Speech and Theater Course Offerings
SPEECH AND THEATER COURSES
SPTH 210B: TECHNIQUES OF SPEECH (Credit, 3 hours).
Practice in the preparation and presentation of original speeches. Development of oral communication skills useful in business, teaching, professional, and informal speaking situations where effective oral communication skills are essential.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
SPTH 270B: STAGECRAFT (Credit, 3 hours).
An introduction to theater technology and the crafts of physical theatre production. Included are sound and lighting design and theater rigging. SPTH 271 must be taken concurrently with SPTH 270.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
SPTH 271B: STAGECRAFT LABORATORY (Credit, 1 hour).
A practicum employing the principles of stagecraft in backstage work and crew assignments. Required in conjunction with SPTH 270.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Practicum
STHE 101B: FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE (Credit, 3 hours).
An introduction to the literature and history of the theatre. A survey and analysis of the crafts of live theatre as an art form. May be taken as a humanities elective.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB
STHE 201B: ACTING (Credit, 3 hours).
The fundamental theories and techniques of the acting craft as they apply to the individual and the ensemble. Exercises in movement, voice, and interpretation as they relate to character-ization and character development.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
STHE 399B Performance Ensemble
Students create a live theater performance with a team of collaborators, including actors, artists, writiers, designers, tech support, and other creative roles.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
STHE 320B: Applied Performance (Credit, 3 hours).
Students explore various applied techniques for theater in different contexts including immersive dinner/mystery theater, classroom pedaogy, facilitation, and improv for team building.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
STHE 345B: Performance Methods (Credit, 3 hours).
Students practice and perfect a variety of nontraditional theater techniques, including poetry performance, image theater, and improvisation.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
STHE 495B: Directed Study in Performance (Credit, 3 hours).
Special interest group for large group performance or academic projects.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
HUMANITIES COURSES (HUMN)
HUMN 241B: THREE ARTS: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES (Credit, 3 hours).
An interdisciplinary study of the visual arts, music, and theatre from the creative point of view.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate, Schedule Types: Lecture
HUMN 242B: THREE ARTS IN HISTORY (Credit, 3 hours).
An interdisciplinary study of the visual arts, music, and theatre from a historical perspective.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture
HUMN 366B: RACE RELATIONS (Credit, 3 hours). Course designed to address a multiracial audience derived from the student bodies of Louisiana State University and Southern University. Students examine the question of race relations in an interdisciplinary setting to include sociological, psychological, political, and historical perspectives. Students then will apply these newly-acquired critical perspectives to analyze and compare selected texts, essays, films, and other cultural artifacts from various cultural/ethnic groups in the United States. This analytical tool will help students to recognize the genesis, evolution, and dissemination of racial/ethnic prejudices, conflicts, and tensions as well as to recognize dynamics of interracial harmony.
Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate; Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB