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DRAM 7501 - Special Topics Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students.
Credits: 1 to 3 |
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DRAM 7559 - New Course in Drama New course in the subject of drama.
Credits: 1 to 4 |
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DRAM 7630 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 7640 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 7660 - Technical Direction
Furthers technical directors’ skills through the study of advanced principles of scenery technology, construction, shop organization, purchasing, planning, and organization of crews to complete a production.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 7680 - Construction
Furthers technical construction skills through the study of traditional and contemporary theories of staging, pragmatic application of scenic construction systems; including wood, fabric, plastics and steel.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 7993 - Independent Study Independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor.
Credits: 1 to 12 |
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DRAM 8010 - Heritage of Design
A study of significant theatrical designers who have made significant contributions to the contemporary theory and practice of costume, light, and scenic design. Scholarly research will be conducted in select historical collections and archives.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8100 - Figure Drawing
This course focuses primarily on the human form to study line, tone, mass, proportion and composition. Additional subjects that enhance the understanding of the figure might include interior/exterior spaces and still-life. Students will be introduced to various drawing techniques and media. The emphasis will be on the creative process and the art of “drawing to know.”
Credits: 1 to 2 |
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DRAM 8130 - Production Laboratory: Lighting Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8140 - Production Laboratory: Lighting Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8150 - Lighting Design 2: Alternative Forms A continuation of DRAM 7160, emphasizing alternative forms and spaces, problem solving, orchestration, and cuing.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7160 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8160 - Lighting Design 3: Special Topics Seminar on advanced topics in lighting design.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7160, 8150, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8230 - Production Laboratory: Scenery Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic design.
Prerequisite: graduating standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8240 - Production Laboratory: Scenery Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic design.
Prerequisite: graduating standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8250 - Scenic Design 2: Design Studio-The Classics
Study and creation of classical period scenic design. An examination of design for classical, Shakespearean, and 16-18th century plays.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7100, 7260
corequisite: DRAM 8270.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8270 - Period Decor Studies period furniture and decorative arts from antiquity to the present, including cultural influences on interior design elements. Prerequisite: DRAM 7100; corequisite DRAM 8250.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8290 - Mentored Study: Scene Design A faculty-guided exploration of scenic design and/or technology areas not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 9 |
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DRAM 8310 - History of Dress and Textiles Studies period and contemporary dress and textiles as the foundation of the designer’s creation of stage costumes. Analyzes cultural influences of the special world, the psychology of dress, period movement, and the expression of self through choice of dress. Develops investigative methodology through hands-on work with the department’s vintage clothing and textiles collection. Prerequisite: DRAM 7360 or instructor permission; corequisite: DRAM 8350 and 8370 recommended.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8330 - Production Laboratory: Costume Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of costume designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8340 - Production Laboratory: Costume Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of costume designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8350 - Costume Design: Character Applies design principles and psychology of dress to character development, using scripts from Shakespeare to Williams. Focuses on translation of idea and character through historical and theatrical forms in developing design concepts for contemporary audiences. Prerequisite: DRAM 7360; corequisite DRAM 8370.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8360 - Costume Design: Production Styles
Examines advanced production forms with application of design principles to fully developed projects selected from plays, musicals, opera, ballet, and film, as appropriate to the student’s progress and focus. Emphasizes versatility and experimental solutions to contemporary design challenges.
Prerequisite: DRAM 8350.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8370 - Costume Technology:Advanced Patterning and Draping Contemporary application of period cut and construction, in the reproduction of period fashion for stage purposes.
Prerequisites: DRAM 7350 and graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8380 - Costume Technology: Tailoring Contemporary application of period cut and construction in the reproduction of period fashion for stage purposes.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7380; corequisite DRAM 8350.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8390 - Mentored Study: Costume A faculty-guided study in an area of costume design and/or technology not covered in the established curriculum.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9 |
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DRAM 8410 - Movement: Stage Combat Skills
Examines the art and craft of stage fighting, comparing its historical context with that of the theater. Focus is on the practical performance of the illusion of physical aggression and its dramatic intent, following the safety guidelines and techniques recommended by the Society for American Fight Directors.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8420 - Movement: Period Movement and Dance
Examines the social history of Western culture and its dramatic use in plays set between the 16th-19th centuries. Focus is on skills acquisition of the movement specific to each period, creative application to performance, and research skills for development of character.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8430 - Voice: Shakespeare and Verse
Explores speaking and acting verse, focusing on scansion, language analysis, verbal improvisation, and personalization using Berry, Rodenburg, and Wade techniques. Actors score and interpret poetic and dramatic material, integrating text analysis with emotional expressiveness. Emphasizes heightened language texts, primarily Shakespeare.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8460 - Acting: Period Styles
Focuses on making informed performance choices in period plays based on aspects of structures such as: dramatic text, historical period, culture and society, and production concepts.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8470 - Acting: Production and Performance Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8480 - Acting: Production and Performance Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 |
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DRAM 8490 - Acting: Performance Lab II Collaborative development of performance project(s).
Prerequisite: DRAM 7490.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8501 - Special Topics Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8559 - New Course in Drama New course in the subject of drama.
Credits: 1 to 4 |
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DRAM 8630 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8640 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 8650 - SPFX Special Effects
Explores advanced techniques in special effects and the materials used to create them. Laboratory assignments establish a basic proficiency in creating special effects using methods of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Includes using a vacuum form machine, plastic foams, casting, mold making, pyrotechnics, blood, ghosts and illusions, using fire arms on stage, and atmospheric effects.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8670 - Properties
Materials and methods of stage property construction. Includes projects in molding and casting, foam sculpting, upholstery, and furniture construction.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8680 - Rigging
Studies traditional and contemporary entertainment rigging systems; investigates current practices of rigging, their equipment, and the materials involved.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 8690 - Mentored Study: Technical Direction A faculty-guided study in an area of technical theatre not covered in the established curriculum.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9 |
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DRAM 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 12 |
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DRAM 8999 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 12 |
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DRAM 9060 - Thesis Preparation of a written thesis that corresponds to the performance, direction, or design of a production.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9130 - Production Laboratory: Lighting Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9140 - Production Laboratory: Lighting Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9150 - Lighting Design 4: Portfolio
Critical assessment of the lighting student’s portfolio and résumé leading to the creation of a professional body of work. Tailors design and presentation projects to student’s needs.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7160, 8150, and 8160, or instructor permission
corequisite: DRAM 9060.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9170 - Advanced Lighting Technology
Explores advanced stage lighting technologies including MIDI show-control, automated fixture programming, complex cuing, and effect sequencing.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9250 - Scene Design 3: Design Studio-Alternative Styles
Studies advanced production forms including operas, musicals, and dance productions or ballets. Involves solving design issues directly related to music and its influence on the stage picture.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7100, 7260, 8250, 8270.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9290 - Mentored Study: Scene Design A faculty-guided exploration of scenic design and/or technology areas not covered in the established curriculum.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 9 |
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DRAM 9370 - Costume Technology: Crafts
Examines traditional and innovative products and practices used in the execution of contemporary design of accessories and special costume pieces including period, fantasy, special effects, and spectacle.
Prerequisite: DRAM 8370 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9400 - Mentored Study: Acting A faculty guided study in an area of advanced acting not covered in the established curriculum.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9430 - Voice: Dialects
Studies the dialects most commonly employed in theatre. Methodology includes practice with taped dialects, interviews with authentic dialect speakers, phonetic representation, and research into specific cultural aspects influencing structural formation and sound.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9450 - Acting: Physical Theatre
Practical work on refining physical, or nonverbal, communication in performance. Using text-based or devised work, will apply skills in ensemble and/or solo performance to uncover storytelling through the physical language of the body.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9460 - Acting: Portfolio Preparation Audition techniques and practice are examined, as is a wide-ranging repertoire of audition materials.
Prerequisite: DRAM 7450, 7460, 8450, 8460.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9470 - Acting: Production and Performance Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 3 |
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DRAM 9480 - Acting: Production and Performance Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Credits: 1 |
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DRAM 9490 - Performance Lab Collaborative development of performance project(s).
Credits: 1 to 2 |
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DRAM 9501 - Special Topics Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9559 - New Course in Drama New course in the subject of drama.
Credits: 1 to 4 |
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DRAM 9620 - Technical Design
Studies structural analysis for application to theatrical scenic construction with application to theatrical scenic shifting systems. Students learn basic physics concepts and employ those principles in practical terms by solving stage shifting problems. Develops pragmatic structural design approaches for technical direction and design.
Prerequisite: DRAM 8670, 7680, 7660 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9630 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9640 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements.
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9710 - Playwriting XI: The Full-Length Play I A writing workshop focusing on writing a full-length thesis play.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9720 - Playwriting XII: The Full-Length Play II A writing workshop focusing on revising and completing a full-length thesis play.
Prerequisite: DRAM 9710.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9730 - Dramaturgy II Emphasizing dramaturgical projects.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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DRAM 9950 - Production Laboratory: Playwriting A production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of plays written.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9960 - Production Laboratory: Playwriting A production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of plays written.
Credits: 2 |
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DRAM 9993 - Independent Study Independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor.
Credits: 1 to 12 |
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DRAM 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 12 |
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DRAM 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Graduate-level preparation for thesis research.
Credits: 3 to 12 |
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures |
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EALC 5559 - New Course in East Asian Literatures and Cultures New course in the subject of East Asian Literatures and Cultures
Credits: 1 to 4 |
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EALC 5559 - New Course in Korean New course in the subject of Korean
Credits: 1 to 4 |
East Asian Studies |
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EAST 8998 - Non-Topical Research: Prepaation for Research For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12 |
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EAST 8999 - Non-Topical Research For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12 |
Economics |
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ECON 5352 - British Economic History Since 1850
Studies the structure, performance, and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain’s relative economic decline.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3 |
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ECON 5559 - New Course in Economics New course in the subject of economics.
Credits: 1 to 4 |
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ECON 5720 - Econometric Methods
Meets concurrently with ECON 4720. Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models.
Prerequisite: Math 1220 and one of the following statistics courses: ECON 3710, ECON 3720, STAT 3120, STAT 3220, APMA 3110, APMA 3120, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 |
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