Theatre Electives
Consider Theatre Arts And Technology for your class electives!
We have three new classes that may fulfill your requirements.
THTR 256. Theatrical Set Design. 3 credits, 3 contact hours (3;0;0).
This course is an introduction to the basic components of set, scenic art, and lighting design for the theatre. The students will create scale models of the set of plays chosen by the instructor. Research on the theatre spaces, concepts of the visual movement of the characters throughout the story, and a conceptual evaluation of the scripts will be examined to create the designs.
For more information, email Rodney Reyes at reyes@njit.edu
THTR 258. Stagecraft I. 3 credits, 4 contact hours (2;2;0).
This lecture/workshop trains students in the technical aspects of mounting theatre productions and events. Participants will learn stagecraft using equipment such as shop tools, lighting instruments, audio and video design as required. The training curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of each semester's specific productions. The course can be taken to fulfill a Theatre Core requirement or as an elective.
For more information, email Rodney Reyes at reyes@njit.edu
THTR 384. Musical Theater Adaptations. 3 credits, 3 contact hours (3;0;0).
The content of this course is primarily literary. It examines the original texts that are used for theatrical adaptations in contemporary Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. The origin stories are drawn from literature, graphic novels, and cultural folk stories. Students will attend selected musicals. This course satisfies the three credit 300 GER in History and Humanities.
For more information, email Rodney Reyes at reyes@njit.edu
Theatre Electives
(12 credits) from Theatre courses or from NJIT courses with a technology aspect that can be used in practical theatre training (by advisement)
- THTR 101 Living Theater (3)
- THTR 102 Acting Fundamentals (3)
- THTR 208 Movement for Theatre (3)
- THTR 209 Voice and Speech for Theater I (3)
- THTR 210 Voice and Speech for Theater II (3)
- THTR 212 From Page to Stage (3)
- THTR 213 Directing I (3)
- THTR 215 Acting II (3)
- THTR 216 Improvisational Theater I (3)
- THTR 217 Improvisational Theater II (3)
- THTR 261 Performance I (3)
- THTR 262 Performance II (3)
- THTR 310 Theater History I (3)
- THTR 315 Theater History II (3)
- THTR 344 American Musical Theatre (3)
- THTR 365 Principles of Playwriting (3)
- THTR 396 Internship-Theater (3)
- THTR 411 Special Topics in Theater (3)
- THTR 414 Directing II (3)
- THTR 465 Performance III (3)
- THTR 483 Independent Study in Theater (3)
- THTR 484 Independent Study in Theater (3)
- HSS 407 001/2 OR HO5/6 Theatre and Technology Senior Seminar (NJIT students only)
- 21-088-409-01 Stage Management (3)
- 21-088-261-01 Production III (3)
- 21-088-260-01 Production II (3)
- 21-088-259-01 Production I (3)
- 21-088-250-01 Introduction to Scenic Art and Lighting Design (3)
- 21-088-103 Theater Technology (3)