13 courses with the subject THE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
THE 103Theatre Appreciation4
meets the Peace Core Fine Arts requirement Introduction to Theatre challenges students to interpret, analyze, criticize, evaluate, and appreciate the roles theatre plays in society and culture. This course will explore how history and culture have shaped theatre's enduring significance. Students will learn through lectures, multimedia presentations, literature readings, and performance-based activities.
Theory and practice of improvisational techniques in both long-form and short-form styles. As a foundation for other Acting courses, this course teaches the basics of character development, spontaneity, and teamwork. This course emphasizes the application of improvisation to other theatrical work as well as to real-world settings such as public speaking, workplace presentations, and interviews.
This highly immersive course navigates students through the important fundamentals of acting for the stage and screen. Students will explore the processes of character building, text analysis, scene work, monologues, and improvisation.
Students will gain flexibility, strength, and kinesthetic awareness in this beginner level dance course. Through a blend of ballet, jazz, modern, and musical theatre techniques, this course is designed to teach the fundamentals of movement necessary for excellence for dance technique and performance. Students will also practice prolonged choreography retention and quick memorization for audition purposes.
Explore the crucial connection between acting and singing in this highly immersive course. Students will learn the process of learning, analyzing, and interpreting musical theatre songs while being assessed on their preparation and performance of musical theatre songs (full-length and/or audition cuts) covering various genres and eras. 200 | 2026-27 William Peace University Academic Catalog
Students will learn the fundamentals of dance choreography to create short solo dances based on the language of styles such as ballet, jazz, and contemporary musical theatre. Previous dance experience is helpful but Peace dance courses are not required.
Learn the principles and practices of costume design and develop techniques in the design and application of makeup for stage, television, and film. Students will create costume designs from an assigned script(s) and makeup designs based on scripts of their own choosing.
It’s time to fight! Learn to safely perform staged scenes of unarmed conflict and violence for the stage and screen in this extremely physical class. Techniques focus on safety, precision, and acting choices relating to fight scenes and include performing techniques such as falling, rolling, punching, kicking, and blocking, incorporating noncontact and contact techniques.
A course of study addressing a specific topic or problem of interest to a student, designed collaboratively by the student and faculty member(s), and resulting in a paper, report, critiqued performance or production, or other assessable evidence of 201 | 2026-27 William Peace University Academic Catalog
