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PMA 1144
FWS: Propaganda, Protests, and Performance

In our current political climate, where is the line drawn between politics and performance? How has performance historically been used to advance political propaganda? In what ways does performance facilitate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17843 PMA 1144   SEM 101

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

PMA 1145
FWS: Socks, Pads, and Other Stuff(ing): Drag Performance

"We're all born naked and the rest is drag" - RuPaul. This course explores drag as a mode of queer cultural performance. Through a wide range of readings and viewings that introduce a diverse array of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17844 PMA 1145   SEM 101

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

PMA 1147
FWS: Supercrips & Megavillains: Disability on Stage & Screen

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17846 PMA 1147   SEM 101

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

PMA 1148
FWS: Migration Performances: Concepts and Encounters

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17762 PMA 1148   SEM 101

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

PMA 1149
FWS: Queer Women in Stand-Up Comedy

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17764 PMA 1149   SEM 101

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

PMA 1200
Dance Technique I

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

  •  8320 PMA 1200   STU 501

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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

  •  7352 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

  •  7155 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
Rehearsal and Performance

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

  •  7178 PMA 1611   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • 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

  •  7179 PMA 1611   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • 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 1670
Student Laboratory Theatre Company

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

  • 18428 PMA 1670   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Feldshuh, D

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

  •  7145 PMA 2220   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 2280
Dance Improvisation

The training and practice of skills for the spontaneous collaborative composition of movement performance. Students hone their abilities to invent and respond to each other and their environment to produce ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 16237 PMA 2280   STU 501

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PMA 2407
Reading Cinematic Horror

As one of cinema's most enduring and popular genres, the horror film has spawned a wealth of competing critical accounts: of its narrative and aesthetic conventions, its historicity within and beyond film ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18123 PMA 2407   SEM 101

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PMA 2408
Mock Futures: Science Fiction Onscreen

Consider the Spielbergian nostalia of STRANGER THINGS, or BLACK PANTHER's fresh take on Afrofuturism. From beloved film reboots to birth charts, contemporary culture is obsessed with the future. But weren't ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18127 PMA 2408   SEM 101

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PMA 2493
Middle Eastern Cinema

Film industries in the Middle East, as in much of the rest of the world, emerged out of efforts at the national level. In the Arab world and Israel, the film industries reflect upon struggles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16338 PMA 2493   LEC 001

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PMA 2510
Film Festival Production Lab

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

  •  9165 PMA 2510   LAB 401

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    • TBA

    • Haenni, S

PMA 2610
Production Crew Laboratory

Learn what it means to run a live show or a film festival. Participate as part of a team to ensure all the elements work together and on time. Learn the intricacies of collaborating with a production group ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7156 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.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7157 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

  •  7158 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 2611
Stage Management Laboratory

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

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8116 PMA 2611   LAB 401

    • TBA

    • Cross, W

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PMA 2640
Theatrical Makeup Studio

This course introduces students to basic two-dimensional techniques of makeup design and application for the stage including corrective, old age, youth, likeness, cross gender, and animal makeups. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16230 PMA 2640   STU 501

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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

  • 16268 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

  •  7406 PMA 2681   LEC 001

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PMA 2703
Thinking Media

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

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2703, ENGL 2703, MUSIC 2703

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  • 17974 PMA 2703   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 GradeNoAud

  •  7214 PMA 2800   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  8361 PMA 2800   STU 502

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7215 PMA 2800   STU 503

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

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9387 PMA 2800   STU 504

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17654 PMA 2800   STU 505

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18425 PMA 2800   STU 506

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 2901
Spanish Performance Studio: RVVR Caberet Literario

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. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9365 PMA 2901   STU 501

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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

  •  7161 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Goetz, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7162 PMA 3000   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Haenni, S

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7163 PMA 3000   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Levitt, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7164 PMA 3000   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Chu, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7165 PMA 3000   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Bunn, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7166 PMA 3000   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Suber, P

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7167 PMA 3000   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Milles, B

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7168 PMA 3000   IND 608

    • TBA

    • Goelzer, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7487 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8454 PMA 3000   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Cross, W

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8457 PMA 3000   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9600 PMA 3000   IND 612

  •  
    • TBA

    • Sheppard, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9632 PMA 3000   IND 613

  •  
    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16407 PMA 3000   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Feldshuh, D

  • 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

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7149 PMA 3210   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 3212
Pan-African Drum and Dance Ensemble

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 3612, MUSIC 3612

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18140 PMA 3212   STU 501

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PMA 3213
Introduction to Hip Hop

This course brings together students, library curators, and invited musicians and performers to explore the history of Hip Hop music and culture in Cornell University Library's Hip Hop Collection.  Sessions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

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

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7150 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

  •  7151 PMA 3225   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3227
Global Dance II

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

  • 17656 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

  •  7153 PMA 3351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3421
Literary Theory on the Edge

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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Syllabi: none

  •  8318 PMA 3421   LEC 001

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PMA 3481
Imagining Migration in Film and Literature

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

  • 16644 PMA 3481   SEM 101

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  • Taught in English.

PMA 3510
Documentary Production Fundamentals

This course introduces students to documentary film production and story development. Through lectures, screenings, workshops, and technical labs, students will develop single-camera digital video production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3110, ANTHR 6110, PMA 6510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18058 PMA 3510   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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

  • 17130 PMA 3515   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3525
New German Cinema

This course introduces the New German Cinema (1962-85), an influential movement of West German filmmakers including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Margarethe von Trotta, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3535, GERST 3525, VISST 3535

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16694 PMA 3525   LEC 001

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  • Taught in English. Screenings in German with English subtitles.

PMA 3531
Screenwriting

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

  •  7229 PMA 3531   SEM 101

  • Registration through department registrar in room 223 only. To be placed on the wait list for this class please go to room 223 of the Schwartz Center. Also, fill out the wait list form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_7OhiHYcYt7I85cuRu-jKl6zMjM_1szGJaUXDV5XxDkRPiA/viewform .

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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

  •  7216 PMA 3551   LEC 001

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PMA 3570
Introduction to Visual Storytelling

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

  • 17987 PMA 3570   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3609
Making Theatre: Rehearsal and Production Techniques

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

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16238 PMA 3609   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18759 PMA 3609   STU 502

  •  
    • TBA

    • Milles, B

PMA 3610
Intermediate Production Laboratory

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 Graded

  •  7221 PMA 3610   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7222 PMA 3610   STU 502

  •  
    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7782 PMA 3610   STU 503

  •  
    • TBA

    • Cross, W

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8450 PMA 3610   STU 504

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

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

  • 17675 PMA 3640   STU 501

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PMA 3650
Automated Lighting and Control Systems

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 Graded

  •  8115 PMA 3650   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

  •  7159 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

  •  7219 PMA 3680   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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

  •  7160 PMA 3751   LEC 001

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PMA 3752
Thirteen Plays

A survey of the dramatic tradition in England and America through close reading of thirteen plays, as well as videos of their performance, ranging from Marlowe to the present. We'll examine texts both ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3752

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16284 PMA 3752   SEM 101

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PMA 3753
Drama Across Borders: The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary Theatre in Translation

Drama Across Borders will track the journey of several contemporary plays translated to and from English. We will explore how plays transform in translation and attain a different meaning in a new language ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16547 PMA 3753   SEM 101

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PMA 3758
Contemporary American Theatre on Stage and Screen

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 recent theatrical experimentation? How has performance been ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3370, ENGL 3370

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17930 PMA 3758   SEM 101

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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 (genre) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3270

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16273 PMA 3770   SEM 101

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PMA 3800
Acting II

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

  •  7980 PMA 3800   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3815
Acting in Public: Performance in Everyday Life

Telling jokes to a friend, making introductions, guiding meetings large and small, constructing and delivering business presentations, legal arguments or formal speeches are all examples of public ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7970 PMA 3815   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4190
American Shakespeare

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8402 PMA 4190   LEC 001

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4222
Advanced Dance Technique

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

  •  8117 PMA 4222   STU 501

  •  
    • MTWR

    • Chu, J

      Suber, P

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

  •  7152 PMA 4225   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4230
Pre-Professional Technique & Repertory

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

  •  8118 PMA 4230   STU 501

  •  
    • MW

    • Chu, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8119 PMA 4230   STU 502

  •  
    • TR

    • Suber, P

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

  •  7154 PMA 4351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4504
The City: Asia

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

  •  8691 PMA 4504   SEM 101

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PMA 4505
Playwriting II

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

  •  8861 PMA 4505   STU 501

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PMA 4607
Advanced Undergraduate Practice as Research in Dance

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 Graded

  •  9611 PMA 4607   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

PMA 4608
Advanced Undergraduate Practice as Research in Design

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 Graded

  •  8344 PMA 4608   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  8366 PMA 4608   STU 502

  •  
    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

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

  •  9274 PMA 4620   STU 501

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PMA 4660
Adaptation: Text/Theatricality

Mounting a script into a show is a process of adaptation from page to stage. This course challenges the boundaries of text to discover the possibilities of performance. Asks: How do we translate inspiration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4260

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16548 PMA 4660   SEM 101

  •  

PMA 4680
Prison Theatre and the Possibilities of Transformation

To explore cultural aspects of imprisonment through a focus on theatre produced by those incarcerated.  Does making theatre in prison seem to assist in transformation? Students create work with PPTG members ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17883 PMA 4680   LAB 401

    • F

    • Levitt, B

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PMA 4820
Agents of Change: Community Organizing for the Public Good

Democracy is more than a system of government. It's a way of life. It's a kind of politics that involves the development and exercise of power and the performance of civic roles on and off public stages. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4820, NTRES 4820

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8357 PMA 4820   LEC 001

    • M Warren Hall 137

    • Allred, S

      Levitt, B

      Peters, S

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PMA 4825
Staging Dissent: Theater and Social Change

This class will explore the wide and varied application of theatrical techniques and practices to struggles for social justice in diverse historical moments, cultural contexts, and geographic locales. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6825

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16184 PMA 4825   SEM 101

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PMA 4880
Fundamentals of Directing II

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

  • 16240 PMA 4880   STU 501

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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

  •  7185 PMA 4951   RSC 701

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7186 PMA 4951   RSC 702

    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7187 PMA 4951   RSC 703

    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8042 PMA 4951   RSC 704

  •  
    • TBA

    • Goelzer, C

PMA 4966
Viewing Black Girlhood

This seminar explores the narratives of Black girlhood in contemporary media and popular culture. This exploration will also deal with the dearth of existing narratives around Black girlhood ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16535 PMA 4966   SEM 101

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PMA 6510
Documentary Production Fundamentals

This course introduces students to documentary film production and story development. Through lectures, screenings, workshops, and technical labs, students will develop single-camera digital video production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3110, ANTHR 6110, PMA 3510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18060 PMA 6510   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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

  •  7230 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

  •  8644 PMA 6600   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

PMA 6818
Race, Performance, and Sound Studies

This course engages with new and foundational writings in sound studies that center the racialized body -- be it of the performer, listener, or critic -- as well as racialized histories, places, and practices. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 6818, AMST 6818

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17997 PMA 6818   SEM 101

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PMA 6825
Staging Dissent: Theater and Social Change

This class will explore the wide and varied application of theatrical techniques and practices to struggles for social justice in diverse historical moments, cultural contexts, and geographic locales. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4825

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16185 PMA 6825   SEM 101

  •  

PMA 6966
Viewing Black Girlhood

This seminar explores the narratives of Black girlhood in contemporary media and popular culture. This exploration will also deal with the dearth of existing narratives around Black girlhood ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16538 PMA 6966   SEM 101

  •  

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

  •  7169 PMA 7000   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7170 PMA 7000   IND 602

  •  
    • TBA

    • Gainor, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7171 PMA 7000   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Haenni, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7172 PMA 7000   IND 604

  •  
    • TBA

    • Levitt, B

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7173 PMA 7000   IND 605

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7174 PMA 7000   IND 606

  •  
    • TBA

    • Villarejo, A

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7175 PMA 7000   IND 607

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7176 PMA 7000   IND 608

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7177 PMA 7000   IND 609

  •  
    • TBA

    • Milles, B

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

  •  7335 PMA 7100   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Feldshuh, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7343 PMA 7100   SEM 102

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9601 PMA 7100   SEM 103

  •  
    • TBA

    • Simmons, G

PMA 9900
Thesis and Research Projects

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

  •  7180 PMA 9900   RSC 701

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N