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THA 1040 - Interpreting Contemporary Dramatic Literature (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary dramatic literature. Period plays and masterworks are looked at from the vantage point of the actor, the playwright, the technician, and the critic. The play is observed as a force within a cultural context influenced by and influencing the social, political, and economic realities of its time.
Prerequisites: THA 1041
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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THA 1041 - Introduction to Theater Arts (J)
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed as an introduction to the collaborative nature of theater in addition to the analysis and criticism of dramatic literature. The imaginative process is stressed as history, playwriting, audience, acting, directing, producing and designing for both theater and film are individually examined as elements of the collaborative process.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 1041 - Introduction to Theatre (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed as an introduction to the collaborative nature of theatre in addition to the analysis and criticism of dramatic literature. The imaginative process is stressed as history, playwriting, audience, acting, directing, producing, and designing for both theatre and film are individually examined as elements of the collaborative process.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There may be a course fee.
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THA 1111 - Stagecraft
Credit(s): 3
This hands-on course introduces students to the basic techniques of scenery and set construction and philosophy and the mechanics of lighting, properties, sound and technical effects. The course also includes crew work on productions.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 1710 - Special Topics in Theater
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Theater curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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THA 1710 - Special Topics in Theater
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Theater curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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THA 2020 - Theater Lab
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to serious, hands-on work in technical theater. Students can work at entry-level positions and repeat the class for credit upon assuming more advanced levels of responsibility. Major areas include stage carpentry, stage electrics and sound engineering. The course provides an opportunity for students to develop career skills while working with international touring companies in music, dance and theater as well as with a wide range of departmental productions and events.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2035 - Costume Construction & Stage Makeup
Credit(s): 3
The primary focus of this course is on the principles of drafting, cutting and constructing costumes for theater. Costume crew work for department productions is expected. Theatrical makeup in relation to costuming also is explored.
Prerequisites: THA 1041
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2040 - Performance & Production Lab
Credit(s): 0 or 3
This lab course involves the rehearsal and performance of a major, faculty-directed theater production or equivalent theater performance. In order to receive full credit for this course, students must be cast in the semester production or fulfill a crew assignment. Students also may be expected to complete one academic exercise by production’s end.
Restrictions: Permission of instructor via audition or interview
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2080 - Theatre Arts in The Dramatic Format
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an introduction to the theatre arts and dramatic literature and explores how they apply to the theatre, television, and film mediums. Dramatic literature and historical background ranges from the classic age to the modern drama. This course includes such topics as language and terminology, how to read a script, basic script development, and the dramatic format as a collaborative art which includes the playwright, the director, the actor, the scenic designer, the costume designer, and the critic.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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THA 2121 - Acting I (J)
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the basic nature of the actor’s creative process. It includes study of the actor’s physical instrument, impulses, intuition and creative imagination. The fundamental elements of the acting craft – including imaginary environment, character analysis and development, voice, body, relaxation and concentration – are applied to work on monologues and scenes. A laboratory, THA 2121L , must be taken concurrently.
Corequisites: THA 2121L
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2121 - Acting I (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the basic nature of the actor’s creative process. It includes the study of the actor’s physical instrument, impulses, intuition and creative imagination. The evolving study of the course focuses on the fundamental elements of the acting craft: imaginary environment, character analysis and development, voice, body, relaxation and concentration is applied to work on monologues and scenes. This course emphasizs oral communication skills.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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THA 2121L - Acting I Lab
Credit(s): 1
Vocal training in this class addresses the vital components that develop the young voice, including the phonetic alphabet, projection, volume, articulation, diction, tone, accents, and dialects and their effect on character.
Corequisites: THA 2121
Restrictions: Johnson Campus
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2122 - Acting II (J)
Credit(s): 3
This course continues developing basic acting skills through advanced character analysis and the development of character begun in fundamentals of acting. Emphasis is placed on the inner, emotional layers of character development through scene study, rehearsal and performance of modern, realistic dialogue scenes and a look at film and television vs. stage acting.
Prerequisites: THA 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2122 - Acting II (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course continues developing basic acting skills through advanced character analysis and the development of character begun in Acting I. Emphasis is placed on the inner, emotional layers of character development through scene study, rehearsal and performance of modern, realistic dialogue scenes along with a look at film and television vs. stage acting. This course emphasizes oral communication skills.
Prerequisites: THA 2121 and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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THA 2710 - Special Topics in Theater
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Theater curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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THA 2810 - Internship in Theater
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 2840 - Theatre Performance and Production
Credit(s): 3
This course presents practical experience in various aspects of either theater performance or production. Students who wish to participate in the performance portion of the course must audition for the main-stage production at the beginning of the semester and must be prepared to develop and present their characters during the performance period. Those students who do not successfully audition are assigned to one of the following positions: assistant director, stage manager, house manager, properties coordinator, costumer, publicity or general production manager.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated for credit. This course is offered every semester.
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THA 2845 - Stagecraft and Tech Crew
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to the non-performance, collaborative fields involved in making a theatrical production happen. Instruction features an introduction to set design and construction, and lighting and sound design, as students collaborate on technical aspects of the main-stage production. Students must be available for participation in the run-crew for a main-stage production which will include some weekend hours. Instruction will include the study of OSHA safety regulations and practices. Final crew assignments are solely determined by the instructor.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes
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THA 2910 - Independent Study in Theater
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3010 - Shakespeare: On the Stage & On the Page
Credit(s): 3
This survey of Shakespeare examines the playwright’s use of various dramatic genres – comedy, romance, tragedy and history – from a theatrical perspective. Students explore ways in which a playwright’s blueprint – the text of the play – becomes a full-blown theater production. Dramatic structure, character, themes and plot are explored as embodied in performance.
Prerequisites: THA 1041
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3030 - Theater for Young Audiences
Credit(s): 3
This is a study of the techniques of children’s theater, which students employ in the field during the last eight weeks of the semester, when they perform at local elementary schools and work with the students there.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3040 - Improvisation for Actors
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to the essence of improvisational acting, namely “play.” Through a variety of exercises, improvisational games, solo work and improvised scenes, students should develop the confidence to let go of the need “to perform” and instead focus on “living in the moment.” They should find the courage to give up having to “get it right” and instead trust in the adventure of spontaneity.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3110 - Dramatic Literature: Classical/Modern
Credit(s): 3
This course studies selected plays from the Classical Greek period through modern times. Plays are examined for dramatic style and structure, content and their place in the historical evolution of drama. The predominant social, political and cultural events at the time of writing, as well as the meaning and subject for the contemporary audience, are explored.
Prerequisites: THA 1041 ; THA 2121 ; ENG 1072 or a literature course
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3123 - Acting III
Credit(s): 3
The study of period styles of acting and advanced techniques of character creation. The course emphasizes continuing developing of practical acting craft and expanding the student’s understanding of the range and variety of performance styles through the ages. The course culminates in a public performance.
Prerequisites: THA 2122
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes
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THA 3130 - Introduction to Design: Costume, Scenic, and Stage Lighting
Credit(s): 3
This is an introduction to the basic techniques, concepts and skills required for a completed scene design for a theater production and a completed lighting design for a theater production or other performance event (e.g., dance and music concerts). Visual interpretation of a script is the preliminary point of departure. Ground plans, working drawings, elevations, color renderings, lighting plots, dimmer charts, instrument schedules and cue sheets will be the working material of the class, particularly as they apply to interpretive cooperation with actors and directors.
Prerequisites: THA 1111
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3140 - Theater History
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an intensive study of the major aspects of theatrical production and performances in two significant historical periods in the evolution of theater from the Greeks to the middle of the 20th century. The course emphasizes practical historical research and performance that is historically accurate. In order to fully appreciate the history, students study such elements as physical theater space and architecture, audience/performer relationships, acting styles, methods of financing, scenic and costuming styles, theatrical and dramatic conventions, and social and aesthetic values of the historical period.
Prerequisites: THA 1041 ; THA 1111 or THA 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3150 - Introduction to Stage Management
Credit(s): 3
This course explores both the art and the science of stage management. Efficiency, organization and the ability to foresee problems are important skills the stage manager must possess. Of equal importance is the ability to communicate, to deal effectively with a wide variety of people and to maintain a sense of balance while acting as the liaison to a production staff. This class is designed to give students the “nuts and bolts” knowledge about paperwork and procedures - the first steps toward effective stage management. It also introduces students to less tangible aspects of management, including prioritizing, problem-solving, communicating and facilitating the resolution of interpersonal conflict.
Prerequisites: THA 1041 ; THA 1111
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3210 - Introduction to Directing
Credit(s): 4
This course covers the basic preparation necessary for the stage director before beginning actual production. Topics include auditioning and casting a production, rehearsal planning, production planning, script analysis and working with actors. A major project consisting of the preparation of the pre-production prompt book for a one-act play is required.
Prerequisites: THA 1041 ; THA 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 3211 - Directing I
Credit(s): 3
[LGAD3] This course features the study of directing for the theatre and/or film medium. Small scene study leads the way to developing a total production concept for the one-act play or larger venue. Rehearsal techniques for the actor, communication processes for production personnel, blocking and staging preparation, as well as time, facilities and personnel management are elements of directing to be encountered. Public performance is expected.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are THA 1041 and THA 2080. There is a course fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
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THA 3710 - Special Topics in Theater
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Theater curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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THA 3710 - Special Topics in Theater (J)
Credit(s): 3
The topics addressed in this course vary and are noted prior to the registration period.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4010 - Performance & Production Lab
Credit(s): 0 or 3
This lab comprises rehearsal and performance of a major, faculty-directed theater production or equivalent performance project in theater. In order to receive full credit, students must be cast in the semester production or fulfill a crew assignment. Students also may be expected to complete one academic exercise by production’s end.
Prerequisites: THA 2040 ; permission of instructor via audition or interview
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4050 - Theater Lab
Credit(s): 3
This course exposes the student to advanced hands-on work in technical theater, building on initial skills developed through THA 2020 . Major areas include stage carpentry, stage electrics and sound engineering. The course provides an opportunity for students to develop career skills while working with international touring companies in music, dance and theater as well as with a wide range of departmental productions and other events.
Prerequisites: THA 2020
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4710 - Special Topics in Theater
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Theater curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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THA 4720 - Senior Project in Theater
Credit(s): 3
Students design and complete a project in any one or a combination of the performing or design concentrations with approval of an advisor. Students should meet with advisors during the first semester of their senior year to begin planning for the senior project. If students elect to direct their own theater production as their senior project, THA 3150 and THA 3210 will be required prerequisites.
Restrictions: Senior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4730 - Seminar in Professional Preparation for the Actor
Credit(s): 3
This capstone course will focus on preparing auditions, resumes, photos, feature articles, techniques for interviewing, self-marketing and additional practicalities essential for this profession.
Prerequisites: THA 1041 ; THA 2121 ; THA 2122
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4810 - Internship in Theater (J)
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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THA 4910 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 3
This course gives the advanced student an opportunity to work on a special area of interest that is not possible through the standard curriculum.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is permission of instructor. The independent study contract must be approved, signed and submitted before the current semester’s registration period closes.
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THA 4910 - Independent Study in Theater (J)
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 1010 - Foundations of Furniture Design I
Credit(s): 9
This course introduces the student to the worlds of craftsmanship, fine woodworking, and furniture design. The student will acquire good habits for the safe use of woodworking machinery and hand tools and a strong knowledge of the foundational skills. Students will also gain an understanding of the concepts and terminology involved in woodworking and furniture making. Students will explore and develop a basic understanding of hand drafting, milling, project timelines, wood turning, and finishing principles. Each student will establish these skills through the design and construction of an Arts & Craft style nightstand with a dovetail drawer.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 1020 - Design Studio I: Small Tables
Credit(s): 6
This studio-based, furniture-making class introduces students to the design considerations of designing while applying furniture-making principles. Each student will take on the challenge of conceptualizing, designing, and making a unique table piece. This course will also help students to solidify their ability to manage a furniture-making project successfully. Students will also be introduced to the critique process by participating in faculty-led peer critiques. Students will expand their knowledge of sketching, drafting, model-making, and design by hand. Instructors will introduce students to Sketch-Up 3-D, a modeling software, and students will use this software to model and create working drawings.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010 (or it may be taken concurrently)
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 2010 - Foundations of Furniture Design II
Credit(s): 9
In this concept-to-completion class, students will design and build a wall-hung cabinet to present at a final critique. Through taking on this project, students will learn the essentials of case construction and complex joinery. Students will also learn advanced furniture-making elements that will allow them to stretch their imagination with the addition of bent laminations and veneering techniques. In addition to final critiques, students will participate in faculty-led design critiques as they prepare to make their concept a reality.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010 and WFD 1020
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 2020 - Design Studio II: Casework
Credit(s): 6
In this studio, furniture-design course, students will learn to apply the design considerations and furniture-making principles of cabinet making to a creation of one’s own design. Students will solidify their ability to manage a furniture-making project from concept to completion. Students will look to master their knowledge of sketching, drafting, and model-making. In addition, students will use Solidworks 3-D modeling software to model and create working drawings. Students will participate in a faculty-led peer critique at the end of the design phase and at the end of the semester.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010 ,WFD 1020 , and WFD 2010 ; or these may be taken concurrently.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 2030 - Business Practice and Marketing for Artisans
Credit(s): 3
You will learn the basics of running your own business, including bookkeeping and filing methods required for self-employment, and how to price your work. This will include a section on developing a system of tracking hours for each job, and how to utilize that information for pricing. You will discover how to develop a good portfolio, including basics of how to photograph your work in a professional manner, how to work with and edit digital images of your work, and how to create an online portfolio. Learn best practices of working with galleries, selling your work on the Web, handling commissions for custom work, and working with interior designers. Learn effective tools for marketing and promotion beyond Websites and the Internet, the different types of shows for selling your work, the details and logistics of participating in a show, including booth design. Learn the best methods for shipping your work, different approaches for setting up your first woodshop, general business planning, and scheduling your work.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 2910 - Independent Study in Woodworking & Furniture Design
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Restrictions: By Permission (contract required).
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes.
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WFD 3010 - Thinking and Achieving Through Craft
Credit(s): 3
This interdisciplinary course delves into craft – today, traditionally, and across cultures – from technique to meaning, comparing it with art, design, and other endeavors. Through reading, writing, discussion, and critical analysis, we will examine theory, tenets, and craft work itself, as well as how craft is represented in various media. With a focus on contemporary woodworking and furniture making, but looking into and being receptive to what can be learned from other craft disciplines, the course aims to discover how the fundamentals of craftsmanship might be more generally understood and applied. We will consider all kinds of craft publications – books, articles, documentaries, how-to DVDs. All participants are expected to contribute by bringing in ideas, writings, and visual materials (including our own handmade objects) for discussion and portfolio development.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 3020 - Design Studio III: Chairs
Credit(s): 6
Students will learn to design and build a well-made, quality side chair. The chair must be aesthetically pleasing from all sides, incorporate compound angle joinery, and be comfortable and well-proportioned. Students will begin their design process by researching current and historical chair designs, and creating sketches of three potential designs. The final design chosen can be a durivative but not a copy of a classic chair, or a coherent blend of design elements from a number of styles to create something more unique. Students will hand draft full-scale drawings, proof out joint samples used in the design, build a full-scale mock-up that they can sit in and modify, and present all of this on week five at the design critique. Throughout the course there will be classes on various techniques used in chair construction.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010 , WFD 1020 , WFD 2010 , and WFD 2020
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 4120 - Senior Project in Furniture Design
Credit(s): 6
This course gives students the opportunity and required guidance to demonstrate both the skills they have learned and the aesthetic they are developing in their furniture making. Students will design and construct one significant piece of furniture and write a paper that explains the decisions and influences that led to the design. All work must be completed on time and to a high level of proficiency.
Prerequisites: WFD 1010 , WFD 1020 , WFD 2010 , WFD 2020 , and WFD 3020 .
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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WFD 4910 - Independent Study in Woodworking & Furniture Design
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Restrictions: By Permission (contract required).
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes.
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OER 1000 - Introduction to Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 4
This course introduces students to the field of outdoor education through a variety of firsthand outdoor learning experiences in combination with classroom sessions. The course includes an introduction to historical and philosophical backgrounds of the field as well as career exploration. Integral to the course is participation in a range of adventure-based experiences, activities that emphasize an understanding and appreciation of the natural environment and outdoor learning experiences integrating various curriculum content areas.
Restrictions: Outdoor Education majors only, or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1050 - Hiking & Camping
Credit(s): 1
Students are introduced to outdoor living and travel skills. Topics will include personal preparedness, equipment selection, camp craft skills, outdoor cooking, basic land navigation, trip planning, low-impact practices and safety. This course includes a multi-day trip.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1060 - Ropes Course
Credit(s): 1
Students have the opportunity to experience group-initiative problems, trust-building activities, and low and high ropes-course challenges. Students gain an understanding of how the ropes course is a valuable recreational, educational and developmental tool.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1061 - Backpacking
Credit(s): 1
This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to safely participate in this recreational activity on their own. Topics include personal preparedness, equipment selection, camp craft skills, trip planning, low-impact practices, outdoor living skills and safety. This course includes a multi-day trip.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1070 - Orienteering
Credit(s): 1
This course includes instruction in map and compass use for land navigation. Through practical outdoor experiences, students gain the skills and knowledge to participate in the recreational sport of orienteering and to aid them in wilderness travel.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1131 - Rock Climbing I
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to introduce students to technical rock climbing. The instruction focuses on personal preparedness, equipment selection and use, knot-tying, belaying and rappelling techniques, climbing movement, safety practices and ethics for climbing and the environment.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1161 - Whitewater Kayaking
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to enable kayakers to negotiate the challenge of whitewater, focusing on equipment, river dynamics and safety procedures. Students learn in controlled and off-campus locations.
Prerequisites: Introduction to River Kayaking (or equivalent kayaking experience and permission of instructor.)
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1162 - Coastal Kayaking
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed as an introduction to recreational kayak touring. Course content includes physical preparation, equipment requirements, paddling and self-rescue skills and minimum-impact techniques. It focuses primarily on the experience of lake touring and includes exposure to technical skill development. Students practice skills in the NVU-Johnson SHAPE Facility pool and partake in an off-campus field trip.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1165 - Coastal Kayak Guide Training
Credit(s): 2
This is an intensive, multi-day program designed to expose students to the skills required to instruct and lead groups in open water kayaking conditions. The training focuses on the development of personal paddling skills, instructional tactics, sea “person”-ship, rescues, leadership and decision making. The course is a blend of dry land presentations and on-water practical sessions; since the goal is to expose students to a variety of sea states, the schedule will be dynamic and the days will be long and more often than not, wet. The majority of on-water sessions will be scenario driven and taught in the context of skills development tours, where students may function as the instructor/guide. Participants will have ample opportunity for self assessment, instructor assessment and peer assessment. In addition, students will be required to perform both written and practical skills assessments. The training may occur on inland bodies of water such as Lake Champlain, Vermont and/or on coastal waters. Students may have the opportunity to assess for nationally or internationally recognized paddlesport certifications.
Recommended: OER 1161 ; OER 1162
Restrictions: Must have kayaking experience
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1170 - Ice Climbing
Credit(s): 1
This course introduces students to technical ice climbing, focusing on personal preparedness for cold weather environments, equipment selection and use, low-impact practices and safety. Students will be taught in controlled and off-campus locations.
Prerequisites: OER 1131 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 1330 - Nordic & Backcountry Skiing
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed as an introduction to the sport of Nordic skiing and backcountry ski touring. Course content will include the theory and methodology of skiing techniques, physical preparation and training for the activity, equipment requirements, proper selection and sizing of equipment, techniques and skills specific to Nordic and back country skiing, and most importantly, practice. Students will ski on and around the NVU-Johnson campus, and partake in a number of off-campus field trips.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2050 - Rock Climbing Instructor
Credit(s): 2
This course serves as an introduction to the philosophy and principles of top rope climbing instruction. Emphasis will be placed on technical safety systems, site and participant management, and curriculum development. The intent of this course is to introduce students to the skills involved in basic top rope climbing programs found in camps, schools and outdoor centers. The in-the-field sessions will include bouldering, selection of equipment, anchor systems, rope management, climbing techniques and personal climbing experience.
Prerequisites: OER 1131 ; OER 2080 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2062 - Advanced Backpacking
Credit(s): 2
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to enhance their backpacking skills and experiences and to learn the intricacies of group leadership for backpacking. Topics will include route planning, equipment selection and care, meal and ration planning, group travel, decision-making, recognizing weather patterns and group safety. The field session of this course may include greater challenges than those found in the introductory backpacking course due to weather conditions, length of trip and/or terrain.
Prerequisites: OER 1061 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2080 - Advanced Rock Craft
Credit(s): 2
This course is designed to give students a wider breadth of knowledge and experience in the rock-climbing arena. This class will provide field days in which students will participate in a progression of skill development that will allow students to experience and learn safe and efficient techniques for rock climbing from basic movement to advanced anchor construction.
Prerequisites: OER 1131
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2140 - Ropes Course Leadership
Credit(s): 2
This course prepares students to lead groups in team building challenges, focusing on selected initiative tasks, trust building exercises and ropes course programming.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2810 - Internship in Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor. This shared course may have different prerequisites at the other VSC colleges.
Restrictions: Contract required
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 2910 - Independent Study in Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 3010 - Learning in the Outdoors
Credit(s): 4
This course involves the development and implementation of a program of outdoor education activities conducted for the sixth grade students of Grand Isle County at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. Students develop instructional, recreational and counseling activities in various disciplines. Class preparation and planning sessions precede the weeklong residential component. A fee is charged for food service and facility usage during the May program.
Prerequisites: PSY 2070 or EDU 2365 ; and OER or PE Licensure Major; or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 3020 - Outdoor Program Planning & Administration
Credit(s): 3
This is a study of the principles involved in administering safe, high-quality outdoor education experiences, including program philosophy and goals, risk management and liability, fiscal administration and budgeting, organization and leadership and program evaluation. This shared course may have different prerequisites at the other VSC colleges.
Prerequisites: OER major or permission of instructor
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 3070 - Adventure Education Theory & Practice
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the nature of the adventure participant’s experience from a variety of theoretical perspectives including risk-seeking, motivation, fear, optimal arousal, self-efficacy, attribution, expectancy and flow theory. Also explored are experiential education, leadership theories as applied to adventure education and the ethics of adventure leadership. Students will participate in role playing scenarios, simulations and field trips to better understand the functioning of these theories in practice.
Prerequisites: Three OED activity courses
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 3090 - Leave No Trace Master Educator
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with comprehensive training in Leave No Trace skills and ethics through practical application in a field-based setting. The course combines classroom sessions with multi-day backpacking trips to learn how to teach and practice the principles of Leave No Trace. This course follows the internationally recognized standards of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics’ LNT Master Educator Course, and, upon successful completion, students will have the ability to conduct Leave No Trace Trainer courses and awareness workshops for others. (Course satisfies OER major instructor course requirement.)
Prerequisites: OER-1061 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 3150 - Winter Expedition
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to develop the essential skills and knowledge associated with winter backcountry travel. Topics may include personal preparation; physical conditioning; equipment selection, use and care; backcountry touring and travel techniques; winter camping skills; shelter construction; thermoregulation and energy conservation techniques; snow science; avalanche assessment; route selection; trip planning; nutrition; and group management skills. Students will be expected to create an interdisciplinary aspect to the course by researching and presenting information on such topics as geology, glaciology, mountain weather, cold weather injuries, ecology, etc. This course involves lecture and an extended expedition. Course topics, travel techniques and venue of the expedition may change annually.
Restrictions: Permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 4030 - Wilderness Leadership Techniques
Credit(s): 4
This course provides practical applications of advanced skills of trip planning, logistics, risk management, group leadership techniques, effective instruction, expedition behavior and low-impact wilderness travel and camping practices. The course will include an extended field experience. Modes of travel used on the trips (backpacking, canoeing, snowshoeing, ski touring, etc.) will be determined by the time of year the course is offered.
Prerequisites: OER 2060 or equivalent; OER 2062 ; OER 3070
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 4710 - Special Topics in Outdoor Education & Recreation
Credit(s): 3
The topics addressed in this course vary and are noted prior to the registration period.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 4810 - Internship in Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 6-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor. Internship contract required.
Prerequisites: OER 3010 with an earned grade of C-,
Restrictions: Junior standing, 2.50 cumulative GPA, leadership documentation for Adventure Education & Wilderness Leadership concentration only, and faculty recommendation
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 4900 - Research in Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 3
This course consists of a survey of research in the field of outdoor education, giving students a perspective on past trends as well as contemporary research themes. The connections of theory with practice will be explored. Students will design and carry out a simple outdoor education research project of their own.
Corequisites: MAT 2021
Restrictions: Junior standing; OED majors in Adventure Education & Wilderness Leadership concentration only; faculty recommendation
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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OER 4910 - Independent Study in Outdoor Education
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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Johnson - Placement Track |
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PLE 0003 - English Placement, Level 3
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of English, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLE-0003 indicates placement in the third level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLE 0004 - English Placement, Level 4
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of English, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admission based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLE-0004 indicates placement in the fourth level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLM 0001 - Mathematics Placement, Level 1
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of mathematics, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLM-0001 indicates placement in the first level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLM 0002 - Mathematics Placement, Level 2
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of mathematics, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLM-0002 indicates placement in the second level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLM 0003 - Mathematics Placement, Level 3
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of mathematics, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLM-0003 indicates placement in the third level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLM 0004 - Mathematics Placement, Level 4
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of mathematics, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLM-0004 indicates placement in the fourth level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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PLM 0005 - Mathematics Placement, Level 5
Credit(s): 0
Students are placed in the appropriate level of mathematics, ranging from 0001 to 0005, at the time of admissions based on courses taken in high school, grades earned in those courses, and/or SAT or ACT test scores. PLM-0005 indicates placement in the fifth level.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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Johnson - Degree Requirements |
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GRS 2000 - Quantitative Reasoning Assessment (QRA)
Credit(s): 0
All baccalaureate- and associate-level students must pass Part 1 of the JSC Quantitative Reasoning Standard in order to graduate. Students may do this by taking and passing MAT 1080 , Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning , or by taking and passing (60%) the Quantitative Reasoning Assessment (QRA). The QRA is a 90-minute, online assessment administered at least twice each semester in a computer lab. To take the QRA, students register for a specific section of GRS-2000. Dates and times will vary. It is recommended that students take MAT 1080 or the QRA during their first year at JSC.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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GRS 3000 - The Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT)
Credit(s): 0
All baccalaureate- and associate-level students at NVU Johnson must complete The Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) and score 80% or higher on each of the accompanying quizzes in order to graduate. TILT and the quizzes are available to students on the VSC Canvas site after registering for a section of GRS-3000.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
Notes: It is recommended that students take TILT during their first year at NVU Johnson.
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