School of Communication Modules
Modules are extended, structured learning experiences that take a student from an entry point to mastery of a specific learning objective. Modules are built around 4-6 courses that provide formal instruction related to the learning goal. Formal coursework is paired with co-curricular experiences that provide appropriate opportunities for application and practice. Modules provide a flexible way to build student-faculty cohorts, promote in-depth learning in areas of special significance, and guarantee that students can articulate what they have learned and demonstrate it through performance.
Each module is supported by an online community. You can join these communities by declaring your interest through the home page of each module.
| Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 and Cross-School |
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Performance Studies Theatre (including Dance) |
Radio/Television/Film Communication Studies |
Communication Sciences and Disorders Cross-School |
Performance of Literature
Focusing on embodied ways of knowing, the study of literature through performance shifts emphasis from stable literary "text" to literary "performance"—the view of performance as process, contingent, historically and culturally situated, itself a text-making praxis.
Focusing on embodied ways of knowing, the study of literature through performance shifts emphasis from stable literary "text" to literary "performance"—the view of performance as process, contingent, historically and culturally situated, itself a text-making praxis.
Performance Art
Drawing from an interdisciplinary perspective, the module traces the history of performance art—from the historical European avant-garde to contemporary practices in socially engaged arts—with a focus on developing skills to create original work in the genre.
Drawing from an interdisciplinary perspective, the module traces the history of performance art—from the historical European avant-garde to contemporary practices in socially engaged arts—with a focus on developing skills to create original work in the genre.
Cultural Studies in Performance
Given our contemporary moment in which performance as a concept has currency outside the academy and across disciplinary boundaries within it, this module will enhance intercultural awareness and competence by examining beliefs, rituals, and performance practices that, on the surface, appear banal.
Given our contemporary moment in which performance as a concept has currency outside the academy and across disciplinary boundaries within it, this module will enhance intercultural awareness and competence by examining beliefs, rituals, and performance practices that, on the surface, appear banal.
Choreography for Music Theatre
This module immerses the student in the methods and practice of choreography for music theatre. It explores the unique challenges in creating choreography for music theatre grounded in an appreciation of the traditions as well as contemporary practice.
This module immerses the student in the methods and practice of choreography for music theatre. It explores the unique challenges in creating choreography for music theatre grounded in an appreciation of the traditions as well as contemporary practice.
Devising and Adaptation
Based on the growing national interest in the exploration of new models for developing and producing work, this module offers students a set of tools for collaboration, for co-authorship and for investigating a variety of starting impulses for making new performance.
Based on the growing national interest in the exploration of new models for developing and producing work, this module offers students a set of tools for collaboration, for co-authorship and for investigating a variety of starting impulses for making new performance.
Playwriting
Responding to the heightened enthusiasm for the generation of new works in the SoC, this module is designed to nurture a community of playwrights, ultimately preparing them to present themselves effectively to the profession.
Responding to the heightened enthusiasm for the generation of new works in the SoC, this module is designed to nurture a community of playwrights, ultimately preparing them to present themselves effectively to the profession.
Theatre and Performance in the Americas
This module introduces students to theatre in the western hemisphere and develops students' abilities to apply their knowledge of theatre history and literature in critical writing and toward the production of a stage play.
This module introduces students to theatre in the western hemisphere and develops students' abilities to apply their knowledge of theatre history and literature in critical writing and toward the production of a stage play.
Theatre for Young Audiences
This module will allow students to heighten the synergy between active student groups, the nationally-renowned drama education community in Evanston, the professional companies in Chicago, the production work in the Theatre and Interpretation Center, and the coursework offered through the School of Communication.
This module will allow students to heighten the synergy between active student groups, the nationally-renowned drama education community in Evanston, the professional companies in Chicago, the production work in the Theatre and Interpretation Center, and the coursework offered through the School of Communication.
Media and Civic Engagement
In this module, students will study the effects of media on civic engagement and be encouraged to social responsibility through cross-curricular integration of academic research, practical media-making and community involvement.
In this module, students will study the effects of media on civic engagement and be encouraged to social responsibility through cross-curricular integration of academic research, practical media-making and community involvement.
Directing for the Screen
This module is for focused study and practice of narrative motion picture directing. It allows students to work through a sequence of classes to introduce specific needs and practices of directing for the screen and develop a mastery of at least one chosen skill among several required to produce high quality works.
This module is for focused study and practice of narrative motion picture directing. It allows students to work through a sequence of classes to introduce specific needs and practices of directing for the screen and develop a mastery of at least one chosen skill among several required to produce high quality works.
Public Advocacy
This module will deepen students' understanding of the mechanisms through which engaged citizens act in democratic culture. The module includes instruction in the problems, skills, and opportunities for influencing public policy and other sites of institutional change through persuasive discourse.
This module will deepen students' understanding of the mechanisms through which engaged citizens act in democratic culture. The module includes instruction in the problems, skills, and opportunities for influencing public policy and other sites of institutional change through persuasive discourse.
Children and Communication
Acquisition of the native language and communicative competencies are shaped not only by our biology, but also by cultural forces. In this module, students will study the interplay between these forces and gain unique insight into the developmental origins of communication as well as the ways in which children contribute to shaping the cultures in which they grow.
Acquisition of the native language and communicative competencies are shaped not only by our biology, but also by cultural forces. In this module, students will study the interplay between these forces and gain unique insight into the developmental origins of communication as well as the ways in which children contribute to shaping the cultures in which they grow.
