Courses

Provides an opportunity to discover, analyze, and evaluate all aspects of the theatre experience: scripts, acting, directing, staging, history, criticism, and theory. This is a Statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.

Provides an opportunity to discover, analyze, and evaluate all aspects of the theatre experience: scripts, acting, directing, staging, history, criticism, and theory. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.

An exploration of further educational or career opportunities for theatre graduates. Preparation for the next steps after graduation by developing such items as a detailed career plan, resumes, and websites and learning about graduate school opportunities, contracts, unions, agents, taxes and other life strategies. THR 492 Capstone Experience project will also be introduced, giving students the opportunity to begin formulating project ideas for this culminating project.

Prerequisites: Senior standing and instructor's permission. Directed practicum in one of these areas: acting, directing, design, management, technology, or theatre education.

This course provides an exploration and introduction to the business of being a professional theatre artist or practitioner. Experiential Learning

The objective of this course is to introduce incoming freshmen to the professional performing arts industry and the UAB Department of Theatre community. Its primary objective is to prepare students for a successful collegiate career in the study and practice of theatre. Course required for majors in the first fall semester of residency.

An introductory course designed to familiarize incoming majors to the basics of professional theatre, the expectations for the upcoming 4-year degree, and the processes of the USA Department of Theatre and Dance.

Course builds on a requisite knowledge of basic educational theory and lesson plan structure with an emphasis on developing and implementing a successful Theatre curriculum. Practical and effective strategies for teaching middle school and high school Theatre will be examined.

A survey of principles and practices of theater design and its elements. The fundamentals of art and their application to major areas of theatrical design.

The nature of stage direction; a study of basic directorial concepts and their application to short scenes and plays.