134 TR 453. Advanced Scenery and Prop Construction. (3) Advanced techniques in woodworking, painting, metal, fabric and plastics. Prerequisite: TR 251 or departmental permission. SP, odd years. TR 454. Advanced Lighting and Sound Design. (3) Practice in different approaches to stage lighting and sound design through light plots, sound engineering, and realized demonstrations. Prerequisite: TR 253 and TR 257 or departmental permission. FA, even years. TR 455. History of Costume. (3) Survey of historical dress from the Egyptians to the present. Practice in research and costume design. SP, even years. TR 456. Professional Technical Production. (3) Survey of practices used in implementing a production design from a design/tech perspective. Practice in technical drafting, structural design, budgeting, and time management. Prerequisite: Departmental Permission. FA. TR 462. Theatre Management. (3) Survey of business management in educational, community and professional theatre. TR 463. Advanced Directing. (3) Practical application of principles and directorial concepts in class and studio projects. Prerequisite: TR 281 or departmental permission. SP, odd years.
TR 471. Acting Styles I. (3) Examination of classical acting technique through discussion of period style, acting exercises, and scene work. Styles covered include Classical Greek, Roman comedy, Elizabethan comedy and tragedy, and Restoration/French Neo-Classical. Prerequisite: TR 271, 272, or departmental permission. FA, even years. TR 473. Acting Styles II. (3) Examination of contemporary acting technique through discussion of experimental style, acting exercises, and scene work. Styles covered include 1960s experimental theatre, theatre of images, theatre of commitment, and postmodernism. Prerequisites: TR 271, 272, or departmental permission. FA, odd years. TR 477. Advanced Acting. (3) Addresses advanced acting technique and form through class discussion, improvisation, and scene work. Individual and group projects at the advanced level. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: TR 271, 272 or departmental permission. SP, odd years. TR 480. Special Topics. (1-3) Selected topics to be determined by the department. TR 490. Directed Studies. (3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project is pursued in the area of choice. Prerequisite: departmental permission. May be repeated for credit.
TR 495. Internship. (3) Student pursues, under faculty supervision, an internship project in the area of choice. Prerequisite: departmental permission. TR 499. Senior Project. (3) Senior capstone experience in individual student’s discipline incorporating all areas of concentration. Meets the Capstone course requirement in the major and the Communication Intensive course requirement in the major. Prerequisites: departmental permission and senior standing.
Washington Center No major or minor offered. WASHINGTON CENTER COURSE Dept. 303 Washington Center Washington Center is a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. that provides placement, supervision and evaluation for 1) internships and 2) seminars in a wide variety of academic areas. Consult the Washington Center Coordinator for details. The department in which the internship and/or seminar takes place will be reflected on the student’s transcript.
Women’s and Gender Studies (WS) Women’s and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program that aims to build an awareness of the multitude of ways in which bodies and identities are culturally constructed. While many of the individual
courses deal directly with women and gender, they are more largely concerned with considering and questioning the ways in which sex, gender, race, class, sexualities (and a host of other identity categories) have been used as mechanisms of both oppression and empowerment within and against certain populations. Taught from a feminist theoretical perspective and taken by both women and men, Women’s and Gender Studies courses are designed to give students the tools to engage their critical thinking skills, to enable them to dissect the mechanisms of power that are central to culture, and to understand, challenge, and contribute to the worlds in which they live. No major is offered. Minor: Eighteen hours in Women’s and Gender Studies courses including WS/IS 310 and WS/PL 226. Students choose the remaining 12 hours of WS courses with the advisor’s approval. No more than six hours may be earned from the same discipline. Women’s and Gender Studies Minor Outcomes: • Describe the experiences of women from multiple perspectives of time, place, and the understanding of varied disciplines. • Demonstrate the ability to think, write and speak critically about issues of gender in the contemporary world from the different perspectives of age, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and race. • Articulate an understanding of the role that social power plays in the