COMD 3410		Stage Lighting (3-0-3)
This course will focus on lighting design for the theater, including equipment and tools of the lighting designer; drafting techniques in creating a lighting plot; and design analysis and theory. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101-1102 or ENGL 1113-1114 with a grade of C or better; HUMN 2001 with a grade of C or better.
COMD 3550		Fundamentals of Technical Theatre ( 3-0-3)
A survey of the techniques for designing, building, painting, costuming, and managing a production. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101-1102 or ENGL 1113-1114 with a grade of C or better; HUMN 2001 with a grade of C or better.
COMD 3710		Directing (3-0-3)
A study of the fundamental techniques of stage directing. We will study stage space, blocking and movement, script analysis and interpretation, and style. Reading, discussions, laboratory work, the directing of scenes and one-act plays, and the creation of a prompt book are required. Prerequisites: COD 322 or Permission of the Instructor.
COMD 3811		Scene Design I (3-0-3)
This course will focus on various aspects of scene design for the theatre, including sketching, drafting, rendering and model building techniques, and research. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101-1102 or ENGL 1113-1114 with a grade of C or better; HUMN 2001 with a grade of C or better.
COMD 3812		Scene Design II (3-0-3)
Students will perfect techniques learned in COMD 3811. Additional concentration will be placed on historical aspects of design, applied research, and design concepts. Prerequisites: COMD 3811 or permission of the instructor.
COMD 4010		Performance for the Camera (3-0-3)
An introduction to the craft of performing in video, film, and for the radio. The class will perform from film and video plays, read "copy," and present news programs for television. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101-1102 or ENGL 1113-1114 with a grade of C or better; HUMN 2001 with a grade of C or better.
COMD 4210		Acting III: Period Styles (3-0-3)
The problems of enacting period literature from Greek to early twentieth century. Students address problems of deportment and stage movement, diction, and meter. Scenes performed from Greek, Roman, Renaissance, Restoration, and early Modern repertoires. Prerequisites: COMD 3212 or permission of the instructor.
COMD 4220		Modern Drama (3-0-3)
A survey of major world dramatists and their works, from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101-1102 or ENGL 1113-1114 and HUMN 2001, each with a grade of C or better; HUMN 2002.
COMD 4420/ENGL 4420		Shakespeare (3-0-3)
The major histories, comedies, and tragedies: the Elizabethan theater.
Augusta State University Catalog					251

Back one page	Top of current page	Next page
To Table of Contents