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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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 1119
Course Description
Imagine a world with no war, violence, or injustice. For centuries, storytellers have envisioned such utopias. This course examines the powerful allure perfected tomorrowlands exert, especially over trans, ... 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cole-Kurz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Due to the overlap in material, you will not receive credit for this class if you have previously taken FGSS 1119.
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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cole-Kurz, 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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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 1171
Course Description
What is paradise? Is it a cruise through the Bahamas? Or an all-inclusive stay in Punta Cana? Is paradise the same for those who must live where you vacation? 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 Upson Hall 152
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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 1173
Course Description
This course examines the intersections between race, gender, and sexuality through an investigation of the cultural productions and political theories of marginalized communities. We will engage with historical ... 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
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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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 1174
Course Description
The 1920s saw the transition in the United States from being a majority rural nation to a majority urban one. A century later, though rural populations have shrunken, their symbolic space on the American ... 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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Colpitts, 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 1175
Course Description
"Hell is a teenage girl" are the first words uttered by Anita Lesnicki in the 2009 comedy-horror Jennifer's Body. In this course, we will analyze how various themes and experiences of girlhood are explored ... 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Mahmood, 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 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kim, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
PMA 1700
Course Description
What makes us laugh, and what doesn't? How does laughter vary from person to person, place to place, and across time? What work does laughter perform? Is it contagious? What does it mean to have (or lack) ... 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 SB21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 2280
Course Description
The training and practice of skills for the spontaneous collaborative composition of movement performance. Students hone their abilities to invent and respond to each other and their environment to produce ... 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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Russo, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2300
Course Description
Students compose and present short studies that are discussed and reworked. Problems are defined and explored through class improvisations. Informal showing at end of semester. Includes informal showing ... 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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 321
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Prince, O
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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, SHUM 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 115
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Yi, I
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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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
PMA 2660
Course Description
In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2160, ENGL 2160, FGSS 2160, PMA 2660, VISST 2160
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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 B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2160, ENGL 2160, FGSS 2160, PMA 2660, VISST 2160
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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 B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
4 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
4 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
4 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
4 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
4 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Sowe, F
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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.
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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 320
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Prince, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3214
Course Description
This course 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, and ... 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 Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3226
Course Description
How does the social production of dance reflect its historical context? Is dance inherently political? What is the meaning of the "beautiful" in dance? Beginning with 16th century court dances, we will ... 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
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Russo, D
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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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 321
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Prince, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3464
Course Description
This course is designed to explore the varied ways that race and gender intersect with the media industry. While common industrial logic suggests these descriptors of identity are not a factor in terms ... 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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Warner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3490
Course Description
An introduction (without prerequisites) to fundamental problems of current political theory, filmmaking, and film analysis, along with their interrelationship. Particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3300, GERST 3550, GOVT 3705
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3531
Course Description
This course explores the fundamentals of writing for the screen. The course 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
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 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Fowlkes, J
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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 3534
Course Description
This course explores the fundamentals of writing for television. The course format will include creative writing assignments, class discussion, screenings, readings, and workshop. Students will produce ... 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 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Fowlkes, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3544
Course Description
From videophones to walkie-talkies, transatlantic tunnels to interstellar travel, or perpetual motion to wireless energy, science fiction frequently presents visions of the future based on radical media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3535, GERST 3535, SHUM 3535, STS 3535
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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 Uris Library 311
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. 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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Sheppard, 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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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PMA 3571
Course Description
Documentary Filmmaking will equip. students with the knowledge to produce quality short, socially and culturally conscious, documentaries that express an interesting story. This course covers the aesthetic ... 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 SB20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3580
Course Description
Film is a language that expresses the director's idea and cinematography is a key component of the language of film. You need to develop visual storytelling skills by blending lights, camera movements, ... 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 SB20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kim, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3609
Course Description
This experiential learning class offers performance opportunities in the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Students selected for 3609 projects will learn how to think about and realize artistic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Desdemona
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 123
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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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 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 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Bernstein, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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PMA 3616
Course Description
This course explores the evolution of western dress from the time of the ancient Egyptians to the early twentieth century by focusing on areas of the human anatomy and how each area has been presented, ... 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Bernstein, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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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
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 B25
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
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 B25
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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PMA 3711
Course Description
Jews have been on TV since the beginning of the medium – over 70 years – and have made decisions about how they are represented. What kind of Jews do we put on screen, and do they actually represent Jews ... 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
- M Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Winitsky, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3758
Course Description
How has theatre shaped our notion of America and Americans in the second half of the 20th century and beyond? What role has politics played in the theatre? How has performance been used to examine concepts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3370, ENGL 3370
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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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Gainor, J
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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
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 SB21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3801
Course Description
Class members will expand their acting skills via specific projects, 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
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Love and Information
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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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
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 SB21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 321
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Prince, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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, SHUM 4451
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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 Malott Hall 207
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4680
Course Description
To explore cultural aspects of imprisonment through a focus on theatre produced by those incarcerated. Does making theatre in prison seem to assist in transformation? Students create work with PPTG members ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one laboratory. Combined with: SHUM 4860
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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 Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students must be 21 years of age to attend this class
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4681
Course Description
This course 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. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4681, PMA 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 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4681, PMA 4681
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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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4684
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4684, ARTH 6684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 6684, SHUM 4684, SHUM 6684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
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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
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Wells, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4692
Course Description
Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4692, COML 6692, NES 4696, NES 6696, PMA 6692, SHUM 4692, SHUM 6692
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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
- T A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4711
Course Description
Camp is one of the predominant, organizing aesthetic structures of the twentieth century and continues to make important impacts in the twenty-first. With attention to a range of historical, philosophical, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 6711
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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
- R Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4800
Course Description
This class focuses on advanced challenges for the stage presented by particular authors or plays that have a particular stylistic or structural demand. Focuses on advanced challenges for the stage. Monologues ... 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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4821
Course Description
This course interrogates new theoretical understandings about space and how bodies marked by various types of difference (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, fatness, ability, and socioeconomic class) ... 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
- W Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
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 6021
Course Description
This class is designed to introduce doctoral students to Humanistic Research Methods. While qualitative and quantitative research methods are humanistic, this course serves as an added layer of context ... 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
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Warner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. 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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6684
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4684, ARTH 6684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 4684, SHUM 4684, SHUM 6684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
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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
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Wells, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6692
Course Description
Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4692, COML 6692, NES 4696, NES 6696, PMA 4692, SHUM 4692, SHUM 6692
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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
- T A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6711
Course Description
Camp is one of the predominant, organizing aesthetic structures of the twentieth century and continues to make important impacts in the twenty-first. With attention to a range of historical, philosophical, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4711
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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
- R Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Salvato, N
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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
- W Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 7000
Course Description
Independent study in performing and media arts allows graduate students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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