• C.2 Choosing Your
Courses
What with a large Foundations and
General Education
requirement added to a sizable Major and Minor, the degree in Theatre
calls for
you to be highly deliberative in your
choice of classes. Perhaps
the
precepts of this section will be of use to you before you see your
advisor.
Nothing can teach you about theatre
better than devouring
and digesting theatre! You
should make it
your goal to see a minimum of three or four
off campus productions per quarter.
That’s
only one every-other week. Nine
to a
dozen professional shows a year, plus the five to seven SPU
productions, viewed
carefully and thoughtfully analyzed, will go far toward replacing any
number of
formal courses. Few
cities in the nation
can offer you the number or variety of productions as you will find
playing
almost any week in this city. Whether
creating in fancy theatre complexes or storefront
“found” spaces, the vitality
of the Seattle
theatre
community cannot be restrained.
C.2.a About your Theatre courses.
Generally speaking, you
will be best served by the Theatre curriculum if you will follow the
progression suggested by our numbering of courses; there is a
logical
learning pattern established by the ordering.
Pay attention, as well, to the pre-requisite and co-requisite restrictions;
these suggest that
some learning is incremental, that it must be built on what was learned
before. The
material of the course is of a more
advanced level or, though thematically linked, distinctive enough in
learning
style to warrant separation.
We do urge you to begin your course work with
the
venerable triumvirate of:
and its co-requisite of TRE
1931 Production Practicum (2
credits)
- TRE 1810
Playscript Analysis
(3 credits)
These courses are requirements of
your degree, and form the
foundation on which most of the rest of our curriculum builds. You are best served if
these foundations are
in place before you move on, but, of course, it’s
your choice.
Be mindful that several of our
courses—principally
upper-division ones—are offered on an alternate year pattern. This is the case so that
the department can
fulfill its obligations to the general education pattern of the
university, one
of the demands of our mission.
What follows is a reorganization of
the catalog copy to show
you more clearly the manner in which the curriculum covers the
traditional
elements of undergraduate theatre study.
It also indicates for you the standing alternate-year
patterns for some
of our courses. You
need to refer to the
current undergraduate catalog for course descriptions and enrollment
restrictions.
Department
of
Theatre Course Offerings
(Effective with 2009-2010
Undergraduate Catalog)
The
courses marked with an
asterisk (*) have been approved by
the university as satisfying general education requirements. They may be used by you to
simultaneously
satisfy your major or minor requirements and those of general education.
APPLIED THEATRE
STUDIES
*TRE 1930
Performance
Practicum (2)
Quarterly
(Prerequisite:
Audition and casting)
*TRE 1931
Production
Practicum (2)
Quarterly
*TRE 3930
Performance
Practicum (2)
Quarterly
(Prerequisite:
Audition and casting)
*TRE 3931
Production
Practicum (2)
Quarterly
You may
enroll in the upper division
versions of these practica when you have reached junior class standing (90 or more earned credits).
THEATRE APPRECIATION
*TRE
1110
The Theatre Experience (5)
Yearly
DRAMATIC LITERATURE
TRE
1810
Playscript Analysis (3)
(Entry
Level Course)
Yearly
*TRE
2420
Theatre & Drama:
Tragedy (5)
Yearly
*TRE
2421
Theatre & Drama:
Comedy (5)
Yearly
ACTING
*TRE
1310
The Actor’s Art (5)
Yearly
*TRE
1340
Acting I: Fundamentals (5) (Entry
Level Course)
Yearly
TRE
2320
Stage Movement (2)
Alternate
years
TRE
2340
Acting II: Creating the
Character (5)
Alternate
years
(Prerequisite:
TRE 1310 or permission)
TRE
2350
Theatre Voice
Alternate
years
TRE
3321
Elements of Mime (2)
Alternate
years
TRE
3340
Acting III: Acting Styles (5)
Alternate
years
DESIGN AND TECHNICAL THEATRE
TRE
1720
Stagecraft (5) (Entry
Level Course)
Yearly
(Co-requisite:
TRE 1931/3931)
TRE
2733
Scene Painting (3)
Alternate
years
TRE
2740
Lighting and Sound (3)
Alternate
years
(Prerequisite:
TRE 1720)
TRE
3720
Stage Make-Up (3)
Alternate
years
TRE
3733
Scene Design & Technical
Drawing (5)
Yearly
(Prerequisite:
TRE 1720)
TRE
3750
Costume & Period Styles (5)
Alternate
years
DIRECTING
TRE
3710
Play Directing (5)
Yearly
(Prerequisite:
TRE 1810 or permission)
PLAYWRITING
TRE
4760
Playwriting (5)
Alternate years
(Prerequisite: TRE 1810 or
permission)
FILM STUDIES
*TRE
3780
The Art of the Film (5)
Yearly
THEATRE HISTORY
TRE
4911
History of the Theatre I (5)
Alternate Years
TRE
4913 History of the Theatre II (5)
Alternate Years
CREATIVE DRAMATICS/THEATRE EDUCATION
*TRE
3800
Theatre Education
Yearly
TRE 4770
Creative Dramatics (3)
Alternate years
SPECIAL TOPICS
TRE 2950/4950 Special
Topics in Theatre (2-5)
Yearly
INDIVIDUAL STUDY
TRE
4900
Independent Study in Theatre
(1-5)
By
special contract
TRE
4943
Theatre Internship (3-5)
By special contract
TRE
4961
Special Projects in Theatre
(1-3)
By
special contract
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