Curriculum

Courses in Common — 13 credit hours:

• TD124 Performance, Politics, and Practice
• TD262 Collaborative Company
• TD393 Ways of Seeing
  Seminar to be taken either Junior or Senior fall; prerequisite TD 124
• Humanities Theme Lecture Series – 1 credit hour
  Recommended in conjunction with a creative process course related to the theme, but may be taken at any time.

Area Requirements — 8 credit hours:

• Production — 4 credit hours; one of the following courses:
  TD139 Introduction to Stagecraft
  TD245 Stage Management: Leadership Behind the Scenes
  TD264 as Production Stage Manager for Faculty-led production

• Praxis — 4 credit hours; one of the following courses:
  TD135 Introduction to Design
  TD 242 Acts of Activism
  TD 247 Performing the Museum
  TD 258 Improvisational Practices in Performance
  TD 281 Directing
  TD 285 The Choreographic Process

Pathway through the Major — 20 credit hours:

• Students design and justify their own pathways through the major in consultation with their major advisor, considering both breadth of experience and deep engagement with their individual convictions.
• In a written Pathway Rationale, all majors develop and articulate an understanding of the core values of the department: collaboration, leadership, justice, and community reciprocity. These values are introduced in the courses in common, deepened in the area requirements, and will serve as guiding principles for students in their continued study.
• Up to 12 credit hours may be taken outside the department, with a written rationale explaining applicability of each course to a student’s focus in the major and approval by faculty vote.
• No more than 4 credits of 1- and 2- credit Dance Technique Labs and Performance Credits (TD164 or 264) can be counted toward the major, even though students may indeed take more than 4 such credits during their Colby careers.

No requirement for the Major or Minor may be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Minimum GPA – students need a 2.0 (75 or a C) in order for course credit to count toward the major.

All majors complete a senior capstone which can be any of the following:

• Senior Scholars
  Full Year; GPA requirement; College Approved in spring of Junior year, 16-19 credits; up to 8 credits can be applied to the major pathway.
• Senior Honors Thesis
  Full Year; GPA requirement; Department Approved in spring of Junior year, 8 credits; up to 4 credits can be applied to the major pathway.
• Independent Study
  Full-year or half-year, Advisor Approved; no GPA requirement, Variable credits; Up to 4 credits can be applied to the major pathway.
• Declaration of engagement in a class or production
  This experience, based on the student’s primary area of interest, becomes the capstone project, and could be fall or spring of Senior Year. Credit is granted in the course the student enrolls in to complete this requirement.

The Theater and Dance-Interdisciplinary Computation major focuses on the growing relationship between computation and performance scenography and the multiple applications of software technologies to stage design. It offers a sequenced, stage design-based curriculum while also providing students with exposure to the theory and practice of dance, acting, choreography, and directing. Students should begin by taking Performance, Theater, and Dance 124 and Computer Science 151 in their first year, then Performance, Theater, and Dance 135 and Computer Science 231 (fall) and 251 or 252 (spring) in their second year. The remaining requirements may be taken in any other semester in consultation with the major advisors in performance, theater, and dance and in computer science. 

An 11 course* (44 credit) major with the addition of three faculty-led production experiences, one each in the areas of performance and stage management and an additional experience determined in consultation with the major advisor. *All courses below are four credits unless noted.

No requirement for the Major or Minor may be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Minimum GPA – students need a 2.0 (75 or a C) in order for course credit to count toward the major.

Required Courses in Performance, Theater, and Dance
Performance, Theater, and Dance 124; 135; 171 [or two courses from 115 (two credits), 116 (two credits), 117 (two credits), 119 (two credits)]; 281 or 285; 235 or 365

Required Courses in Computer Science
Computer Science 151, 231, 251 or 252, 351, 369 or 451 Senior Capstone (four credits). Designed in consultation with major advisors in both departments.

Courses in Common — 9 credit hours:

• TD124 Performance, Politics, and Practice
• TD262 Collaborative Company
• Humanities Theme Lecture Series
  1 credit recommended in conjunction with a creative process course related to the theme, but may be taken at any time.

Pathway ­— 16 credit hours:

• Students design and justify their own pathways through the minor in consultation with their minor advisor, considering both breadth of experience and engagement with their individual convictions.
• Up to 4 credit hours may be taken outside the department, with a written rationale explaining applicability of each course to a student’s focus in the minor and approval by faculty vote.
• No more than 4 credits of 1- and 2- credit Dance Technique Labs and Performance Credits (TD164 or 264) can be counted toward the minor, even though students may indeed take more than 4 such credits during their Colby careers.
• Minors are encouraged, but not required, to take seminar TD393, Ways of Seeing as a part of their pathway.

No requirement for the Major or Minor may be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Minimum GPA – students need a 2.0 (75 or a C) in order for course credit to count toward the minor.