Acting I (THE300)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 144 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Apply acting concepts, behavioral choices, script analysis, intentions, focus, and relaxation techniques to acting for the stage.
Instruction: Students are instructed on: emotional preparation applied to scene work, destination, discovery of behavior and activities for the expression of the given circumstances, 4th Wall, gesture and sound, the moment before, intentions, sensory life, changes of self, relationships and emotional life in a scene, and analysis of a scene with tactics and strategies. Meditation techniques help students gain: decreased resistance and negative judgment, with increased focus, relaxation, and comfort in acting.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Acting II (THE305)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 144 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Apply the concepts from Acting I with a deeper understanding of behavior through text analysis and the integration of Uta Hagen exercises.
Instruction: Develop the actor’s independence through the application of the scoring technique of R. Lewis and continue to the personalization work of Uta Hagen and incorporate the analysis work developed from theater history.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Improvisation II (THE303)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 32 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Act and improvise with spontaneity, imagination, physical freedom, and verbal agility.
Instruction: The instructor introduces the concept that improvisation enhances focus and believable action in order to transform acting into behavior. Concepts are augmented with traditional games, theater games, ensemble building exercises and scene work. 
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Movement for Actors III (THE302)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 64 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Develop heightened personal awareness and freedom of physical motion. Research period movement, manners, and dance. Perform basic hand-to-hand combat.
Instruction: The student will explore the process of dramaturgical research resulting in a comprehensive report and presentation on the period of choice. Students will learns a variety of historical dances and movement skills, including period posture, gestures, energy, prop work, and relationships, as well as the basics of stage movement such as crosses, counter-crosses, balancing the stage, and conflict through physical obstacles.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Movement for Actors IV (THE307)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 64 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Apply movement training to character work in period plays; integrate vocal and movement skills in rehearsal and performance.
Instruction: Students explore character movement through the use of improvisational games to create actor movement, exercises and drills for physical awareness, flexibility, reduction of habitual behavior, and discovery of new movement potential.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

One Act Project (THE308)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 48 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Analyze text; work creatively with directors and ensembles in the rehearsal process and subsequent performance.
Instruction: Analyze and rehearse one-act play, develop a rehearsal methodology in order to effectively contribute to the unity of an ensemble production, and understand the role and responsibilities of a director.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Theater History/Literary Analysis I (THE304)
(Formerly Theater History/Styles I)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 48 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Analyze plays from the late 19th Century to the Contemporary period for an Aristotelian point of view. Research cultural and historical influences on drama with a particular emphasis on acting styles.
Instruction: Explore the world’s great plays from the late 19th Century through modern times within their historical context. Trace changes in theater styles, genres, presentations, and theater architecture.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Theater History/Literary Analysis II (THE309)
(Formerly Theater History/Styles II)
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 48 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Analyze plays from the beginnings of Greek drama to the 19th Century. Research cultural and historical influences on drama with a particular emphasis on acting styles.
Instruction: Explore the world’s great plays from the beginnings of Greek drama to the 19th Century within their historical context. Trace changes in theater styles, genres, presentations, and theater architecture.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Voice and Speech III (THE301) 
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 64 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Apply vocal expression, control, confidence, and freedom of breath to text work and employ dialects.
Instruction: Students will learn the phonetic alphabet, phonetic transcription, learning dialects by ear training, breath exercises for volume, singing exercises for volume and resonance placement, warm-up exercises for articulation, and text analysis for vocal choices.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).

Voice and Speech IV (THE306) 
Location: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Length: 64 hours (16 weeks).
Dates: August 2008 – Present.
Objectives: Act with greater vocal expressiveness and variety; use dialects in character work.
Instruction: Rehearse and prepare short stories and poetry. Learn two dialects and continue developing ear training and exploration of the voice-body connection.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Communications, or Radio and Television (6/09).