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TA-2024: Introduction to Acting

Description: Introductory performance class in acting skills and theories as a participant (actor) and observer (audience) for the non-major. Includes performances of dramatic literature/ improvisation for live audience, creating character biography and script analysis, historical and intercultural contexts, and techniques in constructive criticism that incorporate interpretive strategies.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: TA-3024

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 106

Average GPA: 3.77 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 73.06%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.72%

Cara E Rawlings202465.8%22.0%5.5%2.1%2.1%2.7%3.506
Brooke Mccarthy2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.004
Rebecca D Hall202479.7%11.9%3.3%0.9%1.8%2.5%3.677
Gregory W Justice202483.6%10.2%1.6%0.0%3.1%1.6%3.724
Taylor E Wood202184.7%10.0%3.3%0.0%2.0%0.0%3.7612
Mason Rosenthal202379.8%17.7%1.1%0.0%1.0%0.5%3.7510
Laura M Epperson202386.6%8.9%2.2%1.6%0.0%0.7%3.827
Sarah E Yorke202490.6%5.4%0.0%0.0%2.7%1.3%3.808
Joseph S Weaver202490.9%6.3%0.0%0.0%1.3%1.6%3.844
Al Evangelista202082.8%16.3%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.806
Jordan Rosin202173.9%21.7%3.0%0.5%0.9%0.0%3.6511
William J Goblirsch202185.3%11.6%1.8%0.0%0.9%0.4%3.7912
Nicole Dietze201998.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.983
Daniel J Tobin201986.3%12.4%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.814
Brittney S Harris2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.993
Melody A Zobel202167.5%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%3.662
Natasha Staley202490.9%4.5%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.851
Joshua W Brewer202491.7%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.901
Kaitlyn S Rosin202085.0%15.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.821

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W