Theatre & Dance

Course Descriptions

Dance

• DANC 100A - Introduction to Modern Dance

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic modern dance vocabulary through exercises for alignment, strength and flexibility and combinations across the floor.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 108A - Dance Forms

  Credits: 1 TO 8. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic dance vocabulary and technique in a particular style.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 110A - Introduction to Ballet

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic ballet positions and steps.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 115A - Introduction to Jazz Dance

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic strengthening and stretching exercises and stylistic characteristics of jazz.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 118A - Dance Forms: Tap

  Credits: 2. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to basic tap dance vocabulary and technique.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 129A - Dance Performance Lab I

  Credits: 1. (R-7) Offered autumn and spring. Credit for rehearsing and performing in approved Theatre & Dance productions.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 130A - Introduction to Dance

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. The various elements of dance and basic artistic principles underlying dance and all of the arts. Introduces the student to beginning-level dance vocabulary and dance skills as well as the creative process through direct experience.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 160A - Dance Forms: Irish

  Credits: 2. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to basic Irish dance vocabulary and technique.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 165A - Dance Forms: African

  Credits: 2. (R-8) Offered autumn. Introduction to basic African dance vocabulary and technique.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 170A - Dance Forms: Tribal Belly

  Credits: 2. (R-8) Offered spring. Introduction to basic tribal-style belly dance vocabulary and technique.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 191 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• DANC 194 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 1. Offered autumn and spring.  Introduces incoming freshmen to the world of university dance and contemporary dance as a profession. 

• DANC 200A - Contemporary Modern II

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 100A. Continuation of the modern dance vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 205 - Improvisation

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Offered spring. Exploration of stimulus, structure and performance of improvised movement. Elements such as space, shape, motion, time, quality, form and awareness emphasized. Instructor-designed structures, transitioning to student-designed scores, culminating in improvised performance.

• DANC 210A - Ballet II

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 110A. Continuation of the ballet vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 215A - Jazz Dance II

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn. Prereq., DANC 115A. Continuation of the jazz vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 220A - Creative Practice I

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Exploration of stimulus, structure, and performance of both composed and improvised movement. Elements such as space, shape, energy, motion, time, quality, form and awareness emphasized. Instructor-designed structures, transitioning to student-designed scores, culminating in originally created/improvised performance.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 225 - Rehearsal & Performance

  Credits: 1 TO 4. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Open to students who are choreographing a dance for a concert or to those who have been selected through audition to perform.

• DANC 229A - Dance Performance Lab II

  Credits: 1. (R-7) Offered autumn and spring. Credit for rehearsing and performing in approved Theatre & Dance productions.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• DANC 234L - Dance in Popular Movies

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years.  Survey of the history of dance and movement on film, with specific focus on the use of and reasons for choreography in popular movies of specific decades.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

• DANC 280 - Dance Conditioning: Pilates

  Credits: 1. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Pilates mat (floor) exercises to build core control, strength and flexibility.

• DANC 294 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 1. Offered autumn and spring. One-time offerings of current topics.

• DANC 298 - Internship: Children's Dance

  Credits: 1. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Students participate and gain beginning-level teaching experience in two of four dance classes for children ranging in ages from 3 ½ to 12 years old.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• DANC 300 - Contemporary Modern III

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Extension of the modern dance vocabulary through lengthier combinations of movement.

• DANC 305 - Contact Improvisation

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. The art of moving with one or more partners while using a shifting point of contact and supporting each other's weight. Skills such as rolling, suspending, falling and recovering together explored through physical sensations that use weight, counter-balance and yielding.

• DANC 310 - Ballet III

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Development of ability to combine steps; carriage of head and arms.

• DANC 315 - Jazz III

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn. Prereq., DANC 215A or consent of instr. Continuation of DANC 215A.

• DANC 320 - Creative Practice II

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Prereq., DANC 220A. Explores ways to manipulate several dancers in space, through repetition of shapes, through related rhythms. May include choreography for videotape.

• DANC 322 - Dance Touring

  Credits: 1 TO 4. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., audition. Rehearsal and touring to the community.

• DANC 325 - Spirit Squad

  Credits: 1. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. UM cheer and dance team selected during audition process each spring; students perform routines at the intermediate jazz level. Development of current dance performance, leadership, communication and organizational skills. (Only four credits of DANC 325, HHP 100-179, MS 203 and MS 315 may count toward a degree.)

  Course Attributes:

  • PE Activity Skills Course

• DANC 329 - Dance Stage Management Practicum

  Credits: 1. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Stage management practicum involving stage managing or assistant stage managing a dance production. Involves evening and weekend work.

• DANC 334 - Dance History

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Discussion of primary movements and major figures in American modern dance, including global influences and its relationship to cultural trends of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

• DANC 345 - Teaching for the Disabled

  Credits: 1. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Students interact with adults with developmental disabilities in an adaptive dance class where movement is used as a therapeutic modality for people with cognitive and physical impairments. Students interact with the participants, engage as role models and gain beginning teaching experience.

• DANC 346 - Methods: Dance in K-8

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Open to majors in elementary education. Techniques and applications for using movement in the public school setting. Focus on movement elements, lesson design and planning, standards for dance, multiple intelligence theory, assessment, classroom management techniques and multiculturalism.

• DANC 360L - World Dance

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Investigation of dances of diverse cultures. Study of dance as: an emblem of cultural identity, social order, power and gender-specific behavior; an expression of religion and/or ritual; a classical art form; and as a medium for personal expression in Western and non-Western world cultures.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
  • Indigenous and Global

• DANC 380 - Science of Dance Movement

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years. Study of the skeletal system and how it relates to dance movement. Basic kinesthetic principles, conditioning for dancers, and injury recognition and prevention.

• DANC 391 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 24. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• DANC 392 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr.

• DANC 394 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 1. (R-2) Offered autumn and spring. One-time offerings of current topics.

• DANC 395 - Studio/Practicum

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-12) Studio-based course, emphasizing one-on-one faculty instruction. Students meet during regularly scheduled times with faculty or in small groups throughout the semester to discuss the development of their individual work.

• DANC 399 - Jr Creat/Research Proj

  Credits: 1. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Independent study in choreography or a research paper which could be on such subjects as teaching styles, multiple intelligence theory, dance historical topics, dance injuries, etc. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.

• DANC 400 - Contemporary Modern IV

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 300. Performance of exercises and combinations that are technically demanding in strength, balance, weight, agility and line.

• DANC 404 - Advanced Contemporary Modern

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 400, 6 cr., or equiv. skill, and consent of instr. Continuation of DANC 400.

• DANC 405 - Advanced Improvisation

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Prereq., DANC 205, 305.  Exploration of improvisation and contact improvisation as performance art forms.  Instructor and students collaboratively design, rehearse, and publicly perform improvisational scores.

• DANC 406 - Dance as a Healing Art

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Offered spring. Study of body movement as a reflection of inner emotional states. How changes in movement lead to changes in the psyche, promoting health and growth. Exploration of techniques for experiencing the inter-connection between movement and emotional expression.

• DANC 410 - Ballet IV

  Credits: 2. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Continues to build on skills developed in Ballet III; emphasis on developing advanced petite allegro, grand allegro, turns, and artistry.

• DANC 440 - Dance Pedagogy

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Methods and experiences in teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz.

• DANC 446 - Teaching Projects

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Independent study that may involve either assisting in the teaching of a dance technique class or actually planning and teaching it.

• DANC 491 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 24. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• DANC 492 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.

• DANC 494 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn even-numbered years.  Seminar to discuss both practical and philosophical issues confronting dance students about to enter the "real" world.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• DANC 495 - Practicum/Field Work

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Studio-based course, emphasizing one-on-one faculty instruction. Students meet during regularly scheduled times with faculty or in small groups throughout the semester to discuss the development of their individual work.

• DANC 497 - Methods: Tchng Movmnt in Schls

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of instr. Experience in planning, observing and directing creative movement as a teaching tool in K-5.

• DANC 499 - Senior Thesis/Creative Project

  Credits: 2 TO 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Independent study in choreography or teaching. If the student is a BFA candidate, the project must take place off-campus in the Missoula community. The student is responsible for setting up the project. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.

Theatre

• THTR 101L - Introduction to Theatre

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. The various elements of play production and dance. The basic artistic principles underlying dance, theatre and all of the arts.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
  • American and European

• THTR 102A - Introduction to Theatre Design

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Basic understanding of the principles of design for the theatre and television, including the production elements of scenery, costumes and lighting.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 103 - Introd to House Management

  Credits: 1. (R-3) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to the skills and experience of the front-of-house staff for a theatrical production.

• THTR 106A - Theat Prod I: Run Crew

  Credits: 1. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Operation and running a show backstage on a scenery, costume, or prop crew for a major school production.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 107A - Theat Prod I: Constr Crew

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. The construction and completion of scenery/props, costumes, and/or lighting under supervision. Most assignments involve very basic construction techniques and/or maintenance duties found in professional shop. Involves minimum of two 4-hour labs a week.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 113A - Intro to Voice Acting

  Credits: 3. An introduction to the skills and techniques required of the actor's voice to be effective in communication with others online, onstage, and in the world.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 120A - Introduction to Acting I

  Credits: 3. Offered every term. An introduction to the skills and techniques required of the actor to be effective in communication with others on stage and off stage.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 121A - Introduction to Acting II

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 120A. Continuation of 120A.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 155 - Drawing Fundamntls for Theatre

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Students will begin to develop skills in drawing the human form, perspective, and architecture.

• THTR 191 - Special Topics/Exprmtl Courses

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• THTR 202 - Stagecraft I

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Fundamental theories and hands-on application in the areas of costuming, lighting, scenery, and properties.

• THTR 203 - Stagecraft II: Scenery & Props

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Fundamental theories and hands-on application in the areas of scenery, properties, and rigging.

• THTR 206 - Theat Prod II: Run Crew

  Credits: 1. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 106A. Operation and running a show backstage, as in scenery, costumes, or props for a major school production.

• THTR 207 - Theat Prod II: Constr Crew

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. The construction and completion of scenery/props, costumes, and/or lighting. Advanced construction assignments and/or maintenance duties found in professional shop; possible supervision of a small construction crew. Involves minimum of two 4-hour labs a week.

• THTR 210 - Voice & Speech I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 221 or consent of instr. Voice production, phonetics and speech for the stage.

• THTR 211 - Voice & Speech II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 210. Continuation of 210.

• THTR 220A - Acting I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Studio class intended to cultivate skill sets necessary for those with a background or interest in the craft of acting, especially those considering a career in the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, film, broadcasting): observation, imagination, concentration, improvisation, and character.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 221 - Acting II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 220A. Continuation of 220A. Scene study and characterization. Works selected from realism and poetic realism, utilizing modern and contemporary scripts of the American masters.

• THTR 229 - Production Acting I

  Credits: 1. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Credit for acting in approved Drama/Dance productions.

• THTR 235L - Dramatic Literature

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. The study of representative texts in dramatic literature as a foundation for play analysis.

  Course Attributes:

  • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

• THTR 239A - Creative Drama/Dance: K-8

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn and spring. Major restriction: CER1, EDUC or PRED. Focus on the use of creative drama and dance as types of educational tools. Students will explore, experience, and implement creative teaching methods in order to promote scholarship through kinesthetic teaching in elementary education.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 245 - Int Costume Construction

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Intermediate costume construction focusing on the development of skills needed to function as a stitcher.

• THTR 249 - Stage Makeup

  Credits: 2. Offered spring. Principles of and practice in theatrical makeup. Students will work on makeup for major productions.

• THTR 255 - Drafting for Theatre I

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Drawing techniques for the theatre with an emphasis on drafting as utilized by technicians, designers, stage managers and directors.

• THTR 264 - Master Electrician

  Credits: 2. Offered intermittently. Prereq., THTR 107A, THTR 202, or consent of instr. Training for the position of master electrician and assistant lighting designer. Practical application of production planning, lighting paperwork, overseeing lighting crews, advanced electrical theory, power distribution, and creative problem solving. Students will work on major school productions.

• THTR 292 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Independent study in all the arts of the theatre.

• THTR 305 - Theatre Workshop III

  Credits: 1 TO 20. (R-20) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Advanced laboratory production in all the arts of the theatre.

• THTR 306 - Summer Theatre

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered summer. Prereq., consent of instr. Practicum in school-approved summer theatre companies in the capacity of actor, designer, director, stage manager and/or technician.

• THTR 307 - Production Construction I

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 107A and consent of instr. Students serve as the construction/maintenance crew in a shop (sound, light, costume, or scenery) for School productions.

• THTR 308 - Production Team I

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students function as part of the production team in a role of responsibility (i.e., master electrician, cutter, first hand, master carpenter, etc.) for a school production. These assignments and duties may serve also as part of the required junior project.

• THTR 309 - Production Design I

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students function as a member of the production team in a role of responsibility (i.e., scenic designer, costume designer, light designer, etc.) for a school production. These assignments and duties may serve also as part of the required junior project.

• THTR 310 - Voice and Speech III

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 211 and audition, or consent of instr. Dialects, accents, and continued development of good voice and speech skills.

• THTR 311 - Voice and Speech IV

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 310. Integration of voice and speech skills, vocal character.

• THTR 315 - Physical Performance Skills I

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 221 or consent of instr. Basics of physical performance: collaboration, concentration, centering, balance, agility, and body awareness through a variety of stage movement techniques.

• THTR 316 - Physical Performance Skills II

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 315. Physical characterization: exploring weight, rhythm, tempo, and kinesthetic relationships through Laban, animal studies, and Michael Chekhov.

• THTR 320 - Acting III

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 221. Selected scenes and projects from European and American realistic texts such as Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw.

• THTR 321 - Acting IV

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 320. Study and practice of working with a camera and film/television scripts.

• THTR 329 - Production Acting II

  Credits: 1. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 229A. Credit for acting in approved Theatre & Dance productions.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 330H - Theatre History I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., WRIT 101 (or higher) or equivalent, or consent of instr. A survey of the major developments of the theatre from primitive beginnings to the 19th century, including various cultures and their representative plays and performances throughout the world.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Writing Course-Intermediate

• THTR 331Y - Theatre History II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 330H or theatre minor. Continuation of 330H. The many and varied periods since the 19th century as reflected in the theatre of the times in America and Europe.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced
  • American and European

• THTR 332 - Dramaturgy

  Credits: 3. Prereq., THTR 330H or consent of instr. An introduction to literary, historical, and contextual analysis of play scripts and performance pieces intended for production.

• THTR 336 - Costume History

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. History of Western costume from ancient Egypt to the present day.

• THTR 339 - Theatre in Elem Education

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Exploration, implementation and experience in teaching strategies for using theatre in elementary education. Focus on techniques and applications for teaching theatre and for utilizing theatre as a tool for teaching other subject matter.

  Course Attributes:

  • Expressive Arts Course

• THTR 340 - Costume Design I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 102A, 202. Introduction to principles and practices of stage costume design.

• THTR 345 - Flat Pattern Des & Drafting

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 202. Pattern design using the flat pattern method, pattern drafting of various garment parts, advanced principles of fitting.

• THTR 346 - Textile Selection & Manipulatn

  Credits: 3. Offered spring alternate years. Analysis of fibers, yarns, structures and finishes, as related to selection and use for the theatre. Basic dyeing, distressing and painting.

• THTR 350 - Scenic Design I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 102A, 202. Introduction to the problems encountered in designing scenery, analyzing of script, research and practical demands of theatre conventions. Projects include those for theatre, musicals, opera, dance and television.

• THTR 353 - Technical Direction

  Credits: 1 TO 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., THTR 255 or consent of instr. Training for position of technical director. The role and scope of technical direction, production scheduling, design analysis, budgets and bookkeeping, and methods of construction.

• THTR 355 - Computer Aid Draft & Appl

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 255. Computer drafting for scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound design drawings, including 2-D and 3-D plans, layouts and renderings. Work with CAD, photo manipulation, spreadsheet, database, and word processing programs.

• THTR 356 - Scenic Painting

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-6) Offered spring. Introduction to the basic skills needed as a scenic artist. Emphasis on the varied materials and techniques used in the scenic studio, color mixing, and interpretation of the designer's work.

• THTR 360 - Theatre Lighting I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 102A, 202. Introduction to principles and practices of theatre lighting design. Training for position of lighting designer for theatre. Design requirements and decisions, color, development of stage picture; concentration on proscenium theatre design concepts.

• THTR 365 - Theatre Sound I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 102A, 202, or consent of instr. Introduction to principles and practices of theatre sound design. Training for position of sound designer for theatre. Principles, practices, and equipment used to create finished sound designs for theatre, dance and related areas.

• THTR 370 - Stage Management I

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 102A, 202. Beginning study of the duties of the stage manager concentrating on the rehearsal process in the non-professional theatre situation.

• THTR 371 - Stage Mgmt Pract I

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 370 or consent of instr. Stage management practicum involving stage managing a showcase production or assistant stage managing a major show. Involves evening work.

• THTR 375 - Directing I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 120A or THTR 220A; THTR 235L. Open to juniors and seniors. Introduction to the analytical skills, staging, and conceptual techniques of the director; includes some practical application in scene work.

• THTR 380 - Playwriting

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Techniques and practice in writing short and full-length plays.

• THTR 391 - Special Topics/Exprmtl Courses

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• THTR 392 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.

• THTR 395 - Practicum

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Service learning experience in theatre in a setting compatible with the student’s major and interests.

• THTR 398 - Cooperative Eductn/Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• THTR 405 - Professional Theatre

  Credits: 9. (R-18) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Laboratory experience in total play production through participation in state, regional, national and international touring production programs.

• THTR 406 - Professional Tech Prod

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-18) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students experience the rigors and develop the skills required of technicians in touring theatre, maintaining integrity of all production elements through three months of intensive travel and varying venues.

• THTR 407 - Prod Construct II

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students serve as construction crew in one of the shops for productions.

• THTR 408 - Production Team II

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students serve as a member of the production team in a role of responsibility (i.e., master electrician, sound board operator, cutter, first hand, etc.) for major productions. These assignments and duties may serve also as part of the required senior project.

• THTR 409 - Production Design II

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students serve as a member of the production team in a role of designer (i.e., set designer, costume designer, light designer, etc.) for major productions. These assignments and duties may serve also as part of the required senior project.

• THTR 410 - Singing For Actors

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered spring. Prereq., audition, acting specialization, or consent of instr. Development and presentation of musical numbers in a dramatic context. A broad-based acquaintance with music theatre literature is acquired, and techniques for approaching songs are explored with an eye toward developing competency in music theatre forms.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 415 - Physical Performnce Skills III

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 316 or consent of instructor, which includes audition for acting specialization. Extremes of performance: stage combat, martial arts, and biomechanics/theatre of the grotesque.

• THTR 416 - Physical Performance Skills IV

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Advanced specialized physical skills such as period styles, advanced combat/choreography, and commedia.

• THTR 420 - Acting V

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 321 and BFA acting specialization, or consent of instr. Selected scenes and projects from specific historical and stylistic periods, from Molière to Restoration comedy.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 421 - Acting VI

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 420. Selected speeches, scenes and projects from verse drama, especially Shakespeare.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 423 - Professional Performance

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-18) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students experience the rigors and develop the skills required for actors in touring theatre; creating characters and maintaining consistent performances through three months of intensive travel and varying venues.

• THTR 425 - Acting VII

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 421. Performance and scene work in contemporary practice and theory.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 426 - Acting VIII

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 425. Developing professional skills, material for the actor, professional portfolio, resume audition material, commercial acting, performance market research.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 429 - Production Acting III

  Credits: 1. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 329. Credit for acting in approved Theatre & Dance productions.

• THTR 439 - Methods of Teaching Theatre

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Building and addressing specific curriculum in theatre arts.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 440 - Costume Design II

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 340. Advanced techniques in costume design; possible topics include design for dance, opera, large scale drama and musicals.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 445 - Draping

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 345. Garment design based on manipulation of fabric on a body form; emphasis on creative solutions to design problems and the interrelationships between fabric, design, and form.

• THTR 447 - Tailoring

  Credits: 3. Offered spring alternate years. Prereq., consent of instr. Principles used in the construction of tailored garments.

• THTR 450 - Scene Design II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 350. A continuation of the techniques and projects in 350.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 456 - Advanced Scene Painting

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 356 and/or consent of instr. Students will explore advanced scene painting techniques.

• THTR 460 - Theatre Lighting II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 360 or consent of instr. Advanced study of principles and practices of theatre lighting design. Training for position of light designer for theatre. Design requirements and decisions, color, development of stage picture; thrust and arena theatre.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 465 - Theatre Sound II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 365 or consent of instr. Advanced study of principles and practices of theatre sound design. Training for position of theatre sound designer. Principles, practices and equipment used to create sound and music designs for the theatre, dance and related areas.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 470 - Stage Management II

  Credits: 2. Offered intermittently. Prereq., THTR 370 or consent of instr. Additional study of stage management concentrating on pre-rehearsal duties, aspects of maintaining a show's integrity as established by the director, inter-production relationships, supervision of crews and union contracts. Understanding a stage manager's need for paperwork and writing skills. Students encouraged to enroll in THTR 472 to use skills in a living situation.

• THTR 472 - Stage Mgmt Pract II

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 470 or consent of instr. Stage managing a major show in the drama season in the Montana or Masquer Theatres or assistant stage managing for an Equity stage manager on a Montana Repertory Theatre production.

• THTR 475 - Directing II

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 375 or consent of instr. Directing skills for the advanced student; extensive scene work.

• THTR 476 - Directing III

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 475. Continuation of 475. Course material coordinated with laboratory projects

• THTR 481 - Adv Acting: Persnl Performance

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 321 or consent of instr. Developing personal performance skills.

• THTR 482 - Adv Acting: Solo Performance

  Credits: 3. Offered spring, Prereq., THTR 481 or consent of instr.  Creating solo performance material from original material or existing texts.

• THTR 484 - Adv Acting: Professionl Skills

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 420 or consent of instr. Developing professional skills, material for the actor, professional portfolio, resume audition material, commercial acting, performance market research.

• THTR 490 - Undergraduate Research

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Directed individual research and study appropriate to the back ground and objectives of the student.

  Course Attributes:

  • Research & Creative Schlrshp

• THTR 491 - Special Topics/Exprmtl Courses

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• THTR 492 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-24) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of school director. Independent work under the University omnibus option. See index.

• THTR 494 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 2. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., 10 credits in Theatre or in English dramatic literature and consent of instr. Intensive study of dramatic theory relating to acting, directing, design and dramaturgy.

• THTR 495 - Practicum

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Service learning experience in theatre in a setting compatible with the student’s major and interests.

• THTR 498 - Cooperative Eductn/Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• THTR 499 - Senior Project

  Credits: 1. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., senior-level theatre major. The student, with approval from his/her advisor, will begin a project during the semester prior to the semester of his/her graduation. An in-depth paper and brief defense of the project are required.

• THTR 501 - Intro to Grad Studies

  Credits: 1. Offered autumn.  Introduction to basic research and writing skills.  Level: Graduate

• THTR 502 - Intro to Grad Design

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn. Introduction to the design/technology program, research, history and expectations of program.  Level: Graduate

• THTR 505 - Professional Theatre

  Credits: 9. (R-18) Offered spring.  Prereq., consent of instr.  Laboratory experience in total play production through participation in state, regional, national, and international touring production programs. Level: Graduate

• THTR 506 - Graduate Summer Theatre

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-6) Offered summer. Prereq., consent of instr. Practicum in school-approved summer theatre companies in the capacity of actor, designer, director, stage manager and/or technician. The student and instructor will meet prior to the student’s registration for the course in order to determine the proper credit load and work expectations for the course. Student will earn credit for said work in consultation with Director of the School and outside producing company, with credit correlating to significance of above-listed duties.  Level: Graduate

• THTR 507 - Tech Prod Assignment

  Credits: 2 TO 4. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Production assignment made by the faculty. Student assigned a responsible technical position such as technical director, master electrician, sound engineer, cutter/draper or scenic artist. Credit variable and will be assigned by faculty. Level: Graduate

• THTR 508 - Desgn Prod Assignment

  Credits: 2 TO 4. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Production design assignment made by the faculty. Student designs an element of a Theatre & Dance production with the supervision of a faculty designer. Level: Graduate

• THTR 509 - Tech Direct Pract

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Technical direction of a major show in the drama season in the Montana or Masquer Theatres. Level: Graduate

• THTR 510 - Graduate Singing for Actors

  Credits: 2. (R-4) Offered spring. Prereq., audition, acting specialization, or consent of instr. Development and presentation of musical numbers in a dramatic context. A broad-based acquaintance with music theatre literature is acquired, and techniques for approaching songs are explored with an eye toward developing competency in music theatre forms. Co-convenes with THTR 410. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 512 - Prob in Voice/Speech

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific advanced skills in vocal work. Level: Graduate

• THTR 513 - Grad Voice & Speech I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Studio training with extensive focus on exercises designed to foster awareness of how the body, breath, voice, resonance, and enunciation are the artist’s tactics when acting. Level: Graduate

• THTR 514 - Graduate Voice & Speech II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 513. Continuation of 513; advanced studio encompassing standard speech, character voice, accent and dialect-acquisition studies. Level: Graduate

• THTR 515 - Grad Phys Performance Skills

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instructor.  Investigation of the history and methodology of major physical-performance models. Studio work resulting in exercises and scene work to accompany each discipline explored. Level: Graduate

• THTR 517 - Prob in Movement/Dance

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific advanced skills in physical performance. Level: Graduate

• THTR 520 - Graduate Acting I

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Intensive rehearsal and project work with emphasis on integration of advanced skills. Level: Graduate

• THTR 521 - Grad Acting II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 520 or consent of instr. Continuation of 521; intimate exploration of monologues, scene work, and contemporary techniques. Level: Graduate

• THTR 525 - Problems in Acting

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-18) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific advanced skills in acting. Level: Graduate

• THTR 526 - Studio Training I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Scenes and projects from specific historical and stylistic periods, from Molière to Restoration comedy to drawing-room comedy. Co-convenes with THTR 421. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 527 - Studio Training II

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 526. Work in speeches, scenes, and projects from Shakespeare and other classical verse drama. Co-convenes with THTR 421. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 528 - Studio Training III

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 527. Performance and scene work in contemporary practice and theory. Course will additionally familiarize students with contemporary performance theory and criticism. Co-convenes with THTR 425. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 529 - Studio Training IV

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 528. Developing professional skills, material for the actor, professional portfolio, resume audition material, commercial acting, performance market research, and knowledge about unions. Co-convenes with THTR 426. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 530 - Grad Sem Dramatic Lit

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Selected topics with individual research projects presented in seminar concerning various genres, periods, and themes in dramatic literature. Level: Graduate

• THTR 531 - Grad Sem Theatre Hist

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Selected topics and issues with individual research projects presented in seminar concerning various genres, periods, themes, and cultural contexts in theatre history. Level: Graduate

• THTR 532 - Grad Sem Dramaturgy

  Credits: 3. A graduate-level introduction to literary, historical, and contextual analysis of play scripts and performance pieces intended for production. Level: Graduate

• THTR 533 - Grad CADD

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Students will further their understanding for how CADD software is used to create complete, accurate draftings for design and technology in theatre and theatre-related activities. Level: Graduate

• THTR 535 - Perform Theory & Criticism

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Survey of the theories, elements and ingredients of multi-cultural live performance forms, including theatre, popular entertainment, ceremonies, and other public events. Includes instruction in and application of various approaches to the criticism of live performance. Level: Graduate

• THTR 539 - Grad Methods Tchg Theatre

  Credits: 3. In-depth study of teaching methods for presenting the craft of acting and theatre production to introductory-level students. Co-convenes with THTR 439. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 540 - Graduate Costume Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Further advancement of techniques in costume design using script/character analysis, color/texture/form usage, and presentation. Possible designs for dance, opera, large-scale drama and musicals. Co-convenes with THTR 440. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 542 - Prob in Costume Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific technical skills in costume design. Level: Graduate

• THTR 545 - Grad Design Seminar I

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn. This course is designed to teach graduate students effective research, collaboration, and script-analysis methodologies and exploration practices. Level: Graduate

• THTR 546 - Grad Design Seminar II

  Credits: 2. Offered spring. This course is designed to continue the design process skills developed in Seminar I of effective research, collaboration and script-analysis methodologies and exploration practices. Level: Graduate

• THTR 550 - Graduate Scene Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific design skills in scenery through unrealized design opportunities as well as design concept and process development. Co-convenes with THTR 450. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 552 - Prob in Scene Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific technical skills in scene design. Level: Graduate

• THTR 553 - Technical Direction

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Role and scope of technical direction, production scheduling, design analysis, budgets and bookkeeping and methods of construction. Level: Graduate

• THTR 555 - Grad CADD

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Students will further their understanding for how CADD software is used to create complete, accurate draftings for design and technology in theatre and theatre-related activities. Level: Graduate

• THTR 556 - Grad Rendering Techniques

  Credits: 2. Offered spring. Students will begin to develop personal design styles using both traditional and digital drawing and rendering techniques. Level: Graduate

• THTR 560 - Graduate Light Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Advanced study of principles and practices of theatre lighting design, especially collaboration and communication. Training for position of light designer for theatre or lighting instructor. Design requirements and decisions, color, development of stage picture; thrust and arena theatre. Co-convenes with THTR 460. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 562 - Prob in Light Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific technical skills in light design. Level: Graduate

• THTR 565 - Graduate Sound Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Further advanced study of principles and practices of theatre sound design, especially script analysis and collaboration. Training for position of theatre sound designer or instructor. Principles, practices and equipment used to create sound and music designs for the theatre, dance and related areas. Co-convenes with THTR 465. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• THTR 567 - Problems in Sound Design

  Credits: 3. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of specific technical skills in sound design. Level: Graduate

• THTR 570 - Grad Stage Mgmt

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Study of duties of stage manager in rehearsal and performance process. Includes stage managing a production for a faculty or guest-artist director. Level: Graduate

• THTR 572 - Stage Mgmt Pract

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-18) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Practical work in stage management projects. Level: Graduate

• THTR 574 - Prob Theatre Mgmt

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-18) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate

• THTR 577 - Directing IV

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 476 or consent of instr. Formalist styles of dramatic material. Through a variety of tools, textual and linguistic analysis, metrical and rhetorical analysis, archetypes, and musical structures, students analyze, interpret and stage projects drawn from opera and pre-modern drama, especially Shakespeare. Level: Graduate

• THTR 578 - Directing V

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., THTR 577. Exploration of image, time manipulation, and nonlinear storytelling. Level: Graduate

• THTR 580 - Problems in Playwriting

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12)  Offered intermittently. Development of specific advanced writing projects based on dramatic structure, conflict, tension, and character complexities/psychology. Level: Graduate

• THTR 591 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 18. (R-18) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate

• THTR 592 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate

• THTR 594 - Seminar

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. A review and discussion of current research. Topics vary. Level: Graduate

• THTR 597 - Research

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate

• THTR 598 - Internship

  Credits: 2 TO 6. (R-24) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• THTR 599 - Professional Paper

  Credits: 1 TO 4. (R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Preparation of a professional paper appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student. Level: Graduate

• THTR 609 - Grad Design Project

  Credits: 2. Students serve in one or more design roles of the production team for major theatre and dance events, working from conceptual stage to realized production. Level: Graduate

• THTR 645 - Grad Design Seminar III

  Credits: 2. Offered autumn. This course is designed to continue the design process skills developed in Seminar II of effective research, collaboration and script analysis methodologies and exploration practices. Level: Graduate

• THTR 646 - Grad Design Seminar IV

  Credits: 2. Offered spring. This course is the capstone to the seminar sequence which completes the design process skills developed in Seminar I, II, and III of effective research, collaboration and script analysis methodologies and exploration practices. Level: Graduate

• THTR 675 - Directing VI

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., THTR 578. The history and literature of directing. Level: Graduate

• THTR 677 - Problems in Directing

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-18) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate

• THTR 690 - Grad Final Creative Project

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. An in-house project that takes the form of a capstone directing assignment or acting role in a School production. A paper detailing and reflecting upon the process accompanies the creative work. Level: Graduate

• THTR 699 - Thesis

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication. Level: Graduate