2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

170 THEATREChart continued from previous pageENG/TH 3113Theory and CriticismENG 314History and Development of theEnglish Language OR 3ENG 321Introduction to LinguisticsENG/TH 346Shakespeare IOR3ENG 347Shakespeare IIAmerican Literature - choose one:ENG 310Distinctive Voices inContemporary American PoetryENG 361American Women WritersENG 3713Southern LiteratureENG 378The American NovelENG 385American Protest LiteratureENG 442Topics in American LiteratureBritish Literature - choose one:ENG 327The British NovelENG 336Milton and SpenserENG 350Renaissance Drama Exclusiveof ShakespeareENG 355 3From Restoration to Revolution:British Literature, 1660-1789ENG 357British Romanticism: 1784-1832ENG 440Topics in Earlier British LiteratureENG 441Topics in Later British LiteratureOne of the following:TH 210ActingORTH 220 3Technical TheatreORTH 230Rehearsal and PerformanceTH 301Theatre History ITH 3029Theatre History IITH 40720th-Century TheatreOne additional TH course 3Minor RequirementsTOTAL 39COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE(See p. 31 for general minor requirements)SEM.HRS.COMM 2223SpeechTH 2103Acting ITH 2203Technical TheatreTH 2303Rehearsal and PerformanceTwo of the following:TH 301Theatre History ITH 302 6Theatre History IITH 40720th-Century TheatreTwo additional theatre courses6at the 300/400 levelTOTAL 24THEATRE COURSES (TH)201 The Theatre (3) (A)An introduction to the art and history of the theatre.Offered intermittently.210 Acting (3) (A)An introduction to basic principles of acting in a workshopsetting. Offered frequently.220 Technical Theatre (3) (A)An introduction to the methods, materials andterminology of stage design and technical theatre. Activitiesinclude crewing a VWC theatre production. Offered eachsemester.224/324 Theatre Practicum (1-3)Students gain experiential knowledge in a chosenproduction area. Practicum areas include (but are notlimited to) stage management, box office and housemanagement, publicity and promotion, dramaturgy, anddesign. Interested students should contact a theatre facultymember to propose a practicum in their particular field ofinterest. Prerequisite: consent. Offered each semester.230 Rehearsal and Performance (1-3) (A)*Performing in a main stage play or studio play directedby a faculty director. Students selected by audition. *Three