Harvard Theater-related Curriculum

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Suggested Courses for Students Interested in Theater

• Acting
• Directing
• Design
• Dramaturgy

ACTING

FRESHMAN - acting

• Greek 105. Aristophanes (Takacs)
• Greek 106. Greek Tragedy (Nagy)
• Dramatic Arts 1. Introduction to Theatre Arts (Zigler)
• Dramatic Arts 11. Introduction to Acting (Derrah)
• Dramatic Arts 12. Acting II (Geidt)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Fine Arts 70. Introduction to Modern Art and Visual Culture (Bryson and Lajer-Burcharth)
• Music 1a. Introduction to Music I (Painter)
• Psychology 1. Introduction to Psychology (McNally and Cavanagh)

SOPHMORE - acting

• Literature and Arts A-40. Shakespeare, The Early Play (Garber)
• Literature and Arts A-41. Shakespeare, The Later Plays (Garber)
• Dramatic Arts 12. Acting II (REPEATED) (Geidt)
• Dramatic Arts 18b. Intermediate Acting - Classical Texts (Rochaix and Zigler)
• English 169. Black Playwrights of the World (Kennedy)
• Comparative Literature 168. Literature and Film (Boym)
• English 90fe. Shakespeare’s English History Plays (Marius)
• English 124c. Shakespearean Conjuring (Greenblatt)
• English 125. Renaissance Drama (Masten)
• History 1331. (formerly History 1413.) Shakespeare’s England 1550-1700 (Kishlansky)
• History 1634. (formerly History 1664.) Black and White in the U.S. since Reconstruction (Feldstein)

JUNIOR - acting

• Dramatic Arts 18a. Advanced Acting - Contemporary Texts (Rochaix and Stern)
• Dramatic Arts 18b. Intermediate Acting - Classical Texts (REPEATED) (Rochaix and Zigler)
• History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present (Feldstein)
• Psychology 17. (formerly Psychology 1040.) Personality Psychology (Leichtman)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152ar. Women and Film: Production and Criticism (Bruno)
• Religion 1007. Religion in Multicultural America (Eck)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152br. Italian Cinema (Bruno)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 157r. Classics of World Cinema: The First Half Century (Warren)
• English Yzr. Dramatic Writing (Kennedy)
• Anthropology 245. Culture, Mental Illness and the Body (Good)
• Comparative Literature 105. Narratives of Madness (Chaouli)
• Afro-American Studies 187z. Black Cinemas, Diaspora Cinemas (Julien)
• Italian 190. Literature and Film (Benedetti)

SENIOR - acting

• Dramatic Arts 18a. Advanced Acting - contemporary texts (REPEATED) (Rochaix and Stern)
• Dramatic Arts 22. Introduction to Directing: Seminar (Stern)
• Literature and Arts B-55. Opera: Perspectives on Music and Drama (Lockwood)
• Comparative Literature 168. Literature and Film (Boym)
• English 186. Dramatic Criticism and Performance Theory
• Literature 115. Culture and Performance
• Psychology 1801. Anxiety Disorders (McNally)
• Psychology 1855. Mood Disorders: Seminar (Deldin)
• Religion 1007. Religion in Multicultural America (Eck)
• Slavic 144. Russian Dramatic Genres: Texts and Contexts (Buckler)

DIRECTING

FRESHMAN - directing

• Greek 106. Greek Tragedy (Nagy)
• Dramatic Arts 1. Introduction to Theatre Arts (Zigler)
• Dramatic Arts 11. Acting 1 (Derrah)
• Dramatic Arts 30. Design for the Theatre: History and Practice (Griggs)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Fine Arts 17j. Introduction to Modern Art
• Visual and Environmental Studies 131. Designing for the Stage (Griggs)
• English Yzr. Dramatic Writing (Kennedy)
• Fine Arts 70. Introduction to Modern Art and Visual Culture
• Dunster 118. Computer-Assisted Research (Liem )
• Greek 105. Aristophanes (Takacs)
• History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present (Feldstein)
• Music 1a. Introduction to Music I (Painter)
• Psychology 17. (formerly Psychology 1040.) Personality Psychology (Lenzenweger)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 143r. The Photographer as Auteur (Goldin)

SOPHMORE - directing

• Literature and Arts A-40. Shakespeare, The Early Play (Garber)
• Dramatic Arts 18b. The acting of Dramatic Literature: Classical (Rochaix and Zigler)
• Dramatic Arts 22. Introduction to Directing: Seminar (Stern)
• Dramatic Arts 30. Design for the Theatre: History and Practice (Griggs)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Music 1b. Introduction to Music II (Painter)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 40ar. Fundamentals of Still Photography (Killip)
• Afro-American Studies 187z. Black Cinemas, Diaspora Cinemas (Julien)
• Literature and Arts A-41. Shakespeare, The Later Plays (Garber)
• Music 166r. Electronic Music
• English 169. Black Playwrights of the World
• English 125. Renaissance Drama (Masten)
• Psychology 1. Introduction to Psychology (McNally and Cavanagh)
• Slavic 132. Post-War Czech Prose Fiction and Drama (Thomas)
• Slavic 144. Russian Dramatic Genres: Texts and Contexts (Buckler)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 145abr. A Critical Look at Photography

JUNIOR - directing

• Visual and Environmental Studies 131. Designing for the Stage (Griggs)
• Literature and Arts C-55. Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars (Suleiman)
• Dramatic Arts 18a. Advanced Acting - contemporary texts (Rochaix and Stern)
• History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present (Feldstein)
• Music 190rr. Preseminar: Topics in World Music (Babiracki)
• Italian 190. Literature and Film (Benedetti)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152ar. Women and Film: Production and Criticism (Bruno)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 51b. Small-Format video Projects (Rogers)
• Literature and Arts C-51. Revolution and Reaction: the Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde (Malmstad)
• Literature and Arts C-55. Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars (Suleiman)
• Chinese Literature 130. Modern Chinese Film and Fiction (Lee)
• Literature 109. On Translation (Naddaff)
• Italian 190. Literature and Film (Benedetti)
• Spanish 90c. Latin American Avant-Gardes (Bosteels)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152br. Italian Cinema (Bruno)

SENIOR - directing

• Literature and Arts B-55. Opera: Perspectives on Music and Drama (Lockwood)
• Literature and Arts C-55. Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars (Suleiman)
• Dramatic Arts 22. Introduction & Intermediate Directing: Seminar (REPEATED) (Stern)
• Literature 109. On Translation (Naddaff)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 50. Fundamentals of Filmmaking (Guzzetti and Moss)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 151r. Non-Lindear Visual Structures and the Lure of Interactive Video Strategies (Weinbren)
• Comparative Literature 168. Literature and Film (Boym)
• Chinese Literature 130. Modern Chinese Film and Fiction (Lee)
• Social Studies 98bh. Housing and Homelessness in American Society
• Visual and Environmental Studies 157r. Classics of World Cinema: The First Half Century (Warren)

DESIGN

FRESHMAN - design

• Fine Arts 70. Introduction to Modern Art and Visual Culture
• Dunster 118. Computer-Assisted Research (Liem)
• Dramatic Arts 1. Introduction to Theatre Arts (Zigler)
• Dramatic Arts 30. Design for the Theatre: History and Practice (Griggs)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 40ar. Fundamentals of Still Photography (Killip)
• Science A-29. The Nature of Light and Matter (Glauber)
• Science B-44. Vision and Brain (Nakayama)
• Greek 106. Greek Tragedy (Nagy)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art

SOPHMORE - design

• Visual and Environmental Studies 131. Designing for the Stage (Griggs)
• Dramatic Arts 30. Design for the Theatre: History and Practice (Griggs)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Music 1a. Introduction to Music I (Painter)
• Literature and Arts A-41. Shakespeare, The Later Plays (Garber)
• Literature and Arts B-39 Michelangelo (Shearman)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art
• Visual and Environmental Studies 40b. Intermediate Photography (Killip and Sohier)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art
• Music 166r. Electronic Music
• Psychology 1451. (formerly Psychology 1160.) Visual Perception Laboratory (Cavanagh)

JUNIOR - design

• Visual and Environmental Studies 131. Designing for the Stage (REPEATED) (Griggs)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 51b. Small-Format video Projects (Rogers)
• Literature and Arts C-55. Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars (Suleiman)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Visual and Environmental Studies 132. Advanced Projects in Stage Design (REPEATED) (Griggs)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 143r. The Photographer as Auteur (Goldin)
• Literature and Arts C-51. Revolution and Reaction: the Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde (Malmstad)
• Afro-American Studies 187z. Black Cinemas, Diaspora Cinemas (Julien)
• English 169. Black Playwrights of the World
• English 186. Dramatic Criticism and Performance Theory
• Italian 190. Literature and Film (Benedetti)
• Spanish 90c. Latin American Avant-Gardes (Bosteels)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 151r. Non-Lindear Visual Structures and the Lure of Interactive Video Strategies (Weinbren)

SENIOR - design

• Literature and Arts B-55. Opera: Perspectives on Music and Drama (Lockwood)
• Dramatic Arts 22. Introduction to Directing: Seminar (Stern)
• English 169. Black Playwrights of the World
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art
• Visual and Environmental Studies 50. Fundamentals of Filmmaking (Guzzetti and Moss)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 132. Advanced Projects in Stage Design (REPEATED) (Griggs)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 175. Design Science (Loeb)
• Afro-American Studies 187z. Black Cinemas, Diaspora Cinemas (Julien)
• Fine Arts 17x. Architecture Between Revolution and Modernism: the Nineteenth Century
• History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present (Feldstein)
• Music 190rr. Preseminar: Topics in World Music (Babiracki)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 143r. The Photographer as Auteur (Goldin)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 145abr. A Critical Look at Photography
• Visual and Environmental Studies 150ar. Intermediate filmmaking (Akerman)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 151r. Non-Lindear Visual Structures and the Lure of Interactive Video
• Strategies (Weinbren)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152ar. Women and Film: Production and Criticism (Bruno)

DRAMATURGY

FRESHMAN – dramaturgy

• Greek 105. Aristophanes (Takacs)
• Greek 106. Greek Tragedy (Nagy)
• Dunster 118. Computer-Assisted Research (Liem)
• Dramatic Arts 1. Introduction to Theatre Arts (Zigler)
• English Yzr. Dramatic Writing (Kennedy)
• Fine Arts 70. Introduction to Modern Art and Visual Culture
• Historical Study B-53. World War and Society in the 20th Century: World War I (Maier)
• Historical Study B-54. World War and Society in the 20th Century: World War II (Maier)
• Classical Archaeology 131. Introduction to Greek Art & Archaeology, ca. 1200-300 BCE (Mitten)
• Literature and Arts B-39 Michelangelo (Shearman)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art
• Dramatic Arts 11. Acting 1 (Derrah)

SOPHOMORE - dramaturgy

• Literature and Arts A-40. Shakespeare, The Early Play (Garber)
• Literature and Arts A-41. Shakespeare, The Later Plays (Garber)
• English 90fe. Shakespeare’s English History Plays (Marius)
• English 125. Renaissance Drama (Masten)
• Dramatic Arts 30. Design for the Theatre: History and Practice (Griggs)
• English 186. Dramatic Criticism and Performance Theory
• History 1331. (formerly History 1413.) Shakespeare’s England 1550-1700 (Kishlansky)
• Literature 109. On Translation (Naddaff)
• English 124c. Shakespearean Conjuring (Greenblatt)
• English Yzr. Dramatic Writing (Kennedy)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art
• Psychology 1. Introduction to Psychology (McNally and Cavanagh)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 145abr. A Critical Look at Photography

JUNIOR - dramaturgy

• Afro-American Studies 187z. Black Cinemas, Diaspora Cinemas (Julien)
• Comparative Literature 168. Literature and Film (Boym)
• English 186. Dramatic Criticism and Performance Theory
• Fine Arts 17j. Introduction to Modern Art
• History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present (Feldstein)
• Slavic 144. Russian Dramatic Genres: Texts and Contexts (Buckler)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152ar. Women and Film: Production and Criticism (Bruno)
• Dramatic Arts 22. Introduction to Directing: Seminar (Stern)
• English 169. Black Playwrights of the World
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• Visual and Environmental Studies 152br. Italian Cinema (Bruno)
• Chinese Literature 130. Modern Chinese Film and Fiction (Lee)
• Chinese Literature 180. Introduction to Traditional Chinese Drama
• History of Science 175. Madness and Medicine: Themes in the History of Psychiatry (Harrington)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 157r. Classics World Cinema: The 1st Half Century (Warren)
• Literature and Arts B-10. Art and Visual Culture (Zerner and Necipoglu-Kafadar)
• Fine Arts 17. (formerly Fine Arts 17e.) Introduction to 19th-Century European Art

SENIOR - dramaturgy

• Literature and Arts C-55. Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars (Suleiman)
• Music 1a. Introduction to Music I (Painter)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 151r. Non-Linear Visual Structures & Interactive Video Strategies (Weinbren)
• Literature and Arts B-55. Opera: Perspectives on Music and Drama (Lockwood)
• Spanish 90c. Latin American Avant-Gardes (Bosteels)
• English 179d. 20th Century American Theatre
• English 186. Dramatic Criticism and Performance Theory
• Italian 190. Literature and Film (Bruno)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 157r. Classics of World Cinema: The First Half Century (Warren)
• Spanish 90c. Latin American Avant-Gardes (Bosteels)
• Literature and Arts C-51. Revolution & Reaction: Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde (Malmstad)