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Theatre Arts and the Core!

Did you know…

  • That 35 different Theatre and Dance classes fulfill the Core Arts requirement?
  • Theatre and Dance classes fulfill 12 other areas of the Core?
  • And that Theatre and Dance classes appear on 7 different Pathways?


Theatre and Dance courses fulfill a wide variety of Core Curriculum requirements, lending itself particularly well to becoming a major, second major, or minor.

* Classes that "double dip" for the Theatre Arts major.
^Classes that "double dip" into the Musical Theatre minor

 

Foundations

1 course in Critical Thinking and Writing 1 & 2

  • Spectacle and Society

4 Courses in Cultures and Ideas 1 & 2

  • All the World’s a Stage
  • Global Perspectives in Theatre
  • When God was a Woman
  • (De)Colonial Narratives

 

Explorations

1 Course in Ethics

  • The Ethics in Drama, the Drama in Ethics (THTR 60)

2 Courses in Civic Engagement

  • Teaching the Performing Arts (DANC 59/159*)
  • Modern American Theatre History: Censorship, Arts Funding, and Theatre Unions (THTR 44)

6 Courses in Diversity: U.S. Perspectives

  • African American Dance History (DANC 62/162*)
  • Women in Dance History (DANC 66/166*)
  • Drama of Diversity (THTR 65)
  • Fashion, Politics, & Issues of Gender (THTR 151)
  • Theatre of Dissent: Social Movement, Migration & Revolution in the Americas (THTR 163*)
  • Performing Identities: Staging Gender, Race and Class (THTR 167*)

35 Courses in Arts

  • Jazz Dance I (DANC 40^)
  • Jazz Dance II (DANC 41^)
  • Jazz Dance III (DANC 42^*)
  • Ballet I (DANC 43^)
  • Ballet II (DANC 44^)
  • Ballet III (DANC 45^*)
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance I (DANC 46^)
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance II (DANC 47^)
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance III (DANC 48^*)
  • Dance Composition (DANC 49*)
  • Tap Dance I (DANC 50)
  • Tap Dance II (DANC 51)
  • Afro-Haitian Dance (DANC 52)
  • Musical Theatre Dance Styles (DANC 55^/155^*)
  • Teaching the Performing Arts (DANC 59/159*)
  • Walk Across California ((DANC 69/169*)
  • Ballet IV (DANC 140^*)
  • Ballet V (DANC 141^*)
  • Jazz Dance IV (DANC 142^*)
  • Choreography (DANC 143^*)
  • Jazz Dance V (DANC 145^*)
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance IV (DANC 146^*)
  • Improv (THTR 7)
  • Acting for Nonmajors (THTR 8^*)
  • Intro to Performance Collaboration (THTR 10^*)
  • Voice I: Voice, Speech, & Presentation Skills (THTR 21)
  • Intermediate Acting (THTR 24^)
  • Introduction to Design (THTR 30*)
  • Introduction to Production (THTR 31*)
  • Costume Construction (THTR 32*)
  • Stage Lighting (THTR 33*)
  • The Ethics in Drama, the Drama in Ethics (THTR 60)
  • Scenic Design (THTR 133*)
  • Costume Design (THTR 134*)
  • Screenwriting (THTR 173*)

1 Course in Natural Science

  • Physics of Dance (DANC 4)

1 Course in Religion Theology, and Culture 2

  • Incarnating the Word: Theology and Theatre (THTR 109*)

1 Course in Cultures and Ideas 3

  • Cultures on the Move (DANC 68)

 

Integrations

4 Courses in Advanced Writing

  • Dance History (DANC 67*)
  • Playwriting (THTR 170*)
  • Literature and Performance (THTR 172*)
  • Classical Tragedy (THTR 181*)

3 Courses in Experiential Learning for Social Justice

  • Teaching the Performing Arts (DANC 59/159*)
  • Walk Across California (DANC 69/169*)
  • Social Justice and the Arts (THTR 189*, formerly DANC 189*)

7 Pathways which include Theatre and Dance classes: