Performing and Media Arts (PMA)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
PMA 1104
Course Description
"Women don't fit well into a trench coat and slouch hat," Marilyn Stasio has observed, yet female detectives can be found solving crimes and busting bad guys across media. Drawing from TV, film, fiction ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Hollister Hall 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1145
Course Description
"We're all born naked and the rest is drag" - RuPaul. This course explores drag as a mode of queer cultural performance. Through a wide range of readings and viewings that introduce a diverse array of ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Blake, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1152
Course Description
This class will investigate work which demands or encourages interaction between audience and performer, examining various styles of interactive engagement in contemporary performance including Site Specific ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1154
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 369
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kilburn, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1160
Course Description
Fantastic places often cut into reality with a "subtle knife" or fold it via tesseract. Transported to timeless noplaces masquerading as whimsical flights of fancy, like Neverland or Oz, we enter a wardrobe ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Cole, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1161
Course Description
Ours is a food-obsessed culture. Whether we focus on diet and health, or binge-watch competitive cooking shows, or explore cuisine in relation to regional, racial, or ethnic identity, many of us either ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 110
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Gainor, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1168
Course Description
Do you enjoy watching video essays about your problematic faves on YouTube or TikTok and want to try your hand at making one of your own? Essays offering critical analysis of media objects and fandoms ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Badique, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1169
Course Description
What does it mean to tell stories from an African perspective? What artistic choices and challenges do African filmmakers explore to represent the multiplicities of the African experience? In what ways ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Abutsa, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1170
Course Description
What does it mean when a friend tells you to "take care" and to text them when you get home? How does showing up for and caring about each other transform our futures? Using music videos by Lil Nas X and ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Dela Cruz, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1171
Course Description
Can queer/BIPOC artistic practices subvert Western assumptions about identity and politics? You do not have to be an artist to embrace the concepts, the beauty and rawness we will explore in this seminar. ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
De La Rocha Goico, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1410
Course Description
The Media Production Lab course is a series of self-contained lecture/workshops on various topics in the production of film and video on-set and on-location. The workshops will be hands on experience with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kim, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 1610
Course Description
This technology lab will provide students with a foundation of the production process through experiential learning of scenographic practices. Students will learn about the technical production processes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 1611
Course Description
Perform in a departmental theatre or film production, or dance concert. Research a role, develop a character, and perform for a live or mediated audience in a faculty supervised production. Explore choreography ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 2000
Course Description
The Colloquium provides opportunities for exchange, reflection, discussion of relevant concepts, and extended engagement with the media objects made in a variety of Making Media courses. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 2300
Course Description
Weekly assignments in basic elements of choreography. Students compose and present short studies that are discussed and reworked. Problems are defined and explored through class improvisations. Informal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3300, PMA 4300, VISST 2511
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2465
Course Description
This course introduces Korean popular culture in global context. Beginning with cultural forms of the late Chosŏn period, the course will also examine popular culture during the Japanese colonial period, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2269, ASIAN 2269
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2540
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, art cinema, documentary, and personal film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 2174
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2610
Course Description
Learn what it means to run a live show. Participate as part of a team to ensure all the elements work together and on time. Learn the intricacies of collaborating with a production group to create a unified ... view course details
PMA 2611
Course Description
This lab will give students practical experience as an assistant stage manager in the organization and management of a theatrical or mediated production; in rehearsals, in technical rehearsals ... view course details
PMA 2670
Course Description
This course aims to give students a good historical and critical grounding in Shakespeare's drama and its central and continuing place in Renaissance culture and beyond. We will read poetry and primarily ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2270
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Lorenz, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2800
Course Description
An introduction to the actor's technique and performance skills, exploring the elements necessary to begin training as an actor, i.e., observation, concentration, and imagination. Focus is on physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class is now open enrollment on-line. If the class is full please place your name on the wait-list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class is now open enrollment on-line. If the class is full please place your name on the wait-list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Angelopoulos, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class is now open enrollment on-line. If the class is full please place your name on the wait-list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This class is now open enrollment on-line. If the class is full please place your name on the wait-list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 321
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3000
Course Description
Independent study allows students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for the course, must approve ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PMA 3210
Course Description
Intermediate Western classical dance technique. Work is done on strengthening the body through a movement technique emphasizing presence and musicality based on harmonic muscular control. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1184
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3214
Course Description
This class explores dance across multiple stages—TikTok videos, concert halls, streets—to assess how people create, sustain, and challenge markers of difference (race, gender, sexuality, ability, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3214
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3220
Course Description
Intermediate modern technique focusing on rhythm, placement, and phrasing for students who are prepared to refine the skills of dancing. Students are challenged by complex phrases and musicality. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1185
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3225
Course Description
This course will explore questions of how we perceive articulations of identity on the moving body. How do histories and cultural behaviors define differences? What are the conventions of race, gender, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3227
Course Description
This course maintains a critical focus on the role of the moving body in the history of dance offering comparisons in theatre, film and other forms of media and live performance. Moving from the 16th century ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 3227
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3300
Course Description
Intermediate choreographic projects are critiqued in progress by faculty and peers. Consideration of design problems in costuming and lighting. Weekly assignments in basic elements of choreography. Students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2300, PMA 4300, VISST 2511
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3351
Course Description
This course will cultivate collaborations between the practice and study of dance with fields such as architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, painting, digital arts, and other design and creative ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4351
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3510
Course Description
This introductory course familiarizes students with documentary filmmaking and audiovisual modes of knowledge production. Through lectures, screenings, workshops, and labs, students will develop single-camera ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3110, ANTHR 6110, PMA 6510
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Raheja, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3531
Course Description
This course explores the fundamentals of writing for the screen. The class format will include creative writing assignments, class discussion, screenings and workshop. Students will produce short film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Pfeffer, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fill out google form for enrollment consideration - https://forms.gle/fndLZmMoDVtTfbEP7.
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PMA 3550
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3261, PMA 6550, VISST 3175
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3570
Course Description
An introduction to filmmaking, students will learn to create compelling characters, as well as develop strong storytelling skills through basic character and story development and breakdown, cinematography, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Pfeffer, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3572
Course Description
From landscape cinema to underwater GoPro videos, environmental films connect issues of representation to conversations about climate change, the perspectives of plants and animals, and land politics. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3610
Course Description
Based on previous coursework and experience, students may be offered the opportunity to participate as an apprentice in a mentored PMA creative project. The apprentice experience and number of credits ... view course details
PMA 3614
Course Description
A studio course working on the creation and development of characters on paper. The character designs explored will not be bound by the limits of the human body or physical costumes, but rather will push ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Bernstein, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3630
Course Description
The Scenic and Lighting designers are responsible for creating 'the visual world' of the play. From sketches to models, from groundplans to light plots, this intro-level hands-on, project-based course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Simms, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3633
Course Description
From the ancient Javanese traditions of Wayang to the Muppets; from Emile Cohl to Pixar: Puppeteers and Animators are performer designers. In this course students will explore and discover the global canvas ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Simms, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3661
Course Description
This course will explore unconventional costume designs for theatre, dance, and mediated performance. It will deal with the special considerations found in some plays and performance pieces, such as the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Bernstein, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3680
Course Description
Covering the basics of digital audio, bioacoustics, psychoacoustics and sound design, as they apply to theatre, film and music production. Students create soundscapes for text and moving image using ProTools ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B25
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B25
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3740
Course Description
In A Theory of Parody, Linda Hutcheon defines parody broadly as "repetition with critical difference, which marks difference rather than similarity." Taking a cue from Hutcheon, we will consider parody ... view course details
PMA 3750
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to a range of historical, cross-cultural, and transnational performance texts, theories, and practices; to motivate students to examine the broad social, political, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Gainor, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3755
Course Description
How have movements for sexual liberation used performance as a means of self-expression and strategies for social justice? How have theatrical stages served as sites of queer sociality and crucibles of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3250, FGSS 6755, LGBT 3250, LGBT 6755, PMA 6755, VISST 3260
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3757
Course Description
Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3360, ENGL 3360
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3800
Course Description
Practical exploration of the actor's craft through exercises in physical and psychological action, improvisation and scene study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3805
Course Description
In this introductory class, students will study elements of successful dramatic writing: strong structure, effective dialogue, and imaginative theatricality. Students will craft and revise short plays, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3815
Course Description
Telling jokes to a friend, making introductions, guiding meetings large and small, constructing and delivering business presentations, legal arguments or formal speeches are all examples of public ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3880
Course Description
Focused, practical exercises teach the student fundamental staging techniques that bring written text to theatrical life. A core objective is to increase the student's awareness of why and how certain ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 3798
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4000
Course Description
In this advanced undergraduate-level seminar, all senior majors synthesize four years of study in a collaborative intellectual and artistic project with the faculty. Over the course of the fall semester, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4222
Course Description
Advanced and pre-professional advanced ballet and modern technique. This class meets 4 days per week. This course is a combination of PMA 3210 and PMA 3220 in the same semester. Attendance to concerts ... view course details
PMA 4225
Course Description
This course will continue the critical inquiry investigated in Mapping the Moving Body. Intended for advanced students, it will address the dialogue between contemporary choreography and current sociopolitical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4230
Course Description
Pre-professional/Advanced ballet or modern technique with modern and contemporary ballet company repertory rehearsal and performances. This class meets 2 days per week, 3 hrs. 10 minutes per ... view course details
PMA 4300
Course Description
Students work on advanced choreographic problems, to be presented in performance. Work in progress is critiqued by faculty members on a regular basis. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2300, PMA 3300, VISST 2511
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4351
Course Description
This course continues the work done in PMA 3351. At an advanced level, this course will further explore the choreographic and design principles of contemporary choreographer, William Forsythe, who began ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3351
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4451
Course Description
Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4451, ASIAN 6631, COML 4451, COML 6651, FGSS 4451, FGSS 6331, LGBT 4451, LGBT 6331, RELST 4451, RELST 6631
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4675
Course Description
Examines how collaboration among stage directors, designers, and actors leads to differing interpretations of plays. The course focuses on how the texts themselves are blueprints for productions with particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4210, VISST 4546
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4681
Course Description
This class explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4681
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4740
Course Description
Fictions of dictatorship, as termed by scholar Lucy Burns, denote both the narratives and spectacles produced by authoritarian governments and the performances, events, and cultural objects that work against ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4040, AMST 4040, COML 4040, SHUM 4040
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Library 311
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Balance, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4801
Course Description
Class members can expect to expand their skills using targeted approaches and methodologies of the instructors' choosing to develop scripted and/or original material for in-class study ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4821
Course Description
This class interrogates new theoretical understandings about space and how bodies marked by various types of difference (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, fatness, ability, and socioeconomic class) interact ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 6821
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4950
Course Description
First of a two-semester sequence (the second is PMA 4951) for seniors engaged in an honors project. Honor guidelines and form. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PMA 4951
Course Description
Second of a two-semester sequence (the first is PMA 4950) for students engaged in an honors project. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PMA 4952
Course Description
Academic credit can only be awarded for unpaid internships. Students must submit an Application for Academic Credit by April 15. The Application for Academic Credit must be received/approved prior to the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 6510
Course Description
This introductory course familiarizes students with documentary filmmaking and audiovisual modes of knowledge production. Through lectures, screenings, workshops, and labs, students will develop single-camera ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3110, ANTHR 6110, PMA 3510
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Raheja, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 6550
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3261, PMA 3550, VISST 3175
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6600
Course Description
An introduction to the theory and methods involved in the study of performing and media arts. Attention focuses on pedagogy and the profession in Part I. Part II explores current scholarly trends. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6611
Course Description
What are minoritarian aesthetics? How do these inform the production and reception of performance, broadly defined? How does attending to the aesthetics involved in the production of artistic and cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 6611, AMST 6612, LSP 6611
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Jaime, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6755
Course Description
How have movements for sexual liberation used performance as a means of self-expression and strategies for social justice? How have theatrical stages served as sites of queer sociality and crucibles of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3250, FGSS 6755, LGBT 3250, LGBT 6755, PMA 3755, VISST 3260
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6821
Course Description
This class interrogates new theoretical understandings about space and how bodies marked by various types of difference (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, fatness, ability, and socioeconomic class) interact ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4821
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6920
Course Description
The course will consider the aesthetics and politics of "touch" in dialogue with critical, artistic experimentation. Emphasizing interactivity and immersion in art and theory, the course will discuss renewed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6920, ENGL 6725
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Murray, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 7000
Course Description
Independent study in theatre allows graduate students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for ... view course details
PMA 7100
Course Description
Provides graduate students in the field of Performing and Media Arts an opportunity to work directly with a faculty member to explore pedagogical theory and practice in undergraduate theatre classes in ... view course details
PMA 9900
Course Description
Graduate student course while working on thesis and research for dissertation. view course details