Performing and Media Arts (PMA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

PMA 1104

"Women don't fit well into a trench coat and slouch hat," Marilyn Stasio has observed, yet female detectives can be found solving crimes and busting bad guys across media. Drawing from TV, film, fiction ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19557 PMA 1104   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/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19558 PMA 1104   SEM 102

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

PMA 1160

Fantastic places often cut into reality with a "subtle knife" or fold it via tesseract. Transported to timeless noplaces masquerading as whimsical flights of fancy, like Neverland or Oz, we enter a wardrobe ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19559 PMA 1160   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 1164

Why tell the same story in a new way? More than half of all the shows nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical are adaptations. From Hamilton and Hadestown to The Wizard of Oz and West Side Story, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19560 PMA 1164   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 1166

The theater industry has a problem. Despite the advancements made by feminist activists in the last century, data shows that female, trans, and non-binary playwrights, directors, and designers remain woefully ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19561 PMA 1166   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 1167

How often do we categorize experiences, ideas, art, even people as "bad"? What do we mean when we do? In this course, we will be discussing badness – from films like "Cats" and "Things," albums like "Philosophy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19742 PMA 1167   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

  • 17862 PMA 1410   LAB 401

  • 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

  • 17868 PMA 1610   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bernstein, S

      Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Haunted Natures Hidden Environments

  •  8598 PMA 1611   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Water

  • 20765 PMA 1611   STU 502

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pillai, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6891 PMA 1670   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  7185 PMA 2000   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  • 20928 PMA 2220   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2240

This course combines (Afro)Latinx social dance forms with modern concert dance, related forms, and hip hop, including the histories of these dance forms, exploring new fusions across these genres without ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1188SHUM 2240VISST 2540

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 17863 PMA 2240   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2452

In this course, we will explore over one hundred years of Japanese cinema – one of the most prominent and diverse global film industries – from silent comedies to J-Horror, "ramen westerns" to Studio Ghibli.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2252

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17326 PMA 2452   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18173 PMA 2452   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18174 PMA 2452   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2490

What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7654 PMA 2490   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Shapiro, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2540

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 2174

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18302 PMA 2540   LEC 001

  • 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

  •  7289 PMA 2610   LAB 401

    • MW TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8350 PMA 2610   LAB 402

    • TR TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8351 PMA 2610   LAB 403

    • F TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PMA 2660

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17874 PMA 2660   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 2681

More than 400 years after his death, Shakespeare remains an inescapable part of world culture. His influence can be traced at every level, from traditional art forms like theater, poetry, and opera to ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5721 PMA 2681   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  6858 PMA 2703   LEC 001

  • 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. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5572 PMA 2800   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6268 PMA 2800   STU 502

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5573 PMA 2800   STU 503

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6633 PMA 2800   STU 504

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 20363 PMA 2800   STU 505

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 20421 PMA 2800   STU 506

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  • 17881 PMA 2805   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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 GradeNoAud

  • 17872 PMA 2901   STU 501

  • 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
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5526 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5527 PMA 3000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5528 PMA 3000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5529 PMA 3000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5530 PMA 3000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5531 PMA 3000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Suber, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5532 PMA 3000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5533 PMA 3000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5786 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6326 PMA 3000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Cross, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6329 PMA 3000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6733 PMA 3000   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6746 PMA 3000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6795 PMA 3000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21061 PMA 3000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pfeffer, D

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  5520 PMA 3210   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Course fee of $40.
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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

  •  5521 PMA 3220   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Course fee of $40.
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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 Graded

  • 17884 PMA 3225   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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: PMA 4350VISST 3758VISST 4758

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6951 PMA 3350   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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 Graded

  •  5522 PMA 3351   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

PMA 3421

This course examines a range of exciting and provocative 20th- and 21st- century theoretical paradigms for thinking about literature, language and culture. These approaches provide differing, though often ... view course details

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  •  6252 PMA 3421   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3481

What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today?  Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17219 PMA 3481   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Adelson, L

      Haenni, S

  • 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
  •  6830 PMA 3515   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  5580 PMA 3531   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Please fill out google form to be considered for enrollment - https://forms.gle/qYjuUbkzCxhjirXj9

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: COML 3262PMA 6551VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5574 PMA 3551   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  7674 PMA 3570   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

  •  8590 PMA 3610   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Simms, J

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  • 17893 PMA 3615   STU 501

    • TR
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bernstein, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3631

The storyteller is a master of their own universe. In this course, students will design a fictional society starting from the ground up. From terra forma to the rise of religions and governments, societies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8020 PMA 3631   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3632

The production designer is responsible for creating, controlling, and managing 'the look' of narrative films, television & contemporary and digital media from page to screen. This hands-on, project-based ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7677 PMA 3632   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  5524 PMA 3660   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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5577 PMA 3680   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7648 PMA 3680   STU 502

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17750 PMA 3724   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  5525 PMA 3751   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

PMA 3758

How has theatre shaped our notion of America and Americans in the second half of the 20th century and beyond?  What role has politics played in the theatre?  How has performance been used to examine concepts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3370ENGL 3370

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17890 PMA 3758   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3770

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3270

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17580 PMA 3770   SEM 101

  • 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. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6150 PMA 3800   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 3801

Class members can expect to expand their acting skills via specific projects, approaches and methodologies of the instructors' choosing to develop scripted and/or original material for in-class study and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19333 PMA 3801   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4020

This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20126 PMA 4020   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall B12
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  •  6218 PMA 4222   STU 501

    • MTWR
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Suber, P

      Yeung-Tieu, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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 Graded

  • 17885 PMA 4225   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  • 21001 PMA 4230   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Suber, P

      Yeung-Tieu, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4350

Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350 using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3350VISST 3758VISST 4758

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17880 PMA 4350   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  •  5523 PMA 4351   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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 Graded

  • 18294 PMA 4401   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4504

This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17345 PMA 4504   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4505

This course builds on skills developed in Playwriting I. Focusing on the development of longer scripts and the process of getting them to the stage, students will write a long one act play, and the materials ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7038 PMA 4505   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  • 19367 PMA 4532   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  • 18989 PMA 4585   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 4605

"I was a man who stood in symbolic relations to the art and culture of my age," Oscar Wilde once announced in a characteristically immodest, yet accurate, appraisal of his talent. With his legendary wit, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4405FGSS 4405

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17612 PMA 4605   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

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
  •  6963 PMA 4701   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: 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

  •  6766 PMA 4880   STU 501

  • 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

  •  7180 PMA 4950   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7285 PMA 4950   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8599 PMA 4950   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Feldshuh, D

  • 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

  •  5548 PMA 4951   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5549 PMA 4951   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5550 PMA 4951   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6182 PMA 4951   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Goelzer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8574 PMA 4951   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8583 PMA 4951   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20260 PMA 4951   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

PMA 6020

This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20127 PMA 6020   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall B12
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6400

This required seminar for the new graduate minor in media studies considers media from a wide number of perspectives, ranging from the methods of cinema and television studies to those of music, information ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 6400

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19853 PMA 6400   SEM 101

    • R Lincoln Hall 316
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Moseley, R

      Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PMA 6421

This course examines a range of exciting and provocative 20th- and 21st- century theoretical paradigms for thinking about literature, language and culture. These approaches provide differing, though often ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20718 PMA 6421   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: 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: COML 3262PMA 3551VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5581 PMA 6551   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: 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
  •  6968 PMA 6701   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: 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 Graded

  •  5534 PMA 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5535 PMA 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5536 PMA 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5537 PMA 7000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5538 PMA 7000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5539 PMA 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5540 PMA 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5541 PMA 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Yeung-Tieu, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5542 PMA 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Milles, B

  • 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

  •  5661 PMA 7100   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5666 PMA 7100   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6734 PMA 7100   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Stratford, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.

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 Graded

  • 18296 PMA 7401   STU 501

  • 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

  •  5543 PMA 9900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research