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PMA 1120
FWS: You've Got Time: An Introduction to Prison and its Representation

This course focuses on the American penitentiary and "hyper-incarceration," with a particular emphasis on the writings, performances, and cultural representations of incarcerated people. We will begin ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17370 PMA 1120   SEM 101

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PMA 1124
FWS: Introduction to New Media Art: History, Theory, and Practice

The goal of this course is to introduce the student to an understanding of new media art from a historical, theoretical, and artistic perspective. The course explores the convergence of contemporary art ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17371 PMA 1124   SEM 101

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PMA 1125
FWS: The Undead...Live! Vampires on Stage Vampires.

Vampires are everywhere. This course hunts the dangerous and subversive figure of the vampire across the pages and stages of a wide range of plays: A haunting coming-of-age story, a raucous comedy about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17372 PMA 1125   SEM 101

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PMA 1410
Media Production Laboratory

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

  •  8536 PMA 1410   LEC 001

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PMA 1610
Production Laboratory

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

  •  8026 PMA 1610   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

      Cross, W

      Intemann, E

  • 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.

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PMA 1611
Performance Laboratory

Perform in a departmental theatre production or dance concert. Research a role, develop a character, and perform for a live audience i 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

  •  8072 PMA 1611   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

  • 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.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  8073 PMA 1611   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Levitt, B

  • 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.

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PMA 2220
Dance Technique II/Modern

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

  •  8006 PMA 2220   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 2540
Introduction to Film Analysis: Meaning and Value

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

  •  8708 PMA 2540   LEC 001

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PMA 2600
Fundamentals of Performance Design and Technology

Lectures, discussion, and project work introduce the principles of designing and making scenery, costumes and lighting for live and mediated performance. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8030 PMA 2600   SEM 101

  • If class is closed go to room 223 of the Schwartz Center to be placed on a wait-list.

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PMA 2610
Production Crew Laboratory

Learn what it means to run a live show or a film shoot. Participate as part of a team that makes sure everything works together and on time. Lean the intricacies of collaborating with all the aspects of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8031 PMA 2610   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Haenni, 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.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8032 PMA 2610   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

  • 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)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8033 PMA 2610   STU 503

    • TBA

    • 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.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8034 PMA 2610   STU 504

    • TBA

    • 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.

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PMA 2633
Music as Drama: An Introduction to Opera

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2241

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8723 PMA 2633   LEC 001

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PMA 2650
The American Musical

The musical is a distinct and significant form of American performance. This course will consider the origins, development, and internationalization of the American musical and will emphasize ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16389 PMA 2650   LEC 001

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  • To enroll in this class you will need to go to room 223 of the Schwartz Center during your pre-enrollment period.

PMA 2680
Desire

"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

  • 15536 PMA 2680   LEC 001

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PMA 2681
Shakespeare and the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

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

  •  9045 PMA 2681   LEC 001

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PMA 2704
Sounds of Protest

This course focuses on the sounds of protest (the musics, noises, chants, songs, speeches, soundtracks, music videos and dances) that emerge from contemporary socio-political struggles such as the Occupy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2304

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17620 PMA 2704   LEC 001

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PMA 2800
Introduction to Acting

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 Graded

  •  8138 PMA 2800   STU 501

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8139 PMA 2800   STU 502

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8140 PMA 2800   STU 503

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8141 PMA 2800   STU 504

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8142 PMA 2800   STU 505

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8143 PMA 2800   STU 506

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

PMA 2810
Acting I

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

  •  8144 PMA 2810   STU 501

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9365 PMA 2810   STU 502

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3000
Independent Study

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

  •  8055 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Sniadecki, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9481 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3210
Dance Technique III/Classical

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, PE 1186, PMA 4210, VISST 4210

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  8016 PMA 3210   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 3220
Dance Technique III/Modern

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, PE 1187, PMA 4220, VISST 4220

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  8018 PMA 3220   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 3225
Mapping the Moving Body I

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

  •  8022 PMA 3225   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Chu, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3227
The Moving Body in Media and Performance

This course maintains a critical focus on the role of the moving body in the history of dance offering comparisons in theatre, film and other forms of media and live performance. Moving from the 16th century ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3227

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16401 PMA 3227   LEC 001

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PMA 3351
Transpositioning the Body I

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

  •  8024 PMA 3351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3481
Imaginative Arts of Migration

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

  • 16381 PMA 3481   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Uris Hall 204

    • Adelson, L

      Haenni, S

PMA 3490
Political Theory and Cinema

An introduction (without prerequisites) to fundamental problems of current political theory, filmmaking, and film analysis, along with their interrelationship.  Particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3300, GERST 3550, GOVT 3705

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16363 PMA 3490   SEM 101

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  • Students must attend film screenings on Monday or Wednesday evening from 7:30 - 10:30 in Kaufmann Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.

PMA 3515
Video and New Media: Art, Theory, Politics

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

  • 17054 PMA 3515   SEM 101

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PMA 3531
Screenwriting I

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. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8183 PMA 3531   SEM 101

  • Registration through department registrar in room 223 only.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3532
Screenwriting II

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. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8213 PMA 3532   STU 501

  • Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center.

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PMA 3551
Global Cinema II

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 6551, VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8150 PMA 3551   LEC 001

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PMA 3570
Introduction to 16mm and Digital Filmmaking

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9116 PMA 3570   STU 501

  • Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3610
Intermediate Production Laboratory

Practical experience in theatrical production as a master electrician, assistant technical director, assistant costume shop manager, or assistant to a faculty or guest director or designer. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8158 PMA 3610   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8159 PMA 3610   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

      Ranii, E

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  • 18286 PMA 3610   STU 503

  •  
    • TBA

    • Levitt, B

PMA 3615
Costume Construction Studio

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 Stdnt Opt

  •  8054 PMA 3615   STU 501

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PMA 3626
CAD Studio for Theatre Design

Students will utilize commercially available computer-assisted-design software to explore the process of designing scenery, costume, and lighting for the live theatre. AUTOCAD, Vectorworks, and Photoshop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9150 PMA 3626   STU 501

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PMA 3640
Scenic Design Studio

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8694 PMA 3640   STU 501

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PMA 3660
Costume Design Studio

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

  •  8048 PMA 3660   STU 501

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PMA 3680
Sound Design

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

  •  8154 PMA 3680   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3690
Music, Dance, and Light

Artistic values, parameters, and concerns of music (sound design), dance, and lighting design are compared and contrasted, and the combination of design elements is analyzed in contemporary dance. Includes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3519

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8049 PMA 3690   LEC 001

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PMA 3724
The Tragic Theatre

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: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15417 PMA 3724   LEC 001

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PMA 3745
Modern British Drama on Stage and Screen

A survey of English drama on stage and screen from the late-nineteenth century to the present.  We will examine important dramatic forms and theatrical traditions while considering plays in their historical, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3345

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15483 PMA 3745   SEM 101

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PMA 3751
Global Stages II

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

  •  8053 PMA 3751   LEC 001

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PMA 3757
American Drama and Theatre

Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3360, ENGL 3360

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16404 PMA 3757   LEC 001

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PMA 3770
Shakespeare: The Late Plays

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 and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3270

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15469 PMA 3770   SEM 101

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PMA 3901
Special Topics in Cinema

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • Topic: Global Western

  • 18232 PMA 3901   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW

    • Wessels, C

PMA 4080
Seminar in Dance Studies

This seminar format course surveys the particular topic — choreography — with special attention to theories and practices of race and anti-racism. It introduces dance-based critical thinking, critical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Choreographies of Race

  • 16650 PMA 4080   SEM 101

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PMA 4190
American Shakespeare

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4194, ENGL 4291

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8492 PMA 4190   LEC 080

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4210
Dance Technique IV/Classical

Advanced and pre-professional Western classical dance. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3210. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1184, PE 1186, PMA 3210, VISST 4210

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  8017 PMA 4210   STU 501

  •  

PMA 4220
Dance Technique IV/Modern

Advanced and pre-professional Modern technique. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3220. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1185, PE 1187, PMA 3220, VISST 4220

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  8019 PMA 4220   STU 501

  •  

  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 4225
Mapping the Moving Body II

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

  •  8023 PMA 4225   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

PMA 4351
Transpositioning the Body II

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

  •  8025 PMA 4351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4411
Performance After the Internet

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4784, FGSS 4411, VISST 4411

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18018 PMA 4411   SEM 101

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PMA 4435
Media Arts Laboratory: Culture/Cinema/Sensation

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17235 PMA 4435   SEM 101

  • Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4610
Advanced Production Laboratory

Practical experience in theatrical production, in the position of designer, shop manager, technical director, or sound engineer. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8160 PMA 4610   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8161 PMA 4610   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4620
Lighting Design Studio II

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

  •  8051 PMA 4620   STU 501

  •  

PMA 4630
Advanced Sound Design

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 4430

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18302 PMA 4630   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4801
Advanced Studies in Acting Techniques

Topic for Fall: Contemporary Voices. Advanced Acting. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Voice, Movement, Ensemble Performance Techniques

  • 17422 PMA 4801   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4841
States of Animation

What does it mean to be-or to become-animated? How have thinkers ranging from ancient and modern philosophers to contemporary critical theorists conceptualized animated-ness as essence, feeling, form, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6841

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16652 PMA 4841   SEM 101

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PMA 4951
Honors Research Tutorial II

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

  •  8080 PMA 4951   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Dreyer-Lude, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8081 PMA 4951   RSC 702

    • TBA

    • Haenni, S

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8082 PMA 4951   RSC 703

    • TBA

    • Levitt, B

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PMA 4960
Agents of Change: Community Organizing for the Public Good

Agents of Change is aimed at engaging undergraduates from across the university in the study of what it means and involves to be an effective and ethical change agent in a democratic society.  The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4940, NTRES 4940

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16439 PMA 4960   LEC 001

    • W Fernow Hall G01

    • Allred, S

      Kiely, R

      Levitt, B

      Peters, S

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PMA 4964
U.S. Pop Music and Racial Common Sense

This course brings together the fields of sound, popular music, and performance studies in order to investigate how "racial common sense" has been constituted at various moments in U.S. cultural history. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4990, MUSIC 4333, SHUM 4993

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17023 PMA 4964   SEM 101

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PMA 6435
Media Arts Laboratory: Culture/Cinema/Sensation

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Syllabi: none

  • 16948 PMA 6435   SEM 101

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PMA 6540
Introduction to Film Analysis: Meaning and Value

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

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  •  8710 PMA 6540   LEC 001

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PMA 6551
Global Cinema II

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 3551, VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8185 PMA 6551   SEM 101

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PMA 6600
Proseminar in Theatre Studies

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

  •  8446 PMA 6600   SEM 101

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    • TBA

    • Castillo, D

PMA 6841
States of Animation

What does it mean to be-or to become-animated? How have thinkers ranging from ancient and modern philosophers to contemporary critical theorists conceptualized animated-ness as essence, feeling, form, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4841

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16653 PMA 6841   SEM 101

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PMA 7000
Independent Study for Graduate Students in Theatre

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

  •  8063 PMA 7000   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8069 PMA 7000   IND 607

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

PMA 7100
The Pedagogy of Theatre

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8484 PMA 7100   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8506 PMA 7100   SEM 102

  •  
    • TBA

    • Gainor, J

PMA 9900
Thesis and Research Projects

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8075 PMA 9900   RSC 701

  •  
    • TBA

    • Greenberg, M