Course Descriptions: Required

THTR 543: Dramatic Literature I
Representative plays from early times to the early 18th century are explored, including drama of Asia and the Orient; classical Greece and Rome; Italian, English, Spanish, and French Renaissance; and English Jacobean and Restoration periods.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of department chair.

THTR 544: Dramatic Literature II
Representative playwrights and plays from the 18th century to the present are explored, including the drama of America, England, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Orient.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of department chair.

THTR 590: Independent Study in Theatre
Scholarly research culminating in a thesis paper is required. This course may be repeated once for credit with a change in content.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: graduate status and consent of department chair and dean.

THTR 674: Performance
Focus is on techniques of body mechanics, relaxation exercises, voicw production, articulation, singing, dancing, acting and directing in relation to theatre and media studies. This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: admission to the MFA program.

THTR 675: Theatre Engaging Communities and Schools
Performance study continues with the possibility of a semester placement in an approved conservatory program —either within the continental United States or abroad. This course may be repeated for credit.
9 credit hours. Prerequisite: admission to the M.F.A. program.

THTR 676: Performance and Social Change
Emphasis is on the social context of performance. This course may be repeated for credit.
6 credit hours. Prerequisite: admission to the M.F.A. program.

THTR 690: Independent Study in Theatre
Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, the student prepares a performance manifesto as the culmination of three years of M.F.A.study.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: admission to the M.F.A. program and consent of department chair and dean.

THTR 695: Final M.F.A. Project
Under the supervision of a faculty advisor,the student presents a project as the culmination of three years of M.F.A. study.
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: admission to the MFA program and consent of department chair and dean.

FILM 551: Media Culture
This course will analyze the simultaneous rise of electronic media and the development of postmodernism. Connections between critical theories and media production will be explored. We will analyze contemporary examples of new media in the context of theories of postmodernism, as well as examine some prophetic modernist texts that predate this digital age. Students will read theory and fiction, attend screenings, and write papers.

COMM 541: Media Theory
A theoretical foundation for the analysis of communications media and its evolving technologies is provided. Emerging discourse models frame the history, philosophy, epistemology, and critical interpretation of electronic media. Prerequisite: senior standing and the completion of a miinimum of six communications courses; or acceptance into the Master of Arts program iin art, with a concentration in media studies; or consent of instructor.