, specification writing and scenic models are addressed.
Prerequisite(s): TETA 2100 .
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TETA 2500 - Costume Design
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The history of fashion silhouette is explored along with the design elements used in developing a character’s costume. Students will apply historical perspective and utilize the design elements of line, texture, color and gesture in designing costumes.
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TETA 3300 - Advanced Stage Lighting Design
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The class is a lecture/laboratory study of the problems of stage lighting for the proscenium and non-proscenium stages. Students are expected to develop and apply concept and historical lighting techniques in various theater and dance genre (musical-comedy, cabaret, modern and jazz dance). Computer applied lighting will be used in a production environment.
Prerequisite(s): TETA 2300 .
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TETA 3400 - Advanced Scene Design
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
Advanced Scene Design is an advanced course emphasizing approaches and techniques relating to the design, development and implementation of scenic concepts. Students will utilize approaches to research design and develop scenic concepts. Concepts will be developed, rendered, constructed and rigged to production standards.
Prerequisite(s): TETA 2400 .
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TETA 3600 - Stage Makeup
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
This is a lecture/laboratory course investigating the principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup and practical application. Students will apply, in a production setting, principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup. They will identify historical justification for period makeup and apply techniques for live animation, clowning and dramatic character.
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TETA 4000 - Production Implications
3 cr. 4 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
In a laboratory situation, this class is a hands-on production class. It provides the student with practical applications for building techniques, lighting, make-up, sound, props and other production needs for a realized production. This production work is possible through the Main Stage Theatre productions, student works, as well as film and video applications. Work done in this class can be used for the student’s portfolio as well.
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TETA 4100 - Stage Management
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
Stage Management is a lecture/laboratory study of the professional union approach to stage management and personnel mediation in stage production. Students will apply knowledge and technique related to contract and union policy in various repertory scenarios. The aspects of prompt books, blocking documentation, callsheets, rehearsal set-up and running and calling the show will be implemented.
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TETA 4200 - Portfolio Presentation
3 cr. 4 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
This course will provide the Technical Theatre student with practical application for presenting a professional portfolio. Practical application of common professional practices along with interviewing skills will be applied through lectures, demonstrations and projects designed to build the student’s portfolio and confidence in presenting their work to the professional world.
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TETA 4900 - Independent Study
3 cr. 3 hr.
The independent study allows students to enroll in a directed study. Upper level production responsibilities such as set, light, costume, prop, sound design and stage management fall under these responsibilities. Production responsibilities could also be in film or video productions.
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TETA 4950 - Theatre Internship
3 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
In order to qualify for an internship, a student must be matriculated and have completed a minimum of 60 credits with at least 12 credits earned at Fitchburg State, and have a 2.5 GPA prior to placement. While these are university requirements, individual departments may have additional GPA requirements in the major and other entry requirements.
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THEA 1700 - Stage Movement
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This workshop-oriented course utilizes the basis techniques of movement with emphasis on developing each student’s potential for effective physicalization of a character on stage. Introduction to techniques of stage combat may be taught.
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THEA 1720 - Voice and Articulation
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
The course concentrates on the elements of vocal production and presentation with special emphasis on the study and application of phonetic theory. ART
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THEA 2000 - Introduction to Theater
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This introductory course surveys theater with emphasis on its history, focuses, practices and major practitioners, including directors, actors and scenic designers. The focus is on historical and social contexts. L, C
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THEA 2100 - Children’s Theater
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered once every two years in the Spring.
This is a hands-on course in developing theatre for young audiences. Students will learn techniques of using theater as a teaching device. Students will develop and perform short plays for young audiences on themes of mythology, social skills and history. It is a threshold course in learning how to use theatre in the classroom and also how to develop professional performance pieces targeting youth.
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THEA 2700 - Acting I
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is an introduction to professional stage performance techniques. Students will learn how to build a character using techniques such as playing actions, status, physical transformation, improvisation, relaxation and script analysis. Students will perform monologues and scene work for the class and analyze and develop them. ART
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THEA 2730 - History of the Theater I
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is the first course in a two-semester survey on the history of theater, from its roots in pre-history through the Greeks, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and ending with Moliere. This course examines the times of Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Moliere, among others, discovering how they were products of their times and how their work contributed to shaping those times. Focus is on western theater, but also included are theater traditions of East Asia, India, Oceania and Africa, such as Balinese Dance Theater, Noh, Bunraku, and Chinese Opera. ART, GDAN
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1200 .
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THEA 2740 - History of the Theater II
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is the second course in a two-semester survey on the history of theater from the late-Renaissance to the present. This course examines Restoration drama and works of such playwrights as Ibsen, Brecht, and Beckett, among other, discovering how they were products of their times and how their work contributed to shaping those times. Focus is on western theater, but also included are theater traditions of East Asia, India, Oceania and Africa, as living traditions and new voices. ART, GDAN
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1200 .
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THEA 2800 - Acting II
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This will be an advanced course in examining the art of the actor building on the preliminary skills learned in Acting I. Students will perform scenes from the contemporary and classical repertoire. Traditional and contemporary methods of character development will be studied and attempted. Techniques of acting Shakespeare will be learned. Audition technique will be introduced and developed.
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THEA 2850 - Applied Acting
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course will offer the practical, on-stage experience of realizing a role in a fully mounted main stage production. Students will accomplish this through performance, maintaining an actor’s journal and writing an analysis of the experience after the production is completed. This course may be taken for up to two times for credit.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 2700 .
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THEA 3003 - Dramaturgy
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other year.
The Dramaturg influences every aspect of production concept and execution in the professional marketplace of the American Film & Theater. The role of Dramaturg is an established artistic staff position of rising importance in film production companies and theatres across America. For the student with an aptitude for Dramaturgy this course could be a threshold course into a new career in Theatre. For the emerging actor, director, stage manager and playwright, it will enlighten these students as to who the Dramaturg is, how their process works and how they can work with Dramaturgs to amplify their individual craft work. Dramaturgy is a junior level course. ART, AOM
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 , ENGL 1200
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THEA 3010 - Acting for the Camera
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
An intensive scene study course for the advanced student actor. Scenes will be selected from extant and new film scripts and will be directed, filmed and edited by film students who are taking a companion course in the Communications department.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 2700 .
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THEA 3035 - Playwrighting
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester. FIRST OFFERING SPRING 2014
This course in Playwrighting will teach students the craft and art of Playwrighting for the Stage. The course will have a professional orientation for Theater Concentration Majors but welcomes all serious upper division students as well. The aim of the course is to foster and augment the motivated student to engage in the writing of new theater works in the professional arena. Cross listed with ENGL 3035
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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THEA 3400 - Advanced Stage Movement
3 cr. 3 hr Day course offered in the Fall.
This course will expand and deepen the actor’s understanding of how they move and physically embody characters in performance building on the vocabulary learned in Movement I. This will be accomplished through research, dance, observation and improvisation.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 1700 .
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THEA 3500 - Voice II
3 cr. 3 hr Day course offered in the Spring.
This course expands the fundamentals of Voice I that included breath, diction, relaxation, articulation and resonance. This will involve work on verse and lyric vocal education with works of Shakespeare, Restoration, Moliere and The Greeks. Techniques gained from these classical structures will be applied to various forms of character voice work, dialect and commercial voice-over techniques.
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THEA 3550 - Page to Stage Analysis
3 cr. 3 hr Day course offered in the Spring.
This course addresses the analytical research and investigation processes and protocols required to perform and produce a play wright’s working script. This content is structured to examine director, actor and designer craft responsibilities and honor the creative intent of the writer. ART
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THEA 3600 - Auditioning
3 cr. 3 hr Day course offered in the Fall.
This is a course linking the work of the performance classroom and the Fitchburg State University Main Stage with the professional performing arts scene. Students will develop audition pieces and learn auditioning techniques. The will learn to write resumes and choose a headshot. They will go to professional auditions and engage in the painful process of finding work in the performing arts beyond the college setting.
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THEA 3700 - Directing the Play
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is an introduction to the professional stage director. Students will study the work of great directors. They will stage short productions for the class. Students will learn to analyze and develop their scene work. Students will attend performances of productions on and off campus and actively analyze them in class.
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THEA 4903 - Independent Study
3 cr. 3 hr.
The Independent Study is for exceptional students excelling in scholarship and is taken upon approval of department head and advising instructor. Course of study, meetings, and credit are arranged upon approval.
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THEA 4940 - Internship
3 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
In order to qualify for an internship, a student must be matriculated and have completed a minimum of 60 credits with at least 12 credits earned at Fitchburg State, and have a 2.5 GPA prior to placement. While these are university requirements, individual departments may have additional GPA requirements in the major and other entry requirements.
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THEA 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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