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383 Music Theatre Scene Study This course is designed to address acting the song and advanced analysis and preparation of solo, duet and ensemble scenes from music theatre literature. On occasion this practice results in a final showcase of material explored during the semester. Prerequisite: THEA 280 or consent of instructor. Offered in alternate years.

435 Advanced Contemporary Dance: Advanced Techniques and Strategies (.5 or 1)

This course challenges each student on their artistic journey to better understand his/ her body: how and why they move the way they do. By deconstructing dance technique, giving special attention to acting, physical storytelling, and musicality this course is an upper level and intensive experience in dance technique. Available for variable credit: 0.5 units focusing on class work, 1.0 units focusing of class work, the broader world of contemporary dance and exploring the mechanics of the body at a deeper level. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Offered each semester. 462, 463 Senior Applied Voice for Music Theatre (.5) A continuation of applied work in Music Theatre as described under MUTH 162. 462 offered each fall; 463 offered each spring. 483 Music Theatre Workshop This course is designed to investigate, encourage and promote new work by contemporary composers in an educational setting; providing the students of the School of Theatre Arts with an opportunity to experience the collaborative process between originator, actor, form and the professional world of music theatre. The students will workshop a single musical or a selection of chamber musicals resulting in a midterm public reading and final workshop presentation. Prerequisite: THEA 280 or consent of instructor. Offered in alternate years. 494 Music Theatre: Special Projects Individual work in the areas of dance, music theatre performance, production, and/or auditioning. This course is designed to provide faculty supervision in learning specialized performance techniques, in developing resume and portfolio material, or in developing a senior music theatre recital. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and approval of project by music theatre faculty. Offered each semester.

UNIVERSITY WIDE COURSES

UNIV 200 Writing Center Peer Tutoring Colloquium (W) Writing center tutoring is an ongoing conversation about writing during which the tutor listens, advises, and helps writers. This course is designed to teach tutors how to do these things to enhance their peer’s skills. We read writing center scholarship and talk at what writing center work does. Offered each spring semester. UNIV 201 Peer Academic Tutor Colloquium (.5) This course is designed to teach Peer Academic tutors how to listen, provide advice, and strengthen the skills of their peers learning at every level from first year through senior year. In this class, we will read current and established tutoring scholarship about equity, education, and strategies for success; talk through ideas about what tutoring is, does, and why it helps; and conclude the course by creating our own tutoring portfolios. Offered each semester. UNIV 297 STEM Project (Non-department Associated) (.25, .5, .75, 1.0) A supervised experiential learning opportunity related to one or more of the STEM disciplines. Work may occur on or off campus. Students will have a faculty supervisor. Students working off campus may also have a site supervisor. Maximum of 2 units of credit may be used to fulfill graduation requirements. Prerequisite: permission of faculty supervisor. Offered each semester. UNIV 397 Supervised Internship (Non-department Associated) (.5, .75, 1.0) A supervised experiential learning opportunity for students to apply skills in a professional setting. This course is designed for students desiring academic credit for an internship who do not have the option to earn internship credit through an academic department.

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Students may arrange internships for academic credit in consultation with a designated faculty supervisor and on-site internship supervisor. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Offered each semester. May also be taken in the summer for additional tuition charge. Maximum of 2 units of credit may be used to fulfill graduation requirements.

UNIV 398 International Supervised Internship (Non-department Associated) (G)

(.75, 1.0) A supervised experiential learning opportunity outside the United States for students to apply skills in a professional setting. Through an international internship experience, students will engage in sustained interactions with the host culture both in and outside of the workplace. Additionally, students will fulfill course assignments that analyze and demonstrate understanding of the host culture. This course is designed for students desiring academic credit for an internship who do not have the option to earn internship credit through an academic department. Students may arrange internships for academic credit in consultation with a designated faculty supervisor and on-site internship supervisor. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Offered each semester. May also be taken in the summer for additional tuition charge. Maximum of 2 units of credit may be used to fulfill graduation requirements.

WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

Irby, Director

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is an interdisciplinary curriculum that offers feminist perspectives on the human experience, analyzes the role and contributions of women in history, investigates the impact of the construction of gender and sexuality in our lives and institutions, and examines the construction of knowledge. The curriculum draws on the expanding scholarship on women and gender to meet three goals: • To study gender as a category of analysis, and its intersection with race, ethnicity, class, age, sexual identity, and (dis)ability, especially within a multicultural and institutional context; • To investigate different perspectives on gender and sexuality; • To reflect on historical, social, cultural, economic, and political issues affecting and categorizing individual identity and sexuality.

Since the discipline underlying WGSS promotes social change, some courses include an activist or service learning component. Still others ask students to reflect on how gender-related issues affect people’s lives, including their own. Opportunities for internships and independent study allow students to individualize the major according to their interests or career goals. WGSS is valuable to students planning to attend graduate school and/or build careers in such areas as business, health care, education, government, history, law, psychology, religion, and social work. The WGSS major requires a minimum of nine courses and the minor requires a minimum of five courses, including core courses on sexuality. Students must earn a grade of “C” or higher for a course to count toward a major or minor. Students interested in a WGSS major or minor should consult the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director for academic advising, especially since not all courses are offered each semester.

Major Sequence in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:

A minimum of nine courses, to include the following (with a minimum of four courses at the 300-400 level):

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1) At least one introductory course on gender studies and feminism in the U.S. Choose from: WGSS 101: Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (CSI,U) History 244: History of American Feminisms (CHC, U) Philosophy 230: Philosophy of Feminism (AV, U) Sociology 222: Sex and Gender in Society (CSI, U) 2) At least one course on gender and sexualities. Choose from: English 381: Thinking Queer/Reading Queer (LIT, U) Health 330: Human Sexuality (AV) History 350: Women, Work, and Leisure, 1890-1930 (CHC, U) Psychology 356: Psychology of Gender (U) Sociology 380: Sociology of Sexualities (U) 3) Six additional courses designated as Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses. Courses must be chosen from at least two different divisions, schools, or programs (I-VI below), at least three different departments or disciplines. WGSS 270, 370, 397, and 450 may also count for this requirement. 4) Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 490: Senior Seminar (W)

Minor Sequence in Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies requires a minimum of five courses, with at least 2 300- or 400-level courses. Only courses in which students earn a C or higher may be applied towards the minor. 1) At least one introductory course in gender studies and feminism in the U.S. Select from: WGSS 101: Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (CSI,

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History 244: History of American Feminisms (CHC, U) Philosophy 230: Philosophy of Feminism (AV, U) Sociology 222: Sex and Gender in Society (CSI, U) 2) At least one course on gender and sexualities. Select from: English 381: Thinking Queer/Reading Queer (LIT, U) Health 330: Human Sexuality (AV) History 350: Women, Work, and Leisure, 1890-1930 (CHC, U) Psychology 356: Psychology of Gender (U) Sociology 380: Sociology of Sexualities (U) 3) Three additional courses designated as Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Courses must be chosen from at least 2 different divisions (I to VI below), and 3 different departments or disciplines. WGSS 270, 370, 397 and 450 may also count for this requirement. *Applies if course has significant women’s and gender issues content. Contact the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director for advice. I. HUMANITIES English 120: Women in Literature (LIT) English 170: Special Topics: 20th Century Women Writers (LIT) English 222: Shakespeare’s Shrews (LIT, W) English 255: Hip-Hop: A Literary Study (LIT, U, W)

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