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SOCL 337 - Immigration, Assimilation and Ethnicity
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course explores the forces that influence people to leave their own countries for the U.S.; how immigrants and their children adapt to their new surroundings; the role of historical and contemporary immigration on race/ethnic relations.
Cross-listed with: APIA 337 and LAS 337
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SOCL 340 - Special Topics In Sociology
Credits: (1-4)
Selected topics in sociology. The topics to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester. Instructors may require prior approval for registration.
This course may be repeated for credit If topic varies
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SOCL 350 - Critical Engagement in Context
Credits: (4)
This course will survey a range of critical theories and perspectives about civic engagement, including but not limited to philosophies of citizenship, organizational structure and efficacy, social justice and inequality, social movements, and others. Students will be encouraged to use an interdisciplinary lens for understanding principles and practices of civic engagement in this course, delving more deeply in areas of faculty expertise but covering a range of theoretical and critical perspectives that “complicate” notions of identity, community, and effective engagement depending on social, economic, and global contexts of participation for example.
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SOCL 351 - Sociological Theory
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course explores classical and modern sociological theories and theorists. Examined also is the development of the discipline of sociology during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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SOCL 352 - Research Design
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course introduces students to the logics of sociological research, and the diverse research designs that follow. Specifically, students will be introduced to selected qualitative and quantitative research designs that exemplify alternative logical and empirical traditions in sociological research. Students will learn skills necessary to understand the logic of different underlying methods, evaluate the strengths/weaknesses of quantitative and qualitative approaches, and assess whether research findings support stated conclusions. Attention will also be given to assessing the ethical/political implications of research design.
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SOCL 353 - Quantitative Research Methods
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Recommended Previous Course: SOCL 352
College Curriculum: ACTV, MATH
Domain (Anchored): CSI
In this course, students learn how to locate quantitative data, critique sources of data, and prepare data for analysis. Students learn descriptive, inferential, and multivariate explanatory techniques of data analysis, with an emphasis on selecting among these techniques and carrying them out using statistical software. Students learn how to interpret quantitative findings and convey them to a variety of audiences.
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SOCL 354 - Qualitative Sociology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Recommended Previous Course: SOCL 352
College Curriculum: ACTV
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Students examine and learn the strategies of qualitative sociologists by reading excerpts from qualitative works and reflective writings about doing research. Students gain experience gathering a variety of qualitative data by performing ethnographic, comparative historical, archival, interview-based, and/or focus group research.
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SOCL 361 - Social Movements and Social Change
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV, NQR
This course examines different approaches to social change, social movements and collective action. Case studies will be used to explore such topics as; movement formation, strategies and effectiveness, collective identities, counter-cultures, the media and social control.
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SOCL 362 - Medical Sociology
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course examines how health, illness, and health care are shaped by society, and vice versa. It includes a focus on how cultural and structural factors influence the practice of medicine across contexts, as well as an exploration of the social causes of illness and mortality. Topics include: the social construction of illness, the social organization of medicine around the world, social responses to illness, social foundations of health behaviors, and the link between social stratification and health disparities.
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SOCL 363 - Sociology of Religion
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This class explores how religious beliefs, practices, and institutional structures are shaped by gender, race, and sexuality. We pay particular attention to the boundaries of sociological methods and inquiry by listening carefully to related critical theological perspectives.
Cross-listed with: RLST 363
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SOCL 364 - Sociology of Work
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course examines the role of work in contemporary society. Social, institutional and cultural influences are explored. Topics examined include: global work issues, paid and unpaid work, gendered segregation of work, discrimination in the workplace, and workplace cultures.
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SOCL 365 - Economy and Society
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course examines economic action through a sociological lens. It includes examinations of early and recent features of capitalist development, the relationship of states and economic actors and institutions, labor and labor movements, and globalization. An introduction to the growing field of economic sociology, students will explore the embeddedness of markets, the importance of networks, and how race, class, and gender impact economic action.
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SOCL 366 - Asian American Demography and Law
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This class is designed to introduce you to the field of Asian American Studies. Even though Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the United States, they are often left out of discussions about race relations and racial stratification. In this course, we will study how race/ethnicity influences life in the U.S., with a focus on Asian American communities and identities. We begin with a review of the demographic history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States in order to situate the Asian American experience within broader social and historical contexts, and to highlight the diversity of Asian American communities and families.
Key to understanding the demographic history of Asian Americans are the immigration and naturalization laws that shaped who could enter the United States, and who could become citizens. Next, we examine the contemporary experiences of Asian Americans in order to address questions of what it means to be American, how racial/ethnic groups are stratified in the U.S., and how Asian Americans establish their ethnic identities. We also examine the role of Asian Americans in challenging and maintaining social boundaries by examining current legal debates on such topics as affirmative action, military naturalization, and immigration/refugee policies.
Cross-listed with: APIA 366
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SOCL 368 - International Community Health and Development
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course provides the foundations for projects in engaged scholarship focused on participatory development strategies and community health. It was developed through ongoing work with projects known as Student Organization for Medical Outreach and Sustainability (SOMOS) and Medical Aid Nicaragua: Outreach Scholarship. Both of these projects began as a student initiatives in service learning. The project founders sought a different model for student engagement and articulated concerns about the marginalization of regions, nations, communities, and people and about the arrogance of international development interventions. They expressed skepticism about the value of ungrounded approaches to helping.
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SOCL 369 - Methods and Analysis in International Community Health and Development
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300
This course introduces the core methods and data analysis techniques for projects in engaged scholarship focused on participatory development strategies and community health. It was developed through ongoing work with projects known as Student Organization for Medical Outreach and Sustainability (SOMOS) and Medical Aid Nicaragua: Outreach Scholarship. Both of these projects began as a student initiatives in service learning. The project founders sought a different model for student engagement and articulated concerns about the marginalization of regions, nations, communities, and people and about the arrogance of international development interventions. They expressed skepticism about the value of ungrounded approaches to helping.
Through ongoing partnership efforts in Paraiso, Dominican Republic and Cuje, Nicaragua, we have sought ways to partner effectively and respectfully with residents and communities. We have used basic methods of ethnography, GIS, and social networks analysis (SNA) to collect and analyze data to describe the communities and to understand local arragnements that could support collaboration and collective capacity. Seeking best practices and strategies has resulted in ongoing efforts to develop a refined model of participatory development that relies on community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods and emphasizes community collective decision-making, solidarity, and action over external expertise, direction, and guidance.
Cross-listed with: KINE 369
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SOCL 404 - Modern Organizations
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): (Course may not be offered regularly.)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines large bureaucratic organizations and interorganizational systems that profoundly shape the character of our society and our lives. Theories are used to improve our ability to analyze, work within and respond to organizations.
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SOCL 408 - Migration in a Global Context
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines shifting patterns, experiences, and theoretical perspectives of migration in a context of globalization. Emphasis is on the causes and consequences of migration. Topics may include: race, gender, family, work, immigrants’ rights, changing notions of citizenship and democracy.
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SOCL 409 - Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Studies
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOCL 351 or SOCL 352
Domain (Anchored): CSI
In the upper-level seminar, students will use the interdisciplinary lens of border studies to explore the cultural, political, and economic dynamics of immigration and their implications for the larger issues of democratic participation, community, and social membership.
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SOCL 410 - Food and Society
Credits: (3)
This course explores the social meanings and the structural relations of power that influence production, distribution, and consumption of food. It focuses on developing a sociological understanding of the structure of a globalized, industrialized agriculture and food system and the impacts on farmers, consumers and communities.
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SOCL 411 - Community Sociology
Credits: (3)
This course interrogates the meaning of community. Course participants will ask questions about what communities are, where they exist, how they change, the conditions under which they flourish (or do not), and how the perspectives on these various questions have changed over time.
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SOCL 412 - Social Inequality and Health
Credits: (3)
Social conditions such as poverty, social isolation, segregation, and experiences of discrimination are associated with poorer health outcomes across a range of disease mechanisms. This course will cover health outcomes research from a variety of disciplines, with a particular focus on how social inequality-particularly along lines of class, race, gender, and sexual identity-shapes patterns of health and illness. It will draw on such research to understand how individual illnesses and deaths are caused by social factors and use health outcomes as a window for examining the social, cultural, political, and economic contexts in which health inequalities occur.
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SOCL 420 - Political Ecology of Health & Disease
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: CSI
The course examines the ways in which human societies and individuals shape the planetary landscape, enhance disease outbreaks, and in turn respond. Students learn about this in a variety of places and do a research project on their own or in groups to examine a specific place, how its landscape has changed, and how this has impacted health and disease.
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SOCL 425 - Blacks in American Society
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines changing economic, political, educational and residential conditions of Blacks in the United States in terms of their historic and contemporary consequences. Explores the diverse experiences of Americans of African descent and intra-group tensions (class and gender related).
Cross-listed with: AFST 425
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SOCL 426 - Sociology of Mental Illness
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar explores sociological aspects of mental illness and mental health. It examines the social and cultural sources of mental disorders, definitions, types, distribution within society, and sociological factors in the treatment of mental illness.
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SOCL 427 - Energy, Environment, and Development
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines the role of extractive and agricultural industries in processes of globalization and socioeconomic change. Topics include: the commodification of nature; resource scarcity, and global expansionism; unequal ecological exchange; resource wars; and the end of nature.
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SOCL 428 - Technology, Science and Power
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar provides an in-depth exploration of the literature in the sociology of science and technology. Particular attention is given to how race, gender, class, sexuality, and globalization shape the use of technology and the production of scientific knowledge.
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SOCL 429 - Deviance and Social Control
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level sociology course
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines behavior that violates social norms, yet is not necessarily illegal. The course focuses on social control and the emergence of deviant lifestyles.
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SOCL 431 - Comparative Race Relations
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines the role of race/ethnicity as factors of social differentiation in various societies using a comparative approach. Topics include: effects of colonialism, consequences of nationalization projects, distribution of societal resources and the assimilation/ pluralism paradigms.
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SOCL 432 - Sociology of Sexualities
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This seminar examines how sociologists study sexuality. Topics include: sociological approaches to studying sexuality, the growing prominence of sexual minorities, sexuality throughout life, sexual subcultures, the politics of sexuality, and how sexual norms differ among various social groups.
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SOCL 433 - Crime and Justice in America
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Any 200 level sociology course or consent of instructor
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the history, culture, social structure, and social processes of justice in the United States. Drawing from literature, history, ethnography, policy analysis, and criminology, the course examines meanings and experiences of crime and justice as American phenomena.
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SOCL 434 - Race and Crime
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This class uses a sociological lens and examines research addressing racial disparities in criminal justice outcomes. We pay particular attention to the role of public policy in creating and maintaining racial and ethnic disparities in the US broadly as well as within the criminal justice system specifically.
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SOCL 435 - Crime and the Life Course
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course introduces students to the life-course perspective as a theoretical and analytic framework for studying crime and criminal justice. The course will review and evaluate the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues that have emerged from the growing importance of the life-course perspective in the field of criminology.
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SOCL 440 - Special Topics in Sociology
Credits: (1-3)
Selected topics in sociology. The topics to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester. Instructors may require prior approval for registration.
This course may be repeated for credit if topic varies
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SOCL 480 - Readings in Sociology
Credits: (1-3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
Independent readings directed toward conceptual topics and substantive areas in sociology. Students will read materials in their own area of interest in consultation with an appropriate faculty member. Readings will not duplicate areas covered in courses offered in the curriculum.
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SOCL 481 - Readings in Sociology
Credits: (1-3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
Independent readings directed toward conceptual topics and substantive areas in sociology. Students will read materials in their own area of interest in consultation with an appropriate faculty member. Readings will not duplicate areas covered in courses offered in the curriculum.
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SOCL 490 - Independent Research
Credits: (1-4)
Prerequisite(s): SOCL 352
This course is designed to permit the sociology concentrator to engage in independent research after completing Sociology 352 (Social Research). Working closely with a department faculty member as an advisor, each student will prepare a substantial research paper.
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SOCL 494W - Senior Capstone Seminar
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOCL 351 and SOCL 352 and SOCL 353 and SOCL 354
College Curriculum: COLL 400
This course is designed as a capstone experience for senior majors. It also fulfills the major writing requirement.
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SOCL 495 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. (Students may opt to begin honors in Spring of junior year.)
Sociology Honors candidates enroll for both semesters of their senior year. Requirements: oral defense of an honors proposal at the end of the first semester; preparation and presentation of a completed Honors project, satisfactory performance in a comprehensive oral examination focusing on the Honors thesis.
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SOCL 496 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. (Students may opt to begin honors in Spring of junior year.)
College Curriculum: COLL 400
Sociology Honors candidates enroll for both semesters of their senior year. Requirements: oral defense of an honors proposal at the end of the first semester; preparation and presentation of a completed Honors project, satisfactory performance in a comprehensive oral examination focusing on the Honors thesis.
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SOCL 498 - Internship
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
This course is designed to allow students to gain first-hand knowledge through practical experience in real-world settings. Students will be supervised by and will meet regularly with department faculty members. The internship includes readings in related areas of sociology as assigned by supervising faculty as well as a final paper.
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SOCL 499 - Internship
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
This course is designed to allow students to gain first-hand knowledge through practical experience in real-world settings. Students will be supervised by and will meet regularly with department faculty members. The internship includes readings in related areas of sociology as assigned by supervising faculty as well as a final paper.
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SPCH 102 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication
Credits: (2)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
An examination of oral communication within a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, small group, public and intercultural communication. The course will focus on techniques to achieve competency and on the development of other communication skills such as listening, participating in discussions and critical thinking.
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SPCH 201 - Public Speaking
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Understanding and application of the principles of public speaking. Analysis of speeches based on organization, content, and delivery.
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SPCH 201A - Public Speaking
Credits: (2)
Understanding and application of the principles of public speaking. Analysis of speeches based on organization, content, and delivery.
Note: This course is proposed as part of the W&M Jumpstart Data Science program.
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SPCH 205 - Oral Interpretation of Literature
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students will engage in a highly experiential study of literature through the intensive development of analytical ability and vocal and physical performance skills. Students will study, explore, and perform from the major literary genres of prose, poetry, and drama.
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SPCH 309 - Argumentation and Debate
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Training in the techniques and practices of argumentative speaking, study and analysis of debate propositions, preparation of the brief, research and selection of evidence, and practice in rebuttal and refutation. Lectures and class debating.
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SPCH 310 - Principles of Group Discussion
Credits: (3)
Study of logical and psychological foundations of discussion as a method of dealing with public questions, considering problems of adjustment, communication and collaborative action in small groups. Emphasis on principles, types and methods of discussion. Lectures and practice participation.
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SPCH 311 - Fundamentals of Communication Theory
Credits: (3)
An examination of various theories of communication and application of those theories to specific social events. Attention will be given to the function of communication models, the dimension of interpersonal and intra-personal communication, nonverbal elements of communication, and analysis of attitude, change and theory.
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SPCH 312 - Persuasive Speaking
Credits: (3)
Study of the principles of persuasive speaking, motivation of the audience; the development and organization of the persuasive message; the place of persuasive speeches in persuasive campaigns. Students will give several persuasive speeches.
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SPCH 410 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-3)
Prerequisite(s): SPCH 201 or consent of the instructor
This course will address selected topics relating to communication across interdisciplinary platforms that are not routinely covered by existing courses. Subjects and prerequisites may vary from year to year.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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SPCH 411 - Independent Studies
Credits: (1-3)
Independent study on a special problem for the advanced student, arranged on an individual basis with credit according to work done.
Course may be repeated for credit.
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MDLL 498 - Washington Program Internship
Credits: (4)
This course combines an internship experience in Washington, D.C. with individual research supervised by the Washington Program instructor and results in a substantial assignment. Only students already accepted into the Washington Program are eligible to enroll.
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THEA 100 - Big Ideas in Theatre, Speech, and Dance
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 100
An exploration of significant questions and integrative concepts in Theatre, their grounding in the process of scientific discovery and application, and their broader relevance to society. Designed for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
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THEA 150 - First Year Seminar
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 150
An exploration of a specific topic in Theatre. A grade of C- or better fulfills the COLL 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
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THEA 180 - Production Laboratory
Credits: (1)
Participation in various aspects of William and Mary Theatre’s production program, including acting, directing, technical or orchestral pit assignments; 50 hour minimum per production. Maximum of 4 credits may be applied to the 120 credit graduation requirement. Instructor permission and course contract required.
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THEA 200 - Introduction to Theatre
Credits: (2)
Corequisite(s): THEA 200L Restricted to Freshmen and Sophomores
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
This course offers both a theoretical and practical introduction to theatre. We will be thinking about what theatre is and can be, what it means for those who make it (audiences and practitioners alike) and how it gets made. Analysis of different approaches to theatre, including classical models of dramaturgy, realisms, through to postmodern experiments with form, devising from non-dramatic sources, performance art and community-engaged theatre, accompanies practical applications of playwriting, acting and performance, scenography, theatrical criticism, devising and the participation in production crews through the lab section (200L).
Three class hours plus a minimum of 50 hours working on productions under THEA 200L.
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THEA 200L - Theatre Production Lab
Credits: (1)
Corequisite(s): THEA 200
Supervised by production staff. Practical immersion in the collaborative process of theatre production through work on preparation crews, running crews, costume crews, and/or box office. Students complete a minimum of 50 hours as a member of one or more crews for the mainstage theatre and dance productions.
Lab hours are primarily in the evening and on weekends and are concentrated during the load in period, technical rehearsals, and performances of each show.
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THEA 201 - Acting One
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
An introduction to the art and craft of acting. Development of vocal, physical, and improvisational skills through active exercises, play readings, and a rigorous approach to scene and character analysis for individuals and small groups.
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THEA 203 - Scene Painting
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Study of scene-painting techniques and an introduction to basic equipment, supplies, color-mixing, color theory and methods of application. Students prepare exercises and function as scene painters for William and Mary Theatre productions.
Four additional workshop hours required per week in addition to class sessions.
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THEA 205 - Stagecraft
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
Study and practice in technical problems, working drawings, construction, rigging, and handling of scenery, properties and backstage organization. Students act as scenic technicians for William and Mary Theatre productions.
Lecture and workshop six hours.
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THEA 206 - Makeup
Credits: (2)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Basic principles of makeup for theatre, television and other performance arts; a varied series of projects to develop individual skills and an awareness of how the actor enhances his “living mask” to create imaginative characterizations. Production involvement required.
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THEA 211 - Theatrical Combat for Stage
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: (ACTV, GER 6)
This course is an introduction to the art of theatrical combat for stage and screen. This course provides a foundation for unarmed stage and screen combat as well as an academic introduction to theatrical weaponry.
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THEA 213 - Introduction to Stage Lighting
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
Methods and materials of stage lighting, with emphasis on the study of the functions and qualities of light, instruments, control equipment, and procedure. Students act as technicians for William and Mary Theatre productions.
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THEA 220 - Millinery
Credits: (2)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
An introduction to the principles, materials, and techniques basic to the creation of hats and headwear appropriate for stage and street wear. Students will examine research and design, construction, and decoration through a series of projects.
Lecture and studio 2 hours.
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THEA 222 - Acting Asian American: The Performance of Identity
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Beginning actor training for students who will perform from scripts dramatizing the Asian American community. Scene study involves research and analysis of the script’s socio-historical background. The scripts may cover themes such as immigration, colonialism, discriminatory laws, gender stereotypes and hyper-sexualization, the fetish and sex trade, the Japanese American internment, the farm-workers labor movement, the Vietnam War, and Terrorism. Graded course work includes monologue and scene work, analytical and reflective essays, and a public performance celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage.
Cross-listed with: APIA 222
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THEA 260 - Introduction to Musical Theatre
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
This is an introductory course in musical theatre history and performance for students entertaining their first experience with acting and singing, or, for those who wish to expand on their previous high school training. The course deals with the exploration and study of musical theatre perform ers, literature and history through video and recordings, and preparation of musical theatre repertoire for the audition process. Some previous singing or acting experience is suggested.
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THEA 262 - Solo Performance Art
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
This class reviews the history of performance art with attention to the manifestos created. Each student will write their own Performance Manifesto, with the class culminating in the creation and public showing of a solo performance work. Time will be spent in and out of class rehearsing and experimenting (the performance process) on how to make the leap from a written manifesto to the act of artistic expression.
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THEA 263 - Body Imaging in Popular Film and Media
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
This course will address how popular screen “embodiments” of women visualize ideologies of discipline and desire. In a culture in which her body has become a representation of the ability to control appetites, size and shape, its rehabilitation has become a project of endless reconstruction, redesign and maintenance. Throughout the course we will draw from feminist film theory, and women’s, gender, and cultural studies to explore the intersection of feminism and media culture, and the construction of gender identity.
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THEA 264 - Right Here, Right Now: Site Specific Art
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Through a series of creative projects, students will investigate and respond to the social, cutural, economic and religious attributes of the Camino de Santiago. Offered onsite in Santiago de Compostela.
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THEA 272 - Creative Problem Solving
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A deep dive into the murky waters of sticky, undefined problem solving from a variety of viewpoints. Drawing on the expertise of professionals in a wide range of disciplines, this course helps students learn how to identify and solve complex 21st Century challenges.
Cross-listed with: BUAD 457
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THEA 300 - Fundamentals of Design for the Theatrical Arts
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 200 or THEA 150 and THEA 205 or permission of instructor Corequisite(s): THEA 300L
An introduction to the elements and principles of design and to the methods and materials of visual expression in the theatre.
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THEA 302 - Acting One
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 201 and THEA 200
Concentration on the development of performance skills and the use of the dramatic imagination through character studies and preparation of scenes and monologues from the modern theatre for classroom presentation. Students are urged to allow one semester between acting classes in order to apply theories and training in productions sponsored by the department. An audition may be considered for enrollment if pre-requisites not met.
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THEA 306 - Advanced Stagecraft
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 205
Study and practice of advanced technical practices through lecture, discussion, research and individual projects. Emphasis is placed on construction, analysis, computer assisted drafting, graphics, material selection, scene shop topography and maintenance, and technical direction.
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THEA 307 - Costume Patterning and Construction
Credits: (3)
An introduction to the principles and skills basic to patterning and construction of costume garments and accessories for both period and modern production. Students prepare exercises and function as technicians for the William and Mary Theatre productions.
Two class hours, five laboratory hours.
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THEA 308 - History of Fashion and Clothing
Credits: (3)
History of period costume and clothing from Egyptian to 20th century fashion; lecture, research and field trips.
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THEA 309 - Costume Design for the Theatre
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 300 or consent of instructor
Principles of designing costumes for theatre are presented through lecture, demonstration and discussion. A series of design projects develops skills in research, sketching and rendering.
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THEA 310 - Scene Design
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 300 or consent of instructor
A comprehensive exploration of the scenic environment associated with contemporary stage design. In addition to script analysis , period research, and graphic presentation, this course places emphasis on sketching, drafting, perspective rendering, and model building.
Six studio hours.
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THEA 312 - Sound Design for the Theatre
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 300
An introduction to the tools, techniques, and processes of sound and music for the theatre with a series of exercises and discussions on the structure of audio systems, digital audio editing and playback, play analysis, and the creative enhancement of the dramatic environment.
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THEA 314 - Stage Lighting Design
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 300 and THEA 213
Theory and technique of stage lighting design, with emphasis on artistic choices made through script analysis and understanding of the qualities and functions of lighting. Includes lighting projects reflecting a number of production styles. Students serve as technicians for William and Mary Theatre productions.
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THEA 317 - Fundamentals of Playwriting
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 200 and Instructor Permission
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
This course is a writing workshop which introduces the student to the fundamentals of the dramatic theory and creative process of playwriting. By the end of the course, students will have composed a one-act play. This course is the prerequisite for THEA 417, Advanced Playwriting .
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THEA 319 - Stage and Production Management
Credits: (3)
Discussions, demonstrations, and projects introduce the organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills needed by a theatrical stage manager.
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THEA 320 - Creativity is Not Just for the Right Brained: The Business of the Performing Arts
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 150 or THEA 200 or consent of instructor
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” The successful business practitioner in the performing arts, whether working for a large or small not-for-profit arts institution or managing their own career/company, is one who embraces and adapts to a state of crisis. In this course we will study what it means to manage the business of the performing arts, whether during relatively stable times or in response to a formidable crisis like Covid19 which can require a complete paradigm shift. Areas explored will include: the mission/vision statement as a guiding principle in artistic decisions; benefits and drawbacks of being a 501c3 not-for-profit; different approaches to marketing, audience development and community outreach; budgeting and the complexities of earned vs. contributed income; and the crucial role of fundraising and grant writing. We will discuss the continued presence of white male supremacy in the performing arts in the U.S., and the responsibilities of arts administrators and managers, as community leaders, to effectively open their doors to all artists and audiences.
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THEA 328 - World Theatre History, 500 B.C. to 1750
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 150 or THEA 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
An examination of representative plays and staging practices, focusing on the Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Neoclassical, Restoration, and early 18th-century periods, and including selected non-western theatrical developments such as Noh Theatre and Kathakali.
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THEA 328W - Survey of Theatre History, 500 B.C. to 1750
Credits: (0)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 200 Corequisite(s): THEA 328
An examination of representative plays and staging practices, focusing on the Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Neoclassical, Restoration, and early 18th-century periods, and including selected non-western theatrical developments such as Noh Theatre and Kathakali.
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THEA 329 - World Theatre History, 1750 to the Present
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 150 or THEA 200
An examination of representative plays and staging practices, focusing on the late 18th century, the Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern periods, and including selected non-western theatrical developments such as Peking Opera, Malaysian, and African forms.
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THEA 329W - Survey of Theatre History, 1750 to the Present
Credits: (0)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 200 Corequisite(s): THEA 329
An examination of representative plays and staging practices, focusing on the late 18th century, the Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern periods, and including selected non-western theatrical developments such as Peking Opera, Malaysian, and African forms.
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THEA 331 - Feminist Theory and Contemporary Theatre
Credits: (3)
Readings in contemporary feminist theory (psychoanalytic, materialist, Brechtian, and others) as these pertain to the body onstage, character construction, playwriting, and audience reception. Course also investigates feminist performance art, scripts, and revisionings of the dramatic canon.
Cross-listed with: GSWS 331
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THEA 331W - Feminist Theory and Contemporary Theatre
Credits: (0)
Corequisite(s): THEA 331
Readings in contemporary feminist theory (psychoanalytic, materialist, Brechtian, and others) as these pertain to the body onstage, character construction, playwriting, and audience reception. Course also investigates feminist performance art, scripts, and revisionings of the dramatic canon.
Cross-listed with: GSWS 331
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THEA 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Pedagogies Towards Freedom & Justice
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, COLL 300, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Study of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality in plays and films dramatizing diverse marginalized and minoritized communities in the United States and selected countries such as France, Iran, Mexico, the Philippines, and Senegal. Alongside the analysis of these works, students will learn pedagogies through which the oppressed may envision, strategize, act, and mobilize towards freedom and justice. This is a multi and interdisciplinary course that employs theatre, film, digital media, curriculum planning, and analytical writing.
Cross-listed with: AFST 332 AMES 332 APIA 332 GSWS 332
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THEA 333 - South & South East Asian Folklore Performance
Credits: (3-4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Interdisciplinary journey into the sociocultural history, aesthetics, languages, and performance of indigenous ceremony, ritual, folklore, oral literature, song, dance, and theatre in South and Southeast Asia. Students will learn to sing, dance, act, chant, and analyze material from sacred Hindu epics such as the “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata.”
Cross-listed with: AMES 333 or DANC 333
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THEA 334 - History and Performance of Classical Asian Theatres
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
This is a team taught exploration of the history, theory, and performance of selected theatre genres, dance dramas, and performance traditions indigenous to Asia, with a focused foundation on the theatres of India, Japan, and China. Study commences on the socio-cultural and historical origins of Classical Asian Theatres as they evolve through modern nationhood, colonization, and globalization. Students have the opportunity to experience hands on the fundamentals of performing in selected Asian theatre genres as nearly half of class time is devoted to performance immersion.
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THEA 335 - Voice Training and the Actor
Credits: (2)
Students will explore techniques to develop the speaking voice for stage performance, including exercises for release of tension, physical alignment, organic breathing, resonance, and timbre. Students will also study speech sounds through the use of phonetics with the goal of developing clear diction and standardized pronunciations.
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THEA 336 - African American Theatre History I
Credits: (3)
This course will examine African-American dramatic literature and performance from its origins in indigenous African theatre through significant periods that conclude with the Civil Rights Movement.
Cross-listed with: AFST 336
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THEA 337 - African American Theatre History II
Credits: (3)
This course will examine African-American dramatic literature and performance beginning with the Black Arts Movement through significant periods that conclude with contemporary manifestations.
Cross-listed with: AFST 337
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THEA 339 - August Wilson’s American Century Cycle
Credits: (3)
This course is an interdisciplinary investigation of playwright, August Wilson and the dramaturgy of his American Century Cycle, a 10-play chronicle of the Black American experience in the 20th century (1904-1997). The American Century Cycle is “a series of … passages” as described by Ira Berlin in The Making of African America (2010) into fictionalized elements of a localized Black community that had a significant impact in shaping August Wilson’s politics, spirit, and dramaturgy. Students will consider the extent to which Wilson’s location specific project explores broader concerns in Black communities and archives attributes of African diasporic culture.
Cross-listed with: AFST 339
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THEA 343 - Puppetry in Performance
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course is an introduction to puppetry and performative objects. We begin with a brief history of puppetry, covering its diverse forms in world cultures and exploring various puppetry techniques and styles. This class will include lectures, readings and videos, and emphasize hands-on performance assignments to explore a variety of manipulation and animation techniques. Students will work both as an individual puppeteer and collaboratively to discover the process of bringing objects/puppets to life through breath, dynamics, gaze and storytelling. They will be creating performances that do not rely on the spoken word/text to communicate to the audience. No previous fine art/performance experience is required.
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THEA 346 - Nommo Force: Black Acting Theories & Performance
Credits: (3)
Sharrell Luckett and Tia Shaffer define Black acting methods as “ritual, processes, and techniques rooted in an Afrocentric centripetal paradigm where Black theory and Black modes of expression are the nucleus that informs how one interacts with various texts, literary and embodied, and how one interprets and (re)presents imaginary circumstances” (Black Acting Methods, 2017, 2). In university training programs across the United States, the acting instrument is neutralized for use in popular references and mainstream performances (Ndounou qtd. in Perkins et. al, 2018, 124). Seldomly, if at all, does such training employ a culturally relevant pedagogy that includes the theoretical contributions or training interventions instituted by Black practitioners (Ndounou 124), nor provides opportunities for actors of the global majority to investigate the ancestral wisdom they carry and fine-tune these cultural instincts, sensibilities, and impulses. Black Approaches to Acting (Nommo Force: Black Acting Theories & Performance) adds parity to actor training at William & Mary, by training actors to identify and use practical elements of African diasporic cultural traditions as performance strategies, and to own and command their inherent Nommo Force. The course encourages Black actors to value the inherent ontology, epistemology, and methodologies they bring to bear on any text and in any performance, audition or rehearsal room.
Cross-listed with: AFST 346
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THEA 350 - Introduction to Physical Theatre
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
This course is an introduction to storytelling through movement with content inspired by both personal and societal issues. Students will develop skills through a range of physical theatre techniques. As students develop collaborative projects, they will learn to balance individual impulses within an ensemble, use compositional tools, develop physically-inspired characters, shape their environment, and provide feedback to others. Students will present an overview of one physical theatre approach as well as engage with readings, video viewings, discussions, and written responses.
Cross-listed with: DANC 350
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THEA 353 - Introduction to Improvisation
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): THEA 201
College Curriculum: CSI
This course is designed to teach the basics of Theatre Improv to students new to improvisation in theatre or for students who have an interest in learning a formulized technique to improvisation. Improvisation is not only a style of acting by itself, but is a valuable tool for any actor to have in their toolkit.
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THEA 355 - Theatre Photography
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Theory, history, and techniques of photography as applied to the needs of theatrical production. Emphasis will be placed on close-ups and medium shots in available light, and full stage compositions under theatrical lighting. Students must supply their own digital cameras, which must be able to function in manual mode.
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