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Show 64 10. Theatre Production. Study and application of basic principles and procedures as encountered in typical amateur situations by the technical director and his crews backstage. Designed for drama majors and for all persons desiring to gain needed skills in connection with stage craft for service in schools, churches, and little theatre groups. Three quarter hours. Winter. (May not be given in 1951- Staff 12. Principles of Directing. Designed to give practical experience to the amateur director, of school, community or church plays. Special emphasis is given to techniques and procedures confronting the inexperienced director in typical situations. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Staff 13. Principles of Acting. Designed to establish appreciative conceptions and basic skills in acting. Theory is combined with practice on the laboratory basis. Two lectures and one laboratory period. Three quarter hours. Winter. Staff 20. Theatre Workshop. A course devoted to the selection, rehearsal and presentation of both one-act and full-length plays on a laboratory basis. Registration subject to approval of the instructor. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 24. Radio Workshop (Announcing). Analysis and practice of principles of radio speaking, microphone techniques, announcing, interviewing, and newscasting. Writing of non-dramatic continuity. One lecture and two laboratory periods. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Staff 25. Radio Workshop (Acting). Laboratory experience given in the techniques of radio acting. The class will progress from individual scenes to the final preparation of a radio drama. Whenever practicable, this drama will be broadcast over a local radio station. Two laboratory periods. Two quarter hours. Winter. Staff 26. Radio Workshop (Production). The theories of radio dramatic production will be explained, then put into practice in the studio. Each student is given the responsibility of organizing and directing productions. Two laboratory periods. Two quarter hours. Spring. Staff 65 27. Radio and Television Appreciation. A survey course designed to give the general student, as well as the radio major, those understandings of the operation of radio and television desirable from both the listener's and performer's point of view. Trips to radio and TV stations are anticipated. Two quarter hours. Autumn. Staff 28. Theatre Appreciation. Designed to improve the student's critical perceptions in one of the world's oldest and most significant areas of entertainment, culture and public influence. Attendance at selected plays in the city and in adjacent areas is part of the course plan. No prerequisite. Two quarter hours. Winter. Staff 29. Motion Picture Appreciation. Designed to enhance critical perceptions in one of the most familiar and significant mediums of public entertainment and influence of today. Attendance at selected plays required as basis for critical discussions in the class. No prerequisite. Two quarter hours. Spring. Staff 51. Remedial Speech. A course designed for students who need special help in articulation, voice, and stage presence. Students will receive help in determing their speech needs through speech appraisals at registration time or will be advised to enroll for the course by teachers of Basic Communications. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES V. C. Hancock, A. R. Watkins It is recommended that a student pursuing a major in the foreign languages complete two years of one foreign language. The following courses meet the requirements of General Education in the field of the Humanities and are open to all students: French 12, The Culture of France; German 12, The Culture of Germany; and Spanish 12, The Culture of Spain and Latin-America. French 1. Elementary French. A course for students who have had no previous knowledge of French. Stress is placed upon ear training and oral practice. Five quarter hours. Autumn. Hancock 2. Elementary French. quarter hours. Winter. A continuation of French 1. Five Hancock 3. Intermediate French. Prerequisite: One unit of French (high Hancock school) or French 2. Five quarter hours. Spring. 4. Intermediate French. Prerequisite: Two units of French (high school) or French 3. Five quarter hours. Autumn. Hancock 5. Advanced French. A review of French grammar and conversation. Drill based on extensive reading. Five quarter hours. Winter. Hancock |