• DRAM 1010

    How Theatre Works
     Rating

    4.37

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Investigates theatre arts and their relation to contemporary culture through the practical and experiential study of plays, production style and the role of theatre artists in creative interpretation.

  • DRAM 1020

    Speaking in Public
     Rating

    4.53

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For non-majors. Acquire and practice voice and speech techniques to build oral communication skills, confidence and enjoyment in public speaking, presentation or performance.

  • DRAM 1220

    Art of the Creature
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.86

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Art of the Creature fosters creative and critical thinking by requiring students to imagine, research, and build environments and creatures. Students will study the history and methods of creating environments and creatures in theatre, film, and other performance art forms; research and develop their own individual and group creations; and reflect orally and in writing on their work.

  • DRAM 2010

    Theatre Design, Technology, & Production
     Rating

    3.25

     Difficulty

    3.25

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examines the art of theatre and performance through the process of design and the implementation of the design.

  • DRAM 2020

    Acting I
     Rating

    3.86

     Difficulty

    3.15

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Explores basic theories and techniques of acting through exercises, improvisations and scenes from contemporary dramatic literature.

  • DRAM 2060

    The Body and Performance
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This practice-based course offers a broad introduction to concepts of the body in the context of performance. Using tools of theatre, dance, improvisation, and other mind/body practice, we will uncover the performative possibilities of our physical forms in relation to space and time. Together we will critically consider and actively explore a range of embodied approaches to increase bodily awareness and expand our expressive capacity.

  • DRAM 2130

    Production Laboratory: Lighting
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Application of lighting design and technology in production. May be repeated up to 4 credits.

  • DANC 2210

    Ballet I
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    In this studio course, students will learn Ballet terminology, movement concepts, and dynamic alignment through an anatomical approach to Ballet technique. Students will work at barre and center while increasing strength, flexibility and body awareness.

  • DRAM 2211

    Designing Spaces
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course explores how to turn everyday spaces into stages. Discover how ordinary rooms, streets, parks, vehicles, and other spaces of daily life can be transformed by story-telling and creative performance!  We will study different principles for designing spaces for immersive, site-specific, environmentally aware, and other kinds of performances. Open to all students who are interested in storytelling in different spaces.

  • DANC 2230

    Jazz Dance I
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This studio course explores various styles of jazz dance. Combinations will focus on isolation, coordination, juxtaposition and musicality. Styles include but are not limited to contemporary, Broadway/musical theatre and lyrical.

  • DRAM 2310

    Costume Technology
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Studies basic techniques for moving the costume design from drawing to finished character, including construction, alteration, patterning, fitting, and accessories. Lab required. Instructor permission.

  • DANC 2430

    Production Laboratory: Dance
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides students with firsthand experience in the creative practice of choreography and performance while providing exposure to basic production skills. In addition to gaining insight into choreography and performance as modes of critical inquiry, students will also be involved in various aspects of the production and will gain an appreciation of the skills that are required to produce a dance concert.

  • DRAM 2430

    Production Laboratory: Acting
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.93

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Application of acting skills in production laboratory. May be repeated up to four credits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission

  • DRAM 2620

    Sound Design
     Rating

    4.60

     Difficulty

    1.90

     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Students will explore the sonic qualities of sound and music through discussion, construction, critical listening, and demonstration.

  • DRAM 2630

    Production Laboratory: Sound
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Application of sound technology in laboratory production projects. May be repeated up to four credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

  • DRAM 3030

    Dramaturgy
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course is a study of production dramaturgy: an exploration and application of the processes, research, and resources used by academic and professional theatres, combining knowledge with creativity to make informed production choices.

  • DRAM 3050

    Making Theatre Histories
     Rating

    2.85

     Difficulty

    2.56

     GPA

    3.43

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    How do theatre artists and scholars navigate the past and its effects on the present? This course will introduce you to important moments in theatre history, and show you how to analyze the formation of historical narratives through a variety of lenses and methods. Units are not organized chronologically, but thematically so that we may draw deeper connections across artistic practice, time, place and culture.

  • DRAM 3080

    Script Analysis: Dramatic Structure and Theatrical Production
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Analysis of representative play scripts to discover how structure and language support conceptual and stylistic choices in production.

  • DANC 3300

    Dance Composition
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Explores dance making through the investigation of various tools and approaches to movement generation and composition from western choreographic practices. Students will develop their skills as dance makers through movement explorations, readings, discussions, and viewings. Students will create multiple compositional studies to hone their abilities to make dances. Feedback sessions provide opportunities for critical reflection and discussion.

  • DANC 3400

    Dance and Culture
     Rating

    4.17

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course aims to deepen students' understanding of dance as a field of artistic and intellectual study. Students will be challenged to examine human movement as a historically situated cultural expression and to explore the relation between dance and various socio-cultural developments. The course will highlight the connection of dance and critical theory, focusing on notions of identity, subjectivity and embodiment.

  • DRAM 3410

    Acting II
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Exercises and scene work emphasizing the development of the actor's vocal and physical resources as a means of creating and communicating character, emotion, and relationships. Prerequisite: DRAM 2020 and instructor permission

  • DRAM 3430

    Improvisation
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A workshop that explores several dimensions of theatrical self-expression through improvised exercises and situations. This course will employ lecture, discussion and performance activities to raise awareness and proficiency in improvisational techniques through dramatic interaction involving imagination and creativity. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 3820

    Video Design I
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Combining creative practice and critical discourse, this hands-on course grants students an opportunity to learn and utilize the crafts of digital video design in the context of contemporary installation, projection and performance arts. Students experiment with the many ways of designing time-based media and explore the role of video storytelling in the topography of 21st-century theater and live performance.

  • DRAM 4070

    Hip Hop Theatre
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Hip Hop Theatre explores how elements of Ritual, Theatre, and the core principles of Hip Hop are shared by members of the Hip Hop community around the world. Students will examine the ways in which Hip Hop Theatre presents itself as a movement and a syncretic art form.

  • DRAM 4490

    Stage Combat Skills
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examines the art and craft of stage fighting, comparing its historical context with that of the theater. Focus is on the performance of the illusion of physical aggression and its dramatic intent, following the safety guidelines and techniques recommended by the Society for American Fight Directors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4590

    Special Topics in Theatre
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A directed project-based study offered to upper-level students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4592

    Special Topics in Drama
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A directed study in dramatic literature, history, theory or criticism offered to upper-level students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4593

    Special Topics in Performance
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A directed study in acting or performance offered to upper-level students.Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4597

    Special Topics in Design
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A directed study in theatre design offered to upper-level students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4599

    Special Topics in Playwriting
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    4.00

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A directed study in playwriting offered to upper-level students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • DANC 4640

    Somatic Practices and Research
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Investigates somatic practices and methodologies as embodied research. Through movement practice, readings, and discussions we explore multiple concepts and tools that can deepen embodied practices. This course offers an opportunity to foster awareness, expand individual movement choices, and increase clarity of expression. In so doing, we may broaden our capacity to listen, perceive, and relate to ourselves, one another, and the world around us.

  • DRAM 4730

    Advanced Playwriting
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A workshop for writing extended pieces of dramatic literature. For students who have completed DRAM 3710 or by instructor permission.

  • DRAM 4760

    Directing the Short Film
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The goal of this workshop is to understand the aesthetics and techniques of film directing and to produce and direct a short film based on the screenplay written in the previous fall Semester in DRAM 4750 Writing the Short Film.

  • DRAM 4780

    Producing the Short Film
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Students will produce short films generated by the Department of Drama's Filmmaking classes, Writing the Short Film and Directing the Short Film. Each producer will be paired with a director and work closely with them on casting, scheduling, procuring locations and film gear, on set management, editing support, and budgeting.

  • DANC 4993

    Independent Study: Dance
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Allows upper level students to pursue advanced creative and/or scholarly research in dance as an independent project. Students can identify their area of focus for in depth investigations including, but not limited to: Choregraphy, Screendance, Performance, Performance Studies, Dance Pedagogy, etc.

  • DRAM 4993

    Independent Study
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s).

  • DRAM 7993

    Independent Study
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Graduate-level independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s). Requisite: Instructor permission