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2011 – 2012Course DescriptionsPAMU 385 AUDIO DESIGN ANDRECORDING (3)Six hours activity per weekPrerequisites: ART 312 and PAMU 335An introduction to the fundamentalprinciples of audio production andrecording. Applications of analog anddigital audio recording systems and theircomponent parts, including sync-soundand digital audio effects for visual mediawill be covered. Repeatable up to 6 units.Same as ART 385PAMU 432 ARTS OF THE HARLEMRENAISSANCE (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Upper division standingStudy focusing on the dramatic upsurgeof creativity in art, music and literatureresulting from social and politicalundercurrents in the African Americancultural revolution in New York duringthe 1920s. Historical geneses andsubsequent artistic legacies will also beexplored.Same as ENGL 432, ART 432GenEd: C1, C2, InterdisciplinaryPAMU 435 THE MUSIC MUSEUM (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Junior standingAn interdisciplinary study of musicmuseums from the perspectives of musichistory, appreciation and production,business, economics and education.Analyzes how these disciplines are linkedwithin music museum practices. Includesan in-depth study of a local musicmuseum.Same as BUS 435, ECON 435,EDUC 435GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryPAMU 499 PERFORMING ARTSCAPSTONE IN MUSIC (3)Six hours seminar per weekPrerequisites: PAMU 363, Senior standingStudents will join in the capstoneexperience course and blend theirknowledge and practice to produce aninterdisciplinary performing arts project.Alternatively, students may receive aninternship with a music company.Performing Arts -TheatrePATH 280 ACTING I (3)Six hours activity per weekExercises and activities that emphasizevoice, movement, and relaxationtechniques. Includes improvisation,monologues, and two-character scenes.GenEd: C1PATH 281 PLAY ANALYSIS (3)Three hours lecture/discussion per weekIntroduces students to the analyticaltools used by theatre professionals andprovides practice in applying thosetools to a variety of scripts. Studies indramatic structure and its relationship toperformance and production.PATH 332 TEACHING DRAMATICLITERATURE (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 orEquivalent plus one upper division literaturecourseExplores methods and approaches toteaching dramatic literature in secondaryschools and colleges. Focuses onelements of textual exploration and usingheuristics from theatre to teach dramaticliterature including, but not exclusively,Shakespeare’s Plays.Same as ENGL 332GenEd: C2, InterdisciplinaryPATH 333 MULTICULTURAL DRAMAAND THEATRE (3)Three hours lecture per weekAmerica is a country of many cultures,and each of these has brought legaciesof its roots to the American stage. In thiscourse we will read plays written byNative Americans, Hispanic Americans,Asian Americans, African Americansand others. This course is regional inorganization rather than chronological,and is organized around one or morethemes.Same as ENGL 333GenEd: C2, C3B, InterdisciplinaryPATH 334 SPANISH LANGUAGEDRAMA AND THEATRE (3)Three hours lecture per weekRead and analyze one-act plays fromdiverse parts of the Spanish-speakingworld, and focus on majors works for indepthstudy and performance. In additionto learning about the historical, culturaland sociological context of the plays,students will learn acting techniquesand appropriate Spanish-languagevocabulary and phrases. Note: Course isopen to all levels of Spanish speakers.Same as SPAN 334GenEd: C2, C3B, InterdisciplinaryPATH 338 THEATRE IN HISTORY (3)Three hours lecture per weekA survey of the history of theatricalproductions. Includes formal productionsand performances as well as othertypes of theatre or dramatization, suchas political posturing, i.e., a ruler’s riseto power in historical reality as well asperformed or recorded later in theatre,music, and history. Theatre in historyis contextualized within multiculturalperspectives.Same as HIST 338GenEd: C1, C3B, InterdisciplinaryPATH 341 MODERN AMERICANDRAMA AND THEATRE (3)Three hours lecture per weekStudents will read plays and performancetexts written by modern American authorsfrom the beginning of the 20th centuryuntil today. A study of the range ofAmerican dramatic literature in the contextof the development of American theatricalperformance. Thematically examinesavant-garde and alternative forms as wellas commercial and mainstream theatre.Same as ENGL 341GenEd: C2, InterdisciplinaryPATH 342 MODERN BRITISH ANDEUROPEAN DRAMAAND THEATRE (3)Three hours lecture per weekMajor works of British and Europeandramatic literature in performance andproduction from the middle of the 19thcentury to the present. Thematicallyorganized to examine avant-garde andalternative forms, as well as commercialand mainstream theatre.Same as ENGL 342GenEd: C2, InterdisciplinaryPATH 343 TEACHING DRAMATO CHILDREN (3)Three hours lecture per weekStudents will participate in theatre games,improvisations, and other tasks that willprepare them to design and implementdramatic activities as a learning tool.Theatre in a broader context will also beexamined.Same as EDUC 343GenEd: C1, Interdisciplinary280 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog