DRAM 1161 MUSICAL THEATRE I     syllabus
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 1 (0 lecture, 4 lab)
Focus on the study and performance of works from the musical theatre repertory, including musical comedy, reviews, operetta, and basic vocal and movement skills. Theatre attendance and/or assistance in college productions required. Core curriculum course. (formerly DRAM 1172)

DRAM 1162 MUSICAL       THEATRE II
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 1 (0 lecture, 4 lab)
Focus on the study and performance of works from the musical theatre repertory, including musical comedy, reviews, operetta, and basic vocal and movement skills. Theatre attendance and/or assistance in college productions required.  Core curriculum course.

DRAM 1310 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Basic principles of theatre, including the various styles of theatrical production and present practices in the theatre. Required of majors. Open to non-majors.  Core Curriculum Course.

DRAM 1320 PERFORMANCE
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
This class is devoted to the rehearsal and performance of one or more plays and is designed to give the student experience in applying his performance techniques for an audience.

DRAM 1322 STAGE MOVEMENT
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
A course to develop the actor's expressive use of the body through pantomime, tumbling, acrobatics, fencing, and stage fighting.

DRAM 1330 BASIC THEATRE PRACTICE I
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
Stagecraft, stage properties, and makeup. Practical experience on technical crews is provided. Laboratory hours may be arranged. Required of majors. Open to non-majors.

DRAM 1341 STAGE MAKEUP
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Principles of straight and character makeup. Student must purchase basic makeup kit. Theatre attendance and/or assistance in college productions required. Required of majors. Open to non-majors.

DRAM 1351 ACTING I - Syllabus (TV and Film)
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
An introduction to the problems of internal acting technique, creation of visual images, reaction to stimulus, and creation of inner life of character. Scene work: finding beats, developing subtext, and playing intentions. Theatre attendance and/or assistance in college productions required. Required of majors. Open to non-majors. Core Curriculum Course.

DRAM 1352 ACTING II
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.  Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
An introduction to the problems of external acting technique with emphasis on characterization using animal, color and
inanimate object improvisational techniques. Scene work focuses on comedic technique including analyzing incongruities,
playing opposites, and timing. Theatre attendance and/or assistance in college productions required. Required of majors.
Open to non-majors. Core Curriculum Course.
DRAM 2331 BASIC THEATRE PRACTICE II
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
A continuation of DRAM 1330. Required of majors. Open to non-majors.
DRAM 2336 VOCAL PRODUCTION
Recommended Prerequisite: SPCH 1342; Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349
(or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Emphasis on vocal production: breathing and support, resonance, pitch, range, quality projection. Emphasis on oral
interpretation skills. SPCH 1342 recommended.
DRAM 2337 VOICE FOR THE ACTOR I
Prerequisites: SPCH 1342, DRAM 2336, or Department Approval; Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in
reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Acting with voice: combining proper production techniques and correct pronunciation and articulation, the actor learns to be
expressive vocally. Analysis of the emotional potential of vowel and consonant sounds and combinations. Scansion,
phrasing, rhythm and dynamics.
DRAM 2338 VOICE FOR THE ACTOR II
Prerequisites: SPCH 1342 or a demonstrable knowledge of the IPA; Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in
reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Accents and dialects. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) students learn the alterations from English needed to
produce correctly the sounds of most needed foreign accents, including standard British, Cockney, French, German, American
New York, and Southerners, among others.
DRAM 2351 ACTING III
Prerequisites: DRAM 1351,1352 or Department Approval Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in
reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
A study of classical acting style with an emphasis on Shakespeare. Special attention is paid to movement and vocal technique
dealing with the problems of period movement and heightened language.
DRAM 2361 HISTORY OF THE THEATRE
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Survey of the theatre from its beginning. Core Curriculum Course.
DRAM 2363 HISTORY OF MUSICAL THEATRE
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Development of musical  theatre art from the earliest times through the 21st Century. Core curriculum course.
DRAM 2366 SURVEY AND HISTORY OF FILM
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Emphasis on the analysis of the visual and aural aspects of selected motion pictures, dramatic aspects of narrative films, and
historical growth and sociological effect of film as an art. Core Curriculum Course.
DRAM 2367 THE ART OF FILM MAKING
Prerequisites: Must be placed into GUST 0342 (or higher) in reading and ENGL 0310/0349 (or higher) in writing.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
The analysis of key masterworks of American and international films with particular emphasis on works by famed and
influential directors. Core curriculum course.
DRAM 2389  ACADEMIC COOPERATIVE IN DRAMA
Prerequisites: Must be placed into college-level reading and college-level writing.
Credit: 3 (1 lecture, 16 lab)