CURRICULAR ACTION NOTICE FOR MUSIC THEATRE MINOR (new)

(creates 4 new courses and deletes 5 existing courses)

 

1.      New Program: MUSIC THEATRE MINOR

Department_______Communication & Theatre______

1.       Rationale for program:  Despite the removal of a Theatre Major in our department, we continue to thrive with a minor in Theatre as well as through our Musical Theatre program in collaboration with the Department of Music.  One of the reasons for this growth in Musical Theatre is the strong program in Music Education offered by the University.  A Musical Theatre Minor will provide a strong component to the educational strengths as well as the marketability of our Music Ed. Graduates.  When combined with a degree in Music, The Musical Theatre Minor will prepare future teachers to organize and produce musical theatre performances at the middle and high school levels.  For students without a degree in Music, the interdisciplinary nature of the minor will provide a basic and practical study of musical theatre which will enable anyone with a passion for it to pursue it while realizing their particular major course of study.

 

2.       Program Description for Catalog:  The Minor offers students with a passion for Musical Theatre to gain valuable basic and practical knowledge in that field.  Through classroom study as well as participation in Musicals produced by the Departments of Communication & Theatre and of Music, students gain solid foundations valuable to various fields of study.                                                                           

3.       Program Objectives:

·         Prepare future teachers to organize and produce musical theatre performances at the middle and high school levels. 

·         Provide a basic and practical study of musical theatre which will enable anyone with a passion for it to pursue it while realizing their particular major course of study.

 

NEW COURSES / THEATRE MINOR:

THT 2220 – PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF STAGECRAFT & LIGHTING (3)

                The practical study of methods and techniques in two of the most visual components of               the musical theatre stage.  A “hands-on”, practical experience in:  stagecraft, scenic construction as well as lighting the finished set, with equal emphasis on each.  Course is offered in conjunction with Music & Theatre Department’s main stage musicals or other                 productions. 

                                (replaces THT-2210 STAGECRAFT & THT-2216 LIGHTING)

THT 3210 – DESIGN & PAINTING FOR THE STAGE (3)

                Course concentrates on the principles and elements of design as well as their application              and interrelationship across the basic disciplines of Stage Scenery and Stage Lighting.

                                (replaces THT—3315 Scene Painting & Adv. Stagecraft )

THT 3320 – PRODUCING THE MUSICAL (3)

                A practical study of methods unique to producing the musical.  Course covers all aspects of production from play selection to opening night, with particular emphasis on                 technical production, backstage management, and staging.

                                (replaces THT--3318 Advanced Lighting)

THT 4412 – MUSICAL THEATRE (3)

                A study of American Musical Theatre, its history and creative elements.  Students will develop critical awareness of the differences between traditional and musical                theatre                 by becoming actively involved in reading, observing, and analyzing musicals.

                                (replaces THT—3317 Drafting and Scenic Rendering)

EXISTING COURSES REQUIRED:

 

THT 2214 – MAKEUP (3)

MAP 1101 – VOICE  (1)

MEN 3306 – MUSIC THEATRE WORKSHOP (1) repeat for 3 cr.

 

TOTAL CREDITS FOR MINOR = 19

2.      New Course: THT 2220: Principles and Techniques of Stagecraft and Lighting

Purpose and Nature of Course:  Course will provide students with the basic skills and knowledge necessary to meet the scenic and lighting demands of most basic theatrical and musical theatre productions.  Students will be able to use these skills and knowledge as the planning and problem solving process to produce their own designs in stage scenery and lighting.  Students will also gain the skills necessary to turn their designs as well as the designs of others into finished theatrical production elements.

Prefix:   THT           Number: 2220

Course Title:  ____Principles and Techniques of Stagecraft and Lighting_______

                                Abbreviated Title (for Master Schedule), Maximum 20 spaces

                                Stagecraft—Lighting

Credits: (Place number of credits beside appropriate types)

                Credit(s) __3__ Undergraduate

Course Description for Catalog (limit to four sentences):

                The practical study of methods and techniques in two of the most visual components of the musical theatre stage.  A “hands-on”, practical experience in:  stagecraft, scenic     construction as well as lighting the finished set, with equal emphasis on each.  Course is offered in conjunction with Music & Theatre Department’s main stage musicals or other productions. 

Prerequisites:  (Courses which MUST be completed prior to taking this course)

Courses to be eliminated:   (Course deletion for must be completed):

                Prefix: THT          Number: 2210  Stagecraft

                            THT                           3312  Stage Lighting

New faculty resources needed? ____Yes       XXX No

3.      New Course: THT 3210: Design and Painting for the Stage

Purpose and Nature of Course:  Course will provide students with the basic skills and knowledge necessary to meet the design and painting demands of most basic theatrical and musical theatre productions.  Course will prepare students in the understanding and application of the principles of design and their applications to theatre scenery.  Course also covers the various methods and practices of painting for the stage with hands-on practice and application  provided through department main stage productions.

Prefix:   THT           Number: 3210                   CIP:___________

Course Title:  ____Design and Painting for the Stage_______

                                Abbreviated Title (for Master Schedule), Maximum 20 spaces

                                Design & Paint Stage

Credits: (Place number of credits beside appropriate types)

4.                       Credit(s) __3__ Undergraduate

Course Description for Catalog (limit to four sentences):

5.                       Concentrates on the principles and elements of design as well as their application and       interrelationship across the basic disciplines of Stage Scenery and Stage Lighting.

Courses to be eliminated:   (Course deletion for must be completed):

Prefix: THT          Number: 3315  Scene Painting & Adv. Stagecraft

New faculty resources needed? ____Yes       XXX No

4.      New Course: THT 3320: Producing the Musical

Purpose and Nature of Course:  Course will provide students with the various skills and techniques used in producing the Musical.  A practical study of methods ranging from play selection through finished production as well as the unique nature of musical theatre production practices.

Prefix:   THT           Number: 3320                   CIP:___________

Course Title:  ____Producing the Musical_______

                                Abbreviated Title (for Master Schedule), Maximum 20 spaces

                                Producing  Musicals

Credits: (Place number of credits beside appropriate types)

                Credit(s) __3__ Undergraduate

Course Description for Catalog (limit to four sentences):

                A  practical study of methods unique to producing the musical.  Course covers all aspects of production from play selection to opening night, with particular emphasis on    technical production, backstage management, and staging.

Courses to be eliminated:   (Course deletion for must be completed):

                Prefix: THT          Number: 3318  Advanced Lighting                

New faculty resources needed? ____Yes       XXX No

5.      New Course: THT 4412: Musical Theatre

Purpose and Nature of Course:  The study of the creative and historical elements of  Musical Theatre.  Course emphasizes the development of the musical from its early beginnings in mid-1800’s to current day. 

Prefix:   THT           Number: 4412                   CIP:___________

Course Title:  ____Musical Theatre_______

                Abbreviated Title (for Master Schedule), Maximum 20 spaces

                                Musical Theatre

Credits: (Place number of credits beside appropriate types)

Credit(s) __3__ Undergraduate

Course Description for Catalog (limit to four sentences): A study of Musical Theatre, its history and creative elements.  Students will develop critical     awareness of the differences between traditional and musical theatre by becoming actively             involved in reading, observing, and analyzing musicals.

Courses to be eliminated:   (Course deletion for must be completed):

Prefix: THT  Number: 3317   Drafting and Scenic Rendering

New faculty resources needed? ____Yes       XXX No

6.      Course Deletion: THT 2210: Stagecraft

Prefix: __THT_________                 Number: _____2210_________

Rationale for deletion:   Course is being replaced with THT-2220 Stagecraft and Lighting  which  will better address the needs of our current students.  This course was part of the curriculum established when there was a Theatre Major in our department.  This Major no longer exists but we still have regular offerings of courses that serve a Theatre Minor.  This course, designed for Theatre Majors is no longer relevant to current needs of our Theatre minors  .  Deleting this course allows us to replace it with THT 2220 which better addresses the needs of our current students which will include a new Musical Theatre Minor.                   

Course Title: _____Stagecraft________________________________________

7.      Course Deletion: THT 3312: Stage Lighting

Prefix: __THT_________                 Number: _____3312_________

Rationale for deletion:   Course is being replaced with THT-2220 Stagecraft and Lighting  which  will better address the needs of our current students.  This course was part of the curriculum established when there was a Theatre Major in our department.  This Major no longer exists but we still have regular offerings of courses that serve a Theatre Minor.  This course, designed for Theatre Majors is no longer relevant to current needs of our Theatre minors.  Deleting this course allows us to replace it with THT 2220 which better addresses the needs of our current students which will include a new Musical Theatre Minor.                   

Course Title: _____Stage Lighting__________________________________

8.      Course Deletion: THT 3315: Scene Painting and Advanced Stagecraft

Prefix: __THT_________                 Number: _____3315_________

Rationale for deletion:   Course is being replaced with THT-3310 Design and Painting for the Stage  which  will better address the needs of our current students.  This course was part of the curriculum established when there was a Theatre Major in our department.  This Major no longer exists but we still have regular offerings of courses that serve a Theatre Minor.  This course, designed for Theatre Majors is no longer relevant to current needs of our Theatre minors  .  Deleting this course allows us to replace it with THT 2220 which better addresses the needs of our current students which will include a new Musical Theatre Minor.                            

Course Title: _____Scene Painting & Advanced Stagecraft______________________

9.      Course Deletion: THT 3317: Drafting and Scenic Rendering

Prefix: __THT_________                 Number: _____3317_________

Rationale for deletion:   Course is being replaced with THT-4412  Musical Theatre  which  will better address the needs of our current students.  This course was part of the curriculum established when there was a Theatre Major in our department.  This Major no longer exists but we still have regular offerings of courses that serve a Theatre Minor.  This course, designed for Theatre Majors is no longer relevant to current needs of our Theatre minors  .  Deleting this course allows us to replace it with THT 2220 which better addresses the needs of our current students which will include a new Musical Theatre Minor.                   

Course Title: _____Drafting and Scenic Rendering______________________

10.  Course Deletion: THT 3318: Advanced Lighting

Prefix: __THT_________                 Number: _____3318_________

Rationale for deletion:   Course is being replaced with THT-3320  Producing the Musical  which  will better address the needs of our current students.  This course was part of the curriculum established when there was a Theatre Major in our department.  This Major no longer exists but we still have regular offerings of courses that serve a Theatre Minor.  This course, designed for Theatre Majors is no longer relevant to current needs of our Theatre minors  .  Deleting this course allows us to replace it with THT 2220 which better addresses the needs of our current students which will include a new Musical Theatre Minor.                   

Course Title: _____Advanced Lighting______________________