08 - 09 Undergraduate Catalog | Minor in Theatre Arts Education

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.

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.

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Elementary techniques in makeup application for film, television, and stage. Lab work on main season productions is required.

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.

PREREQUISITE:	TMA 336 and instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Directing projects for class critique and public presentation.

Undergraduate Catalog

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.

PREREQUISITE:	TMA 101, 160.
DESCRIPTION:	Intermediate skills in scenic construction and stage maintenance.

PREREQUISITE:	Theatre arts studies or theatre education major status.
DESCRIPTION:	Basic approaches to painting and finishing scenic elements. Priming, lay-in, texturing, and effects. Possible work painting on departmental productions.

PREREQUISITE:	TMA 114, 201, 202.
DESCRIPTION:	Survey of dramatic texts, from ancient Greek to today, through Western literary theories, emphasizing performance.