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A studio course focused on creative processes and generating original material. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the relationship between form and content exploring the possibilities of site specific, gallery and theatre settings. Students will reflect throughout on the types of contact and communication uniquely possible in the live moment, such as interaction or the engagement of the senses. The emphasis is on weekly experimentation in the creation of short works rather than on a final production.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Paris, H. (PI)
TAPS 177: Dramatic Writing: The Fundamentals (CSRE 177, FEMGEN 177, TAPS 277)
Course introduces students to the basic elements of playwriting and creative experimentation for the stage. Topics include: character development, conflict and plot construction, staging and setting, and play structure. Script analysis of works by contemporary playwrights may include: Marsha Norman, Patrick Shanley, August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paula Vogel, Octavio Solis and others. Table readings of one-act length work required by quarter's end.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Moraga, C. (PI)
TAPS 189: Literature of Adoption (ENGLISH 189, ENGLISH 289, TAPS 289C)
From Sophocles to Barfield, adoption has been at the center of Western literature. This course will explore adoption as both plot point as as symbolic structure for meaning-making in myth and fiction. While this course will not count as Creative Expression, final projects can be creative and/or scholarly.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Phelan, P. (PI)
TAPS 190: Special Research
Individual project on the work of a playwright, period, or genre. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Akbarzadeh, H. (PI)
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Casamajor, J. (PI)
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Hill, L. (PI)
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Instructors:
Akbarzadeh, H. (PI)
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Casamajor, J. (PI)
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Hill, L. (PI)
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Klein, D. (PI)
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Kumaran, L. (PI)
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Looser, D. (PI)
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Moraga, C. (PI)
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Ramsaur, M. (PI)
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Rehm, R. (PI)
TAPS 191: Independent Study
Individual supervision of off-campus internship. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
for credit
TAPS 200: Senior Project
All TAPS Majors must complete a Senior Project that represents significant work in any area of theater and/or performance. The project must be an original contribution and can consist of any of the following: devising a performance, choreographing a dance, stage managing a production, designing a large theater work, performing a major role, writing a play, directing a show, or researching and writing a senior essay. Work for this project normally begins in Spring Quarter of the junior year and must be completed by the end of the senior year. Students receive credit for senior projects through
TAPS 200. A minimum of 4 units is required, but additional units are available for larger projects. Students pursuing senior projects must submit a two-page proposal to a faculty advisor of their choice, which must be approved by the Undergraduate Advisor and the department faculty no later than the end of Spring Quarter of the junior year.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2-9
| Repeatable
for credit
TAPS 201: Theater History
A survey of the history of theatre and dance from the ancient Greeks to the modern world. While primarily intended to help TAPS graduate students prepare for their Comprehensive Exam, this course may also be taken by undergraduates or non-TAPS graduate students in order to gain a broad understanding of some of the seminal plays, dances, theories, and performance practices of the past 2500 years.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Smith, M. (PI)
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Pipert, J. (TA)
TAPS 201B: Honors Colloquium
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Looser, D. (PI)
TAPS 220: Academic Publishing
This course offers systematic opportunities for students to develop a publishable article for a scholarly journal. We will examine a range of successful articles in journals and carefully consider a variety of effective writing techniques and styles.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Menon, J. (PI)
TAPS 231: Advanced Stage Lighting Design
Individually structured class in lighting mechanics and design through experimentation, discussions, and written reports. Prerequisite: 131 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
55 times
Instructors:
Kumaran, L. (PI)
;
Ramsaur, M. (PI)
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