Course Descriptions

TH 261 - Costume Technology

• Demonstrate basic skills, theory and practice of costume construction, through creative application of skills learned in the course.
• Comprehend the costume shop-its operating procedures, organizational structure, and personnel.
• Demonstrate skills in team work and collaboration.

TH 266 - Theatre Drafting

• Ability to produce theatrical drafting, utilizing hand drafting and computer drafting techniques.
• Identify and utilize basic graphic standards and USITT graphic standards for scenery and lighting.
• Draft a scenic floor plan, CL section, elevations, Isometric, 3D Model and Rendering.

TH 267 - Scene Technology

• Discuss the Safety procedures appropriate to Theaters in general and our Theatre in particular.
• Identify, discuss and follow the safety rules for the tools and machines used in the scene shop.
• Identify and operate the standard tools and machines used in the Theatre scene shop.
• Identify the basic hardware used in the theatre and state its proper use.
• Identify and describe the basic theatrical construction techniques used in the construction ·of flats, platforms and free form scenery.
• Build a scenic unit (stage flat, studio flat, or a platform) as requested by the instructor.
• Identify the types of paints and textures used in the Theatre, and discuss their application techniques in reference to stage scenery.
• Perform five painting and texturing techniques assigned by the instructor.
• Identify and discuss the difference between pin and rail, and a counterweight fly systems.
• Perform and describe the safe operation of the counter weight fly systems, including the safe loading and unloading of the systems.

TH 268 - Lighting Technology

• Identify and employ the various tools, fixtures, and accessories frequently used in lighting design.
• Work effectively as a valuable and productive member of a lighting crew.
• Read and create paperwork that describes a lighting design and use the information to describe and/or execute a design.

TH 270 - Stage Makeup

TH 278 - Creative Drama in the Classroom

• Create and evaluate children’s theatre.
• Integrate theatre, other art forms, and subject areas.
• Apply theatre in academic settings.
• Improvise and create original plays from poetry, stories, and similar sources.
• Reflect on the strengths and challenges of using drama activities in academic settings.

TH 290 - Cooperative Education Portfolio

• Apply theory to practice.
• Implement skills learned in the classroom in an actual working situation.
• Demonstrate positive work habits.
• Demonstrate accountability and professionalism.

TH 294 - International Theatre Experience Preparation

• Recognize processes of travel itinerary creation and the documents required for travel in the destination country
• Demonstrate understanding of the steps required to procure travel documents
• Demonstrate understanding of itinerary creation process
• Recognize safe practices as related to international travel
• Describe significant cultural practices and influences in the travel destination country

TH 295 - Theatre Education Portfolio

• Compile and mount artifacts on LiveText demonstrating their competency in State certification standards.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 298 - Special Topics

TH 299 - Seminar

TH 300 - Rehearsal and Performance

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job.
• Fulfill assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with the job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with the job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production, and find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity, an understanding of the dramatic text, and methods of translating text into a stage production.

TH 301 - Production Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfillment of assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a · theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 302 - Performance Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfillment of assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from · one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a · theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 303 - Management Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfillment of assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 313 - Writing for Theatre for Young Audiences

• Apply the collaborative process through theatre work
• Identify and apply the process of generating dramatic literature and techniques for producing and creating plays for different age groups
• Identify and apply elements, processes and tools within playwriting
• Create new works through the playwriting process employing the principles of creation discuss
• Create new works for a variety different age groups and diverse populations
• Critically comment on techniques of adapting children’s literature for the stage in existing plays and scripts
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers

TH 329 - Directing I

• Employ metaphor in storytelling
• Analyze and identify structure and story components in a play
• Identify climactic moment in a scene
• Practice basic elements of visual and oral communication for the stage
• Develop and use a ground plan implementing Hodge’s principles
• Demonstrate appropriate principles of picturization and composition for the stage
• Practice the director’s role in communicating with other theatre artists in preparing a dramatic production
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers

TH 330 - Introduction to Playwriting

TH 333 - Stage Combat Fundamentals

• Identify and implement a basic vocabulary used for stage combat.
• Demonstrate basic safety techniques and their application to stage combat.
• Perform automatically basic stage combat techniques taught for each weapon.
• Develop confidence in the movement potential of the actors’ body.
• Develop physicalized acting skills.

TH 335 - Movement for the Actor

• Identify and implement a vocabulary used for the Suzuki Method.
• Demonstrate correct techniques used for each exercise learned.
• Memorize & perform automatically each exercise learned.
• Develop confidence in the movement potential of the actors’ body.
• Develop physicalized acting skills.
• Develop awareness of personal physical strengths & weaknesses.

TH 342 - Dialects for Stage and Screen

• Apply the phonetic alphabet to the study of dialects, through readings, demonstrations, testing, and scene work, students will be able to translate written text into phonetic equivalents.
• Develop skills in both oral and written dialect work of those studied, including: British, Standard, Cockney, Scottish, New York, Irish; through exercises, demonstrations, quizzes, practice and performances.
• Create a dialect resource library by constructing a journal that features resources for each dialect studied. Sources include movies, television, CD’s, DVD’s, dialect tapes/CD’s, magazine and newspaper articles, books, play scripts, internet.

TH 343 - Singing for Actors II

• Identify key and time signatures analyze and interpret lyrics and music
• Identify and choose music according to appropriate vocal range
• Demonstrate singing technique designed for musical theatre performance in the presentational style
• Prepare to audition at the collegiate level

TH 344 - Intermediate Acting I

• Analyze at least one play for structure, content, and character.
• Play actions and objectives in monologues and scenes.
• Practice active listening during scene and/or monologue work.
• Practice the physicalized use of subtext during scene and monologue work.
• Practice physical and vocal characterization in the creation of character(s).
• Demonstrate professional rehearsal and critique methods, both in giving and receiving critique.
• Demonstrate personalization and honesty in scene and monologue work. This will include the use of sense memory and emotion memory.
• Record notes (in a journal) on performance work (both when participating and observing), critiques (when giving and receiving), rehearsals, and exercises.

TH 345 - Intermediate Acting II

• Analyze text in order to discover the comic intention and style of the author
• Incorporate coaching/direction and employ exercises work in scene work
• Memorize materials with complete accuracy and rehearse sufficiently both during class and outside of class to present polished, professional scene work
• Come prepared to class and work well with scene partner
• Discover and demonstrate the basic components of style and perform them in three different scenes with consistency and honesty

TH 350 - Theatre and Arts Management I

• Create an arts company with effective vision statements, mission statements, goals, structure.
• Spend 15 hours service learning with an arts organization on a project– approved by the instructor in advance.
• Make presentations demonstrating fiscal requirements for effective art management.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 351 - Theatre and Arts Management II (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the types and use of various marketing tools as they relate to arts marketing and be able to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of various marketing approaches
• Develop a working budget for a marketing campaign
• Document various career paths available within the context of art marketing
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers

TH 352 - Stage Dance II

• Articulate and demonstrate dance terminology based on the fundamentals of jazz and ballet.
• Demonstrate improvement dance technique throughout the course of the quarter and learn to perform with confidence.
• Articulate the terminology and technique of dance steps learned in class.
• Describe and demonstrate “how” to learn choreography quickly and accurately in order to perform with confidence, accuracy and proper audition/callback etiquette.
• Reflect on and demonstrate how to clean and improve a dance. There is much more to dancing than learning the sequence of choreography.

TH 353 - Stage Properties

• Provide a forum in which to discuss the needs for properties in a theatrical production.
• Provide an environment where students can explore the role of props designer.
• Provide a venue where students can acquire practical theatre-related skills.
• Establish a conceptual foundation for understanding the props design process.
• Develop proficiency in analyzing the play for thematic content and physical requirements.
• Develop immediate visual responses to a text.
• Explore the ramifications of properties design choices on the work of the actor and the director - to understand properties as they affect character interaction.
• Establish the importance of research in the design process.
• Familiarize the student with an array of visual communication tools utilized by the props designer.
• Broaden the student’s knowledge of accepted industry standards applied to the properties design.
• Identify a personal approach to effective design development and communication for the student.
• Further develop written and oral communication skills through practice with written design concepts, classroom discussion, and verbal presentation of design projects.

TH 354 - Scene Painting

TH 356 - Stage Sound

• Identify the pieces of equipment in a typical sound reinforcement system and discuss what they do using terms common to sound reinforcement and theatre sound design
• Demonstrate and diagram the signal flow in a typical sound reinforcement system Trouble shooting a troubled sound reinforcement system
• Analyze a theatrical script in order to create an audio design concept

TH 357 - Entertainment Rigging

• Demonstrate an understanding of geometry and rigging math.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the application of entertainment industry rigging practices and standards.
• Identify components used for entertainment rigging, their normal applications and limitations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of safety practices and procedures.

TH 360 - Stage Management

• Develop knowledge of the theory and skill in the practice of Stage Management.
• Develop in the role of the Stage Manager.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 361 - Stage Costuming

• Demonstrate an understanding of construction standards as they relate to durability, stage-worthiness, and aesthetic quality of theatrical costumes.

TH 362 - Costume Crafts

• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and skill in the practice of fabric manipulation, using preexisting pieces to create different looks
• Demonstrate an ability to change the color or texture of fabric using dye, bleach, and distressing techniques
• Produce a book of technique samples including new techniques developed individually
• Demonstrate knowledge of millinery techniques, and jewelry manipulation
• Produce a series of soft caps, buckram hats, and found object jewelry
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers

TH 363 - Theatre History I

• Interrogate history as a critical/cultural engagement rather than a fixed set of facts.
• Apply knowledge of texts, genres, and periods covered in class to major theoretical and historiographical concepts and discuss the ways they might be “translated” to contemporary performance.
• Comprehend and critically evaluate primary texts, plays, and secondary literature relating to the practice of theatre arts in the specified historical moments
• Develop and use critical thinking and analytical skills as it pertains to theatre history and historiography.

TH 364 - Theatre History II

TH 365 - Theatre History III

TH 366 - Theatre Rendering

• Demonstrate a variety of rendering techniques for theatre design
• Demonstrate rendering in a variety of media
• Demonstrate the difference in rendering for various areas of theatre design
• Critically asses their work and work of their peers

TH 367 - Stage Scenery

• Articulate the standards of OSHA regulation, OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, Federal Hazardous. Substance Act, Fire codes, general theatre safety, & scene shop safety as they pertain to the theatre and scene shops
• Demonstrate their knowledge of these safety regulations by following them in class
• Demonstrate how to use a wire feed welder
• Demonstrate basic welding skills
• Identify the basic drafting symbols and their conventions
• Draw a basic technical or shop drawing of a project to be built
• Discuss the relationship between time/money/personnel management
• Develop a materials list, develop a cost estimate from that list, develop an estimate of the manpower needed to build the project on the drawing, and develop a construction calendar for the project
• Properly develop a rigging system to fly a load/item on the single purchase counterweight fly system
• Properly and safely load and unload an item on the counterweight fly system
• Discuss the uses, advantages, disadvantages & strengths of materials commonly used in the construction of theatre scenery

TH 368 - Stage Lighting

• Identify and employ the functions of light and industry standard lighting symbols.
• Synthesize information about angle, intensity and color into a design idea.
• Accurately trouble-shoot common problems during the lighting production process.
• Use elementary research techniques and creative problem solving to create solutions to lighting problems.
• Use cuing to create a dynamic visual environment.

TH 374 - Introduction to Acting for the Camera

• Illustrate and implement accepted industry techniques for acting in front of the camera
• Create believable characters for television and film
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic techniques of television production, including camera operation, basic camera direction, lighting, videotaping and sound recording as proven through practical application

TH 375 - Asian Drama

TH 377 - Staging Gender

TH 378 - Theatre Facilities Management

• Identifies and applies theatre facilities and theatre management skills.
• Identifies and applies appropriate safety procedures in a theatrical setting.
• Identifies and applies relevant legal requirements in a theatrical setting.

TH 380 - Studies in Drama

• Identify the formal elements and generic conventions of drama, including plot, character, and scene, and explain how formal choices contribute to meaning.
• Compare and contrast dramatic works based on theme, genre, historical context, and/or cultural context.
• Identify and explain the theatrical elements and conventions of drama and will be able to relate the material production of plays to historical and/or cultural conditions.
• Understand and express the thematic concern s of plays as aesthetic works.
• Write formal and informal responses to dramatic texts that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought about the writer’s own assumptions, effective inquiry, and responsible interpretation.

TH 382 - Diverse Experiences in American Drama

• Articulate the requirements of informed citizenship based on analysis of social, economic and/or political processes issues and events.
• Employ the use of vocabulary and concepts in the analysis of contemporary multicultural dramatic literature and theatre history, in the examination of the root causes of the Zoot Suit Riots.
• Analyze and articulate how a Mexican American playwright used the historical event to create a play that illuminates the social, economic and political pressures that led to riot.
• Identify the influence of the various institutions, cultures and traditions of the United States.
• Identify and analyze the influences that government and religion have had on the theatre history and drama of Native Americans.
• Apply critical thinking and ethical reasoning to individual and collective decision making.
• Identify how the playwrights address the social, economic and political influences in their plays.
• Critically analyze ways in which the past affects the present and future.
• Identify the principles articulated by Dr. Come! West in his lecture “Race Still Matters” and apply his ideas and principles to the analysis several plays and theatre history of African Americans.
• Apply critical thinking and ethical reasoning to individual and collective decision making.
• Analyze the motivations of one characters in three African American dramas.
• Apply critical thinking and ethical reasoning to individual and collective decision making.
• Identify three critical decisions that were made by characters and reflect on the ethical and collective impact of their decisions on the dramatic world portrayed.

TH 385 - Race and Performance

• Discuss performance as ontology and methodology and its relationship with race and intersectional identities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the complex historical, political, and cultural contexts of the United States as it relates to performance.
• Analyze texts/performances through the application of various theoretical frameworks.
• Construct a research focus based on class material. 

TH 393 - Theatre Laboratory

• Demonstrate a process or method of construction unique to one of the following areas: costuming, lighting, props, puppetry, scenery, or promotional aspects of the theatre.
• Demonstrate commitment to attaining the goals of technical theatre in support of the overall theatre production.
• Demonstrate the work process of the various shops and work environments that support theatrical production, and their role in the production.
• Demonstrate the basic principles of workplace regulation, safety, personal interaction and responsibility.

TH 396 - Individual Study

TH 397 - Honors

TH 398 - Special Topics

TH 400 - Rehearsal and Performance

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job.
• Fulfill assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with the job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with the job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as pan of a team through participation in a theatrical production, and find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity, an understanding of the dramatic text, and methods of translating text into a stage production.

TH 401 - Production Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfill assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 402 - Performance Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfill assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 403 - Management Application

• Articulate, orally and in writing, the duties associated with assigned job description.
• Fulfiil assigned job, as specified in job description and through specific supervisor directive, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
• Accurately transfer information from one team member to another.
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate the proper application of health and safety rules associated with your job description.
• Competently use the tools, materials, equipment, and techniques associated with your job description.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theatre protocol through participation in a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team through participation in a theatrical production.
• Find solutions to common problems encountered while working on a theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design unity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dramatic text and methods of translating said text into a stage production.

TH 415 - Musical Theatre History and Literature I

• Define the specific types, genres, influences, and socio- economic connections with regard to the development of early musical theatre.
• Demonstrate a clear connection between musical theatre and American history.
• Identify and analyze trends in early musical theatre.

TH 416 - Musical Theatre History and Literature II

• Define the specific types, genres, influences, and socio- economic connections with regard to the development of musical theatre from Oklahoma to the rock musical
• Demonstrate a clear connection between musical theatre and American history
• Identify and analyze trends in 20th century musical theatre

TH 417 - Musical Theatre History and Literature III (Put on reserve 9/16/18)

• Define the specific types, genres, influences, and socio- economic connections with regard to the development of musical theatre from the rock musical to present.
• Demonstrate a clear connection between musical theatre and American history.
• Identify and analyze trends in 20th to 21st century musical theatre.
• Develop a musical based on a play, movie, or book.

TH 423 - Theatre Pedagogy

• Analyze and experience the instructor’s role in educational theatre and theatre’s role in the schools
• Articulate a personal philosophy of educational theatre
• Simulate, in a classroom format, the teaching process of theatre for students
• Analyze and use resources and materials available for school theatre programs and teachers
• Identify how theatre relates to other disciplines, art forms, and the needs of special needs students
• Articulate theatre’s relevance to children and young adults from diverse backgrounds
• Develop and implement age-appropriate learning experiences to meet specific learning goals
• Design and apply lesson plans, unit plans, curricula, and assessment strategies for teaching theatre according to state standards

TH 429 - Directing II

TH 433 - Advanced Stage Combat

• Identify and implement a vocabulary for advanced weapon techniques.
• Demonstrate weapon safety techniques and their application to stage combat.
• Perform accurately and automatically advanced techniques for each weapon and apply them in performance.
• Develop physicalized acting skills.

TH 435 - Advanced Movement for the Actor

• Identify and implement a vocabulary used for a Movement Method.
• Demonstrate correct techniques used for each exercise learned.
• Memorize & perform automatically each exercise learned.
• Develop confidence in the movement potential of the actors’ body.
• Develop physicalized acting skills.
• Develop awareness of personal physical strengths & weaknesses.

TH 440 - Advance Design Problems

• Discuss the conceptualization, design, and application of advanced design elements for a mainstage theatrical production.
• Demonstrate an effective use of a wide variety of visual and aural tools to communicate their designs.
• Acquire design-related research skills.

TH 444 - Acting Styles

• Explain through written description his/her analysis of blank verse and how it works
• Demonstrate the techniques for speaking blank verse aloud
• Describe script analysis, scansion, vocal support, breathing correctly, and antithesis, and demonstrate how each works in performance
• Differentiate between reading Shakespeare for pleasure and getting on your feet and actually performing it
• Practice the technique applications to the language through many exercises
• Identify skills in performance
• Perform monologues and scenes from classical text

TH 445 - Audition Techniques for the Stage

• Develop skill and judgment about selecting stage audition materials
• Develop an appropriate stage audition outfit
• Develop two contrasting stage monologues suitable for stage auditions
• Demonstrate professional level cold reading skills for stage auditions by reading fluently while integrating acting principles including connecting with partners real and imaginary, demonstrating physical flexibility and vocal articulation and demonstrating choice and full believable expression of appropriate character needs, tactics and point of view

TH 452 - History of Fashion

TH 456 - Advanced Concepts in Sound for Film and Stage

• Apply acquired skills to create a basic underscore for film and stage in a variety of formats.
• Apply acquired skills to record original effects as well as locate and evaluate royalty-free basic Foley sound effects. 
• Apply acquired skills to eliminate extraneous sounds from an audio recording. 
• Apply acquired audio editing skills in the creation of sound collage work.
• Apply acquired skills using digital audio workstation software to manipulate and create audio content.

TH 460 - Production Management

• Analyze and plan a schedule for a production and a season.
• Develop cost estimates and budgets for a production and season.
• Interpret performing arts union contracts and apply constraints to schedule and cost estimates.

TH 461 - Costume Design

• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and skill in the practice of costume design, using the elements of design in creating costumes for both contemporary and period plays.
• Demonstrate skills in the psychological use of the design principles in creating impressions for the audience.
• Demonstrate advancement in the role of the costume designer from development of the design through production.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 464 - Wig Creation, Styling, and Maintenance

• Identify and demonstrate the use of wig making and styling products
• Demonstrate concern for safety procedures of self and others
• Investigate and price existing products to use in future productions produced by the students’ school for their theses projects

TH 465 - Costume and Fashion Drawing

TH 467 - Scene Design

• Effectively communicate their design concepts in verbal, written and visual formats.
• Develop practical scenic design skills which could be realized for public performance.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 468 - Lighting Design

• Analyze a theatrical script in order to create a design concept
• Construct an abstract and specific visual vocabulary
• Perform and utilize the steps in the lighting design process
• Develop the “Design eye” and visually express design ideas
• Learn elementary video editing skills to create moving images and visual enhancement for projection

TH 474 - Acting for Film and Television

• Illustrate and implement accepted industry techniques for acting in film and television scenes.
• Create believable characters for TV and film.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic techniques of television production, including camera operation, basic camera direction, lighting, videotaping and sound recording.

TH 481 - Kennedy-Center Festival

TH 487 - Theatre Pedagogy

• Develop a process for structuring and preparing to teach a given course, including syllabus & calendar development.
• Acquire and practice classroom management skills.
• Explore, acquire and apply a variety of reaching methodologies.
• Implement specific suggestions made by mentor in teaching throughout the quarter.
• Practice problem-solving skills through application of content explored in seminars.
• Practice self-assessment and reflective analysis regarding teaching skills.

TH 488 - Introduction to Dramaturgy

• Identify research material for application to theatre production including author and the socio-political influences surrounding the text and its time.
• Identify and evaluate current and past practices in the dramaturgical field.
• Create and present a dramaturgical portfolio and for a selected play suitable to the production.

TH 489 - Career & Portfolio Preparation

• Demonstrate skills and techniques in resume writing and portfolio building.
• Demonstrate skills in analyzing job opportunities and creating application packages appropriate for those positions.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers.

TH 490 - Cooperative Education

TH 491 - Workshop

TH 492 - Practicum in Devising and Touring Theatre

• Integrate curriculum based skills set in a theatrical production.
• Acquire and demonstrate practical skills for devising theatrical works with and ensemble, and/or creating a solo performance piece using a number of different techniques and approaches including viewpoints, rasaboxes, and other movement based disciplines.
• Demonstrate critical, analytical, and artistic kills as applied to a theatrical production from conception to culmination.
• Integrate creative writing, historical documents, literature, and/or other works into works for the stage.
• Critically comment on the strengths and weakness of their own work as well as the work of their peers.
• Adhere to accepted professional theatrical protocol regarding preparation and execution of responsibilities.
• Learn and demonstrate professional conduct and responsibilities in more than one area of production.

TH 493 - Theatre Laboratory

TH 494 - International Theatre Experience

• Identify processes of travel itinerary implementation
• Critically analyze linkage between academic courses completed prior to the field experience and how the experiential learning will affect the students aesthetic perceptive
• Defend personal reaction to aesthetic choices made by the organization producing theatre viewed during the field experience
• Summarize significant cultural practices and influences experienced in the travel destination country

TH 495 - Senior Research Project

• Select a focused researchable paper topic, making sure there is room for original thought in your selection
• Develop a working, researchable, defensible thesis statement
• Find your way around the resource materials in an academic library
• Navigate the Internet with confidence
• Find 5 sources on your selected topic
• Conduct research using a variety of media
• Create a MLA in-text citation
• Cite sources in a bibliography [Works Cited]
• Develop an organized paper using carefully selected details
• Demonstrate good writing skills such as clear articulation of ideas/content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and grammatical/writing conventions
• Meet assigned deadlines
• Critically comment on the strengths and weaknesses of their own work, as well as that of their peers

TH 496 - Individual Study

TH 497 - Honors

TH 498 - Special Topics

TH 499 - Seminar

UNIV 101 - Transition to CWU

• Identify common first year transitional issues and develop strategies to contribute to college success.
• Establish connections with faculty, staff, and peers in the CWU community.
• Begin the process of career and major exploration.
• Identify campus resources available for different types of support.
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of academic tools at CWU.
• Describe and demonstrate strategies that promote wellness as it relates to their academic and personal success.

UNIV 102 - Strategies for College Success

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Define self-motivation for attending college.
• Apply stress reduction methods to courses.
• Identify diverse ways of knowing and strategies for active learning.
• Relate attitudes, behaviors, and choices that are a primary cause of academic success.
• Practice self-management tools, including metacognitive revision strategies, in order to accomplish personal and academic goals.

UNIV 103 - Career Exploration

• Demonstrate effective job application skills.
• Identify and evaluate career interest areas.
• Identify and evaluate different occupational resources.
• Demonstrate effective career information gathering skills and how to assess their strengths and weaknesses to make quality career decisions.

UNIV 109 - Introduction to Civic Engagement

• Identify volunteer service opportunities in a community.
• Participate in a volunteer service.
• Identify the relationships between volunteer service and academic knowledge.
• Identify and use leadership skills in conducting volunteer service.
• Identify the relationships between volunteer service and career preparation.
• Analyze his/her progress in performing volunteer service.

UNIV 201 - Tutoring Strategies

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Define tutoring responsibilities and expectations
• Explain techniques for beginning and ending a tutorial
• Recognize the importance of goal setting and metacognitive revision strategies within a tutorial.
• Apply conflict resolution techniques to difficult tutoring situations
• Discuss strategies for problem solving, critical thinking, and study skills
• Identify ethical and professional boundaries of a tutoring session.
• Select appropriate campus resources for referrals.
• Express methods for supporting a diverse student body and encouraging inclusivity.

UNIV 202 - Advanced Tutoring Strategies

• Recall Level 1 tutoring methods that provide a foundation for successful tutoring.
• Practice questioning techniques based on the principles of active listening, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and practical questioning methods.  
• Discuss methods and impact of building critical thinking skills in tutorials.
• Identify appropriate campus resources for referrals and how to frame conversations related to referrals.
• Identify effective methods for helping students recognize and change study behaviors.
• Distinguish between appropriate communication methods used for different outcomes.
• Apply knowledge of current learning theories and subject-specific strategies to actively assess and engage students in tutorials.

UNIV 203 - Leadership Tutoring Strategies

• Recall CRLA Level 2 tutoring methods
• Discuss the value of Learning Centers in Higher Education and the contributions peers can have as functioning members of a support network
• Identify self-regulated learning strategies that can be applied during tutorials
• Recognize methods for tutoring target populations
• Indicate appropriate group management skills for multiple scenarios
• Apply strategies for structuring learning
• Practice tutoring methodologies as applied to content specialty areas
• Demonstrate peer leadership and supervisory skills

UNIV 205 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research

• Describe research methods used to address interdisciplinary questions.
• Recognize and explain ethical behaviors in scientific research.
• Utilize the primary literature.
• Describe their own research project and the methods they will use.

UNIV 295 - Introduction to Undergraduate Research

• Define undergraduate research and creative expression scholarship across multiple disciplines.
• Define personal goals for research at Central Washington University and beyond.
• Identify a research interest area.
• Describe current faculty research at Central Washington University.
• Define ethical considerations of undergraduate research.
• Define the component elements of scholarly and peer reviewed papers.
• Explain the steps to creating a research proposal for a fellowship, presentation or journal submission.
• Describe the components of formal research presentations.

UNIV 297 - Enrichment Course

UNIV 298 - Special Topics

UNIV 299 - Seminar