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Introduction to Performance Studies
Subject
THEATER
Course Number
26
Department
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