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TH 200 - Practical Aspects of Stage Makeup Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint the student of theatre with the vital and functional relationship between make-up and art, and to demonstrate various types and styles of theatrical make-up.
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TH 205 - Fundamentals of Interpretation Credits: 3
A study of the fundamentals of vocal production and movement principles used by actors. Individual attention is given to the improvement of diction and voice quality.
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TH 207 - Creative Dramatics Credits: 3
Designed to introduce students to the use of theatrical tools (movement, imagination, improve, acting, directing, writing) as a method of teaching a variety of material to a broad range of ages. The approach of creative drama encourages the teacher to create and adapt exercises that can add an exciting element to learning for their students. The course is helpful to anyone who will be leading groups: teachers, camp counselors, and parents.
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TH 217 - Stage Crafts Credits: 3
This course will include design, construction, painting of stage scenery, operation of stage and shop machinery.
Note: 6 hr. per wk
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TH 219 - Beginning Acting Credits: 3
This course is deigned to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of acting theory, required of theatre majors, and is geared toward actor training. Beginning acting can be helpful for anyone who may be entering a field where vocal and physical performance is of importance: teachers, newscasters, lawyers, executives, and salespersons. This course includes the reading of a number of plays during the semester.
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TH 250 - Theatre Practicum Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the Department of Theatre
Intermediate level practical work in Theatre at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of Theatre.
Note: May be repeated, but no more than six (6) hours of credit total may be earned.
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TH 275 - Introduction To Design for the Theatre Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 217
The student will learn the fundamentals of design as they apply to a theatrical production (costumes and scenery) and will be introduced to the graphic techniques necessary to communicate their ideas.
Note: 6 hrs. per wk.
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TH 301 - Theatre as a Profession Credits: 1
This course is designed to help Theatre majors begin preparation for their lives after graduation whether this involves entering graduate school, or seeking employment in the professional theatre or entertainment industry.
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TH 315 - Playwriting Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 176 or EN 312
Students will participate in discussion of classic and contemporary play structure, complete specific writing assignments intended to exercise imagination, playwriting skills, and playwriting format, and will write a play.
Also Listed as: EN 315
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TH 317 - Stage Crafts II Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 217
Course will include design, construction, painting of stage scenery, operation of stage and shop machinery.
Note: 6 hrs. per wk
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TH 318 - Stage Lighting Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 217
A study of lighting equipment and its application to the theatre including instrumentation, control, color and design.
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TH 319 - Intermediate Acting Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 219
This course expands on the basic acting skills acquired in TH 219 (Beginning Acting) by requiring students to perform scenes from selected dramatic literature.
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TH 320 - Directing Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 217 , TH 219 , TH 318 , or permission of the Chair of the Department of Theatre
Introduces the fundamentals and practical application of the principles of play direction together with supervised laboratory hours in directing projects.
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TH 321 - Theatre Management Credits: 3
A study of theatre organization and management including such areas as arts leadership and development, publicity and promotion, box office operations, and budgeting.
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TH 360 - Internship Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Theatre majors
Student-planned work experience related to their major area of study.
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TH 400 - Seminar: Special Problems In Theatre Practice Credits: 1-3
Theatre production master class, focusing on technical and/or artistic demands of a play in production.
Note: May be repeated for up to a total of 9 hrs
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TH 419 - Advanced Acting Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 319
An intense continuation of TH 319 with emphasis on period styles and some avant garde materials.
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TH 457 - History of the Theatre I Credits: 3
A survey of historical developments in the theatre from classical era to 18th Century neo-classicism.
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TH 458 - History of Theatre II Credits: 3
A survey of historical developments in the theatre from the 18th century to the present.
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TH 464 - Costume for the Stage Credits: 3
A study of the historical development and practical aspects of costumes for the theatre.
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TH 475 - Advanced Design for Theatre Credits: 3
Prerequisite: TH 275 and TH 318
Advanced design problems in set, lights, costumes, sound, and props. The theoretical and practical aspects of the areas are emphasized.
Note: 6 hrs. per wk
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TH 476 - Dramatic Theory and Criticism Credits: 3
A survey of the theoretical literature involved in play analysis as it developed from classical times to the present, as well as the skills needed to undertake critical evaluation of a play.
Note: Requires research activity.
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TH 490 - Research in Theatre Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the Department of Theatre
Supervised independent study, the content of which will address advanced work in the areas of design, directing, or production. Sample projects may include design of sets, lights, or costumes for a main-stage production; direction of a main-stage production; execution of specific production problems, such as scene painting, fabric dyeing, welding, and draping.
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TH 491 - Research in Theatre Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the Department of Theatre
Supervised independent study, the content of which will address advanced work in the areas of design, directing, or production. Sample projects may include design of sets, lights, or costumes for a main-stage production; direction of a main-stage production; execution of specific production problems, such as scene painting, fabric dyeing, welding, and draping.
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TH 492 - Research in Theatre Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the Department of Theatre
Supervised independent study, the content of which will address advanced work in the areas of design, directing, or production. Sample projects may include design of sets, lights, or costumes for a main-stage production; direction of a main-stage production; execution of specific production problems, such as scene painting, fabric dyeing, welding, and draping.
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UN 098 - Academic Recovery Credits: 3
This course is designed to assist students in overcoming academic issues that resulted in academic probation.
Note: This course does not count in GPA calculation, and this course does not count toward hours for a mjaor or toward graduation. Students who do not successfully complete his course will be required to re-take it the following semester of attendance.
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UN 099 - Turning Point Credits: 3
This course is designed to assist students in overcoming academic issues that resulted in academic suspension.
Note: This course does not count in GPA calculation, and this course does not count toward hours for a mjaor or toward graduation.
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UN 101 - Introduction to College Life Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Freshman standing or permission of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
A series of freshman seminars focusing on a variety of topics: Professor-student relationships, the development of critical thinking and study skills, strategies to improve academic survival, time management, stress management, and assertiveness.
Note: All entering freshmen with fewer than 12 hours earned (excluding AP and CLEP credit, college credit earned while in high school, and college credit earned during the summer between high school graduation and fall enrollment) are required to successfully complete UN 101.
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UN 201 - Career Exploration Internship Credits: 1-3
The focus of this course is the exploration of career options for students wishing to experience the day-to-day functions of a professional working in a particular career field.
Note: Students must be supervised on site and under the direction of a faculty member, and record at least 45 hours of dedicated experience for each one (1) hour of credit.
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UN 301 - Junior Seminar Credits: 1
This course is designed to help students begin preparation for their lives after graduation, whether they enter the workplace immediately or move on to graduate or professional schools. Topics will include letters of application, interviews, developing a placement file, legal aspects of being a working professional, and career options.
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UN 390 - Study Abroad Credits: 6-18
This course serves as an administrative placeholder for students attending study-abroad programs sponsored by other universities or co-sponsored by MUW as part of a consortium agreement. This course will also facilitate such administrative actions as the application of financial aid. Students who successfully complete this course will receive a grade of S.
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WS 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Credits: 3
An introduction to basic concepts and interdisciplinary perspectives in women’s studies scholarship. This course will foster a critical analysis of the social and structural factors which shape women’s lives and an appreciation for the diversity of women’s experiences.
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WS 262 - Women in Spanish Film Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FLS 102 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy.
This course examines both the stereotypical presentations of women as well as the amazing changes that women in Spanish and Latin American Cinema have undergone since the mid Twentieth Century. These images will be examined in the historical and social context in which they occur.
Also Listed as: FLS 262
Note: Spanish with Teacher Certification majors must take this course as a FLS course.
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WS 303 - Images of Women in Film Credits: 3
An examination of how women have been depicted on celluloid in both American and international films, from the early silents to today’s liberated cinema. Emphasis is placed on the student’s ability to evaluate the presentation of women in these films, based within the context of the society and the era that produced individual films as well as the place of women within a traditionally male-dominated commercial business industry, and how that presentation has evolved since the early days of the cinema.
Also Listed as: COM 303 and FLM 303
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WS 308 - Western Women’s Roles in Religion Credits: 3
A study of the historical context of women’s roles and women’s significance in the religions of Western society.
Also Listed as: REL 308
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WS 315 - Women Artists in History Credits: 3
Prerequisite: or concurrent enrollment: Either ART 102 , ART 211 , ART 212 or permission of the Art and Design Department Chair.
A survey of women artists and their contributions to the history of art, with special emphasis given to gender politics affecting their development as artists.
Also Listed as: ART 315
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WS 317 - Sexuality in American History Credits: 3
The course is a survey of the history of sexuality in America from the 1500s through the present. Topics include: how social, cultural, political, and economic conditions have affected changing meanings of sexuality; the history of categories of sexuality, like “deviant’ and “normal” or homosexual and heterosexual; marriage and family history; and women’s history.
Also Listed as: HED 317 , HIS 317
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WS 324 - Women in European History: From Antiquity to the Age of the French Revolution Credits: 3
A study of the role of women and gender between the period of ancient Greece to c. 1800 C.E.. By the instructor’s choice, this course may be focused on a specific temporal period (e.g. Antiquity, Roman Empire, Middle Ages, Early Modern, etc.) or a specific theme (Women as Mothers, Women’s Work, Sexuality, etc.).
Also Listed as: HIS 324
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WS 326 - Women in American History Credits: 3
Survey of the experiences of women in America from the seventeenth-century colonial settlements to the present, focusing on changes in the conceptions of womanhood and in the realities of women’s lives and work. Women’s participation in the social, economic, political, and cultural spheres will be studied in terms of the lives of ordinary women as well as of prominent individuals. Topics explored will include women’s domestic and wage work, marital patterns, the concept of sisterhood, the institutions of marriage and the family, legal rights, education, social and political movements.
Also Listed as: HIS 326
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WS 350 - Women in Literature Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EN 101 and a 200-level English course or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy
This course introduces students to both traditional stereotypes of women in literature and new ways to analyze literature by and about women. Using introductory feminist critical texts, students will learn to focus on what literature says and implies about women: their nature, their roles, their place in society. Readings may include works by Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes, Flaubert, Woolf, Stein, Welty, Atwood, Walker, Rich, and others.
Also Listed as: EN 350
Note: Elementary Education majors with an English concentration and English with Teacher Certification majors must take this course as an EN course.
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WS 351 - Women’s Experiences of Family Life Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSY 201 with at least a C or WS 200
This course examines women’s diverse experiences in contemporary families and in the world as homemakers, wives/partners, mothers, care givers, and as paid and unpaid workers. Family studies scholarship is examined critically with respect to various themes, including the social construction of gender and validation of family diversity. The contradictory nature of the family as a source of/venue for control and oppression versus support, validation, and empowerment is also explored.
Also Listed as: FS 351
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WS 352 - Psychology of Women Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 206 or permission of the Psychology and Family Studies Department Chair.
This course will present an overview of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect women throughout the lifespan.
Also Listed as: PSY 350
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WS 375 - Women in Medieval Literature Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EN 101 and a 200-level English course or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy
A study of the literature of the medieval period both by and about women, with special attention to the impact of the anti-feminist tradition. Some authors/works may include Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, Christine de Pisan, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Margery Kempe, and Marie de France.
Also Listed as: EN 375
Note: Elementary Education majors with an English concentration and English with Teacher Certification majors must take this course as an EN course.
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WS 382 - Women’s Health Issues Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior Standing
This course presents an overview of major health issues affecting women of all ages, races, and ethnicities. Emphasis will be placed on prevention, health promotion and becoming a critical health care consumer, while the impact of lifestyle issues and relationships throughout the lifespan on women’s health are explored.
Also Listed as: HED 382
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WS 384 - Strategies for the Managerial Woman Credits: 3
Development of skills to assume managerial positions with clear-cut goals and well-defined strategies for achieving objectives. Emphasis upon professional growth, career advancement, resume building, and balancing personal and career challenges.
Also Listed as: MGT 384
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WS 400 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies Credits: 3
Prerequisite: WS 200 ; Junior Standing or Permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy.
This course encompasses a variety of topics in women’s studies, covering all disciplines, including, but not limited to, seminars, research projects, hands-on internships in women’s archivalmuseum papers and artifacts, women’s oral history projects, internships in profit or non-profit agencies dealing with women’s issues, and/or independent studies in majors or minors which apply theory, concepts, and skills developed in sophomore or junior level women’s studies courses. Seminar topics or course activities/requirements may change with each course offering. This course can also include directed studies/research on a particular women’s issue in the student’s major or minor field, approved by the Women’s Studies Faculty Advisory Committee and the student’s academic advisor, and supervised (if necessary) by an affiliated women’s studies faculty member in conjunction with a faculty member in the student’s major or minor discipline.
Note: May be repeated up to six hours.
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WS 425 - Gender Development Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Senior standing and at least 9 hours of WS coursework or permission of the Department Chair of Psychology and Family Studies
This course provides an indepth study of theories and research on gender development from conception through middle childhood.
Also Listed as: PSY 425
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