Undergraduate Performance Courses
CMST 2040: Introduction to Performing Literature
The study of literature through performance; reading, analysis and performance of
prose, poetry and drama.
ILC - Intercultural Knowledge & Competence
CMST 3040: Performance Composition
Study of the basic principles of performance composition, conventions, and development of strategies and techniques to create original stage performance.
CMST 3900: Audio Culture
Survey of theories and practice of modern sound.
CMST 2200/4400: Practicum in Communication Studies
Course credit for practical experience in HBB activities.
Undergraduate Film Courses
CMST 2012: Introduction to Film
Nature and function of film as a mode of communication; basic language of cinema;
selected films screened and studied.
ILC - Inquiry & Analysis
Undergraduate/Graduate Bridge Courses
CMST 4141: Performing Narrative
This course is an advanced study of selected novels, short stories and oral narratives through both group and solo performances..
Graduate Performance Courses
CMST 7946: Theory and Performance of Narrative Discourse
Narrative theory in literature and performance; rhetoric of narrative discourse.
CMST 2040: Introduction to Performing Literature
The study of literature through performance; reading, analysis and performance of
prose, poetry and drama.
ILC - Intercultural Knowledge & Competence
CMST 4142: Art in Action: Performance the Visual World
Theory and methods of adapting and staging nondramatic literature and other materials
for active and visual performance.
For undergraduate or graduate credit
CMST 7941: Studies in the History of Performance
Topics related to solo and group performance of literature; performance theory and
criticism; interrelationships of performance and culture; experimental performance
forms; qualitative research methods.
For graduate credit only
CMST 2200/4400: Practicum in Communication Studies
Course credit for practical experience in HBB activities.
CMST 2012: Introduction to Film
Nature and function of film as a mode of communication; basic language of cinema;
selected films screened and studied.
ILC - Inquiry & Analysis
CMST 3900: The Music Documentary
Study of music and modern sound.