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University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
   
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Spanish

  
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    SPAN 1193 - LITERARY TRANSLATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is intended to develop translating skills in other than legal, business or industrial uses of Spanish, namely the language of literary (including scholarly and critical), journalistic and advertising texts. It involves the discussion of translation problems and the ways to solve (or circumvent) them through the actual task of translating selected passages from fiction, poetry, plays, and articles.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212 
  
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    SPAN 1331 - STRUCTURE OF MODERN SPANISH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course teaches the structure of the Spanish language, including components which address Spanish phonology, morphology and syntax.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212 
  
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    SPAN 1443 - LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals with the development of Latin American prose narrative as it moves from 19th century realism and naturalism in the direction of modernista and vanguardista innovations, culminating in the narrative of the boom and the post-boom. Taught in Spanish.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212 
  
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    SPAN 1444 - LATIN AMERICAN TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals with literary, linguistics or cultural topics, or a combination of these. Its primary emphasis is on developing an understanding of contemporary cultures in Latin America. Taught in Spanish.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212 
  
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    SPAN 1445 - SEMINAR: LAT AM LIT & CULTURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies various cultural and literary topics according to the needs and interests of the students. Its purpose is to allow students to do original research on topics of interest in the field of Latin American literature and culture. Taught in Spanish.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212 
  
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    SPAN 1640 - SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course surveys the development of Spanish literature from the twelfth century to the present. Taught in Spanish.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0212  and SPAN 0355 
  
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    SPAN 1841 - DON QUIJOTE AND THE NOVEL


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals in depth with Cervantes’ Don Quixote as the first modern novel and its profound influence on European literatures. Taught in English.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SPAN 1844 - CONTEMP LATIN AMER LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals with contemporary Latin American literature, showing its literary development up to and including the so-called boom, as well as post-boom developments. The course also will deal with the cultural values and concepts of the works read. Taught in English.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SPAN 1846 - HISPANIC DRAMA IN TRANSLATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals with contemporary Spanish and Latin American drama in translation, with emphasis on the ways in which the dramas read reflect cultural and social concepts and values.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SPAN 1847 - HISPANIC SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals in depth with such topics as mass media, sexual roles, social structures and political institutions in Hispanic society as revealed in various literary works, films, documents and other sources. Taught in English.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SPAN 1941 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course allows students to work in-depth in areas of their choice.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SPAN 1942 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course allows students to work in depth in areas of their choice, with the approval and supervision of a faculty member, who meets regularly with the student.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Special Education

  
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    SPLED 1030 - METHODS & MGMT IN SPECIAL ED


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course builds on prior knowledge, preparing candidates to effectively design, implement, and manage the learning process for students with special needs. Particular attention is paid to assessments, curricular and program development and evidence based classroom instruction.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1031 - ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide knowledge of assessment procedures for designing curricula for students with specific learning disabilities in the content areas. There is a focus on the teaching of reading, written language, and mathematics. Course content entails in-depth analysis of eligibility for special education and ongoing curriculum based assessments to implement appropriate instructional accommodations and adaptations.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1032 - APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) to be applied in special needs classrooms. This course emphasizes acquisition, fluency, maintenance, and the generalization of skills while providing positive behavior supports for the development of students with social and emotional disabilities. The development of supportive learning communities, including families and professional service providers, is addressed to foster environments that encourage self-motivation, self-direction, and self-empowerment.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1033 - CURR & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses curriculum development approaches for students with significant disabilities with an emphasis on age-appropriate functional education in school and community based programs. Students will apply a systematic approach to modification/adaptation planning for instruction and material use which includes person centered planning and general case study instruction. Topics include the development of assessments, and instruction for students with significant disabilities (e.g. personal management, social interaction, language communication, leisure, community, vocational, and functional academics, etc.)
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1040 - AUTISM SPECTRUM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses information on the characteristics and intervention approaches for students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Candidates will explore and analyze current research on the theories of causes, diagnoses, and treatments. Candidates will implement appropriate screening tools for diagnosis and evidence based interventions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1041 - INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the methods and procedures for developing literacy, reading, and mathematics for students with high incidence disabilities. This course addresses instructional strategies to meet the unique learning needs of individual students within a class. Lesson planning, unit planning and IEP implementation are key elements developed in this course with an emphasis on collaboration with other teaching and non-teaching staff members in appropriate service delivery settings.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1042 - ED OF STDNTS SCL/EMOTL DISORDS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Drawing on previously learned principles (e.g. aba and positive behavior supports), this course addresses elements of effective classroom management that emphasize behavior reduction strategies. Candidates will acquire knowledge of curriculum content, teaching techniques, and instructional materials particularly for students with social/emotional, and/or behavioral disorders. In this course, candidates will implement a functional behavior assessment for developing a behavioral support plan in school and/ or employment settings.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1043 - TECHN FOR THE INCLUSIVE CLSSRM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course prepares candidates to effectively implement instructional technologies for the inclusive classroom. The concept of technology is applied broadly, including assistive technologies to foster student independence, instructional technologies to enhance student learning, and the understanding of innovations (e.g. universal design, augmentative and alternative communication, smart boards, etc.) that support the learning experience for the inclusive classroom across the content areas.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1174 - SPEC ED STDNT TCHNG ERLY CHDHD


    Minimum Credits: 7
    Maximum Credits: 7
    Special education student teaching early childhood
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1191 - SPEC ED STUDENT TCHNG MIDDLE


    Minimum Credits: 7
    Maximum Credits: 7
    Special education student teaching middle
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1231 - TEACHERS ASSMNT & INSTRC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide knowledge of data based decision making for students with specific learning disabilities in the content areas. There is a focus on the teaching and intervention practices for reading, written language, and mathematics. Course content entails in-depth analysis of eligibility for special education and ongoing curriculum based assessments to implement appropriate instructional accommodations and adaptations.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1232 - TEACHERS APLD BHVR ANAL


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to be applied in inclusive classrooms as a foundational element to existing classroom management. This course emphasizes acquisition, fluency, maintenance, and the generalization of skills while providing positive behavior supports for the development of students with social and emotional disabilities. The development of supportive learning communities, including families and professional service providers, is addressed to foster environments that encourage self-motivation, self-direction, and self-empowerment.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1233 - TEACHERS DVLP CURR & PRG


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses curriculum development approaches for students with significant disabilities with an emphasis on age-appropriate functional education in school and community based programs. Teachers will apply a systematic approach to modification/adaptation planning for existing curriculum and material use which includes person centered planning and general case study instruction. Topics include the development of assessments, and instruction for students with significant disabilities (e.g. personal management, social interaction, language communication, leisure, community, vocational, and functional academics, etc.)
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1242 - TEACHER ED SCL/EMOTL DIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Drawing on previously learned principles (e.g. ABA and positive behavior supports), this course addresses elements of effective classroom management that emphasize behavior reduction strategies. Teachers will acquire knowledge of curriculum content, teaching techniques, and instructional materials particularly for students with social/emotional, and/or behavioral disorders. In this course, teachers will implement a functional behavior assessment for developing a behavioral support plan in school and/ or employment settings. This course will allow teachers to reflect on existing management plans and discuss new modifications needed to meet the needs of all students in the classroom.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Statistics

  
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    STAT 1020 - SOCIAL STATISTICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course in statistical analysis. Emphasis on concepts and techniques of statistical description and theory and practice of statistical inference. Practical application of concepts will be explored in a lab component. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability sampling, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, and SPSS syntax.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 
  
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    STAT 1021 - STATISTICS WITH SPSS-WINDOWS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Designed as a complement or supplement to a social statistics course. Covers the use of statistical package for the social sciences for windows. Demonstrates how statistics typically covered in a social statistics course can be done on computer. Topics covered include coding and entering data, descriptive statistics, transforming variables, cross-tabulation, analysis of means, simple and multiple correlation and regression and analysis of variance.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    STAT 1040 - STATISTICS FOR BUS/ECON


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course in probability, probability distributions, functions of random variables, concepts of relationships between and among random variables. Statistical inference about population parameters. Introduction to least squares regression analysis. Applications in finance, business, and economics.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Studio Art

  
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    SA 0111 - FOUNDATION DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course is a comprehensive survey of the fundamental principles of visual organization. The assignments are directed for learning to see, and to think and to express visually. The class projects involve uses of art materials with which to articulate line, shape, texture, and other design components. The intent is to broaden understanding of visual relationships in art and in the sources of art and design.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SA 1470 - GRAPHIC DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course involves the analysis and solution of graphic design problems through principles of layout and design. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and application of topography (letter forms), symbology, illustration, and various graphic reproduction procedures related to graphic communication of ideas.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Surgical Technology

  
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    SURTEC 1010 - OR TECHNIQUES 1


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course will introduce the student to the components of effective communication in the operating room. It will include ethical, legal and moral responsibilities of operating room personnel, terminology and the history of surgery. The student will be introduced to the principles of sterilization, equipment used in the operating room and the basics of safe patient care. Students will learn how to perform the surgical scrub, gown and glove procedures. Surgical instrumentation, sutures and procedures will be introduced.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and BIOL 0980  and PSY 0200 
  
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    SURTEC 1020 - OR TECHNQS 1-CLNCL COMPONENT


    Minimum Credits: 8
    Maximum Credits: 8
    Students will be introduced to disinfection and sterilization procedures and practice such procedures in the operating room and central sterile supply areas. Students will be assigned to the OR’s patient holding area and assist in the preoperative preparation of the surgical patient. Students will transport and position patients for surgery, assist with circulating duties, scrub, gown and glove and participate in surgical intervention.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and BIOL 0980  and PSY 0200 
  
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    SURTEC 1030 - PHARMACOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce the student to the basic principles of pharmacology. Students will identify basic drugs used by the surgical patient, their side effects and common dosage. The student will be exposed to the proper response to drug reactions and demonstrate safe practice when using drugs on the sterile field. The student will also be instructed in the legal responsibilities of the surgical technologist in handling drugs and solutions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and BIOL 0980  and PSY 0200 
  
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    SURTEC 1040 - OR TECHNIQUES 2


    Minimum Credits: 9
    Maximum Credits: 9
    This course is a continuation of SURTEC 1010  and will emphasize advanced procedures.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1010  and SURTEC 1020  and SURTEC 1030 
  
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    SURTEC 1050 - OR TECHNQS 2-CLNCL COMPONENT


    Minimum Credits: 8
    Maximum Credits: 8
    A continuation of the clinical component of SURTEC 1010 , with more intensive clinical procedures.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1010  and SURTEC 1020  and SURTEC 1030 
  
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    SURTEC 1060 - OR TECHNIQUES 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is a continuation of SURTEC 1040  and will emphasize additional advanced procedures along with review of procedures contained within SURTEC 1010  and SURTEC 1040 .
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1040  and SURTEC 1050 
  
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    SURTEC 1070 - OR TECHNQS 3-CLNCL COMPONENT


    Minimum Credits: 7
    Maximum Credits: 7
    This course represents the final clinical component for the surgical technologist program. Proficiency in all clinical procedures will be reinforced and individual competencies assessed.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1040  and SURTEC 1050 

Theatre Arts

  
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    THEA 0027 - STAGECRAFT 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of the construction and rigging of scenic units for stage settings.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 0028 - STAGE LIGHTING 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of stage lighting equipment and related technologies that are used in the typical proscenium and arena style theatres.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 0040 - STAGE MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will examine in detail the backstage activities necessary to support a professional theatrical, music theatre, or concert production, from sound and lighting cue placement to properties and running crew. Students anticipating careers in the entertainment industry will benefit from this background in communication, safety, proper terminology, and technical support.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    THEA 0053 - ORAL INTERPRTTN OF LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An investigation of the process of rendering literature aloud, with attention to problems of impersonation, consideration of style, and application of specific vocal techniques.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 0630 - PUPPETRY IN THEATRE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will explore a variety of puppetry forms and will cover their historical context as well as practical design issues, performance aesthetic and techniques, and the influence that each form exerts on theatre today. Students will then translate several children’s tales from page to stage, culminating in a performance.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    THEA 0811 - INTRO TO DRAMATIC ART 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of the nature and variety of the dramatic experience. Readings from an anthology of world drama, as well as attendance at several live theatrical productions are required. A basic assumption is that drama differs from literature in profound ways, and seeing plays helps reveal the difference.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 0812 - INTRO TO DRAMATIC ART 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of THEA 0811 , with special emphasis given to theatre history and the development of the physical theatre.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 0841 - INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the process of designing scenery, lighting, properties and costumes for live theatre.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1027 - STAGECRAFT 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of specialized scenic techniques such as scene painting, property construction, and the use of new materials. Students will play a major role in the construction of scenery for a departmental production.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1500 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course stresses principles of effective, safe vocal production, maximizing sound and expressivity. The international phonetic alphabet is taught as a tool for the second objective of the course, precise articulation with a minimizing of regional sound.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1502 - ACTING 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of beginning skills such as movement for the stage, relaxation, beginning acting tasks: observations, emotional recall, use of space, concentration. Beginning scene work will be included.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1503 - ACTING 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of the prerequisite THEA 1502 , with advanced scene work drawn largely from the theatre of realism. Required participation in the UPJ mainstage productions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: THEA 1502 
  
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    THEA 1504 - ACTING 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an intensive scene study course for advanced students who have completed THEA 1502  and THEA 1503 . In addition to advanced realism, scene work will be derived from other historical styles.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: THEA 1503 
  
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    THEA 1505 - ACTING 4


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of THEA 1504  with some emphasis given to preparation of audition pieces.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: THEA 1504  
  
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    THEA 1506 - MODERN ACTING THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students will first learn some of the major acting theories and perspectives of character development from the 20th century. Then students will apply these theories through scene work, monologues, and original projects.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    THEA 1507 - SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students will improve their acting technique, vocalization, and physicality through the basics of performing Shakespeare. Students will perform monologues, soliloquies, and scenes and will study Shakespeare’s use of language to create character and setting.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    THEA 1510 - DIRECTING 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to basic technical and conceptual skills in directing, including script analysis ground plan, stage movement and composition.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: THEA 1502 
  
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    THEA 1511 - DIRECTING 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will entail a study of scene analysis and directing projects from plays of 1860-1980. Will deal with the special demands of different playwrights.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: THEA 1510 
  
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    THEA 1541 - THEATRE REPERTORY 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Active participation in the staging of a university dramatic production and/or dance. Students study various backstage processes and performance techniques according to their individual needs and interests.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1542 - THEATRE REPERTORY 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Advanced students are assigned to positions that enable them to take primary responsibility for one aspect of a dramatic production. Beginning students study basic backstage and performance techniques.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1551 - CLASSICAL THEATRE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A history of the theatre in performance during its great periods. Emphasis on the relation of the written drama to the physical theatre, the actor, and the audience.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1553 - MODERN THEATRE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The stage and theatre from Ibsen to the present.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1567 - SENIOR SEMINAR IN THEATRE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Special topic selected by student and instructor. For theatre majors only.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1627 - RENDERING AND PAINTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will include study of the small size and large scale painting techniques used for proscentium-style theatres.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1635 - SCENE DESIGN 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide a study of the elements of scenery design, with preliminary investigation of historical developments as well as modern currents of design.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1646 - COSTUME DESIGN 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course entails a study of the basics of costume design and the psychology of clothing for the stage. Theories of design and color as well as an overview of the professional design business.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1650 - VISLY-BASD DSGN & MULTMD THEA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students will examine differences in methodology between visually-based (concept-based) and traditional (script-based) design, with special attention to the use of multimedia. Students will create theoretical designs using the techniques learned in class.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    THEA 1733 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of a special topic in theatre arts.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1765 - PLAYWRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A beginning course in writing for the stage. Starting with short scenes, students will work towards understanding the craft and art of constructing theatre stories to be per formed by actors. The final project will be a one-act play. Throughout there will be emphasis on the stage effectiveness of the writing and opportunity for informal performance of student scripts.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0004  or ENGCMP 0006 
  
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    THEA 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Course content to be decided between teacher and student.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1901 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Location and terms of internship to be agreed upon between teacher and student.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1902 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 9
    Course content to be decided between teacher and student.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1971 - CAPSTONE IN THEATRE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
 

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