Theater (THE)
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THE 1005 Theatre Appreciation: GT-AH1 3 Credits
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.
THE 1008 Theatre Script Analysis: GT-AH1 3 Credits
Explore methods of reading and analyzing a variety of diverse texts for the stage. Additionally, this course provides an opportunity to interpret theatre scripts through cultural lenses and dramaturgical research methods. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
THE 1011 Acting I 3 Credits
Covers basic acting techniques and approaches including scene study, improvisation, and script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
THE 1012 Acting II 3 Credits
Continues to explore basic acting techniques and approaches including scene study, improvisation, and intermediate script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
THE 1015 Stage Movement for Actors 3 Credits
Introduces the vocabulary of human movement, techniques of physical training, and anatomy and kinesiology for the actor. The course includes forms of basic dance and the coordination of movement with vocal delivery.
THE 1016 Technical Theatre 3 Credits
Introduces methods of constructing and painting scenery and properties, operating stage lighting and sound equipment, and implementing costumes and multimedia. This course explores the proper procedures of serving on stage crews.
THE 1031 Theatre Production I 3 Credits
Allows students to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
THE 1032 Theatre Production II 3 Credits
Allows students to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
THE 1035 Stage Makeup I 3 Credits
Explores stage makeup design and application techniques including basic corrective, character, old age, animal, and fantasy applications.
THE 1083 Internship 0-12 Credits
To be determined by the individual instructor. A Course Description will be developed for each course and documented within the course syllabus. Refer to the SFCC Style Guide for Course Description, Required Course Learning Outcome, and Topical Outline guidelines.
THE 2011 Development of Theatre Greek-Reniassance: GT-AH1 3 Credits
Surveys the history and development of theatrical practices from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance as well as non-western forms, emphasizing all aspects of performance from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and culture. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
THE 2012 Development of Theatre Restoration to Modern: GT-AH1 3 Credits
Surveys the history and development of theatrical practices from Restoration to the present as well as non-Western forms, emphasizing all aspects of performance from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and culture. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
THE 2013 Intermediate Acting I 3 Credits
continues Acting Theatre 112. Emphasis is on artistic concentration of voice and movement. A detailed character biography is required.
THE 2015 Playwriting: GT-AH1 3 Credits
Develops playwriting techniques emphasizing elements of dramatic structure, dialogue, styles, creative writing, and theatrical practices. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH1 category.
THE 2020 Directing I 3 Credits
Covers basic techniques for stage directing in contemporary theatre. Topics to be covered include stage composition, script analysis, work with actors, and the collaborative role of the director.
THE 2055 Advanced Playwriting 3 Credits
Continues to explore playwriting techniques developed in THE 215 for theatre and applies concepts of writing for movie, television, radio, and animation scripts, with emphasis on the dramatic process and form.