Offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Thtr 311Living Theater (3-0-3) Using the resources of the NJIT and Rutgers theaters, students receive instruction in the elements of stage presentation: acting, design, theater history, and lighting and other technologies. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 360Drama (3-0-3) Follows the development of play structure from folkloric origins to contemporary theater. Emphasis on text, history of text development, and the changing purpose of theatrical presentations. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 36120th-Century American Drama (3-0-3) Examines the development of 20th-century American drama with emphasis on the ways, often experimental, in which playwrights reflect the spirit of the times. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 362Non-Western Drama (3-0-3) Explores classical and contemporary theater and drama in China, Japan, India, Africa, and the Middle East. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 363Ethnic and Minority Drama (3-0-3) Using contemporary dramas as social, historical, and cultural artifacts, examines the experience of Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 364Modern Continental and British Drama (3-0-3) An examination of some of the dramas from the late 19th and 20th centuries, with the purpose of gaining some understanding of how dramatists, in both subject matter and technique, reflect the spirit of the times. Representative playwrights include Ibsen, Shaw, Wilde, Strindberg, Synge, Chekhov, O`Casey, Pirandello, Anouilh, Brecht, Ionesco, and Pinter. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
Lit 384American Musical Theater (3-0-3) Experience a unique American theatrical tradition. Special attention paid to contemporary productions. Prerequisites: HSS 101, 202, or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, 212, 213, or their equivalents. |
HSS 407Theater Capstone Seminar (3-0-3) Allows students the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a specific area of the instructor`s expertise. Students required to bring together interests and skills developed in previous courses, and make in-depth oral and written presentations. A list of capstone seminars is published each term in the course registration bulletin. Prerequisites: Completion of the general university requirements in English (3 credits), cultural history (6 credits), basic social science (6 credits), and either the Lit/Hist/Phil/STS (3 credits) or the open elective in humanities and social science (3 credits). The remaining 300-level course may be taken as a corequisite of the seminar. Also see HSS 491H-HSS 499H. Honors students are not permitted to take this course to fulfill the capstone in HSS GUR. They choose from HSS 491H-HSS 499H. |
