DRAM-1310-01 - Intro to Theater
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
House Bill 2504
Spring 2016 Course Syllabus
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Semester | Spring 2016 | ||||||||||||
Instructor | Stafford, Laura Johnson | ||||||||||||
Phone | (409) 984-6331 | ||||||||||||
staffolj@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||||
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Course Number | 11600 | ||||||||||||
Course Description | A general survey of the major fields of theater. Emphasis on observation and appreciation of various types and styles of plays, knowledge of the functions of the personnel and other elements of theatre production including its history, dramatic works, stage techniques, production procedures and its relation to the fine arts. | ||||||||||||
Course Prerequisites | None | ||||||||||||
Required Textbooks | Wolf, Laurie J. Introduction to Theater: A Direct Approach. USA: Xlibris Corporation, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4797-2944-9 | ||||||||||||
Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Attendance & Make Up Policy: Each student is allowed three hours of excused absence [court appearance, hospitalization of self, school sanctioned trip] (only 2 class periods). Each absence in excess of this ration will result in the loss of 3 points from this category for each day missed. Tardiness will count as a 1 point deduction from this grade category. Attendance is a requirement for this class. It is also a grade category. Full participation in the full class period is part of the course material; Leaving early will count as a tardy. Remember to make every effort to attend all class days. If you are absent more than 5 class hours (2 class periods count as 3 hours) you may be dropped from the class by the professor with the grade you have earned. Save your excused absences until it is truly an emergency. The group performance project does not have any way to make up lost points. No Show – No Points. There will be no make up exams given in class time, in extreme cases it may be possible to take the unit exams in the Student Learning Center, but that must be arranged with Dr. Stafford in advance. There are NO RE-TESTS. |
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Course Grading Scale | 900-1000=A 800-899=B 700-799=C 600-699=D Below 599=F | ||||||||||||
Determination of Final Grade |
Oral Performance Assignments 100 points Written Assignments 350 points Observation Analysis to appreciate performance 200 points Exams 200 points Attendance / Participation 150 points 1000 points total |
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Final Exam Date | May 5, 2016 - 11:00 AM Through May 5, 2016 - 1:30 PM | ||||||||||||
Major Assignments |
WEEK # 1 (Read Essay Handouts) T Jan. 19 Pre-Test /Intro / Agreements / One Act Play script analysis Research Project choices/“1Act Plays by Modern Authors” Reading Handout / Top 5 instructions TH 21 Play Analysis Paper instructions / Blocking lecture / “Critiquing a Theatrical Production” Reading Handout WEEK # 2 Read your One Act Play selection T Jan. 26 Play Script Title Due / Top 5 Due (2 reading assignments) /Public Performance Observation Form Handout & Instructions (due twice in semester) V. Japan TH 28 Internet Research Project Instructions / pick up Top 5 sheet for next week V. Theater Devices WEEK # 3(Read Chapters 1 & 2 in Textbook) T Feb. 2 One Act Play Script Research Paper Due (100pts) / Oral Presentations (25 pts)V. Women in Power TH 4 Ch. 1 & 2 -Top 5 Due! What is Theater – Drama? And Acting/Theater Spaces WEEK # 4(Read Chapter 3 & 4 in Textbook) T 9 Ch. 3 Top 5 Due! Textual Analysis / V. Modern Antigone, Women in Tragedy TH 11 Internet Research Project Due (100pts) / Chapter 4 Top 5 Due! Role of the Director / Class summaries of One Act Play Scripts handout for exam WEEK # 5(Read Chapter 5 in Textbook) T 16 Monolog Instructions / work on script in class/Part of V. Backstage TH 18 Chapter 5 Top 5 Due! Design Team (examples of set, costume, sound designs) V. Backstage cont. WEEK #6 (Prep for Exam 1) First Drop Date no penalty is Mar. 2 next week T 23 Typed Monolog Script Due (25 pts) / Performance of Monolog (25 pts) /watch your own video in Student Folder on Blackboard to complete Performance Response #1 TH 25 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-5, class notes, videos, Essay Readings, One Act Play plots) No Show – No Points! Need Scantron 882 & pencil (100 pts) (375 possible points) WEEK # 7( Part I: Group Scene Performance Project Begins) Important Week! T Mar. 1 Project Instructions given / Group Script Writing begins / Performance Response #1 Due! (25 pts) TH 3 Group Script Writing continues / Teamwork Rubric Analysis handout WEEK # 8(Part II: Rehearsals) Attendance Necessary for Success!!! T 8 Individual “Script analysis” Due (25 pts) / Teamwork Rubric Due (25 pts)/ conduct rehearsal A. TH 10 Rehearsal Report A Due (10 pts) / Technical-Dress Rehearsal (take notes for Character Analysis) / Bring any props or costume pieces today! Week #9 Spring Break WEEK # 10 (Read Chapter 6 in Textbook) T Mar. 22 Chapter 6 Top 5 Due! Medieval & English Renaissance/ View Cycle Dramas & Shakespeare videos / Read A Servant’s Tale excerpt handout TH 24 UIL WEEK # 11 T Mar. 29 Chapter 6 continued / Re-group meeting & Character analysis refresh TH 31 Character Analysis Due (25 pts) / Group Scene Performance (50 pts) / view group scene video on Blackboard under Student Folders (by Group Title) to complete the Performance Response #2 analysis WEEK # 12 (Read Chapter 7 & 8 in Textbook) T Apr. 5 Chapter 7 Top 5 Due! Italian Renaissance / V. Commedia dell’Arte / Performance Response #2 Due (25 pts) TH 7 Chapter 8 Top 5 Due! Restoration, Neoclassicism, & 18th Century English Theater / Watch: V. She Stoops to Conquer Week # 13 (Read Chapter 9 & 10 in Textbook) T 12 Chapter 8 continued / Public Performance Observation Critique # 1 DUE! (100pts) (700 possible points at this time) TH 14 Chapter 9 Top 5 Due! German & English Romanticism and English Melodrama WEEK # 14 (Essay Reading Assignment: Musical Theater Structure) T 19 Chapter 10 Top 5 Due! The Modern Period: Realisms & Antirealisms April 20th last drop date with grade earned TH 21 Chapter 10 continued / video examples WEEK # 15 (Read Chapter 11 & 12 in Textbook) T 26 Musical Theater Structure Top 5 Due! / video examples TH 27 Chapter 11 & 12 Top 5 Due! / Brecht & Epic Theater and Theatre of Diversity WEEK # 16 T May 3 Public Performance Observation #2 DUE! (100pts)/Chapter 12 continued (820 possible points) Last Class Day!! TH Finals: Thursday May 5th (11:00am) Exam II (Lecture material, Essays, Chapters 6-12, & video examples)(100pts.) Scantron 882 The final exam is a required element because it is a unit exam. |
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Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates |
WEEK # 1 (Read Essay Handouts) T Jan. 19 Pre-Test /Intro / Agreements / One Act Play script analysis Research Project choices/“1Act Plays by Modern Authors” Reading Handout / Top 5 instructions TH 21 Play Analysis Paper instructions / Blocking lecture / “Critiquing a Theatrical Production” Reading Handout WEEK # 2 Read your One Act Play selection T Jan. 26 Play Script Title Due / Top 5 Due (2 reading assignments) /Public Performance Observation Form Handout & Instructions (due twice in semester) V. Japan TH 28 Internet Research Project Instructions / pick up Top 5 sheet for next week V. Theater Devices WEEK # 3(Read Chapters 1 & 2 in Textbook) T Feb. 2 One Act Play Script Research Paper Due (100pts) / Oral Presentations (25 pts)V. Women in Power TH 4 Ch. 1 & 2 -Top 5 Due! What is Theater – Drama? And Acting/Theater Spaces WEEK # 4(Read Chapter 3 & 4 in Textbook) T 9 Ch. 3 Top 5 Due! Textual Analysis / V. Modern Antigone, Women in Tragedy TH 11 Internet Research Project Due (100pts) / Chapter 4 Top 5 Due! Role of the Director / Class summaries of One Act Play Scripts handout for exam WEEK # 5(Read Chapter 5 in Textbook) T 16 Monolog Instructions / work on script in class/Part of V. Backstage TH 18 Chapter 5 Top 5 Due! Design Team (examples of set, costume, sound designs) V. Backstage cont. WEEK #6 (Prep for Exam 1) First Drop Date no penalty is Mar. 2 next week T 23 Typed Monolog Script Due (25 pts) / Performance of Monolog (25 pts) /watch your own video in Student Folder on Blackboard to complete Performance Response #1 TH 25 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-5, class notes, videos, Essay Readings, One Act Play plots) No Show – No Points! Need Scantron 882 & pencil (100 pts) (375 possible points) WEEK # 7( Part I: Group Scene Performance Project Begins) Important Week! T Mar. 1 Project Instructions given / Group Script Writing begins / Performance Response #1 Due! (25 pts) TH 3 Group Script Writing continues / Teamwork Rubric Analysis handout WEEK # 8(Part II: Rehearsals) Attendance Necessary for Success!!! T 8 Individual “Script analysis” Due (25 pts) / Teamwork Rubric Due (25 pts)/ conduct rehearsal A. TH 10 Rehearsal Report A Due (10 pts) / Technical-Dress Rehearsal (take notes for Character Analysis) / Bring any props or costume pieces today! Week #9 Spring Break WEEK # 10 (Read Chapter 6 in Textbook) T Mar. 22 Chapter 6 Top 5 Due! Medieval & English Renaissance/ View Cycle Dramas & Shakespeare videos / Read A Servant’s Tale excerpt handout TH 24 UIL WEEK # 11 T Mar. 29 Chapter 6 continued / Re-group meeting & Character analysis refresh TH 31 Character Analysis Due (25 pts) / Group Scene Performance (50 pts) / view group scene video on Blackboard under Student Folders (by Group Title) to complete the Performance Response #2 analysis WEEK # 12 (Read Chapter 7 & 8 in Textbook) T Apr. 5 Chapter 7 Top 5 Due! Italian Renaissance / V. Commedia dell’Arte / Performance Response #2 Due (25 pts) TH 7 Chapter 8 Top 5 Due! Restoration, Neoclassicism, & 18th Century English Theater / Watch: V. She Stoops to Conquer Week # 13 (Read Chapter 9 & 10 in Textbook) T 12 Chapter 8 continued / Public Performance Observation Critique # 1 DUE! (100pts) (700 possible points at this time) TH 14 Chapter 9 Top 5 Due! German & English Romanticism and English Melodrama WEEK # 14 (Essay Reading Assignment: Musical Theater Structure) T 19 Chapter 10 Top 5 Due! The Modern Period: Realisms & Antirealisms April 20th last drop date with grade earned TH 21 Chapter 10 continued / video examples WEEK # 15 (Read Chapter 11 & 12 in Textbook) T 26 Musical Theater Structure Top 5 Due! / video examples TH 27 Chapter 11 & 12 Top 5 Due! / Brecht & Epic Theater and Theatre of Diversity WEEK # 16 T May 3 Public Performance Observation #2 DUE! (100pts)/Chapter 12 continued (820 possible points) Last Class Day!! TH Finals: Thursday May 5th (11:00am) Exam II (Lecture material, Essays, Chapters 6-12, & video examples)(100pts.) Scantron 882 The final exam is a required element because it is a unit exam. |
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General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes |
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Program Student Learning Outcomes |
PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates a full understanding of the reading. PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills – Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. Creatively identifies problem, argument, or issue (to determine extent of information needed); differentiates the facts from opinions as relates to situation; constructs possible solutions or prediction or consequences; uses logical, sound reasoning to justify conclusion. PSLO 2: Communication Skills – Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication. Expresses a strong thesis; organizes information with effective transitions & sequencing of ideas; uses substantial, logical & specific development of ideas; details are relevant, original, credible and correctly documented when appropriate to show an effective development and interpretation of ideas; and presents ideas in appropriate mode of expression for the task. PSLO 4: Teamwork Skills- Shows the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal. Helps the team move forward by discussing merits of alternative ideas; Treats team members respectfully; uses positive facial, vocal or written tone, or language to convey a positive attitude; Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task; Provides assistance/encouragement to team members; Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; Addresses conflict constructively; or helps the group avoid conflict completely. PSLO 5: Social Responsibility Skills - Expresses intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities. Identifies cultural characteristics (including beliefs, values, perspectives and/or practices); demonstrates knowledge of civic responsibility; provides evidence of experience in civic- engagement activities; and describes what she/ he has learned as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity in local, regional, national, or global communities; and shows awareness of one’s own culture in relation to others. |
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Course Student Learning Outcomes |
1. Analyze theater through written responses to play texts and/or live performance. (PSLO 1, 2) Measured by Public Performance Observation analysis reports or Dramatic Script Research Project; or Self-Reflective Performance 2. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of theater history and dramatic works. (PSLO 1, 2, Alpha) Measured by embedded test or quiz questions; Public Performance Observation analysis reports; pre-test/post-test. 3. Describe the collaborative nature of theater arts. (PSLO 1, 2, 4) Measured by embedded test questions, Dramatic Script Research Project; and Group Performance Teamwork Rubrics. 4. Demonstrate the relationship of the arts to everyday life as well as broader historical and social contexts. (PSLO 1, 2, 5) Measured by embedded test or quiz questions; Internet Research Project; Dramatic Script Research Project; or Monolog / Group Performance rubrics |
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Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||||||
Facility Policies |
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Additional Information | After 9pm at night I do not return email or text or calls. I will answer the next morning as soon as possible. | ||||||||||||
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ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||||
Copyright Violations |
Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester,
by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally.
No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class,
including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or
painting or performing copyrighted material for public display.
Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties. Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented. If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216. |
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Assessment Statement |
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The Registrar’s office is located in the Student Center room 303B, and can be reached at (409) 984-6165. |
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College-Level Perspectives |
This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways:
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Degree Plan Evaluation |
A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program.
All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class. |
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HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||||
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