SoC First Year Seminar: Interdisciplinary Topics in Communication Arts & Sciences (101-0-1)
Topic
Directing and Experimenting
Instructors
Erin K Ortman
Adriana Weisleder
Meeting Info
Locy Hall 301: Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
Overview of class
What Theater and Communication Sciences can learn from each other? Art and Science are often viewed as opposite each other, with the arts being a creative pursuit that is subjective and influenced by feelings, and science being a search for truth that is objective and guided by data. But in the messy reality of practicing both art and science, these seemingly disparate disciplines can be more alike than we think. For example, both involve lots of experimentation, and rehearsing, and uncertainty, and a good amount of directing. This course merges our fields of Theater and Communication Sciences to explore how the skills we build when learning to direct a play and run an experiment helps us to be better artists and better scientists.
Registration Requirements
Enrollment is restricted to SoC undergraduate first year students.
Learning Objectives
1.To deepen understanding about, and encourage enthusiasm for, research related to diversity. 2.To learn about how scholars from different disciplines examine scientific questions, including the varied methods they use in the process. 3.To engage with scholars from across SoC, including through thoughtful in-class questions and discussion. 4.To consider the many different aspects of the field for communication could be examined and understood and even what cross-disciplinary collaboration might look like.
Class Attributes
SOC First-Year Seminar