Course Description
Variable topics in writing practices for the performing arts that vary each semester. Students can explore multiple forms of dramatic storytelling and apply creative writing techniques across a range of theatrical and media contexts beyond traditional playwriting. Prerequisite: Drama Major; Note: May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
Students will be able to write texts for performance, framing them within a social, historical, aesthetic, and conceptual context.
Students will collaborate effectively with peers in the class on projects.
Create and showcase a final written/text-based work, performance, installation, or community-based project using methods learned in class practice.
Students will analyze and articulate their own creative and collaborative processes.
Course Grading Information:
Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
Engage in weekly collaborative assignments/creative problem-solving emphasizing writing for performance. (SLO 2, 3) | 60% |
Students will create a final text-based project based on the variable topic of the course. Final Project (3) | 10% |
Engage in critiques, and discussions of works-in-progress and around issues in contemporary writing for performance development, studies, and practices. Attendance/Participation (SLO 1, 2) | 25% |
Students will complete a self-reflection. (SLO 4) | 5% |
Grading Scale
Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
94-100% | A |
90- <94% | A- |
87- <90% | B+ |
83- <87% | B |
80- <83% | B- |
77- <80% | C+ |
73- <77% | C |
70- <73% | C- |
67- <70% | D+ |
63- <67% | D |
60- <63% | D- |
0 - <60% | F |
Attendance/Participation:
Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
No course materials are required.
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.