Students learn fundamentals of logic, persuasion, and use of data, with practice in competitive debate. Introduction to Theater. Students investigate history of theater, nature of theater as an art, and the roles of playwright, director, designer, actor, audience, and critic. Students learn the process of stage design from dramatic concept to production as they study scene design, stage lighting, and costuming. Acting I. Students learn and practice principles of Stanislavski system applied to modern stage drama.
Students learn fundamentals of facial analysis, character development, and stage makeup techniques.
An overview and integration of current approaches to understanding interpersonal, small group, organizational, mass, and intercultural communication. An historical and critical analysis of the modes of persuasion. The contributions of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine, as well as selected medieval, renaissance, neoclassical, and modern theorists will be considered. Writing for newspapers, religious, and secular magazines. Writing for Media.