Co-op Work Placement I
First co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Co-op Work Placement II
Second co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Co-op Work Placement III
Third co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Co-op Work Placement IV
Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Co-op Work Placement V
Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Co-op Training and Development
Framework for the development of learning objectives by students for individual work terms. Includes orientation to the co-op experience, goal setting, career planning, résumé preparation and interview skills preparation.
Lectures, presentations, site visits, 2 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART Co-op students.
Introduction to Drama
Fundamentals of dramatic criticism. Study of selected dramatic texts from ancient Greece to the present emphasizing genre, theatrical and literary conventions and historical context.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Co-requisite for Dramatic Arts stream students: DART 1F99.
Foundations in Dramatic Arts
Applications of core concepts, methodologies and theories of theatre and drama in education and society emphasizing comparative world views.
Lectures, workshops, 5 hours per week; additional rehearsal time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Co-requisite for Dramatic Arts stream students: DART1F93.
Note: materials fee required.
Introduction to Mime
Study and practice of some aspects of non-verbal theatre performance including mime techniques, mask, pantomime and improvisation. Theoretical component focussing on critical analysis. Development of the ability to express perceptions, both physically in the practical performance work, and verbally in the work on critical analysis.
Lectures, seminar, workshop; additional production and rehearsal time as required.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 1F99, 2P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited to 20 students. Offered as a three-week intensive course in the Spring Session. This course is taught by working theatre professionals (Theatre Beyond Words - resident company at Brock) and reflects some of the methods used in the creation of their productions. Materials fee required.
Stage Craft
Theory and application of technical theatre production.
Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: DART 1F93 and 1F99.
Co-requisite for Theatre stream students: DART 2F50 and 2P42.
Note: enrolment limited to 20 students per section. Materials fee required. Students must have attained a minimum 60 percent in the technical portion of 1F99.
Performance I
Principles of creating and sustaining dramatic action. Personal clown, mask (various styles) and scene studies exploring ensemble and individual performance.
Lectures, workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Co-requisites for Theatre stream students: DART 2F41 and 2P42.
Note: materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 2P51 and 2P52.
Script Analysis and Interpretation
Variety of scripts across genres and time periods, both in terms of writing techniques and as a point of departure for their interpretation by actors, directors, and designers.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DART 1F93 or one ENGL credit numbered 1(alpha)90-1(alpha)99.
Theatre as Cultural Practice I
Integrated study of theatre history, theory and dramatic literature from its origins to the advent of realism in the 20th century, concentrating on the context of cultural developments, including theories of acting, dramatic criticism, theatre historiography.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DART 1F93 or one ENGL credit numbered 1(alpha)90-1(alpha)99.
Special Studies in Dramatic Arts
Restriction: permission of a faculty supervisor.
Note: materials fee may be required.
Foundations in Drama in Education
Introduction to theory and practice: for Theatre and Child and Youth Studies students, teachers and future teachers, social and community workers and potential therapists focussing on basic theatre elements, practical strategies and active participation.
Lectures, workshop, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide. Students must hold a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.
Note: materials fee required. Drama in Education and Society Certificate students may register without the minimum of 4.0 overall credits. Contact the Dramatic Arts Department.
Role-playing, Role Drama and Story
The art and structuring of story and other literary sources as catalysts for drama and interactive learning. Combined theory and practice including work experience.
Lectures, workshop, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Stage Production
Supervised practical work in technical theatre by assignment to Department production crews.
Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week; additional crew calls and production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors and permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: DART 1F93 and 1F99.
Co-requisite: DART 2F41.
Note: enrolment limited to 30 students. Entry is based on academic standing in DART 1F93 and all components of DART 1F99. Materials fee required.
Research and Practice in Production Styles
Overview of technical and production issues required for performance, ceremony and public presentation.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 2F41.
Spanish Theatre
(also offered as SPAN 2P93)
Introduction to Spanish dramatic literature and performative culture. Discussion of social and cultural background of each play; play analysis; creative and critical thinking.Dramatists include Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega and García Lorca.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of DART 1F93, 1F99, SPAN 1F90.
Note: assignments are designed to adapt to the student's major. SPAN majors complete their assignments in Spanish.
Aboriginal Theatre
(also offered as ABST 2P96)
Theatrical, dramatic, and performative representation of Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian experience.
Prerequisite: DART 1F93 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 2F97.
Canadian Drama
Canadian experience as expressed in performance, using English-language plays and French-language plays (in translation).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DART 1F93 or one ENGL credit or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 2F97.
Special Studies in Dramatic Arts
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Note: materials fee may be required.
Greek and Roman Drama
(also offered as CLAS 3F02)
Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy in English translation, including such authors as the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca, and the comic playwrights, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus and Terence. Ancient drama in its literary, theatrical and socio-historical contexts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P95, 1P97, DART 1F93.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P02.
Performance II
Further studies in acting technique emphasizing scene analysis in the creation of character and context.
Seminar, workshop, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 2F04 or 2F50.
Note: enrolment limited to 16 students. Materials fee required.
Design: Theatrical Design
Research techniques and practice of design for the theatre.
Lectures, seminar, workshop lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2F94; one of DART 2F41, DART 2P02 and 2P70, VISA 2P97 and 2P98 (2F96).
Note: materials fee required.
Theatre in Education: Alternative Forms of Theatre
Adaptation of non-western theatre into classroom and community settings emphasizing research, discussion and performance.
Lectures, workshop, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2P01 and 2P02
Note: materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 3F12.
Theatre as Cultural Practice II
Integrated study of theatre history, theory and dramatic literature from the advent of realism in the 20th century to the present, concentrating on the context of cultural developments, including theories of acting, dramatic criticism, theatre historiography.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DART 2F94, one ENGL credit numbered 2(alpha)00 or above or permission of the instructor.
Interdisciplinary Workshop
(also offered as VISA 3F96)
Studio workshop for the development of independent projects based on the multi-disciplinary examination of critical discourses with reference to identity, visual culture, representation and the construction of meaning. Projects involve new media exploration, collaboration, collective practice and investigation of alternatives in public dissemination.
Lectures, studio work, off-campus projects, 5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: VISA 2P97 and 2P98 (2F96) or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited to 18 students. Materials fee required. Students might need additional materials which they must supply. Several field trips are organized outside the regular course meeting time. Students participating in field trips are expected to pay their own expenses.
Advanced Tutorial in Dramatic Arts
Advanced study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Restriction: permission of a faculty supervisor.
Note: a written proposal must be approved by the Department before registration.
Advanced Special Studies in Dramatic Arts
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Structuring for Drama: Creating the Fictional Context
Composing contexts for integrated learning through the arts in schools and elsewhere.
Lectures, workshop, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2P01 and 2P02 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Drama in Applied Contexts
Exploration of Drama in Education theories and practical strategies of interactive learning to an area or areas of application; may extend beyond formal school education and into the wider community.
Lectures, workshop, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited to 25 students. Materials fee required.
Drama in Language Arts and History Studies
Drama in Education theories and practical strategies to motivate and enrich learning within these broad areas of study.
Lectures, workshop, seminar, 3 hours per week; field trips as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2P01 and 2P02 or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited. Materials fee required.
Theatre in Education: Children's Theatre
Theoretical study and practical analysis of professional theatre for young audiences.
Lectures, workshop, 3 hours per week; field trips as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2P01 and 2P02 or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited. Materials fee required.
Theatre in Education: Theatre for a Community
Processes of putting on a play for a community: the place of the play in the community; choosing the play; finding the production team; running rehearsals; play-building around a theme or topic.
Lectures, workshop, 3 hours per week; additional production and rehearsal time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 1F99, 2P01 and 2P02 or permission of the instructor.
Note: enrolment limited to 20 students. Students with equivalent experience may register without prerequisite. Materials fee required.
Movement: Applications for Education and Theatre
Theoretical and practical overview of the role of movement in contemporary theatre and in education.Exploration and development of methods for adapting and applying these major theories for creative and educational use.
Lectures, workshop, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 1F99 and 2P01 or permission of the instructor.
Commedia dell'Arte and Improvisation
Character-based improvisation for the creation of narrative structures; and contemporary manifestations of commedia style performance from the foundation of the classical Italian Commedia dell'Arte
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors, and Drama in Education and Society Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F04 or 2F50 (may be taken concurrently).
Voice and Speech
Introduction to using the voice effectively to develop range and power in speaking dramatic text. Topics include breathing, diction, modulation, projection and resonance.
Workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined), and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 1F99 and 2F50 (may be taken concurrently).
Note: limited enrolment.
Stage Management
Interpersonal relations, preparing a prompt book, recording and calling cues, rehearsal and performance procedures.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2F41 and 2P42 or permission of the instructor.
Note: requires stage management of a production. Materials fee required.
Shakespeare: Voice and Text Intensive
Fundamentals of anatomy, breadth and exploration of sound bridging to text for performance.
Workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors and permission of the Department.
Prerequisites: DART 1F93 and 1F99; one of DART 2F04, 2F50, 3F78; one of DART 2F92, 2F94, DART 2P96 and 2P97 (2F97).
Note: enrolment limited to 7 students. A three-week intensive studio course in voice, conducted at the Stratford Festival. Rehearsals and field trips to Stratford performances. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Contact the Department for further details.
Directing I: Dramaturgy
Text analysis, visual vocabulary, theatrical conventions and dramatic rhythms used in preparing to direct a play.
Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: DART 2F41 or 2P70; DART 2F50.
Note: materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 3F52.
Directing II
Directing practicum focussing on creating action, total theatre composition, team management and communications.
Lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 3P53.
Note: enrolment limited to 16 students. Entry is based on academic standing in DART 3P53. Materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 3F52.
Postcolonial Theatre
Study of post-colonial theory and theatre.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of DART 2F92, 2F94, DART 2P96 and 2P97(2F97) or permission of the instructor.
Shakespeare in Performance
Shakespeare: period performance conditions and stage history, based on close analysis of selected texts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one of DART 2F92, 2F94, DART 2P96 and 2P97 (2F97), two ENGL credits numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99.
Note: also offered as a three-week intensive summer course at the Stratford Festival. Contact the Department for further details.
Scriptwriting
Theory and practice of writing with action, character and dialogue.
Seminar, workshop, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits and permission of the instructor.
Note: Materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 3F91.
Studies in Praxis I
Focussed study of performance theories.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of DART 2F92, 2F94, DART 2P96 and 2P97 or permission of the instructor.
Studies in Praxis II
Application of performance studies in practice.
Seminar, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 3P95.
Note: Materials fee required.
Advanced Tutorial in Dramatic Arts
Restriction: permission of a faculty supervisor.
Note: a written proposal must be approved by the Department before registration.
Advanced Special Studies in Dramatic Arts
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
2006:2007: Costuming for Theatre
Creative, research and technical approaches to costuming for theatre.
Lectures, seminar, workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2F94; one of DART 2F41, DART 2P02 and 2P70 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
2006-2007: Sound Design for Theatre
Sound design, and its technology and application to theatre.
Lectures, seminar, lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Theatrical Lighting
Studies in lighting operation and design.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Theatrical Props Production
Study and construction of theatrical props.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Scenic Painting
Theories and practice of painting scenery for theatrical use.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Make-up and Wigs
Introduction to creating character and special effects through make-up; introduction to use and maintenance of wigs.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Costuming for Theatre
Creative, research and technical approaches to costuming for theatre.
Lectures, seminar, workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors and DRED students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: DART 2F94 and one of DART 2F41, 2P02 and 2P70, or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Sound Design for Theatre
Studies in sound design, its technology and application to theatre.
Lectures, seminar, lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors and DRED students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: DART 2F41 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required.
Arts Management
(also offered as STAC 4F40 and VISA 4F40)
Effective management of arts organizations to fulfill social and artistic mandates.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single and combined), STAC and VISA (single and combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.
Note: materials fee may be required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CCST 4F40.
Advanced Studies in Theatre
Collaborative work in one or more theatre productions.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 5 hours per week; additional production time as required.
Restriction: approval to year 4 and permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 3F50, or DART 3P53 and 3P54.
Co-requisite for Theatre stream students: DART 4F90.
Note: materials fee required.
Critical Theory and Practice
Advanced study of critical theory, its roots, its application to theatre and dramatic literature.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) and DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, a minimum 70 percent major average, a minimum 60 percent non-major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
Internship in Drama in Education and Society
Internship in either an educational or community setting where students apply Drama in Education and Society theories and practices.
Restriction: open to DART (single or combined) majors with a minimum 75 percent overall average, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Note: students may not concurrently register in DART 4P70. Internship proposal must be submitted no later than March 1st in the third year for approval by the Department. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.
Honours Thesis in Applied Critical Theory
Critical, historical or creative project in dramatic arts of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average and permission of the Chair.
Prerequisite: DART 4F90 (may be taken concurrently).
Note: a written proposal must be approved by the Department before registration.
Voice and Speech II
Further studies in voice development focussing on texts and dialect. Topics include articulation, phonetics, advanced resonator work and radio drama.
Workshop, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 3F50.
Co-requisite: DART 4F56.
Note: limited enrolment.
Advanced Praxis in Drama/Theatre in Education and Society
In-depth combination of community-based practical applications of drama and/or theatre in education strategies with continued study of contemporary research.
Practicum, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: DART 3F50 or 3F78.
Note: enrolment limited. Materials fee required. Transportation to practicum is a student responsibility. Students may not concurrently register in DART 4F91.
Critical and Reflective Processes
Studies in theories of pedagogy. Topics include modes of thinking, identity formation, multiple intelligence, moral development and reflective processes.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: DART 2P01 and two and one-half credits in Drama and Theatre in Education studies.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 4F71.
Text and Performance of Bernard Shaw
Manners and mandate of the Shaw Festival, emphasizing the social imaginary of the period and acting techniques that convey Shavian ideas in the original and contemporary setting.
Lectures, workshop, studio, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: one of DART 3F50, 3F78, DART 3P53 and 3P54.
Note: transportation is a student responsibility.