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Speech and Theatre Program
Speech and Theatre Program

Speech and Theatre Course Offerings

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.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB

 

HUMN 242B:  THREE ARTS IN HISTORY (Credit, 3 hours).

An interdisciplinary study of the visual arts, music, and theatre from a historical perspective.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB

 

HUMN 244B:  STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: A CULTURAL APPROACH (Credit, 3 hours).

An interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to literature, foreign languages, music, and geography. Selected Italian, Spanish, African, French, English, Spanish, and American writers from the Renaissance, Neoclassical, Romantic, and Modern periods will be studied.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

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.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB

SPEECH AND THEATRE COURSES (SPTH)

 

SPTH 100B/101B/200B/201B:  DEPARTMENTAL LABORATORY (Credit, 1 hour).

Designed to provide practical experiences through involvement in cocurricular activities.
1.000 Credit hours
1.000 Lab hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lab, WEB

 

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.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB

 

SPTH 270B:  STAGECRAFT (Credit, 3 hours).

An introduction to theatre technology and the crafts of physical theatre production. Included are scenic construction, painting, and theatre rigging. Introduction of practical application of computer programs to theatre technology included where feasible. SPTH 271 must be taken concurrently with SPTH 270.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

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.
1.000 Credit hours
1.000 Lab hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Practicum

 

SPTH 360B:  THEATRE HISTORY (Credit, 3 hours).

A comprehensive study of the history and literature of the theatre from the Greeks to the modern era. Representative plays are studied in the context of social setting and staging practices.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB

 

SPTH 495B:  SPECIAL PROBLEMS (Credit, 1-3 hours).

This course may be elected by students of advanced standing, who will submit a proposed special project to the faculty for approval during the semester prior to enrollment. Projects may be of a research or creative nature and may be selected from, but are not necessarily limited to, the following areas: acting, directing, forensics, oral interpretation, dramatic literature and/or criticism, theatre management, play-writing, theatre history, or an area of design or technical production.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

 

SU THEATRE COURSES (STHE)

 

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.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

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.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: SUBR-Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, WEB