(Offered as LLAS 307, AAPI 307, ENGL 472 and RELI 332) On September 16, 1965 the largely Mexican membership of the United Farm Workers (UFW) met with the mostly Filipino American membership of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Delano, California. The result of this meeting would be a multiracial labor alliance despite differences in culture and languages. This Asian and Mexican American organizing was a formative part of US Civil Rights history.

(Offered as LLAS 307, AAPI 307, ENGL 472 and RELI 332) On September 16, 1965 the largely Mexican membership of the United Farm Workers (UFW) met with the mostly Filipino American membership of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Delano, California. The result of this meeting would be a multiracial labor alliance despite differences in culture and languages. This Asian and Mexican American organizing was a formative part of US Civil Rights history.

(Offered as AAPI 269). This course will analyze the history, content, and implications of how Asian Americans have been portrayed and represented in mainstream U.S. media and popular culture. Using readings, class discussions, films & videos, and student-designed projects, this course gives students the opportunity to explore the visual dimensions and political, economic, and cultural dynamics of specific examples such as racial discrimination, anti-immigrant nativism, gender representations, whitewashing and erasure, and global influences like anime and K-Pop, etc.

(Offered as AAPI 269). This course will analyze the history, content, and implications of how Asian Americans have been portrayed and represented in mainstream U.S. media and popular culture. Using readings, class discussions, films & videos, and student-designed projects, this course gives students the opportunity to explore the visual dimensions and political, economic, and cultural dynamics of specific examples such as racial discrimination, anti-immigrant nativism, gender representations, whitewashing and erasure, and global influences like anime and K-Pop, etc.

For honors candidates in theater and dance. Open only to senior theater and dance majors who have prior approval of the department Chair, and who are fulfilling all requirements in a single semester. Spring semester. The Department.

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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Advanced research and/or creative project work with accompanying documentation.

For honors candidates in theater and dance. Open only to senior theater and dance majors who have prior approval of the department Chair. Spring semester. The Department.

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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Advanced research and/or creative project work with accompanying documentation.

Independent reading course. Admission with consent of the instructor, and upon approval of an appropriate, original course of study. Approval is not guaranteed. A special topics course should be contemplated and approved in the semester prior to undertaking it. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

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This course is intended for Theater and Dance majors and other advanced students who have completed a 300-level course within the department and who wish to pursue a self-defined project. Students intending to elect this course must submit to the department Chair and a potential faculty advisor a written rationale connecting the proposed independent study to prior preparation within the department's curriculum.

This is a studio practice course that focuses on creating design elements for stories with dramatic structure. Students will learn to use design tools to create spaces and characters needed for effective dramatic storytelling. Independent research and in-class design presentations, along with collaboration among classmates will be required. This is an appropriate next-level course for students who have taken THDA 265 or 266 and who want to continue study of design. Students without prior design experience may take the course, but should contact the instructor in advance. Spring semester.

This is a studio course that explores making theater in an immersive way, and in collaboration, to create original works of art. Through a combination of improvisation, research, and devised theater-making techniques, participants will explore diverse themes and narratives, shaping performances that reinterpret existing texts and activate nontraditional performance spaces. This studio course empowers students to challenge artistic boundaries and foster creativity, collaboration, and innovation in the realm of contemporary theater making.