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Course Descriptions : THED — Theatre Education

THED — Theatre Education
THED 530 Theatrical Production: Costuming, Make-Up, Props (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. Students will gain a solid working overview in the areas of costume design, costume construction, stage make-up, and properties. The concept of aesthetics will be discussed in detail and the beginning tools for achieving a desired aesthetic in the areas covered will be taught.
THED 531 Theatrical Production: Lighting, Sound, and Scenic Design (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. Students will gain a solid working overview in the areas of scenic design, sound design and implementation, and lighting design and implementation. This course should be considered as a continuation of the ideals and concepts offered in THED 530.
THED 540 Directing/Acting: Realism and Musical Theatre (3)
Prerequisite: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended yet not required. This course will include two components: advanced studies in the approaches and techniques of directing and acting in realism; and exploring the tasks of directing, choreographing, and mounting a theatre production.
THED 541 Directing/Acting: Non-Realism/Period Styles (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S., Teaching Certificate recommended not required. This course explores acting and directing in the styles and theatrical periods of Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, and George Bernard Shaw, as well as Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Vsevolod Meyerhold.
THED 560 Innovative Strategies in Drama Education (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. Students will research theatre education strategies practiced in the US and internationally. Focus will be paid to investigating methods which break the mold of traditional practices in most secondary school settings.
THED 561 Voice and Movement (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. This course is designed to provide an advanced working knowledge of the voice using fundamental through advanced exercises. The movement section of this course will provide working knowledge of the actor’s body and its connection to vocal work.
THED 600 Dramaturgy/Research Methodology (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended, yet not required. Students learn effective research strategies for the field of theatre arts. Students will produce a dramaturgical protocol, requiring detailed preparatory research, testing of ideas, and public presentation of theory and concepts in practice.
THED 670 Advocacy, History and Philosophy of Theatre Education (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended yet not required. This course will explore the history and philosophy of theatre education in the U.S. Participants will investigate the guiding question: why is theatre education essential for every school?
THED 680 Theatre Education Curriculum Development (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. The purpose of this course is for students to apply the techniques and strategies acquired from previous courses into creating actual curriculum for their classrooms. Students will conduct interviews with experienced teachers in the field, research national theatre curriculum, and analyze and develop new curriculum.
THED 690 Thesis I (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended yet not required, THED 530, THED 540, THED 560. In this course, students will prepare a prospectus proposal and a portion of the prompt book for their Master’s thesis project.
THED 699 Thesis II (3)
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended, yet not required, 33 credit hours of program completed. In this course, students will finish the dramaturgial protocol and promptbook for their Master’s thesis project and produce the show that accompanies them both.