Performing and Media Arts (PMA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

PMA 1130

What would it be like to go through life as a completely different person? In order to expose and combat social injustice, journalists have crossed lines of race, gender, age, class and appearance and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17766 PMA 1130   SEM 101

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

PMA 1131

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17767 PMA 1131   SEM 101

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

PMA 1149

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17798 PMA 1149   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Due to the overlap in material, you will not receive credit for this class if you have previously taken FGSS 1115 (Fa19)

PMA 1151

What happens when we represent the scientific experiment onstage? How can we use the scientific method to ignite creative modes of storytelling and critical analysis? In the cross-pollinations between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17800 PMA 1151   SEM 101

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

PMA 1153

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17801 PMA 1153   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Cicoski, J

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

PMA 1200

Entry-level class. Covers the fundamentals of elementary dance training. Movement sequences focusing on rhythm, placement, and vitality of performance through an anatomically sound dance technique. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1180

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8042 PMA 1200   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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. The workshops will be a mix of lecture and hands on experience with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7218 PMA 1410   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 1610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7037 PMA 1610   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

      Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    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.

PMA 1611

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Much Ado Cast

  •  7060 PMA 1611   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Mar 11 - May 2, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    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.

PMA 1670

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  9576 PMA 1670   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 1700

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16551 PMA 1700   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2000

The Colloquium provides opportunities for exchange, reflection, discussion of relevant concepts, and extended engagement with the media objects made in a variety of Making Media courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 18410 PMA 2000   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2220

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1183

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7027 PMA 2220   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Course fee of $40.

PMA 2510

Learn the skills necessary to produce/curate/mount a film festival from planning to execution. The Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF) involves students in all aspects of film festival organization, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  8477 PMA 2510   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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

  • 17775 PMA 2560   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    There will be required screenings after class on Monday some weeks.

  • 17776 PMA 2560   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17777 PMA 2560   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17778 PMA 2560   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17779 PMA 2560   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: LGD Crew SP20

  •  7040 PMA 2610   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Feb 20 - Mar 7, 2020
    • Cross, W

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: LGD Crew SP20

  •  7038 PMA 2610   STU 502

    • TBA
    • Feb 20 - Mar 7, 2020
    • Moro, J

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: LGD Crew SP20

  •  7039 PMA 2610   STU 503

    • TBA
    • Feb 20 - Mar 7, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: LGD Crew SP20

  • 18457 PMA 2610   STU 504

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - Mar 7, 2020
    • Cross, W

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Much Ado Crew

  • 18458 PMA 2610   STU 505

    • TBA
    • Apr 13 - May 2, 2020
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Much Ado Crew

  • 18459 PMA 2610   STU 506

    • TBA
    • Apr 13 - May 2, 2020
    • Cross, W

      Moro, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Much Ado Crew

  • 18460 PMA 2610   STU 507

    • TBA
    • Apr 13 - May 2, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

      Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PMA 2611

Practical experience in the organization and management of a theatrical production as an assistant stage manager for a fully supported department production under the supervision of the staff ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7907 PMA 2611   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Mar 11 - May 2, 2020
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2620

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16941 PMA 2620   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2680

"Language is a skin," the critic Roland Barthes once wrote: "I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8807 PMA 2680   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2681

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7270 PMA 2681   LEC 001

    • MWF Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Davis, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2683

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2983ENGL 2983

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8096 PMA 2683   LEC 001

    • R Washington, DC
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • O'Connor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

PMA 2703

From hieroglyphs to HTML, ancient poetry to audiotape, and Plato's cave to virtual reality, "Thinking Media" offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the most influential media formats of the last three ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9447 PMA 2703   LEC 001

    • MWF White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7092 PMA 2800   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  8068 PMA 2800   STU 502

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7093 PMA 2800   STU 503

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  8568 PMA 2800   STU 504

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 18100 PMA 2800   STU 505

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2805

This intro level course introduces students to selected practical means of creating original, collaborative works of theater in response to a prompt, a theme, a text or other identified source material. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16549 PMA 2805   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 2901

This studio class will introduce students to a range of contemporary performance techniques in a Spanish context.  Through exercises, improvisation, textual analysis, and scene study, students will develop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ROMS 2901

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  8558 PMA 2901   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7043 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Moro, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7044 PMA 3000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7045 PMA 3000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7046 PMA 3000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7047 PMA 3000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7048 PMA 3000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Suber, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7049 PMA 3000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7050 PMA 3000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7347 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8141 PMA 3000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8144 PMA 3000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8706 PMA 3000   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8722 PMA 3000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8892 PMA 3000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3210

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1184

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7031 PMA 3210   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Course fee of $40.

PMA 3212

Pan-African Drum and Dance Ensemble is an introductory performance course where students learn performance traditions from across West Africa. No prior experience is necessary. Students may choose to focus ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3612MUSIC 3612

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  9509 PMA 3212   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3220

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1185

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7032 PMA 3220   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Course fee of $40.

PMA 3225

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4225

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7033 PMA 3225   STU 501

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3228

This course explores our world, tragically divided and torn apart by walls of exclusion. How far are people free, with the right to choose where they belong and to take up the traditions of other cultures? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16560 PMA 3228   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3350

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3758

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16562 PMA 3350   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3351

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4351

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7035 PMA 3351   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3421

Without literary theory, there is no idea of literature, of criticism, of culture. While exciting theoretical paradigms emerged in the late 20th century, including structuralism and poststructuralism, ... view course details

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  •  8040 PMA 3421   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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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  •  9278 PMA 3515   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Please email Professor Murray (tcm1@cornell.edu) with the following information: Your name and Cornell email address, course code and number you wish to be enrolled (example: COML 3115), if you are a current COML Major, graduation month/year. When you are approved, you will receive a permission number for the pre-enrollment period. Thank you.

PMA 3531

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7106 PMA 3531   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17471 PMA 3531   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3551

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6551VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7094 PMA 3551   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3609

This is a variable credit learning experience for students engaged in creating productions in the Department of Performing and Media Arts.  Students may act, assistant direct, assistant stage manage, or ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Much Ado Cast

  •  8797 PMA 3609   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Mar 11 - May 2, 2020
    • Black, T

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7099 PMA 3610   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7100 PMA 3610   STU 502

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Moro, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7622 PMA 3610   STU 503

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8137 PMA 3610   STU 504

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3615

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16550 PMA 3615   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3650

The understanding and application of lighting control technologies is crucial to the use of light as a medium of expression. Emphasis will be on console programming to create and support artistic performance.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7906 PMA 3650   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3660

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7041 PMA 3660   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7097 PMA 3680   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3724

Tragedy and its audiences from ancient Greece to modern theater and film. Topics: origins of theatrical conventions; Shakespeare and Seneca; tragedy in modern theater and film. Works studied will include: ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3645COML 3440

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16278 PMA 3724   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3745FGSS 3740LGBT 3740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16662 PMA 3740   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3751

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

  •  7042 PMA 3751   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3755

How have movements for sexual liberation used performance as a means of self-expression and strategies for social justice? How have theatrical stages served as sites of queer sociality and crucibles of ... view course details

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  • 16553 PMA 3755   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7804 PMA 3800   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 3865

A laboratory approach to new plays involving text analysis, scene work, and interactions with the authors of unproduced work. Authors who agree to participate with the class will submit plays for study ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16572 PMA 3865   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4222

Advanced and pre-professional advanced ballet and modern technique. This class meets 4 days per week. This course is a combination of PMA 3210 and PMA 3220 in the same semester.  Attendance to concerts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7908 PMA 4222   STU 501

    • MTWR
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

      Suber, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4225

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3225

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7034 PMA 4225   STU 501

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4230

Pre-professional/Advanced ballet or modern technique with modern and contemporary ballet company repertory rehearsal and performances. This class meets 2 days per week, 3 hrs. 10 minutes per ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7909 PMA 4230   STU 501

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7910 PMA 4230   STU 502

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Suber, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4351

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3351

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7036 PMA 4351   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4401

This production seminar is for students with basic documentary filmmaking skills who want to work with previously collected footage and/or are in production on a project in or around Ithaca. Over the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4401ANTHR 7401PMA 7401

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18019 PMA 4401   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4501

Radical transformations in our media landscape raise urgent questions for the field of cinema and media studies.  This course focuses on a topic drawn from current scholarly research.  They may include: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Love Hurts

  • 16588 PMA 4501   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4505

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16944 PMA 4505   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4532

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16566 PMA 4532   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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PMA 4585

A continuation of PMA 3570, Introduction to Visual Storytelling, students will dive deeper into creating story driven short form narratives. Students will have the opportunity to develop and produce a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4793

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16613 PMA 4585   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4607

A studio practicum that is the culmination of several semesters of coursework in choreography and design, this course is the student's preparation for an end of semester public presentation of an original ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8711 PMA 4607   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4608

AUPR in Design is a capstone experience in practice as research. Student take a leadership role as a designer, working with faculty as peers on a fully supported departmental production. After taking courses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8055 PMA 4608   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Moro, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8070 PMA 4608   STU 502

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4620

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4563

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8520 PMA 4620   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4661

A survey of the origins and applications of the term Absurdism. What is the style it provokes? This course traces the roots, definitions, and contemporary resonance of Absurdism. How and why would we stage ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16616 PMA 4661   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4675

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4210VISST 4546

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16617 PMA 4675   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4701

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16631 PMA 4701   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 4880

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8798 PMA 4880   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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

  • 18383 PMA 4950   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 19480 PMA 4950   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  •  7067 PMA 4951   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7068 PMA 4951   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7069 PMA 4951   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7850 PMA 4951   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 6551

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3551VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7107 PMA 6551   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 6600

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8193 PMA 6600   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 6619

Urban Representation Labs are intended to bring students and faculty into direct contact with complex urban representations spanning a wide media spectrum and evoking a broad set of humanist discourses. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Edge Cities: Urban Images in Global Cinema

  • 18451 PMA 6619   SEM 101

    • W Uris Library 311
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 6701

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16636 PMA 6701   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 6755

How have movements for sexual liberation used performance as a means of self-expression and strategies for social justice? How have theatrical stages served as sites of queer sociality and crucibles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16557 PMA 6755   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 7000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7051 PMA 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Rogers, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7052 PMA 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7053 PMA 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7054 PMA 7000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7055 PMA 7000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7056 PMA 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Villarejo, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7057 PMA 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7058 PMA 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7059 PMA 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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 for undergraduate theatre classes in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7203 PMA 7100   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7209 PMA 7100   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8707 PMA 7100   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

PMA 7401

This production seminar is for students with basic documentary filmmaking skills who want to work with previously collected footage and/or are in production on a project in or around Ithaca. Over the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4401ANTHR 7401PMA 4401

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18021 PMA 7401   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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

  •  7062 PMA 9900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person