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Introduction to Performance Studies

Theater, Dance, and Performance StudiesUndergraduateCLS - College of Letters and Science

Subject

THEATER

Course Number

26

Course Level

Undergraduate

Course Title

Introduction to Performance Studies

Course Description

This course introduces the critical terms and practices of the contemporary study of performance. Several key terms and important genres of artistic and social performance will be engaged; the course will draw critical and disciplinary methods from anthropology and ethnography, from the theory of dance and theater, from literary and cultural theory. Critical and theoretical concepts will be used to analyze a wide range of live and recorded performances, as well as performance texts.

Minimum

4

Maximum

4

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option

Method of Assessment

Written Exam

Instructors

Staff

American Cultures Requirement

No

Breadth

Arts & Literature

Reading and Composition Requirement

None of the Reading and Composition Requirement

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if the following the course(s) have already been completed.

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Formats

Lecture, Discussion

Term

Fall and Spring

Duration (in weeks)

15

Minimum Hours

3

Maximum Hours

3

Lecture Mode of Instruction

In Person

Minimum Hours

1

Maximum Hours

1

Discussion Mode of Instruction

In Person

Outside Work Hours Min

9

Maximum Hours

9

Term

Summer

Duration (in weeks)

8

Minimum Hours

6

Maximum Hours

6

Lecture Mode of Instruction

In Person

Minimum Hours

2

Maximum Hours

2

Discussion Mode of Instruction

In Person

Outside Work Hours Min

14.5

Maximum Hours

14.5