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204 Course Descriptions
THEA 430 Advanced Costume Design (3-0-3), spring, odd years.
Continued study of the role of the costume designer, conceptualizing
designs with a focus on style and theatrical genre, rendering media
and technique, and the production of resume and portfolio. For
theatre majors only. Prerequisite: THEA 332.
THEA 454 Beginning Directing (3-0-3), fall. Basic principles
governing play structures, choice, and casting are discussed. Requires
student-directed scenes with lab. Laboratory graded and credited with
course. For theatre majors only. Prerequisites: THEA 226, 227.
THEA 455 Advanced Acting (3-0-3), spring. Advanced techniques in
acting Shakespeare using soliloquies, monologues and duet scenes.
Resources from Royal Shakespeare Company Master Classes. For
theatre majors only. Prerequisites: THEA 226, 325.
THEA 456 Auditioning (3-0-3), spring, odd years. To equip the
advanced acting student with necessary information for a professional
career. Includes resumes, photos, cold readings, monologues, and
information regarding Equity, U/RTA, and film. For theatre majors
only. Prerequisites: THEA 226, 325.
THEA 457 Playwriting (3-0-3), spring, even years. A basic method of
developing a playscript with critiques and readings by actors. Includes
workshop by professional playwright. Same as ENGL 324.
THEA 460 Musical Theatre Directing Workshop (3-0-3), spring,
even years. Provides advanced training in the direction of musical
theatre. With guidance from the instructors, students will direct peers
in multiple workshop musical scenes, applying techniques of staging,
analysis, and prompting with a musical theatre knowledge base. This
course cannot be taken concurrently with THEA 360. For theatre
majors only. Prerequisite: THEA 454.
THEA 461 Children's Theatre (3-0-3), fall, even years. An overview
of children's theatre: understanding the literature, acting techniques,
design concepts, and the production presentation.
THEA 463 Educational Theatre (3-0-3), spring, even years. Prepares
students to teach high school theatre. Emphasizes classroom theatre
activities and curriculum, mounting a production, and managing a
theatre program. Prerequisites: junior standing and 9 hours of
theatre courses.
THEA 466 Scene Design (3-0-3), spring, odd years. The theory of
scene design and its relation to the director, actor, and other elements
of production. Prerequisite: THEA 227.
THEA 467 Theatre Lighting (3-0-3), spring, even years. A historical
survey of lighting and its effect on designing, directing, and acting.
Prerequisite: THEA 227.
THEA 469 Stage Makeup (3-0-3), spring. Practical application of all
processes and types of stage makeup. For theatre majors only.
Prerequisite: THEA 226.
THEA 470 Advanced Directing (3-0-3), spring, odd years. Principles
of directing various styles and periods focusing on the ability of the
director to bring a creative viewpoint to bear on the work. Requires
student-directed scenes with lab. Laboratory is graded and credited
with course. For theatre majors only. Prerequisite: THEA 454.
THEA 480 Arts and Culture: A Christian Aesthetic (3-0-3), spring.
The arts from a Christian viewpoint as both practitioner and
audience/patron, applying biblically based strategies to assess, enjoy,
and participate in the forms of art prevalent in the culture while
remaining faithful to the call of Christ. Same as BIBM 480.
THEA 495 History of Theatre I (3-0-3), fall, odd years. Theatre
history from ritual theory and Greek origins to 18th century European
practice. Includes focus on cultural and political contexts for theatre
events and progressive influences of writers, designers, directors, and
performers. Prerequisite: THEA 220.
THEA 496 History of Theatre II (3-0-3), spring, even years. Theatre
history from 19th century romanticism to modern theory and practice.
Special focus on non-western theatre development in Asia and Africa.
A writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: THEA 495.UNIV - UNIVERSITY COURSES
College of Special Studies
UNIV 011 Learning Strategies (3-0-3),* fall, spring. Designed
specifically to equip students with the skills necessary to achieve
academic excellence at ACU. Students will meet with the instructor to
develop a specific plan to meet personal academic needs. Prerequisite:
placement by department chair or program director.
UNIV 012 Student Success Workshop (1-5-1), fall, spring. Students
will develop accelerated information management skills and exam
preparation skills and apply them habitually to their other course
requirements. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: UNIV 011.
UNIV 100 University Seminar (2-0-1), fall, spring. A foundational
course designed to enhance the opportunity for success of the
first-year student. A framework for Christian learning is explored
in an interactive small-group format in which the instructor also
serves as the student's academic advisor and mentor. An experienced,
upper-level student serves as a peer leader to assist with course
activities. May be used to satisfy University Seminar Degree
Core requirements.
UNIV 108 Life Learning Skills (3-0-3), fall, spring. An
examination of the attitudes that affect life's learning skills as
related to self-esteem, goals, study habits, and well-being.
UNIV 203 Communicative Attitudes (2-0-2), fall, spring.
A programmed experience in the development of attitudes,
self-confidence, and personal skills to achieve motivated
effectiveness in academic, family, work, and social situations.
UNIV 245 Leadership Foundations (3-0-3), spring. An introduction
to the field of leadership, with an emphasis on current leadership
concepts and theories, self-assessment, and personal development
within a Christian context.
UNIV 419 Research Readings (0-0-1), spring. Designed to introduce
undergraduates in the McNair Scholars Program to general research
principles and techniques used in their particular field of study.
Students will be required to read a set of selected research readings,
select and read various research readings related to their discipline,
identify a research topic, and begin to conceptualize a research project
with the help of a faculty mentor. Prerequisite: selected to be a
McNair Scholars research intern.
UNIV 420 Basic Research Methods (1-1-1), summer.
Introduces new McNair Scholars to basic research concepts and
skills. The focus on preparing McNair Scholars to conduct a research
project and to write a research paper, which are required as part of
the program's summer research internship. Prerequisite: selected to
be a McNair Scholars research intern.
UNIV 421 Research Writing (1-1-1), summer. Introduces
undergraduates in the McNair Scholars Program to the process of
writing an extended research paper. Students will be given instruction
on outlining, organizing, drafting and revising an extended research
paper. A portion of each meeting will consist of lecture while the
remainder of each meeting will be given to drafting and work
shopping. Corequisite: UNIV 420.
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