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Course Descriptions


Note: See Catalog Web Addenda at www.bridgew.edu/catalog/addenda as that information supersedes the published version of this catalog.

The course descriptions include all courses that are taught for academic credit at the university. They are arranged in alpha-numerical sequence by course subject code. At present, the majority of the 500-600 level courses are offered in the evening hours. Students should be aware that not all courses are offered in the evening or every semester.

Students who are only able to enroll in classes 4 pm or after should consult the appropriate department chairperson for information about the availability of evening sections of courses required in a specific major, concentration and/or minor. Students are urged to consult “Available Course Sections” through the InfoBear link each semester to determine when specific courses are offered.

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Theater Arts

  
  • THEA 243 - Acting II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 242 or consent of instructor
    Advanced problems and projects, with intensive scene analysis and character analysis. Theater attendance is required. Offered alternate years.

  
  • THEA 247 - Performing the Musical

    (3 credits)
    The course is a laboratory experience in the performance of musical theater. The student studies the aspects of movement, singing and acting as they are unique to musical theatre performance. Songs, dances and scenes will be staged, directed and critiqued.

  
  • THEA 251 - Dance History

    (3 credits)
    Examination of dance as a social and artistic force from primitive to modern times. Class will include lecture and film as well as performance of dances in historical styles.

  
  • THEA 252 - Dance for Musical Theater

    (3 credits)
    This course is a practical survey of several of the major choreographic influences in the American Musical Theater as a means towards studying the major approaches to dance within the genre. Students will study and practice choreography of key figures such as Helen Tamiris, Jack Cole, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Twyla Tharp. Combinations of original choreography will be taught, and students will present choreographic projects based on the work of these and other choreographers in the genre. Previous dance experience is strongly advised.

  
  • THEA 265 - Stage Costuming

    (3 credits)
    This course covers principles and techniques of costuming for the stage, including design and construction of costumes and organization of costuming for theatrical production. Meets five hours weekly. Offered alternate years.

  
  • THEA 272 - Scenography I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 220 recommended
    Theory and practice of designing and planning scenery and lighting for the stage. This course addresses the development of design ideas, period and design research skills and techniques of visual communication of design and production planning and execution. This course meets five hours per week. Offered spring semester.

  
  • THEA 280 - Theater Management

    (3 credits)
    This course covers the business aspects of theatrical production: publicity, programs, financing, ticket sales and house management.

  
  • THEA 298 - Second Year Seminar (Speaking Intensive)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: _ _ _ _199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101, and the speaking skills requirement. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 or _ _ _ _ 299 are taken for credit.
    Second Year Seminars (SYS) are speaking-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their speaking, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)

  
  • THEA 299 - Second Year Seminar (Writing Intensive)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 or _ _ _ _ 299 are taken for credit.
    Second Year Seminars (SYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)

  
  • THEA 326 - Children’s Theater Tour

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 226
    This course offers students the opportunity to create original theater pieces geared to young audiences. The class will tour schools in Southeastern Massachusetts throughout the semester as part of Bridgewater State University outreach programs. Bridgewater students will have a performing and production experience similar to many professional touring children’s theater companies.

  
  • THEA 340 - Laboratory Theater Production Lab

    (1 credit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing
    Students registering for THEA 347, Laboratory Theater Production, must also register for this associated lab section of the course, THEA 340, Laboratory Theater Production Lab; and they must participate in rehearsals to be arranged over the course of the semester outside of class time. May be taken twice for credit. Offered fall semester.

  
  • THEA 343 - Acting for the Camera

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: COMM 250 or THEA 210
    This course develops specialized techniques necessary for performance as an actor for film or television.

  
  • THEA 346 - Speech and Text for the Actor

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 211 and THEA 242

    This course will provide students with advanced analytical, vocal, speech and interpretive techniques associated with performing dramatic literature that is constructed on highly artificial language and/or requires virtuosic vocal performance. Through the study of three or four dialects, students will also learn a system for achieving stage dialects.

  
  • THEA 347 - Laboratory Theater Production

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing
    Analysis and practice in selection of play scripts, acting and directing techniques in rehearsal, culminating in the performance of a production. Entrance to the course is by audition or interview. May be taken twice for credit. Offered fall semester.

  
  • THEA 348 - Acting Shakespeare

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 211 and THEA 242
    This course is an exploration of performing Shakespeare. Theory analysis of rhythms, timber, phonetics and poetic devices for performance, scenes, monologues and written analysis are covered. Offered alternate years.

  
  • THEA 376 - Stage Lighting

    (3 credits)
    Materials and techniques fundamental to contemporary stage lighting; analysis of the principles of design as they relate to contemporary theater production. Offered alternate years.

  
  • THEA 378 - Scene Design

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 272
    Theory and practice of designing for stage productions. (Formerly THEA 278)

  
  • THEA 399 - Topical Studies

    (3 credits)
    Variable contemporary topics in theater. This course may be repeated for different topics. Offered either semester.

  
  • THEA 421 - Theater History I

    (3 credits)
    Trends in dramatic and theatrical developments throughout the western world from ancient Greece to the 17th century. Offered fall semester. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 422 - Theater History II

    (3 credits)
    Trends in dramatic and theatrical developments throughout the western world from the 17th century to the present. Offered spring semester. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 430 - Playwriting

    (3 credits)
    Appreciation of the nature of the play as an art form. Analysis of plays of various types. Practice in writing. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 431 - Directing I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 220 and THEA 242; or consent of instructor
    Basic knowledge and techniques for the beginning director. Play analysis, composition, movement, characterization and rehearsal. Offered spring semester. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 432 - Directing II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 220 and THEA 242 and THEA 431; or consent of instructor
    This course considers the principles of direction and various theories of direction with practical experience in directing scenes for the stage. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 442 - Acting Styles

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 157 and THEA 211 and THEA 242
    Analysis and practice of styles of acting and staging methods of selected historical periods and modern movements considered classics in the development of theater, including the Greek, Elizabethan, Restoration, Georgian and neoclassic periods and schools, and the works of such as Ionesco, Brecht, Beckett, and Moliere. Improvisations, scenes, monologues. Theater attendance is required. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 455 - Audition Techniques

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: THEA 157 and THEA 211 and THEA 242
    This course explores and practices audition theory and techniques. Audition pieces of various styles and periods are developed and critiqued. Different formats for auditions are utilized.

  
  • THEA 495 - Seminar in Contemporary Theater

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Senior standing and THEA 220
    This is a required capstone course for students graduating with a concentration in theater. The course deals with issues in contemporary theater and practical matters surrounding careers in theater. Recital, portfolio, or thesis is required. Theater attendance is required. Offered fall semester. May be taken for graduate-level credit. (CWRM)

  
  • THEA 497 - Advanced Individual Projects

    (1-3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Junior standing; consent of faculty supervisor; additional course prerequisites depend on project
    The student contracts with faculty to explore learning activities of a creative nature beyond the scope of regular course offerings. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six credits. May be taken for graduate-level credit.

  
  • THEA 498 - Internship in Theater

    (3-15 credits)
    Prerequisite: Consent of the department; formal application required
    A non-classroom experience designed for a limited number of junior and senior majors to complement their academic preparation. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits. Graded on a (P) Pass/(N) No Pass basis. Offered either semester.

  
  • THEA 499 - Directed Study in Theater

    (1-3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Consent of the department; formal application required
    Directed study is open to juniors and seniors who have demonstrated critical and analytical abilities in their studies and who wish to pursue a project independently. This course may be taken twice for a maximum of six credits. Offered either semester.


Theater Arts: Other Approved Courses

  
  • THEA 338 - Honors Tutorial

    (3 credits each semester)
    Prerequisite: Consent of the department
    Special topics in Theater Arts. Open to Commonwealth and Departmental Honors students. Three hourly meetings weekly. Offered fall semester.

  
  • THEA 339 - Honors Tutorial

    (3 credits each semester)
    Prerequisite: Consent of the department
    Special topics in Theater Arts. Open to Commonwealth and Departmental Honors students. Three hourly meetings weekly. Offered spring semester.

  
  • THEA 485 - Honors Thesis


  
  • THEA 502 - Research


  
  • THEA 503 - Directed Study



Women’s and Gender Studies

  
  • WMST 199 - First Year Seminar

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Open to all freshmen with a writing placement score of 3 or above or a SAT score of 500 or above or who have completed ENGL 101. Students with 24 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived.
    First Year Seminars (FYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that introduce students to academic thought, discourse and practices. FYS courses prepare and orient students toward productive and fulfilling college careers by actively engaging them in a specific academic area of interest. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while learning to work both collaboratively and independently. These courses will fulfill the First Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one FYS course may be taken for credit. (CFYS)

  
  • WMST 240 - Critical Perspectives in Women’s Studies

    (3 credits) Cross Listed with INTD 240
    This course introduces students to the historical background and theoretical frameworks of women’s studies. Central to the course is an analysis of the range of feminist scholarship, and the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality. Students will examine contemporary issues in women’s studies and the implications of feminist thought for society and the individual. Offered spring semester. (CHUM; CMCL; CWRT)

  
  • WMST 298 - Second Year Seminar (Speaking Intensive)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101, and the speaking skills requirement. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 or _ _ _ _ 299 are taken for credit.
    Second Year Seminars (SYS) are speaking-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their speaking, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit (CSYS)

  
  • WMST 299 - Second Year Seminar (Writing Intensive)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 or _ _ _ _ 299 are taken for credit.
    Second Year Seminars (SYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS )

  
  • WMST 304 - The Psychosocial Development of Women

    (3 credits) Cross Listed with SCWK 304
    This course will provide an introduction to “women’s reality” in terms of current research on women’s values and needs. The course will cover such topics as power and conflict, sexuality and intimacy, creativity, ethnicity and the effects of oppression as well as the emotional problems which appear to affect women, e.g., depression, eating disorders, etc.

  
  • WMST 365 - Women in Sports

    (3 credits) Cross Listed with PHED 365
    Prerequisite: Three core curriculum requirement credits in behavioral science
    This course investigates the sport-women relationship from a physiological, historical and socio-cultural perspective. In doing so, it examines images, attitudes and structures that affect the involvement of women in sport and exercise and restrict/enhance their personal and professional potential.

  
  • WMST 499 - Directed Study

    (1-3 credits)
    Consent of the department chairperson; formal application required
    Directed study is open to juniors and seniors who have demonstrated critical and analytical abilities in their studies and who wish to pursue a project independently. This course may be taken twice for a maximum of six credits.

 

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