Syllabus for Theater Appreciation (on line)
THR 110 CRN 10585
Fall 2012
Professor:
Ann Marie Elder
Office Location: Chase Webb Theater
Phone: 575-538-6503
Email: eldera@wnmu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 10:00 until Noon, Monday mornings by appointment
Course Catalog Description: This course is designed to expose the student to the physical, spiritual,
and psychological roots of theater and drama, ancient and contemporary, studied through selected plays,
theater forms, and reading
Required Text(s) and Optional Text(s): The Art of Theatre A Concise Introduction. Third Ed.
Cengage Learning. The WNMU Bookstore will have the text and you can purchase it in the store or on
line. Be sure to purchase the exact text and edition as it contains information in chapter form that will be
included in the course.
Course Instructional Objectives:
1. Students will be able to analyze and identify significant theatrical texts.
2. Students will engage in an analysis and comparison of historical periods and how each period relates
to theater.
3. Students will be able to recognize the diversity of human experience as it relates to theater across a
range of historical and cultural periods.
4. Students will be able to relate cultural perspectives and modes of thinking and expression to
contemporary thought regarding theater.
Disability Support Services: Services for students with disabilities are provided through the Student
Health Center’s Disability Support Services Office located in the Juan Chacon Building, Room 221.
Some examples of the assistance provided are: audio materials for the blind or dyslexic, note takers,
readers, campus guides, audio recorders, and a quiet testing area. In order to qualify for these services,
documentation must be provided by certified health care professionals. Disability Support Services
forms are available in the First Year Experience Office located in the Juan Chacon Building and in the
Student Health Services Office in Muir Heights 111. The Disability Support Services Office serves as
Western New Mexico University's liaison for students with disabilities. The Disability Support Services
Office can be contacted by phone at (575) 538-6400 or e-mail at dss@wnmu.edu.
Communication Policy Statement regarding official email :WNMU’s policy requires that all official
communication be sent via Mustang Express. As a result, all emails related to your enrollment at
WNMU and class communication – including changes in assignments and grades – will be sent to your
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wnmu.edu email address. It is very important that you access your Mustang Express e-mail periodically
to check for correspondence from the University. If you receive most of your email at a different
address you can forward your messages from Mustang Express to your other address.
Example: Martin Classmember was assigned a WNMU email address of classmemberm12@wnmu.edu
but Martin would rather receive his emails at his home email address of martinclass@yahoo.com
Martin would follow the direction provided at
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WNMU Policy on Email Passwords: WNMU requires that passwords for access to all of the protected
software, programs, and applications will be robust, including complexity in the number of characters
required, the combination of characters required, and the frequency in which passwords are required to
be changed. Minimum complexity shall include:
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Passwords shall contain at least six (6) characters.
Passwords shall contain at least one capital (upper case) letter, and at least one symbol (numbers and
characters such as @ # $ % & *).
Passwords shall be changed at least every 90 days. (8/6/08)
Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures: Each student shall observe standards of honesty and
integrity in academic work as defined in the WNMU catalog. Violations of academic integrity include
“any behavior that misrepresents or falsifies a student’s knowledge, skills or ability with the goal of
unjustified or illegitimate evaluation or gain” (WNMU Faculty Handbook, 2008). Generally violations
of the academic integrity include cheating and plagiarism. Refer to the catalog pages 60-61 for
definitions.
Penalties for infractions of academic integrity in this class are as follows:
Plagiarism: “the intentional or unintentional representation of another’s work as one’s own without
proper acknowledgement of the original author or creator of the work” (WNMU Faculty Handbook,
2008).
Each student shall observe standards of honesty and integrity in academic work completed at
WNMU. Students may be penalized for violations of the Academic Integrity policy. Please refer to the
current WNMU Catalog. Cite website’s and books when quoted, do not plagiarize from any other
student. The reflection pieces in this course are half personal opinion and half based on your
understanding of the material. DO NOT copy and paste material or opinion from any website. This is
considered plagiarism and your work will not receive credit.
Cheating: “using or attempting to use unauthorized materials…and unauthorized collaboration with
others, copying the work of another or any action that presents the work of others to misrepresent the
student’s knowledge” (WNMU Faculty Handbook, 2008).
No credit for any assignment that is taken from another student.
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Class Procedures for Inclement Weather: N/A
Assessment/Evaluation and Grading Scale:
Details provided in Canvas.
Assignments/Due Dates:
Requirements:
You are required to read the following plays:
Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (script
posted in the module in .pdf format)
Play by Samuel Beckett (script posted in the module in .pdf
format)
Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez (script posted in the module in .pdf format) Nickel and Dimed
(on not getting rich in America) (script posted in the module in .pdf format)
Other Expectations: Participate in discussion and other assignments as required in the course.
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