Minor in Theatre Arts Education (33 hours)
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- Complete the following with a B grade or better:
TMA 101 : Introduction to the Theatre.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Reading, viewing, analyzing, writing about, and interacting with contemporary plays and performances to explore both theatre fundamentals and ways theatre addresses questions and concerns of our time. Lab required. |
| NOTE: | Independent Study also. |
- Apply for entrance approval from the theatre and media arts education committee.
- Complete the following:
TMA 123 : Acting Fundamentals.
(2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in TMA 122, 125. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamental acting skills: exercises in perception, objective/action, thought processes, scoring of scripts. Lab required. |
TMA 201 : Dramatic Performance: Antiquity to Renaissance.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Civilization from Greek antiquity through Renaissance, primarily from perspective of dramatic literature and performance. Ways in which performance functions within particular socioeconomic, political, religious, and aesthetic perspectives. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
TMA 202 : Dramatic Performance: Renaissance to the Present.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Civilization from Renaissance through present, primarily from perspective of dramatic literature and performance. Ways in which performance functions within particular socioeconomic, political, religious, and aesthetic perspectives. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
TMA 236 : Directing Fundamentals.
(2:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 114 or instructor's consent (except theatre education majors). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamental elements of stage and media directing, including observation, collaboration, imagination, casting, working with actors, camera, spaces, words, images, rehearsals, and final product. |
TMA 336 : Directing Principles and Practices.
(3:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Theatre arts studies majors: TMA 114, 236, and instructor's consent. Media arts studies majors: TMA 105, 114, 185, and instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theories and processes of taking a scene from script to production. |
TMA 377A : Teaching Methods and Instruction.
(2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R; fingerprinting and FBI clearance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students in theatre; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
TMA 377B : Teaching Methods and Instruction.
(2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R; fingerprinting and FBI clearance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students in theatre; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
TMA 377C : Teaching Methods and Instruction: Theatre in Education Practices.
(2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R, 377A,B. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Practicing contemporary theatre-in-education (TIE) methods to be employed in practical secondary education settings. |
- Complete one course from the following:
- Complete one course from the following:
TMA 395 : Dramatic Literature 1.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 114, 201, 202. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of dramatic texts, from ancient Greek to today, through Western literary theories, emphasizing performance. |
TMA 396 : Dramatic Literature 2.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 114, 201, 202. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of dramatic texts, from ancient Greek to today, through global literary theories, emphasizing performance. |