91 courses with the subject THEA, 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.
THEA 1013Introduction to Theatre3
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Students will gain an understanding of the world’s history and themselves through learning how theatre operates to entertain, educate, and reflect the past. Attending and analyzing various productions will enhance student’s roles as knowledgeable audience members. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A look at the Art of Film–how it influences lives and how lives influence the art. Students will view films from many different genres, offer analysis, and gain an appreciation for the many collaborative crafts involved in the filmmaking process. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An intensive studio approach to introduce the student to the basic principles of acting and its artistry through vocal and physical awareness, character development, and analysis. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A seminar class connecting early BFA performance students with tools for early success while still in college. Instruction includes workshops, guest artists, and discussion of the overall industry. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An intensive studio approach to fundamental relaxation and breathing techniques for the speaking voice. Students will learn skills in scoring the text, various techniques for good speech, and the International Phonetic Alphabet by applying these techniques to actual texts for performance and evaluation. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course prepares actors in practical application of stage make-up. Students will learn about and practice hands-on the most common techniques required for stage, as well as discuss the connection between character and make-up choices. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course prepares students in practical application of stage make-up, hair, and wigs. Students will also investigate the relationship of character to make-up and analytical skills needed to design a production. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Explores Shakespeare’s plays in multiple contexts, using the disciplines of literature, history, and theatre to prepare students to comprehend the plays in relation to their cultures, then and now. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $218 Fee Group Vocal Instruction, focusing on forming a foundation of solid vocal and performance techniques for theatre students not majoring in musical theatre. Fee required. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An introduction to the practical study of stage carpentry, rigging, props, lighting, and sound techniques, this course covers foundational concepts specific to these technical areas of theatre and through its co-requisite lab provides students with fundamental skills for work within theatrical shops and backstage. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
THEA 1541 Registration Restriction(s): Intensive English Program majors may not enroll
THEA 1541Stagecraft Lab1
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A project-based lab taken concurrently with THEA 1513 . This course focuses on specific hands-on projects that complement ideas and provide fuller understanding of topics discussed within the Stagecraft course. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An introduction to the practical study of stage carpentry, costuming, lighting, and sound techniques. This course covers foundational concepts specific to these technical areas of theatre, and through its co-requisite lab provides students with fundamental skills to understand how theatrical production is accomplished. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
THEA 1641 Registration Restriction(s): Acting, Musical Theatre, Theatre Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Theatre Design & Production majors or Theatre Minors only
THEA 1641Theatrical Production Lab1
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A project-based lab taken concurrently with THEA 1613 . This course focuses on specific hands-on projects that complement ideas and provide fuller understanding of topics discussed within the Theatrical Production course. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Students will learn to identify and analyze key elements of dramatic structure from the points of view of directors, actors, and designers, using plays from a variety of periods. There will be three to four (3-4) presentations, a written midterm, and an oral final. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Introduction to the analytical process required to understand and create theatrical designs. Students will grasp an understanding and application of the elements and principles of design utilized, an exploration of the design process and responsibilities of each theatrical design discipline-scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Intensive studio approach to further develop the principles of acting and its artistry through historic aesthetic theory. Examination of Modernism and extended Realism. Advance scene study, character analysis, and development. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course focuses on the basic elements of physical movement from a variety of disciplines as they pertain to the craft of acting, leading to a greater awareness of the actors’ body. (Fall - Odd Years, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course will focus on further application of practices begun in Voice and Diction I, with concentration on the further mastery of IPA transcription, career speech, and professional vocal production with particular focus on the study of major performance dialects for the stage. Classwork in this area will focus on scanning, scoring, speaking, and playing passages from notable world plays/texts, which require good speech and/or American and international dialect work. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee This course is designed for intermediate students to learn, develop, and apply performance techniques and learn how to function as part of a performance ensemble by working in an actual production for public presentation. Students will receive face to face instruction in a non-traditional classroom setting. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Intermediate level of practical study by working on or in an actual production under the supervision of a director or faculty mentor. Permission by instructor. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Intermediate level of practical study by working on or in an actual production under the supervision of a director or faculty mentor. Permission by instructor. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Intermediate level of practical study by working on or in an actual production under the supervision of a director or faculty mentor. Permission by instructor. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A beginning overview of the vocabulary and basic hand and machine sewing methods of stage costuming. The student will explore simple patterning and crafts techniques through hand-on projects. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Students in this course will analyze selected dramatic works of William Shakespeare, from among the genres of comedy, history, tragedy, and romance. Students will gain critical and creative understandings of these dramatic works of the greatest English-language playwright, and will gain or enhance abilities to communicate effectively about them. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An introduction to the role of a stage manager within the theatre and dance production process. Students will engage in both the creative and administrative work of the field including protocols, forms, and formats used in facilitating communication and logistics. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $218 Fee Group Vocal Instruction, focusing on forming a foundation of solid vocal and performance techniques for theatre students majoring in musical theatre. Fee required. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Introduction to the technical process required to research and develop theatre designs. The student will grasp the foundation and process of design through the completion of class projects in each of the major fields of theatrical design. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Practical examination and practice in theatrical drafting conventions with an emphasis on the development of hand drafting techniques. An introduction to basic model building will also be covered. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course teaches students of set, costume, and lighting design the fundamentals of visual communication using a variety of media and techniques. Assignments are structured to develop fundamental skills in observation, drawing, and painting, with an emphasis on the application of these skills to the theatrical design process. Students are expected to provide appropriate materials as needed. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A project-based lab taken concurrently with THEA 2203 . This course focuses on specific hands-on projects that complement ideas and provide fuller understanding of topics discussed within the Costume Construction course. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course is designed to familiarize theatre students with the basic techniques and tools used in the painting of theatrical scenery. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of these skills. (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course focuses on the materials, tools, and processes involved in scenic production for live events. This course emphasizes both wood and steel construction techniques, materials, applications, and basic shop maintenance and organization. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course offers students skills in costume technology beyond the introductory skills developed in Theatrical Production. Students will develop skills required for intermediate costume construction and alterations. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee A continuation of THEA 1641 in the technologies used within lighting, sound, and video production for theatre. This course provides a deeper understanding of modern technical theatre practices with hands-on experience in planning, operating, and troubleshooting technical systems within these areas. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is designed to give the theatre artist a grounding in the significant works of a genre, style, playwright, or period. The specific topic for each semester is determined by the theatre faculty. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Through an exploration of a variety of plays, students develop an awareness of performance theories essential to the analysis of theatrical texts and performances. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $27 Fee Explores process-focused creative drama and movement methodologies. Foundational skills and techniques are developed through laboratory experiences and opportunities for a practical understanding of how use creative dramatics to explore foundations in theatre; build skills in communication, voice, and body; and allow children to gain new understanding of themselves and the world around them. (Fall - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Students will learn text analysis, scansion, and performance techniques for the works of Shakespeare: viewing Shakespeare plays, learning to appreciate and use the language to create character and action. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Advanced preparation for performance of classical texts from influential periods of the World Theatre. Emphasis on voice, speech, movement, and character development. (Fall - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee Specialized course designed for those intending to enter the professional theatre. Special topics and techniques are taught by faculty and professional artisans in a variety of areas such as: performance, audition, design, management, and technical areas in preparation for pursuing post baccalaureate employment or graduate studies. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A foundational course where students learn, develop, and apply performance techniques while functioning as part of a student-produced performance ensemble which will create and produce a production to be publicly presented. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
THEA 3151Professional Practice of Theatre: [TOPIC]1
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Special topics and techniques are taught by faculty and professional artisans in a variety of areas such as: performance, audition, design, management, and technical areas in preparation for pursuing post baccalaureate employment or graduate studies. May be repeated for credit. (As Needed) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
THEA 3152Professional Practice of Theatre: [TOPIC]2
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Special topics and techniques are taught by faculty and professional artisans in a variety of areas such as: performance, audition, design, management, and technical areas in preparation for pursuing post baccalaureate employment or graduate studies. May be repeated for credit. (As Needed) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Application of recognized, advanced movement techniques designed for the theatre into solo and ensemble, performance-based, in-class projects. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Acquire and implement fundamental concepts and skills in costume construction, such as draping, pattern drafting, and modifications. Through practical experience, the student will also explore popular crafts materials and techniques in millinery, jewelry making, and fabric manipulations. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A continuation of THEA 1513 with a particular emphasis on the materials, tools, and processes involved in theatrical production. This course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of modern technical theatre practices, particularly in the area of construction materials, techniques, and applications. (Fall - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A practical overview of the organizational tools needed to plan and implement a season of live stage productions. Work is focused on planning the production side of live events including organizational management, season selection, scheduling, season and production budgeting, as well as the role of the production manager in regards to both employee safety (OSHA) and life safety (NFPA). (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A survey and exploration course of the history of architecture, decorative arts, furniture, and fashion, providing a foundational understanding for theatrical design work in scenery, costumes, and lighting. (Spring - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee A continuation of the Beginning Stage Management course. Students will explore different and various ways of calling live theatre productions including musicals and dance concerts. Exploration of the use of digital production processes and software is included as is information on the rules of Actor’s Equity Association, with emphasis on Production and LORT contracts. The course will include discussion and problem solving not only in professional theatre but also on various projects students are assigned to. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee Advanced course designed to allow the student to obtain valuable experience through realized projects in their focus area. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A hands-on experience in teaching theatre and integrated arts content in K-12 schools. Students will select a theatre education program in which they will assist and teach weekly classes or a variety of workshops. Compiling teaching hours during this course will assist in fulfilling requisite teaching hours for a Theatre Extension Endorsement to partner with the Utah Teaching License. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is designed to provide unique, quality, hands-on experience within the theatrical production areas. These may include working in a variety of positions including design or production within scenery, lighting, sound, costumes, or video. Workshops and seminar activities will be scheduled as time permits within the course schedule. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee An intermediate course in the principles and objectives of lighting design. Application of skills in observation, communication, collaboration, and execution of lighting for performance by means of written critiques, journals, practical projects, drafting light plots, and generating paperwork necessary for light design. (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Advanced studio application of the principles of scenic design by use of sketches, scaled drawings, and scaled perspective renderings. (Fall - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Studio course designed to develop student portfolios, resumes, and entrepreneurship in the areas of theatrical design and technology, with emphasis on placement in the theatrical job market or graduate programs. (Fall) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course will provide students with the basic skills necessary for execution of sound design for the theatre. This will include the proper use and hookup of equipment, basic recording, and playback of sound and digital audio editing. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A methods course designed for the beginning directing student. Students will learn the terminology and fundamentals of stage direction. A foundation course for THEA 4613 . (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
THEA 1033 and THEA 1713 and ( THEA 1813 or THEA 2513 ) -
THEA 3622Advanced Scenic Painting2
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course provides students with expanded skills and techniques necessary for painting theatrical scenery through a series of practical, hands-on, assignments. Additional work will focus on mixing and matching color, utilizing various thicknesses of paint, and group activity to ensure that finish work is unified in appearance. (Spring - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee This course provides a foundation for computer aided design as applied to the theatre arts and live entertainment. The focus of the course is within the Vectorworks software but key concepts will translate across multiple software packages and disciplines. (Spring - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee A practical introduction to AutoCAD software and how it is used within theatrical production to generate drafting including the application of these drawings in realized projects and CNC work. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Covers the Greeks through the Restoration. Special section on Asian and traditional African drama. Course modules are Greek, Roman, traditional Asian, traditional African, Medieval, Renaissance Italy and Spain, early Tudor, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Jacobean and Carolinian playwrights, Moliere and Racine, and the Restoration of theater in England. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
THEA 3723Theatre History: Realism, Post-Realistic, and Contemporary Theatre3
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Course will cover the period from 18th Century through American and European Contemporary. Course modules are 18th Century England, France, and Italy; early 19th century Germany; 19th century Romanticism; Sturm and Drang; Melodrama; and late 19th century theatre–Realism vs. Spectacle. The course will also cover early 20th century theatre–reactions against Realism, mid-20th century theatre–the rise of American drama and musical theatre and late 20th century theatre: the rise of Hispanic, Asian, African-American and women’s theatre. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course teaches students the basics of dramaturgy through examining production and literary requirements needed to develop a production casebook. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $27 Fee A course especially designed for background, theory, and practice in the selecting, preparing, and presentation of plays on the elementary level. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Introduction to methods and theories in teaching dance and theatre arts. Pedagogic theory, organizational techniques, unit/lesson plan development, assessment, and technology in the classroom will be studied. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Suzuki movement training develops the actor’s inner physical sensibilities and strength through specific techniques of Tadashi Suzuki. Evidence of this work is apparent onstage, reflected through an increasingly centered and controlled actor, possessing a mastery of stillness and breathing, and increased power in their speaking. (Fall - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee An introduction to the principles of conflict, combat safety, and standard S.A.F.D. proficiency skills for unarmed combat, quarterstaff, and rapier. Emphasis will be on the development of the actor’s approach to fight choreography and making a scene safe, truthful, and interesting. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee This course is designed for intermediate students to learn, develop, and apply performance techniques and learn how to function as part of a performance ensemble by working in an actual production for public presentation. Students will receive face to face instruction in a non-traditional classroom setting. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A combination of both performance-driven studio work and lecture/coaching, this course expands and refines the classical actor’s skills through a more intensive study of acting techniques, breathing and vocal exercises, and pedagogy developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Cicely Berry, and other influence and respected artists in the field. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A combination of both performance-driven studio work and lecture/coaching, this course expands and refines the musical theatre actor’s skills through a more intensive study of acting and musical techniques, breathing and vocal exercises, and pedagogy developed by recognized influential and respected artists and professionals in the field. (Spring - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Students will analyze the collaborative art of theatre and related areas as seen through the prism of the aesthetic experience, the nature of art and the relation of art to truth, perception, and nature in each of the component parts. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course builds on the basics of scenery, costume, lighting and sound design through multiple design projects. Attention is focused on developing detailed designs complete with analytical, design, and technical paperwork within a collaborative approach. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course is designed to provide an exploration into the role of the Technical Director within the framework of modern technical theatre. Course includes management practices, budgeting and estimating techniques, backstage organization, and scenery construction techniques. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A studio course which develops student audition technique and performance skills, professional portfolio elements, and develop their network with industry professionals and organizations, with emphasis on placement in the theatrical job market or graduate program while also serving to develop content and materials for the BFA Showcase course. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A studio course designed to develop student audition abilities. Further development of material from Acting IV: Professional Portfolio will continue, culminating in the performance of a capstone showcase. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee Advanced course designed to allow the student to obtain valuable experience through realized projects in their focus area. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee This course is designed to provide a forum for intensive study of a particular aspect of modern theatrical technologies. As such, various topics may be selected based on current industry trends, student needs, and available resources. Sample topics might include but are not limited to rigging, automation, metal fabrication, or properties. (Fall - Even Years, Spring - Odd Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee An advanced course in practical application of technical theatre methods through production experience. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee A study of theories and actual experience in organization, interpretation, blocking, pacing, casting, and producing a play. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 per credit Fee An in-depth seminar course for the study of a special topic in theatre. May be used for Study Abroad credit. (As Needed) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Theatre and Dance artists will develop original scholarship that critically evaluates and analyzes their creative practice through a written and oral defense presentation to faculty within their discipline. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $36 Fee Students will request and be assigned a production responsibility for a department production. The responsibility should be reflective of the student’s interest and skill and will represent a culmination of the student’s work. Acceptable projects can include, but are not limited to: Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, Projection Design, Stage Management, Technical Direction, Scenic Charge, or Sound Composition for a mainstage play, musical, or dance concert. Production Practicum Capstone assignments must be approved by the faculty before a student may enroll in the course. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Students will discuss, plan, fabricate and refine a public display based on the student’s Production Practicum Capstone project. Each display will document the creative and technical process of their capstone experience and must be presented publicly a minimum of two times, once during a university wide event and once during a department wide event. Students may also present in an additional venue as approved by the student’s advisor. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $54 Fee Methods in theatre education discuss issues related to the teaching of theatre in the public school system. Students will learn how to prepare and execute a lesson plan of study, develop benchmarks and grading criteria, develop course goals and objectives, and the execution of a variety of teaching methods in the classroom. Students will also discuss how to manage behavioral problems, time, and the planning and organization of mounting a production. (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Students will have multiple real-world opportunities pertaining to the theatrical education field. Students will develop, write, and implement and teach theatre curriculum in both formal secondary education classrooms, as well as informal classrooms with outreach programming for theatrical educational departments of non-profit organizations. (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
