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University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
   
2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Apr 29, 2024
 
2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Spanish

  
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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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Special Education

  
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    SPLED 1030 - METHODS AND MANAGEMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION


    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1033 - CURRICULUM AND 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Admission to upper level
  
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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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1042 - EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DISORDERS


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Admission to upper level
  
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    SPLED 1043 - TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1174 - SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHING EARLY CHILDHOOD


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 14
    Special education student teaching early childhood
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1191 - SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHING MIDDLE


    Minimum Credits: 7
    Maximum Credits: 7
    Special education student teaching middle
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1230 - METHODS FOR TEACHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course builds on prior knowledge of the curriculum teacher’s use in the classroom, preparing teachers 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1231 - TEACHERS ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1232 - TEACHERS APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1233 - TEACHERS DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1240 - TEACHING STUDENTS WITH AUTISM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses information on the characteristics and intervention approaches for students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Teachers will have opportunities to share their experiences and question misunderstandings of the diagnosis. Teachers will explore and analyze current research on the theories of causes, diagnoses, and treatments. Teachers will implement appropriate screening tools for diagnosis and evidence based interventions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1241 - INTERVENTION METHODS FOR TEACHERS


    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 I.E.P. 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. This course will allow teachers to reflect on existing practices and discuss new modifications needed to meet the needs of all students in the classroom.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1242 - TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1243 - TEACHING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SPLED 1244 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses information on the characteristics and intervention approaches for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In order to apply learned teaching and behavioral strategies for their field placements, candidates will utilize current research on the theories of causes, diagnoses, and treatments. In addition, candidates will implement appropriate screening tools for diagnosis and evidence based interventions. Assignments will be completed in the field, and reflective upon current field placements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
  
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    STAT 1040 - STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS/ECONOMICS


    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)

Studio Art

  
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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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970 and 0980 and PSY 0200
  
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    SURTEC 1020 - OR TECHNIQUES 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970 and 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970 and 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 OR Techniques 1 and will emphasize advanced procedures.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1010 and 1020 and 1030
  
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    SURTEC 1050 - OR TECHNIQUES 2-CLNCL COMPONENT


    Minimum Credits: 8
    Maximum Credits: 8
    A continuation of the clinical component of OR Techniques 1, with more intensive clinical procedures.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1010 and 1020 and 1030
  
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    SURTEC 1060 - OR TECHNIQUES 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is a continuation of OR Techniques 2 and will emphasize additional advanced procedures along with review of procedures contained within OR Techniques 1 and 2.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1040 and 1050
  
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    SURTEC 1070 - OR TECHNIQUES 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SURTEC 1040 and 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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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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: Undergraduate
    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 is designed for students who want to employ creative engineering skills to learn more about what is needed to produce technical elements (scenery, properties, etc.) For entertainment productions. Intermediate and advanced Stagecraft skills will be taught hands-on with tools and materials. The topics to be taught may include: Rigging and Mechanical Advantage, Welding (Steel and Aluminum MIG), Scenic Sculpting, Casting and Mold-making, Production Budgeting, and Automation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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 acting 1, with advanced scene work drawn largely from the theatre of realism. Required participation in the UPJ mainstage productions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    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 acting 1 and 2. In addition to advanced realism, scene work will be derived from other historical styles.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    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 acting 3 with some emphasis given to preparation of audition pieces.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    THEA 1650 - VISUALLY-BASED DESIGN AND MULTIMEDIA FOR THEATRE


    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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 performed 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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0004 or 0006
  
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    THEA 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The terms of the student’s independent study will be agreed upon by the instructor and the student.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    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: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
 

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