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Classes
PMA 1117
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Low, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
PMA 1119
Course Description
What is the South? What is the global South? How does the southerner appear in U.S. popular culture, academic work, and in everyday interactions? What does it mean to be from or in the South? This course ... 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 Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Stoneking, E
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
PMA 1121
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Hatipoglu, O
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
PMA 1127
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Fesette, N
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
PMA 1129
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Pozsonyi, K
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
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. The workshops will be a mix of lecture and 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
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 1610
Course Description
Learn what it takes to prepare a live show. Students work on getting scenery, costumes, and lighting ready for performance or for production. Gain the practical skills and learn to use the tools that are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Bernstein, S
Cross, W
Intemann, E
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Additional Information
To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 1611
Course Description
Perform in a departmental theatre production or dance concert. Research a role, develop a character, and perform for a live audience in a faculty supervised production. Explore choreography and perform ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 1670
Course Description
The Student Laboratory Theatre Company (SLTC) is a group of student-actors who earn credit by acting in three scenes directed by students taking PMA 4880. Students enrolling in SLTC for credit earn 1 credit ... view course details
PMA 2220
Course Description
Introductory modern technique intended for students with some dance training. Material covered includes specific spinal and center work with attention to rhythm, design, and movement expression. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1183
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Ceynowa, N
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Additional Information
Course fee of $40.
PMA 2411
Course Description
No description available. 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 B21
Instructors
Wessels, C
PMA 2540
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, art cinema, documentary, and personal film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 6540, VISST 2174, VISST 6174
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Wessels, C
PMA 2600
Course Description
Lectures, discussion, and project work introduce the principles of designing and making scenery, costumes and lighting for live and mediated performance. 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 B20
Instructors
Bernstein, S
Goetz, K
Intemann, E
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Additional Information
If class is closed go to room 223 of the Schwartz Center to be placed on a wait-list.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 2605
Course Description
A study of richly documented tradition of competitive artistic, athletic, and spectacular performances sponsored by cities, wealthy individuals, and kings/emperors in antiquity, with special attention ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2605
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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 Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Rusten, J
PMA 2610
Course Description
Learn what it means to run a live show or a film festival. 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 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
PMA 2633
Course Description
Opera has been enthralling audiences for 400 years; this course explores the multiple facets of its appeal. Using seven operas as the focus-chosen from different periods, national traditions, and styles-the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2241
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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
- MWF Lincoln Hall 124
Instructors
Harris-Warrick, R
PMA 2681
Course Description
What can we learn about Shakespeare's plays from their reception by late modernity? What can we learn about modern cultures from the way they appropriate these texts and the Shakespeare mystique? We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2080
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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
- MWF Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Davis, S
PMA 2800
Course Description
An introduction to the actor's technique and performance skills, exploring the elements necessary to begin training as an actor, i.e., observation, concentration, and imagination. Focus is on physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
Instructors
Guyton, J
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Additional Information
Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
Instructors
Guyton, J
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Additional Information
Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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 322
Instructors
Simmons, G
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Additional Information
Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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 322
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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 322
Instructors
Simmons, G
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Additional Information
Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PMA 2805
Course Description
No description available. 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
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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
PMA 3210
Course Description
Intermediate Western classical dance technique. Work is done on strengthening the body through a movement technique emphasizing presence and musicality based on harmonic muscular control. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1184, PE 1186, PMA 4210, VISST 4210
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Course fee of $40.
PMA 3220
Course Description
Intermediate modern technique focusing on rhythm, placement, and phrasing for students who are prepared to refine the skills of dancing. Students are challenged by complex phrases and musicality. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1185, PE 1187, PMA 4220, VISST 4220
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Course fee of $40.
PMA 3225
Course Description
This course will explore questions of how we perceive articulations of identity on the moving body. How do histories and cultural behaviors define differences? What are the conventions of race, gender, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3226
Course Description
How does the social production of dance reflect its historical context? What is the meaning of the "beautiful" in dance? Beginning with 16th century court dances, we will explore how aesthetics have ... 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 B20
Instructors
Chu, J
PMA 3350
Course Description
Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
Instructors
Suber, P
PMA 3351
Course Description
This course will cultivate collaborations between the practice and study of dance with fields such as architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, painting, digital arts, and other design and creative ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4351
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3522
Course Description
This course examines the origins, evolution, and contemporary resonance of film noir. Beginning with a look at expressionist and crime films of Weimar Germany, we will then examine a body of classic films ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3522, VISST 3522
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Dobryden, P
PMA 3531
Course Description
This course explores the fundamentals of writing for the screen. The class format will include creative writing assignments, class discussion, screenings and workshop. Students will produce short film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Bunn, A
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Additional Information
Registration through department registrar in room 223 only.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3532
Course Description
Focuses on the structure and style of the original web-series and long-form short screenplay, and incorporates extensive peer feedback, workshop, and revision. Students will produce and revise an original ... 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 Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Bunn, A
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Additional Information
Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3551
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 6551, VISST 3176
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Casad, M
PMA 3570
Course Description
Creative, hands-on production course in filmmaking, emphasizing the development of original ideas and the acquisition of basic technical skills in digital video and 16mm formats: cinematography, lighting, ... 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 SB12
Instructors
Winter, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3609
Course Description
Topic for Fall 2015: On the Verge – this will be the focus of this course and a fully supported and publicly presented production will be the final project for the course.  Requirements will ... view course details
PMA 3610
Course Description
Collaborate with a faculty member in the development and production of a live event, in a mentored role of Assistant Designer, Assistant Director, or Assistant Choreographer. view course details
PMA 3615
Course Description
Introduction to draping and patterning basics followed by research, experimentation, and translation of historic silhouettes and structure. Previous basic machine sewing experience helpful but ... 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 B10
Instructors
Bernstein, S
PMA 3640
Course Description
An exploration of the scene design process for the live theatre. Students will execute design projects employing various media (e.g., sketches, paper models, computer graphics) that examine how elements ... 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 B20
Instructors
Goetz, K
PMA 3660
Course Description
Design of costumes for theatre and film, concentrating on script and character analysis, period research, design elements, figure drawing and rendering skills, and an understanding of production ... 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
Instructors
Bernstein, S
PMA 3680
Course Description
Covering the basics of digital audio, bioacoustics, psychoacoustics and sound design, as they apply to theatre, film and music production. Students create soundscapes for text and moving image using ProTools ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B25
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3751
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to a range of historical, cross-cultural, and transnational performance texts, theories, and practices; to motivate students to examine the broad social, political, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Jaime, K
PMA 3757
Course Description
Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3360, ENGL 3360
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Warner, S
PMA 3770
Course Description
The course focuses on Shakespeare's middle to late plays, from the "problem comedies," through the great tragedies and romances. While we will pay particular attention to questions of dramatic form (genre) ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3270
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Lorenz, P
PMA 3800
Course Description
Practical exploration of the actor's craft through exercises in physical and psychological action, improvisation and scene study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3815
Course Description
Telling jokes to a friend, making introductions, guiding meetings large and small, constructing and delivering business presentations, legal arguments or formal speeches are all examples of public ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4190
Course Description
What is distinctive about American Shakespeare? Is it merely a less confident cousin of its more prestigious UK relative; or does it have a character of its own? What is currently happening with 'American ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4194, ENGL 4291
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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
- F Washington, DC
Instructors
O'Connor, J
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4210
Course Description
Advanced and pre-professional Western classical dance. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3210. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1184, PE 1186, PMA 3210, VISST 4210
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Suber, P
PMA 4220
Course Description
Advanced and pre-professional Modern technique. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3220. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1185, PE 1187, PMA 3220, VISST 4220
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Course fee of $40.
PMA 4225
Course Description
This course will continue the critical inquiry investigated in Mapping the Moving Body. Intended for advanced students, it will address the dialogue between contemporary choreography and current sociopolitical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4350
Course Description
Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350Â using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
Instructors
Suber, P
PMA 4351
Course Description
This course continues the work done in PMA 3351. At an advanced level, this course will further explore the choreographic and design principles of contemporary choreographer, William Forsythe, who began ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3351
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4440
Course Description
This course will examine intersections of film history and the environment. Using German cinema as a case study, we will look at how moving image media have negotiated ecological issues from the early ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4440, GERST 6440, VISST 4441
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Dobryden, P
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Additional Information
Weekly film screening, TBA.
PMA 4570
Course Description
Intensive course in 16mm filmmaking and digital video in which each student develops a significant documentary or experimental project both critically and creatively. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4585, VISST 4770, VISST 4793
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
Instructors
Winter, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4585
Course Description
Intensive filmmaking/media production course in which students focus on developing and producing an accomplished creative project over the semester (16mm, HD, sound art, and multi-media are all options). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4570, VISST 4770, VISST 4793
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
Instructors
Winter, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4610
Course Description
Practical experience in theatrical production, in the position of designer, shop manager, technical director, or sound engineer. view course details
PMA 4620
Course Description
Concentrates on designing lighting for different genres of performance in various venues. Emphasis is placed on developing both the visual sophistication and the technical artistry of the lighting designer. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 4563
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 120
Instructors
Intemann, E
PMA 4640
Course Description
Builds on the techniques learned in PMA 3640. Students will execute more complex design projects tailored to their particular skills, goals, and interests, with emphasis on developing professional standards ... 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
Instructors
Goetz, K
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4675
Course Description
Examines how collaboration among stage directors, designers, and actors leads to differing interpretations of plays. The course focuses on how the texts themselves are blueprints for productions with particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4210, VISST 4546
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
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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
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
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4835
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4835, FGSS 6835, LGBT 4835, PMA 6835, VISST 4835
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Warner, S
PMA 4880
Course Description
Builds on the directing techniques learned in Fundamentals of Directing I. In this course each student directs actors from the Student Laboratory Theatre Company in a series of projects and public presentations ... 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 SB21
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
PMA 6540
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, documentary, and personal film modes. Graduate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2540, VISST 2174, VISST 6174
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Wessels, C
PMA 6551
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3551, VISST 3176
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Casad, M
PMA 6600
Course Description
An introduction to the theory and methods involved in the study of the theatre. Attention focuses on pedagogy and the profession in Part I. Part II explores current scholarly trends. view course details
PMA 6835
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4835, FGSS 6835, LGBT 4835, PMA 4835, VISST 4835
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Warner, S
PMA 7000
Course Description
Independent study in theatre allows graduate students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for ... view course details
PMA 7100
Course Description
Provides graduate students in the field of theatre an opportunity to work directly with a faculty member to explore pedagogical theory and practice for undergraduate theatre classes in all areas of the ... view course details
PMA 9900
Course Description
Graduate student course while working on thesis and research for dissertation. view course details