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Members of the Department
Kiki Gounaridou
Theatre
198 and 199
10 semester
courses, including the following:
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Theatre
198 and 199 as the basis.
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A
poly-cultural sampling of three courses from Division
A: History, Literature, Criticism. Courses in other
departments that focus wholly on dramatic literature
may be counted toward fulfillment of the history, literature,
and criticism requirements for the major.
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Three
courses from Division B: Theory and Performance. These
must be chosen as follows: one acting or four-credit
dance course (141a or b or a four-credit dance course);
one design or technical course (15la or b, 252a or
b, 253a or b, or 254a or b); one directing, choreography,
or playwriting course (344a or b, 261a or b, or DAN
353a or b).
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Four
semesters (or four credits) of 200.
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One
additional course from either Division A or Division
B.
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Students choosing dance as
their area of special interest will fulfill requirements
in conjunction with
the Department
of Dance. These requirements involve 11 semester courses:
THE 198 and THE 199; DAN 151; DAN 171; one from dramatic
literature; one from design or technical theatre; three
dance studio courses; two credits of THE 200; DAN 272 or
273; one
additional course in Dance Theory at the 300 level; and
one additional four-credit course in theatre from either
Division
A or B at the 300 level.
Students with a dance emphasis
should consult with a Dance faculty member in addition
to a major adviser in the Theatre
Department.
All majors are encouraged
to include courses in art and music in their programs. Other
courses recommended
by
the department
include ENG 222a, ENG 222b, dramatic literature in
any of the language departments.
Director: Leonard Berkman
Requirements: 430d Thesis (8 credits), 431a Thesis (8 credits), 432d
Thesis (12 credits)
1. Production-linked proposals
for the honors program must be submitted to the department
in the
semester
preceding entrance into the honors program and
no later than March 1 of the second semester of the junior year.
Non-production-linked proposals must be submitted to
the director of Theatre Honors no later
than
April 4. The department recommends that all prospective theatre
honors students enter the program at the outset of the
junior year.
2. Fulfillment of the general
requirements of the major. These, listed above, should be
taken as early
as possible
to allow for seminars and independent study in the department
and in approved related departments during the junior and
senior years.
3. Completion of honors work will be:
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a
thesis in literature, aesthetics, critical analysis,
or history of any of the theatre arts; or a
creative project in acting, dance, design, direction,
playwriting, choreography, or stagecraft. Performance
projects should be supplemented by production materials
(logs, directors' notebooks, etc.) as requested by
the department. All creative projects are to be supplemented
as well by a research paper relating the project to
its specific theatrical context (historical, thematic,
stylistic, or other).
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4. Work for a one-semester thesis
or project paper must be done in the first semester of the
senior year; and the
thesis or component research paper is due on the first
day of the second semester. Work for a two-semester thesis
or
project/paper must be done during the senior year, and
the thesis or component research paper is due on April 15.
5.
Two examinations: a general examination in the theatre
arts and an oral examination in the general field of the
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