| |
Sociology |
| |
-
SOCI 2101 - Social Statistics
Credits: 3
An introduction to statistical data analysis and methods applicable to social and behavioral sciences, including sociology, criminal justice, geography, political science, and anthropology, in addition to other behavioral disciplines. This course will take a step-by step approach to facilitate an understanding of how statistical observations are calculated, computed, interpreted, and applied. It emphasizes the interrelations between data gathering (sampling), data computation, data analysis, and data interpretation. Special focus is given to practical decision-making and learning to use a statistical software package.
Equivalent
SOWK 2101 and GEOG 2101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3036 - Social Stratification
Credits: 3
This course examines and analyzes global perspective of social stratification. The course explores social factors that are used to stratify people in the world as well as the consequences of social inequality.
|
| |
-
SOCI 3101 - The Family
Credits: 3
A study of the role of the family in the development of the individual family formation and disintegration, crosscultural and sub-cultural variations in family structure and experience, and the future of the family.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3122 - Sociology of Poverty
Credits: 3
This course examines theories on the causes of poverty and provides an examination of empirical studies concerning the trends and determinants of poverty.
Equivalent
GEOG 3122
|
| |
-
SOCI 3201 - Classical Theory
Credits: 3
This course will focus on the pivotal theories contributed not only to the development of the field of sociology but also to the evolution of ideas concerning social life.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3202 - Health Disparities
Credits: 3
Students will be introduced to the stress-exposure disease framework for understanding the relationships among race, environmental conditions and health. The course also offers the exposure-disease paradigm that shows how environmental toxicants cause disease. Students will be exposed to structural factors pertinent to environmental health disparities including the local and national economy, neighborhood physical conditions, land use patterns, and health infrastructure.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3219 - Deviance & Conformity
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the various theories, concepts and forms of deviant behavior.
|
| |
-
SOCI 3301 - Sociology of Aging
Credits: 3
This course examines aging, including ageism, the changing roles and relationships of elders in society as well as theories and concepts of aging.
|
| |
-
SOCI 3360 - Sociology of Aging
Credits: 3
This course provides an understanding of social gerontology, the process of aging and the problems of the aged as well as the changing values and institutional responses to the aged.
|
| |
-
SOCI 3401 - Social Research Methods
Credits: 3
The methods and techniques of social science research, research design, methods of data gathering and analysis, sampling and survey research techniques, and interpretation and presentation of research findings.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3425 - Sex, Roles & Gender
Credits: 3
This cross examines the evolutionary and cross-cultural analysis of sex roles in human societies with a special focus on the relative status of women.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
|
| |
-
SOCI 3611 - Minorities & the Social Environment
Credits: 3
An examination of the problems faced by minority groups in American society, especially where skin color and language pose social, cultural, and economic barriers; an examination of conflicts between dominant public attitudes and minorities, and among minority groups such as Black Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans, Chicanos, and other sizable ethnic groups.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1160
|
| |
-
SOCI 3621 - Demography
Credits: 3
An examination of social, economic, political, and environmental factors as they relate to population growth, composition, and distribution. The course considers how population change affects the structure and organization of societal institutions and focuses on basic demographics analysis as well as on past and current population trends and issues.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
Equivalent
GEOG 3621
|
| |
-
SOCI 3631 - Urban Sociology
Credits: 3
A sociological study of the city, its growth, characteristics, and problems in the United States and elsewhere; an introduction to the literature, empirical data, and research on the urban phenomenon. The course provides conceptual clarity and understanding of the urban and urbanization process.
Equivalent
GEOG 3631
|
| |
-
SOCI 3651 - Sociology of Religion
Credits: 3
The analysis of religion as a social institution and cultural phenomenon; cross-cultural studies of religious belief; symbol and ritual; the role and future of religion in secular society.
|
| |
-
SOCI 3901 - Internship
Credits: Varies
An individual-designed project involving off-campus study, research, and where applicable, work in a public or private agency; supervised by the sponsoring agency and faculty advisor; a stipend may be arranged for some work-related projects.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4101 - Individual Study & Independent Research
Credits: 3
Independent reading or research in selected areas of sociological interest; supervised by a department member.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4102 - The Sociology of Health and Disparities
Credits: 3
The study of health disparities will provide students with an in-depth look at published reports and books on variations in health conditions among societal members.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4111 - Criminology
Credits: 3
An investigation of crime and the criminal in modern, especially, urban society; a sociological examination of the causes of crime, its impact on major social institutions, methods of treatment, and preventive programs.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4135 - Sociology of Law
Credits: 3
This course will also examine work of theorists who proposed and popularized various concepts, theories, and paradigms relevant to the study of law and society.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4311 - Juvenile Delinquency
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the social dimensions of juvenile delinquency, its nature, extent, distribution, prevention and control.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4312 - Contemporary Theory
Credits: 3
An examination of the contemporary and classical theoretical models in sociology; an investigation of the development of social thought from the Afro centric and the Euro centric perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101
|
| |
-
SOCI 4421 - Seminar on the African-American Experience
Credits: 3
A study of historic and current trends in selected sociological frames of reference of experiences encountered by Black people in the United States; emphasis on social movement and social change, urban life, institutional forms (family, religion, education), and political and economic struggles and achievements.
|
| |
-
SOCI 4601 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
An examination of selected topics in sociology, this course is open only to juniors and seniors; this course also serves as an avenue for the introduction of new courses, examination of issues of sociological interests, and/or research purposes.
Repeatability Yes
|
| |
-
SOCI 4901 - Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
A comprehensive review of sociological concepts, theories, and topics, including research methodology and statistical concepts. Students interested in pursuing graduate study in sociology are encouraged to enroll in this course.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 3401 or permission of the instructor
|
Social Work |
| |
-
SOWK 1000 - Self-Awareness and Professional Development
Credits: 3
This course is designed to address self-awareness and effective learning that is necessary to become effective professional social work practitioners. Further it is to enhance students’ development of self and the use of self to empower others in social work practice. The students will examine their identity, interpersonal relationship skills, problem-solving skills, styles of communication, and value system.
Prerequisite(s): Social Work Majors only
|
| |
-
SOWK 1001 - Interviewing and Writing Techniques for Social Workers
Credits: 3
This course provides foundation knowledge and practice of interviewing, process recording and writing for generalist social work practice. It is organized as an experimental laboratory to build good interviewing and writing skills. Two important components of the course are interviewing and recording. Essential interviewing skills are analyzed for their appropriate application with different populations, in particular women, people of color and different ethnicities, person with disabilities and gay and lesbian persons. The problem solving and solution building model is coupled with a combination of video analysis system for teaching single-skill units of interviewing and a program method text approach for learning interviewing skills.
Prerequisite(s): Social Work Majors only
|
| |
-
SOWK 2101 - Social Statistics
Credits: 3
An introduction to statistical methods relevant to sociological research, social work theory and practice, and the social sciences in general; the integration of user-friendly statistical software packages in the social sciences (e. g. CHIPPENDALE SHOWCASE)
Equivalent
SOCI 2101 and GEOG 2101
|
| |
-
SOWK 2200 - Human Needs & Human Services
Credits: 3
This is the gateway course to the undergraduate Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree. It provides and introduction to human services and the profession of social work, including opportunities and career choices available to human services professionals. Students are exposed to the range of problems and social issues that require individuals and groups to seek help. This course clarifies perceptions of the profession and its organizational response to human needs. Students are afforded opportunities to interact with professional social workers. Required for the social work major, but open to all majors.
|
| |
-
SOWK 2205 - History of Social Welfare & Social Policy
Credits: 3
First course in the policy sequence. It provides an introduction to the historical significance of social values on the development of social welfare policies and programs. Concepts relative to social welfare developments are introduced. Students are introduced to beginning level assessment skills of social problems, social programs, and policy analysis.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2200
|
| |
-
SOWK 3201 - Human Behavior & the Social Environment I
Credits: 3
This first course in the human behavior sequence studies the bio-psycho-social, cultural and spiritual influences on the life cycle from pre-birth through adolescence. Emphasis is on understanding the interactions between individuals, groups, institutions and communities and their environments from various perspectives including systems, ecological, strengths, diversity, and human development. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2200 , SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3305 and admission to major
|
| |
-
SOWK 3202 - Human Behavior & the Social Environment II
Credits: 3
The second course in the human behavior sequence continues the examination of the bio-psycho-social, cultural and spiritual influences on the life cycle from late adolescence/early adulthood through old age and death. Emphasis is on understanding the interactions between individuals, groups, institutions and communities and their environments from various perspectives including systems, ecological, strengths, diversity, and human development. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 1000 , SOWK 3201
|
| |
-
SOWK 3220 - Human Diversity & Social Work Practice
Credits: 3
This course offers a critical analysis and understanding of social work practice with client populations from diverse backgrounds (i. e. , social class, culture, geography, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, among others). Course content emphasizes the use of self-awareness as a tool used to enhance cultural competency skills for generalist practice. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 1000 , SOWK 2205 and admission to major
|
| |
-
SOWK 3305 - Introduction to Social Work Practice
Credits: 3
This course, the first of four methods courses in the practice sequence, introduces students to the professional practice of social work. Course content includes the history of the development of social work as a profession including social upheavals and the influence of social movements on service delivery. This course provides a survey of different approaches to the delivery of social services especially from a medical to a participatory empowerment model. The problem-solving method, various field settings in which social work is practiced and interviewing as a skill are introduced. Students are expected to complete volunteer service in an approved human service agency. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 1000 , SOWK 2200 .
|
| |
-
SOWK 3340 - Interventive Methods I
Credits: 3
This second course in the practice sequence is designed to assist students in developing interpersonal skills clients at the micro and mezzo levels of generalist practice. Students develop personal skills and enhance their selfawareness using various methods of interventions applied via case studies, role plays, logs and other forms of demonstrations. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 3201 , SOWK 3305
|
| |
-
SOWK 3341 - Interventive Methods II
Credits: 3
This third course in the practice sequence is taken in conjunction with the first field practicum sequence course SOWK 4701 . The course focuses on practice approaches, problem solving, and intervention modalities using the systems perspective at the mezzo level of generalist practice. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 3340
Corequisite(s): SOWK 4701 , SOWK 4901
|
| |
-
SOWK 3342 - Interventive Methods III
Credits: 3
The final course in the practice sequence emphasizes macro level interventions with large entities such as institutions, organizations, communities, and neighborhoods, rural and urban, nationally and internationally. Utilizing multiple roles of the generalist worker and integrating knowledge from social policy, students learn to be data gatherers, analysts, consultants, mobilizers, advocates, activists, leaders, and promoters of social justice as they implement corrective methods to system dysfunctions and attendant problems on people’s lives. Methods III is taken in conjunction with the final field practicum course SOWK 4702 . Restricted to social work major.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 1000 , SOWK 3202 , SOWK 3341
Corequisite(s): SOWK 4702 , SOWK 4902
|
| |
-
SOWK 4100 - Research Methods I
Credits: 3
This is the first of a two course research series. This course is based on the premise that the social work practice and social work research are inextricably related. It assumes that social work, as a helping profession needs to understand and apply scientific thought and procedures to defining and redefining social problems that are constantly changing. It is essential that social work professionals apply objectivity and scientifically developed research techniques to social work intervention, may it be at a micro, mezzo, or macro levels. This course is intended to enable the students to select a researchable problem and relating it to theoretical framework. Research is intertwined with other courses that are taught in the BSW curriculum. This course also emphasizes research process, i. e. ; conducting a thorough literature review, conceptualizing and operationalizing variables, formulating hypothesis, developing tool/s of data collection, selecting techniques of data collection, conducting an analysis and preparing a research report that could/should enhance social work practice. Ethical use of social research to enhance social delivery systems is also emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3202 , SOWK 3340
|
| |
-
SOWK 4101 - Research Methods II
Credits: 3
This course is the second in a two-course sequence that is designed to provide foundation knowledge of research methods used in social work. Emphasis is placed on the development of analytical writing skills and evaluation of various stages of the research process used for developing of analytical writing skills and evaluation of various stages of the research process used for developing a scientific study, including problem formulation, research questions and hypotheses, variable measurement, design, sampling, and data collection. Student competence is strengthened through building knowledge and skills in data analysis, with an emphasis on understanding the purpose of various statistical techniques and developing the capacity to interpret and identify implications of statistical results. In this course, attention to various approaches to dissemination of research findings in order to better inform social work practice. Students will be required to present their research project at the SSU Annual Research Symposium (April).
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3202 , SOWK 3340 , SOWK 4100
|
| |
-
SOWK 4106 - Social Work with Families & Children
Credits: 3
A course designed to give social work majors comprehensive exposure and a historical perspective to the concept of family and child welfare (FCW) as a societal concern and as an area of practice in social work. The course analyzes social policies and service delivery relevant for families and children. This is the first of two courses required for BSW Title IV-E Child Welfare recipients. This is an elective course for non IV-E social work students and other interested majors.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
|
| |
-
SOWK 4201 - Gerontological Social Work
Credits: 3
This course offers an overview of social work theory and practice on aging and older adult populations. Emphasis is placed on the biopsycho-social, cultural, spiritual, economic, and health needs of older adults with particular attention to policies, programs, and intervention strategies of intervention that meet the needs of the older adult population. Elective course open to all majors at junior level and above.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
|
| |
-
SOWK 4301 - Substance Abuse Intervention Strategies
Credits: 3
A survey of issues, personality factors, physiological and psychological effects, and treatment processes associated with substance abuse. Emphasis is on the specific effects of different drug classifications; understanding drug cultures; women, children, older adults, and ethnicity.
|
| |
-
SOWK 4410 - Implementation of Social Welfare Policies
Credits: 3
The second course in the policy sequence provides students with critical analytical and assessment skills essential to understanding the purpose and function of social policy. Students are required to analyze several policies. Restricted to social work major.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 3201 , SOWK 3202 , SOWK 3340
|
| |
-
SOWK 4510 - Crisis Intervention and Brief Theory
Credits: 3
An examination of the theories and techniques of short-term intervention and subsequent referral procedures. Topics include suicide, battering, HIV/AIDS, rape, death, dying, and communities experiencing disasters such as hurricanes, flood, and air crashes. Elective course open to all interested majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3201 , SOWK 3305
|
| |
-
SOWK 4520 - Spirituality and Human Services
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide Social Workers and Human Service Professionals with practical theory and research-based methods for spiritually oriented service delivery with individual, couples, families, groups, institutions, and local and global communities and ecosystems. Social service agencies provide individuals, families and communities with the resources and tools to achieve their highest fulfillment. Traditionally, social work has applied holistic approaches when serving people; applying interventions that incorporate the biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects. The latest Council on Social Work Education Curriculum Policy Statement supports the inclusion of content on religious and spiritual diversity. This course provides an overview of spiritual aspects of social work practice with individuals, families and small groups.
|
| |
-
SOWK 4610 - International Issues in Social Work
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to concepts and practice issues regarding social welfare in a global context. Students review and apply conceptual frameworks, such as those based on human rights, social development, and sustainable development, to a range of global problems such as poverty, health, status of women and children, etc. Students use these frameworks, and an ecological and systems perspective to compare the dimensions of, and interventions used in response to, social problems in the United States and other countries, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as the elderly, refugees, handicapped, etc.
|
| |
-
SOWK 4701 - Field Experience I
Credits: 3
The first of a two-part semester sequence Senior Social Work field practicum where majors are assigned to social service agencies to observe and engage in generalist social work practice. Under structured supervision with a professional social worker, students are provided opportunities to apply social work knowledge, values, and skills acquired in the classroom to social service delivery systems. Student interns must complete 15-20 hours per week for a total of 200 clock hours. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2200 , SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3340 , SOWK 3202 and Senior standing
Corequisite(s): SOWK 4901
|
| |
-
SOWK 4702 - Field Experience II
Credits: 3
The first of a two-part semester sequence Senior Social Work field practicum where majors are assigned to social service agencies to observe and engage in generalist social work practice. Under structured supervision with a professional social worker, students are provided opportunities to apply social work knowledge, values, and skills acquired in the classroom to social service delivery systems. Student interns must complete 15-20 hours per week for a total of 200 clock hours. Restricted to social work majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2200 , SOWK 2205 , SOWK 3340 , SOWK 3202 , SOWK 4701 , SOWK 4901
Corequisite(s): SOWK 4902
|
| |
-
SOWK 4901 - Senior Seminar I
Credits: 3
Part one of a two-semester capstone course for the BSW major. This course is designed as an integrative reflective experience for students as they approach the end of their BSW studies. Students will utilize value dimension of social work as the central theme to guided discussions, group exercises, and written assignments designed to facilitate and insure the integration of social work methods, knowledge, and skills for effective generalist practice. Students prepare for final senior exit requirement as determined by the department. Restricted to social work majors enrolled in SOWK 4701 .
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing
|
| |
-
SOWK 4902 - Senior Seminar II
Credits: 3
Part two of the sequence capstone course for the BSW major. Students complete final senior exit requirement began in SOWK 4901 . Students are required to present a major paper, which they will orally defend, integrating a generalist understanding of social work. This requires the student to reflect on their background and culture, as well as the total BSW experience including social work core courses, electives, volunteer experiences, field internship, class discussions, professional meetings attended, and other interactions. Restricted to social work majors enrolled in SOWK 4702 .
Prerequisite(s): SOWK 4901
|
| |
-
SOWK 5501 - Law, Race and Poverty in the Welfare of Children
Credits: 3
This course is required for BSW senior social work majors and MSW 1st year students who are Title IV-E Child Welfare recipients. The course focuses on differential application of law on child welfare issues and the interventions of human service workers. Emphasis is on child abuse and neglect, separation and loss, foster care, kinship care, the courts and legal issues related to decision-making.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status or instructor permission.
|
| |
-
SOWK 6000 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Special topics course will allow for different courses to be offered based on various topics chosen by faculty members or resulting from student requests. This will allow for current issues to be addressed as well as courses by visiting and adjunct faculty. The course will be taught as a regular course with several students attending the same classes and laboratories (if offered). If a special topic is offered more than once per two-year period, it will be submitted for formal approval through regular university procedures. A course outline and syllabus will be submitted to and approved by the department chair prior to scheduling of course.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
|
| |
-
SOWK 6100 - Independent Study
Credits: 3
Independent Study, on-line and print-based, is designed to offer the individual student an opportunity to explore subjects outside of the traditional classroom setting. The specific course requirements will be formulated by the student under the direction of a selected instructor who possess expertise in the subject matter. A grade point average of 3. 00 is required. Exceptions to the 3. 00 average may be made for students under extenuating circumstances. An independent study form must be signed by the instructor of record and the department chairperson to a student’s enrollment in the course.
|
Speech |
| |
-
SPEH 4101 - Advanced Speech
Credits: 3
A course emphasizing self-improvement in all phases of diction and delivery and providing experience in various speaking situations.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 1201 or permission of instructor THEA 2101 - Introduction to Theatre
|
Study Abroad |
| |
-
STAB 4101 - Study Abroad
Credits: 1 to 18
Study Abroad
|
Theatre |
| |
-
THEA 1851 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Students skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble which supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
| |
-
THEA 2101 - Introduction to Theatre
Credits: 3
Focus on the components of theatre, its past and present history, its major shapers and movers, and how to develop an appreciation of the theatre experience.
When Offered Fall and Spring
Restricted For non-theatre minors.
|
| |
-
THEA 2102 - Acting I
Credits: 3
This laboratory course is exploration of acting techniques of characterization, theory, role analysis, stage movement, voice, and body control. Students will learn industry standards of professional acting specific to the audition process and tools.
Equivalent
THEA 3101
|
| |
-
THEA 2525 - Theatre Improvisation
Credits: 3
This course will help the student strengthen their critical thinking skills while creating improvised scenes. The class will also increase the students’ confidence as well as their body awareness, diction, and public speaking abilities.
|
| |
-
THEA 2601 - Stagecraft
Credits: 3
A course on backstage equipment, how to use it to maximum effort with safety, speech, and efficiency, THEA 2601 will focus on the practical aspects of lighting and production. Students will word with a variety of equipment available to meet the lighting demands of a production.
|
| |
-
THEA 2851 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Student’s skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble with supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
| |
-
THEA 2855 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Student’s skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble which supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
| |
-
THEA 3004 - Scene Design
Credits: 3
An exploration and investigation of scenic design. The course will explore and analyze modern scenic elements used in the various play genres. The art and skills required in designing scenery are explored in detail. This includes the developing models, plans, and color schemes for student productions.
|
| |
-
THEA 3055 - Theatre History I
Credits: 3
Covers theatre history, dramatic literature and theory from the pre-literary cultures to the Restoration period. The physical theatre and culture of the period will be studied as they affect the theatre of each period.
|
| |
-
THEA 3056 - Theatre History II
Credits: 3
Covers theatre history, dramatic literature and theory from the Romantic period to Contemporary theatre. The physical theatre and culture of the period will be studied as they affect the theatre of each period.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 3055
|
| |
-
THEA 3105 - Introduction to Playwriting
Credits: 3
This course explores dramatic writing including study and practice in writing for the modern stage. Students will gain a greater understanding through reading plays, analyzing dramatic structure, and producing of writing assignments.
|
| |
-
THEA 3125 - Stage Make Up & Costumes
Credits: 3
A systematic study of form, line, balance, tone, shade, value and pattern with reference to the human form and its costume. The basic principles and practice in make-up, stage, screen, and television are used. Students will practice in using cosmetics, wigs, hairpieces, and facial prosthetics and masks.
|
| |
-
THEA 3851 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Student’s skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble which supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
| |
-
THEA 3855 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Student’s skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble which supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
| |
-
THEA 4051 - Black American Theatre & Performance
Credits: 3
This course will investigate the history of Black American theatre and performance from the antebellum era to the present. Students will gain an understanding of the contributions of black playwrights and performers through the exploration and analyzation of dramatic works, performers and organizations.
|
| |
-
THEA 4058 - Women in Theatre
Credits: 3
This course will examine the changing history of women’s identities and gender roles from classical to contemporary theatre. Students will learn about the changing constructions of women over time, beginning in the late nineteenth century and moving to the present through the exploration of dramatic works presented by women playwrights.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
|
| |
-
THEA 4101 - Acting II
Credits: 3
A laboratory class providing practical experiences within the area of acting as demonstrated in Acting I. Students enrolled in this class are required to complete three modern scene study assignments for production. This course works toward a culminating activity, which is a one-act modern play to be performed for jury.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 2102
|
| |
-
THEA 4103 - Acting for the Camera
Credits: 3
Offers advanced work in special problems of applying acting techniques to the demands of modern media. Practicum experience is designed for the camera. The course leads the actor/student to a finished mini-production of either a television or film project.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 2102
|
| |
-
THEA 4104 - Acting III
Credits: 3
Studies the problems and techniques in periods and styles through intensive scene study and performance of Greek, Shakespearean and Romantic works.
Prerequisite(s): THEA 4101 , THEA 4103
|
| |
-
THEA 4105 - Playwriting
Credits: 3
A laboratory course that explores dramatic writing including study and practice in writing for the modern stage. This course will be conducted upon the principles of critical readings, script analysis, and dramatic genres.
|
| |
-
THEA 4111 - Performance/Production/Management
Credits: 3
Permits the student to learn through theatre production, marketing strategies, front of house duties, fundraising and proposal writing, and the roles and responsibilities of a producer.
|
| |
-
THEA 4201 - Directing
Credits: 3
Directing is a course in elementary principles of stage plays, practice work in directing scene studies and attention given to the principles of selecting, casting, and rehearsing of plays. Exercise, lectures, and demonstrations. Prerequisite: completion of 18 credit hours in concentration area.
Prerequisite(s): Junior/Senior Level
|
| |
-
THEA 4211 - Directing Seminar
Credits: 3
Explores principles of stage plays, practice work in directing one-act plays, solo performance and devised works; attention is given to the principles of selecting casting, and rehearsing of plays through exercises, lectures, and demonstrations. Prerequisites: completion of 18 credit hours in concentration area.
Prerequisite(s): Junior/Senior Level
|
| |
-
THEA 4645 - Musical Theatre
Credits: 3
This course explores the origins of the musical theatre in the United States and the African American contribution to the American musical. Students will learn about the different forms of musical theatre and will apply their learning through performance and production.
|
| |
-
THEA 4851 - Theater Ensemble
Credits: 1
This course is application-based and designed for the synthesis of professional theater performance and production. Student’s skills are developed through the Players by the Sea, the departmental theater ensemble which supports pre-professional theater training and experiential learning.
|
Music Education |
| |
-
MUED 4417 - Music Education for Elementary
Credits: 2
This is an elementary music education methods course designed to stimulate critical thinking concerning the teaching profession, and the role of the elementary music instructor as an integral component in the musical, aesthetic, and social development of the elementary child.
|
| |
-
MUED 4418 - Music Education for Secondary School Methods
Credits: 2
A comprehensive study of instructional and program materials, rehearsal techniques and program planning for secondary school choirs, bands and orchestras. Topics include organization, scheduling, budgeting, purchasing, recruiting, motivation and problems associated with evaluation.
|
| |
Page: 1 <- Back 10 … 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
|
Print this Page