Performing and Media Arts (PMA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

PMA 1125

Vampires are everywhere. This course hunts the dangerous and subversive figure of the vampire across a variety of pages, stages and screens. From raucous stage comedies, to lush cinematic epics and politically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20168 PMA 1125   SEM 101

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20167 PMA 1168   SEM 101

    • TR Clark Hall 247
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Badique, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PMA 1179

The repeal of Roe v. Wade marks a reproductive crisis in the US, but reproductive injustice has a long history. While the Pill and the IUD are crucial for reproductive choice, they have also been tools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20166 PMA 1179   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PMA 1180

Is beauty, sexiness, Barbie, or the color pink feminine? What or who defines femininity? In our contemporary culture, such ideas are complicated by the performances of drag queens, sex workers, divas, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20165 PMA 1180   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PMA 1181

How does love shape an environment? How do we perceive the space where love ends and the environment begins, or can we? How are relationships co-creating space? With what can we cultivate a greater intimacy?  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20164 PMA 1181   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PMA 1182

This course examines the pasts, presents, and futures of dance in the Caribbean. From nightclub performances to sacred rituals, we will consider how factors such as discrimination, tourism, migration, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20381 PMA 1182   SEM 101

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4769 PMA 1410   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11546 PMA 1410   LAB 402

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 1610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  5912 PMA 1610   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bernstein, S

      Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 1611

Students participating in a PMA creative project led by a faculty member or PMA Guest Artist can earn PMA 1611 credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Orlando's Gift

  •  4934 PMA 1611   PRJ 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2100

This course is designed to offer students a broad, foundational introduction to the mission of the Department of Performing and Media Arts. With a focus both on making artistic work in mediated forms and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18031 PMA 2100   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2221

Contemporary Movement Practices is an intermediate-level studio immersion in contemporary concert dance genres and methodologies germane to the 21st-century field. In-depth modules will extract and explore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20785 PMA 2221   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2280

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18643 PMA 2280   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2300

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 2511

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5947 PMA 2300   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2403

In Eddie Murphy's Coming to America, Africa is a place of nobility, where even lions are at peace with lambs. In contrast, Leonardo DeCaprio's Blood Diamond is a violent look at the role the demand for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2771ENGL 2771

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19168 PMA 2403   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2404

This course centers on story creation, development and presentation. Students learn what makes a great story for the screen and how to take it from concept to pitch. Over the course of the semester through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18032 PMA 2404   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2435

This undergraduate course introduces the formal and topical innovations that African cinema has experienced since its inception in the 1960s. Sections will explore, among others, Nollywood, sci-fi, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2235COML 2235ENGL 2935

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18496 PMA 2435   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2560

From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present moment, movies - and in particular Hollywood - have profoundly influenced the ways in which people see, think and talk about the world. Focusing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2760ENGL 2761VISST 2300

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18003 PMA 2560   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18004 PMA 2560   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18005 PMA 2560   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18006 PMA 2560   DIS 203

    • F Morrill Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18007 PMA 2560   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  3596 PMA 2610   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • 17944 PMA 2610   LAB 402

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bernstein, S

      Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  4845 PMA 2610   LAB 403

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2611

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Desdemona

  •  9526 PMA 2611   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2670

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2270

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5194 PMA 2670   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2701

This interdisciplinary course offers an introduction to the methods employed in media arts, sound and performance. It provides a comprehensive exploration of the strategies and historical context of these ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one studio and one project. Combined with: ART 2701

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19400 PMA 2701   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19402 PMA 2701   PRJ 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Velazquez Solis, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one studio and one project. Combined with: ART 2701

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19401 PMA 2701   STU 502

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19403 PMA 2701   PRJ 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Rojas, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2800

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3618 PMA 2800   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3374 PMA 2800   DES 502

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3375 PMA 2800   DES 503

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5567 PMA 2800   DES 504

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 20534 PMA 2800   DES 505

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3376 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4416 PMA 3000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4417 PMA 3000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4418 PMA 3000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4419 PMA 3000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4420 PMA 3000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4840 PMA 3000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4421 PMA 3000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4422 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4423 PMA 3000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4424 PMA 3000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Fowlkes, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4425 PMA 3000   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4426 PMA 3000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Suber, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4595 PMA 3000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4596 PMA 3000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4597 PMA 3000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4598 PMA 3000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5645 PMA 3000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kim, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

PMA 3010

In this course, we will develop a toolbox of performance techniques based on methods developed in the Spanish-speaking and Latinx contexts. These techniques will be used in preparing short, original, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17932 PMA 3010   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3226

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11626 PMA 3226   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3241

Site-Specific to Immersive Dance Theater: Choreographing for Unconventional Formats and Spaces is a research-to-practice course reconsidering the function, philosophy, and reality of an evolving stage. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18194 PMA 3241   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3463

This course considers issues, approaches, and complexities in the contemporary television landscape. As television has changed drastically over the past fifteen years, this course provides students with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3463VISST 3463

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18586 PMA 3463   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3464

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3464FGSS 3464VISST 3464

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11640 PMA 3464   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3510

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3110ANTHR 6110PMA 6510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19242 PMA 3510   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3515

The course will offer an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art. It will analyze four phases of video and new media: (1) the development of video ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18493 PMA 3515   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3535

This is a one-semester workshop focusing on the foundational basics of writing for television, with an emphasis on the structure and process of creating a hour long script. Students will individually pitch ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19629 PMA 3535   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3550

Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COML 3261PMA 6550VISST 3175

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4592 PMA 3550   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10683 PMA 3550   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3555

What are comics? While it's easy to identify a cartoon, graphic novel, or comic book, it's hard to understand the wide world of comics. As a medium, comics are part of a global tradition of visual storytelling ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 3555SHUM 3555VISST 3555

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19650 PMA 3555   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Library 311
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Primarily for: seniors and juniors.

PMA 3570

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4605 PMA 3570   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3571

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10555 PMA 3571   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3580

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11631 PMA 3580   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3377 PMA 3610   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4551 PMA 3610   STU 502

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4552 PMA 3610   STU 503

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3614

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4591 PMA 3614   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3630

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18195 PMA 3630   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3633

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18196 PMA 3633   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3661

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18198 PMA 3661   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3680

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3431

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4588 PMA 3680   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3431

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5897 PMA 3680   DES 502

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3711

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3717JWST 3711

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19434 PMA 3711   SEM 101

    • M Stimson Hall 206
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Winitsky, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3740

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3745FGSS 3740LGBT 3740

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18199 PMA 3740   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3750

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3373 PMA 3750   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3757

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3360ENGL 3360

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18209 PMA 3757   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3800

Practical exploration of the actor's craft through exercises in physical and psychological action, improvisation and scene study. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5116 PMA 3800   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3804

In this interdisciplinary seminar, we will study the strategies that sound artists, composers, visual artists, writers, and filmmakers have employed to use Black sounds as a sign. We will explore intersections ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ART 3804ART 5804PMA 5804

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20039 PMA 3804   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3841

The course traces the history and innovation of the Immersive Theatre Movement. These 21st century projects eliminate "the stage" as the primary location for performance to prioritize more experiential ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19152 PMA 3841   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3880

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3798

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4920 PMA 3880   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4778 PMA 4000   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4461

How do questions of genre persist and evolve in the age of digital media and A.I.? To what extent do we choose our genres, and in what ways do they choose us? How do genres, platforms, and media intersect ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4861COML 6861PMA 6461

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17956 PMA 4461   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4670

The most studied and written about work in Western Literature outside the Bible, Hamlet according to Harold Bloom, is our secular savior and our ambassador to death. This course centers on a close reading ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4820

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18220 PMA 4670   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4671

This course will explore the cultural, political and social ramifications of stand-up comedy through the lens of twentieth and twenty-first century stand up comedians. Because of streaming services, Stand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18222 PMA 4671   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4695

This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19941 PMA 4695   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4801

Advanced acting students will expand their skills using targeted approaches and methodologies of the instructors' choosing to develop scripted and/or original material for in-class study and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18214 PMA 4801   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4835

An understanding of performance as object and lens, modality and method, is integral to scholarship and research across the humanities and social sciences. Charting the advent and defining principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18223 PMA 4835   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4950

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3655 PMA 4950   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4819 PMA 4950   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5187 PMA 4950   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5188 PMA 4950   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5771 PMA 4950   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

PMA 4951

Second of a two-semester sequence (the first is PMA 4950) for students engaged in an honors project. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4590 PMA 4951   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

PMA 4952

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4606 PMA 4952   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PMA 5804

In this interdisciplinary seminar, we will study the strategies that sound artists, composers, visual artists, writers, and filmmakers have employed to use Black sounds as a sign. We will explore intersections ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ART 3804ART 5804PMA 3804

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21120 PMA 5804   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6010

In this course, we will develop a toolbox of performance techniques based on methods developed in the Spanish-speaking and Latinx contexts. These techniques will be used in preparing short, original, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17986 PMA 6010   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6021

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11633 PMA 6021   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6445

This seminar examines German media theories from the Frankfurt School to the Kittler Network and beyond. We will discuss influential concepts associated with this work (e.g., the culture industry, the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 6445STS 6445

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21472 PMA 6445   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

PMA 6461

How do questions of genre persist and evolve in the age of digital media and A.I.? To what extent do we choose our genres, and in what ways do they choose us? How do genres, platforms, and media intersect ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4861COML 6861PMA 4461

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17958 PMA 6461   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6510

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3110ANTHR 6110PMA 3510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19467 PMA 6510   DES 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6550

Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COML 3261PMA 3550VISST 3175

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4594 PMA 6550   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10705 PMA 6550   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6600

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19693 PMA 6600   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6695

This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19943 PMA 6695   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6835

An understanding of performance as object and lens, modality and method, is integral to scholarship and research across the humanities and social sciences. Charting the advent and defining principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18227 PMA 6835   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 7000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  3597 PMA 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Aldape Munoz, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  3598 PMA 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  3599 PMA 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  3600 PMA 7000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  3601 PMA 7000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4414 PMA 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4415 PMA 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kim, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5285 PMA 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5290 PMA 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  • 12578 PMA 7000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Russo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PMA 7100

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3378 PMA 7100   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5175 PMA 7100   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5494 PMA 7100   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Black, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 9900

Graduate student course while working on thesis and research for dissertation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3602 PMA 9900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4493 PMA 9900   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4494 PMA 9900   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4495 PMA 9900   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4496 PMA 9900   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4497 PMA 9900   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research