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May 20, 2024
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Fitchburg State University 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Theater |
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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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