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Courses - Fall 2025
TDPS
Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
Open Seats as of
03/25/2025 at 10:30 PM
TDPS201
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Introduction to Technical Production
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major within the ARHU-Dance department; or must be in a major within the ARHU-Theatre department.
Credit only granted for: DANC210 and THET114 or TDPS201.
Formerly: DANC210 and THET114.
Students are provided with an overview of topics related to the technical production of theatre and dance including: scenic, prop and costume construction, lighting, sound and video execution and management structures.
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
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TDPS240
Arts Organizations and Audiences in the United States
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: ARHU240.
Credit only granted for: TDPS258C, TDSP240 or ARHU240.
Formerly: TDPS258C.
An introduction to the history and role of arts organizations in the U.S., as well as the respective audiences and populations they serve. This grounding allows artists and emerging administrators to understand the events and questions that have shaped the field, and develop strategies for advancing sustainable arts organizations in the future.
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TDPS358T
Special Topics in Intermediate Performing Arts; Technology for Performing Arts: Theory and Practice
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.

An introduction to experimental technology systems, and how to adapt them for use in live performance. Students will be introduced to a variety of new media tools.
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TDPS441
Arts Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARHU240 or TDPS240; or permission of instructor.
Recommended: ARHU440 or TDPS440.
Restriction: Limited to 4 undergraduate students (2 in ARHU and 2 in TDPS).
Cross-listed with: ARHU441.
Jointly offered with: ARHU640, TDPS640.
Credit only granted for: TDPS458E, ARHU441, TDPS441, ARHU640 or TDSP640.
Formerly: TDPS458E.
Establishes arts entrepreneurship as a unique discipline with the goal of connecting creative initiatives (products, artforms, and programs) to audiences, resources, and communities. Introduces students to the ways in which creative initiatives both create value and offer solutions to social, political, environmental, and cultural issues. Students will develop artist impact statements and identify different contexts and ways to apply their talents and creative initiatives in society.
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TDPS458D
Special Topics in Advanced Performing Arts; Film as Perfomance
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Alternating between lecture & creative research on Week A and creative laboratories on Week B. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.

A dynamic incubator for performing artists who crave new ways of seeing, making, and understanding their voice via cinema and beyond. Moving beyond conventional filmmaking methods, the course embraces performance, philosophy, research, intuitive storytelling, as well as technical exploration performance for camera, scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing, and beyond. The lens becomes a collaborator, a witness, and an accomplice in the act of process & creation.
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TDPS458F
Special Topics in Advanced Performing Arts; Aesthetics of Collaboration in Performance: Theory & Practice
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
This class offers practical methods for the creation and analysis of collaborative performance projects. Taking for granted that all performance works engage collaboration, this class is organized around themes of media, materiality, site-specificity, and working within and against systems. These themes are the organizing principles for student projects, as well as exemplary works of theory and performance. Finally, this class, being about collaboration, looks at strategies for working together, and carries with it an ethic of kindness, constructive critique, and mutual support.
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TDPS469
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Advanced Practicum in Stage Management
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Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
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TDPS479
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Production Practicum
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Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
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TDPS640
Arts Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with: ARHU640.
Credit only granted for: ARHU640, TDPS640, or THET669U.
Formerly: THET669U.
Establishes arts entrepreneurship as a unique discipline with the goal of connecting creative initiatives (products, artforms, and programs) to audiences, resources, and communities. Introduces students to the ways in which creative initiatives both create value and offer solutions to social, political, environmental, and cultural issues. Students will develop artist impact statements and identify different contexts and ways to apply their talents and creative initiatives in society.
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