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Courses for the COF Minor in Performing Arts: by Discipline
  College Course No. Course Title Credits     Level Prerequisite Comments
  General
 EmmanuelPERF1102Introduction to Performing Arts4Required
 WentworthHUMN455Humanities through the Arts3
  
  Dance
 EmmanuelPERF1211Dance: Barres and Ballet4
 EmmanuelPERF1212Dance: Concepts and Practice4
 MassArtPerformance in Videospace3Vid prod knowledge
 MassArtSIM282X Contemporary Dance Tech.3Multi-level
 MassArtSIM307 On the Spot3Multi-level
 MassArtSIM377X Choreography & Performance3upper levelMulti-level
 MassArtSIM378XProjects in Chor. and Perf.3upper levelPermission
 WheelockMUS 235Jazz Dance4upper levelPrior dance exp.
 WheelockTHE 235Jazz Dance4Prior dance exp.
  
  Music
 EmmanuelPERF1301Song: From the Monks to the Monkees4
 EmmanuelPERF1303History of American Musical Theater4
 EmmanuelPERF1304Musics of the World4
 EmmanuelPERF1321The ABCs of Music Notation4
 EmmanuelPERF2312Adv. Perf Techniques for the Singing Actor4PERF0312*
 EmmanuelPERF2321Harmony through Creative Composition4PERF1321*
 EmmanuelPERF2322Read and Sing4PERF1321*
 EmmanuelPERF4131Theater Arts Internship4
 EmmanuelPERF4178Directed Study I4upper level
 EmmanuelPERF4179Directed Study II4upper level
 MassArtBeat Research 23Beat Res 1
 MassArtProjects in Sound3Multi-level
 MassArtMPSM207Beat Research 13
 MassArtMPSM234Choir3
 MassArtSIM272XSound Performance3Multi-level
 MassArtSIM273Intro to Sound Studio3
 MassArtSIM373 Intermediate Sound Studio3273 or permission
 MCPHSSSC450Popular Music3
 SimmonsMUS 110The Language of Music4
 SimmonsMUS 111How Music Works4upper level110 or permission
 SimmonsMUS 120Intro to Music: The Middle Ages to Early Romanticism4
 SimmonsMUS 121Introduction to Music: Early Romanticism to the Present4
 SimmonsMUS 125The Symphony4upper level
 SimmonsMUS 141Mozart: The Man and His Music4
 SimmonsMUS 222Music in America4upper level
 SimmonsMUS 232Bach to Beethoven: Music in the 18th Century4upper level
 SimmonsMUS 234Music of the Romantic Tradition4upper level
 SimmonsMUS 239Music that Changed the World4upper level
 SimmonsMUS 349Directed Study4Simmons only
 SimmonsMUS 350Independent Study4Simmons only
 SimmonsMUS 370Internship4Simmons only
 WheelockMUSMusic of the Beatles4
 WheelockMUS 126Introduction to Music4
 WheelockMUS 130American Popular Music4
 WheelockMUS 150Handbell Performance4
 WheelockMUS 155Orchestra1
 WheelockMUS 220History of Musical Theatre4
 WheelockMUS 230African-American Music4
 WheelockMUS 240World Music Traditions4
 WheelockMUS 279Music for Children4upper leveljr or sr
  
  Performance Arts
 MassArtMPSM209XPerformance Art Studio in Context3
 MassArtSIM4X4 A Survey of Performance Art3Multi-level
  
  Theater
 EmmanuelPERF1101The Theater: History and Apprec.4
 EmmanuelPERF1111Public Speaking: Voice and Diction4
 EmmanuelPERF1302Music-Theater through the Ages4
 EmmanuelPERF2101Studies in Drama: Ritual and Social Reality4
 EmmanuelPERF2102Modern Drama4
 EmmanuelPERF2111Acting: Basic Techniques4
 EmmanuelPERF2112Acting: Styles and Genres4
 EmmanuelPERF2113Playing Shakespeare: From Study to Stage to Screen4
 EmmanuelPERF2212The Moving Body4
 EmmanuelPERF3101Dramaturgy and Play Analysis4upper level
 EmmanuelPERF3121Theatrical Design and Production4upper level
 EmmanuelPERF3122Playwriting4upper level
 EmmanuelPERF4331Music Internship4upper level
 MassArtMPSM205Stagecraft & Tech Production3
 MassArtMPSM336Event Planning and Production3Permission of instructor
 SimmonsENGL 121Shakespeare4
 SimmonsENGL 184World Drama4
 WentworthHUMN425Technical Theatre4
 WheelockTHE 123Public Speaking 4
 WheelockTHE 126Introduction to Theatre 4
 WheelockTHE 203Improvisation 4
 WheelockTHE 205Acting 4
 WheelockTHE 209History of Dramatic Literature 4
 WheelockTHE 215Modern Drama 4
 WheelockTHE 220History of Musical Theatre 4
 WheelockTHE 225Readers Theatre 4
 WheelockTHE 238African-American Theatre 4
 WheelockTHE 242Shakespeare 4
 WheelockTHE 245Theatre Design and Production4
 WheelockTHE 260Acting II: Character and Style41 course in acting
 WheelockTHE 277Movement and Drama for Children 4
 WheelockTHE 310Story Theatre 4upper level1 course, permission
 WheelockTHE 350Directing Plays4upper level1 course, permission
 WheelockTHE 374Children’s Theatre 4upper level1 course, permission
*Or permission of instructor.