A "T" located
to the left of the available semester indicates transfer to Murray State University,
Southeast Missouri State University, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
as per articulation agreements. These courses will also transfer to most public
four-year institutions in the state of Illinois.
SPC 111 SPEECH
T C2 900 Fall/Spring/Summer
This course is the study of the theory and
practice in developing the skills needed for public speaking. Major attention is devoted to the basic
principles of audience, analysis, perception, listening, organization, delivery
and evaluation of oral communication.
Students will present demonstration, informative, persuasive, impromptu,
and special occasion speeches.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 112 ORAL
INTERPRETATION
T By
Request
The analysis and use of the audible and
visible aspects of interpreting various types of literature are explored. Emphasis is placed on determining the
intellectual and emotional meanings of the literature and expressing these
meanings to an audience.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 113 CREATIVE
DRAMA
T By
Request
Theater games, improvisation, group
expression, and storytelling will be examined with emphasis on leading children
to develop their imaginations through the use of dramatic activities as a
learning tool in any classroom or as an end in itself. Students will complete service learning
projects in cooperation with area schools.
This course is of value to classroom teachers, actors, directors, and
community service workers who view working with children and adolescents as
part of career plan.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 120 COMMUNICATION FOR HEARING
IMPAIRED
By
Request
This course is designed for all interested parents, friends, associates, and
professional people of the deaf and hard of hearing. It will cover the history, philosophy, and
understanding of deafness and its implications.
Brief history of manual communication of the deaf in the United States
and other countries will be covered.
Practice in learning to sign and fingerspell will also be given. Emphasis will be placed on reading,
fingerspelling and sign language.
Credit: 3
hours - Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 121 COMMUNICATION
FOR HEARING
IMPAIRED II
By
Request
This course is a review of sign language and
fingerspelling learned in SPC 120 with practice in learning to sign and
fingerspell on the second level.
Emphasis will be in reading fingerspelling.
Credit: 3 hours - Two lecture and two lab hours per
week.
Prerequisite(s): Communication for Hearing Impaired-SPC 120
SPC 122 COMMUNICATION
FOR HEARING
IMPAIRED III
By
Request
This course is a review of sign language and
fingerspelling and practice in learning to sign and fingerspell on a
conversational level. Developing
expressive and receptive skills is emphasized.
Credit:
3 hours - Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Communication for Hearing Impaired II-SPC 121
SPC 123 BASIC
SIGN LANGUAGE
By
Request
Individuals will learn the 1,000 most common
words used to communicate with the hearing impaired.
Credit:
1 hour One lecture hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 124 Theater Appreciation
F1 907 Fall/Spring
An introductory survey of theater/drama as a
performing art form that includes study and analysis of historical, social,
aesthetic and technical aspects of traditional and contemporary
theatrical/dramatic expression. This
course is designed to stimulate interest in theater and to develop an
understanding of the elements that make up a theatrical event.
Credit:
3 hours Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 125 ACTING I
Fall
An introduction to the
basic elements of acting as an art form.
Topics covered include movement, blocking, characterization, sense
memory, and group scene development.
Focus will be on the development of the actors sense of truthful behavior
in imaginary circumstances. Performances
are required and given as in-class assignments.
Credit:
3 hours Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 126 THEATER
PRACTICUM
Fall/Spring
This course is designed to increase
proficiency in the preparation and presentation of theatrical
performances. Credit is awarded for
performing in or working on college productions.
Credit:
1 hour Two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and selection for
position in production.
SPC 127 SUMMER
THEATER WORKSHOP
Summer
This workshop awards credit for students who
work with the annual SCC Drama Camp held each summer for children ages
8-17. The children are separated into
groups and are assigned a student director.
Students will gain experience in directing, scene development,
playwriting, rehearsing, and producing all while serving as leaders and
teachers for the drama campers.
Credit:
2 hours Four lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor or SPC 113-Creative
Drama.
SPC 210 INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
T Fall/Spring/Summer
Interpersonal Communication is a study of
human communication on a one-to-one basis.
The concepts discussed include self-awareness, perception, listening,
non-verbal communication, relationship development, self-disclosure, conflict
resolution, crises, cultural ethics, and gender issues.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 213 STAGECRAFT I
T Fall
This is an introductory course in the multiple
elements of theater production and introduces safety procedures and basic
techniques of scenery and property construction, tool use, scene painting,
basic lighting techniques, and backstage organization. Theater management, costuming, make-up,
special effects, and other topics will be explored. Practical work on production is required
outside of lecture.
Credit:
3 hours Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC 220 STAGECRAFT II
T Spring
This course focuses on advanced applied
training in techniques of scenery and property construction, tool use, scene
painting, basic lighting techniques, and backstage organization. Theater management, costuming, make-up,
special effects, and other topics will be explored. Practical work on production is required
outside of lecture.
Credit:
3 hours Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor or SPC 213-Stagecraft
I.
SPC 225 ACTING II
Spring
Advanced training in the art of acting
building from the fundamentals learned in Acting I. It focuses on the development of
characterization skills, communication with other actors on stage, and play analysis and includes further study of acting
approaches such as Stanislavski, Cohen, and Shurtleff. Performances are required and given as
in-class assignements.
Credit:
3 hours Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Acting I-SPC 125
SPC 235 APPLIED
ORAL INTERPRETATION
By
Request
This course provides an introduction to the
analysis and use of audible and visual aspects of interpreting various types of
materials presented at historical and natural sites. Emphasis is placed on determining the
intellectual and emotional meanings of the materials being presented as well as
how to best present these meanings to an audience.
Credit:
3 hours Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
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