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Otterbein University Course Catalogs

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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  • THR 3800 - Advanced Directing

    Hours: 3
    Practical experience while directing Workshop Theatre productions.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Prerequisites: THR 3200, open to Theatre majors only, and instructor permission.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  

  • THR 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 0-4
    Supervised individual and group projects for qualified students who have completed foundation courses.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours.
  

  • THR 4010 - Theatre Practicum VII

    Hours: 0.5-2
    Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Senior standing and open to Theatre majors only.
  

  • THR 4020 - Theatre Participation VIII

    Hours: 0.5-2
    Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Senior standing and open to Theatre majors only.
  

  • THR 4400 - Acting Studio

    Hours: 3
    Advanced practical characterization and performance work plus intensive work on auditioning techniques. Auditions are presented to professional producers. Emphasis on plays by Chekhov or other playwrights from the early modern genre.
    Prerequisites: Open to Acting and Musical Theatre majors only.
  

  • THR 4600 - Special Topics in Theatre Design/Technology

    Hours: 1-3
    Advanced study in selected areas and techniques of theatrical design or technology.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable a maximum of four times.
  

  • THR 4700 - Senior Showcase

    Hours: 2
    Preparing scenes, songs, and/or monologues for presentation to agents and casting directors. Preparing and presenting a performance for an audience that serves as a vehicle to showcase specific talents as performers. Focus is on launching into successful careers.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: THR 4400, open to Theatre and Musical Theatre majors only, and permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • THR 4900 - Internship Preparation

    Hours: 2
    Facilitates the student’s transition from an academic environment to a professional life. The student will develop the tools needed to research, apply for, and acquire an internship in the professional theatre field. The student will also prepare themselves for living on their own in a new, most likely urban, environment, and will develop the skills to effectively seek a job in professional theatre.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Minimum 3.0 GPA in major classes, and permission of department.
  

  • THR 4905 - Summer Internship for BFA Design/Technology and BA Theatre Major

    Hours: 3
    Summer internship experience in professional theatre for BFA Design/Technology and BA Theatre majors.
    SU Sem. 
    Prerequisites: THR 4900, minimum 3.0 GPA in major classes, and permission of department.
  

  • THR 4915 - Fall or Spring Semester Internship

    Hours: 12-16
    Fall or Spring Semester internship experience in professional theatre.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Prerequisites: THR 4900, minimum 3.0 GPA in major classes, and permission of department.
  

  • TRAV 3000 - Short Term Travel Preparation

    Hours: 0.5-2
    Prepares students for a short term travel course. Students register in the term prior to the actual travel course. Involves preparation for the more full travel course experience.
    Notes: This course is repeatable. Graded Pass/Fail.
  

  • TRAV 3400 - Travel Study Program: Not Affiliated with Otterbein

    Hours: 1-12
    Off campus study through a program not directly affiliated with Otterbein.
    Notes: This course is repeatable. Graded Pass/Fail.
  

  • TRAV 3800 - Travel Study Program: Affiliated with Otterbein

    Hours: 1-12
    Off-campus study through a program affiliated with Otterbein.
    Notes: This course is repeatable. Graded Pass/Fail.
  

  • TYS 2003 - The Emerging Leader

    Hours: 3
    A transition for adult learners returning to college or beginning college for the first time, and students transferring to Otterbein University from other institutions. The expectations and skills required to succeed in higher education and beyond as life-long learners, understanding the ways in which a liberal arts education will prepares engaged citizens in their communities and the world, and exploring our own identities and strengths through active self-reflection. Using several personality and strengths assessment tools to determine styles of interaction, problemsolving, and personal strengths. Clarifying our own values and the differing value structures that exist and how these impact relationships. Basic principles of effective leadership and how we might develop and maximize our own strengths. Engaging with communities to learn the obstacles and opportunities facing our own neighborhoods and ways we might become involved, whether through civic or cultural engagement. Mapping our own development and goals.
  

  • TYS 2999 - Transition Year Seminar

    Hours: 2
    Assists students transitioning into the Otterbein campus community, specifically those who are arriving at Otterbein with some college level academic work. How past experiences shape who we are and how we approach our educational journeys. Understanding the unique richness and rigor of an Otterbein education. Orientation to campus resources and services that will help achieve personal and academic goals.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 4 hours.
  

  • TYS 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    Independent study.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair required.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  

  • WGSS 1100 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to key concepts, questions, and analytical tools developed by scholars working in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies across diverse disciplinary fields. Exploring the links between sex, gender, and identity, the social construction of femininities and masculinities, the way that sexed and gendered identities intersect with racial, class, and national identities, and the gendered dynamics of power and oppression. Encourages the process of questioning (and often, unlearning) conventional and normative thinking about sex and gender.
  

  • WGSS 2001 - Theories and Methods: Feminisms - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Key contemporary debates in feminist theory and practice, and the historical formation of these debates. Exploring feminist frameworks for understanding and complicating subjects as various as female pleasure, intimacy and power, the “normal‟ body, reproductive justice, neoliberal conceptions of choice, transfeminism, and structural forms of violence against cisgender and trans women. Examining critical issues that inform feminist theory and practice: the gendered production of knowledge, the complex challenges of intersectionality, the transnational feminist project, and the role of feminist action in the academy and larger world.
    Every other year, odd years. 
    Prerequisites: WGSS 1100; or permission of instructor.
  

  • WGSS 2002 - Theories and Methods: Gender and Sexuality Studies - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Thinking the body. Examining the corporeal ‘“stuff’ of subjectivity,” exploring gender and sexuality as a nexus of desire, pleasure, power, and personhood. Investigating a rich panorama of sexual and gender identities, acts, and expressions. Wrestling with questions of definition and agency. Topics will include teen masculinity, “the bro code,” transgender transitions, barebacking, the stone butch, asexuality, sex work, pornographies, orgasm, non-monogamies, and s/m. The interconnections between race, gender, class, nation, age, and sexuality. Readings represent recent and cutting-edge texts in the field, including work by Anamarie Jagose, C. J. Pascoe, Tim Dean, Julia Serrano, and more.
    Every other year, even years. 
    Prerequisites: WGSS 1100 and WGSS 2001 and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majors only; or WGSS 1100 and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minors only; or permission of instructor.
  

  • WGSS 3000 - Special Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Hours: 1-3
    Topical and focused investigation of critical questions and issues in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Topics will vary.
     
    Prerequisites: WGSS 1100, 2001, 2002, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hrs.
  

  • WGSS 3500 - Advanced Seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Hours: 3
    Advanced seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
    Every other year, even years.
  

  • WGSS 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    An independent study may be arranged with the director of WGSS or any faculty member affiliated with the WGSS program. The proposed topic must be centrally concerned with critical questions or issues in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
     
    Prerequisites: Permission of WGSS director.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours.
  

  • WGSS 4000 - Internship/Practicum in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Hours: 1-3
    An internship or practicum may be arranged with the director of WGSS or any faculty member affiliated with the WGSS program. Must be work or service that prioritizes the needs of women and girls, sex/gender equality, or the LGBTQ community.
     
    Prerequisites: Permission of WGSS director.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours. Graded Pass/Fail.
  

  • WGSS 4100 - Teaching Practicum in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Hours: 2
    The director of WGSS or affiliated faculty in the program may invite a junior or senior WGSS major to serve as a teaching assistant for a WGSS course. This mentorship allows advanced undergraduates the opportunity to assist in the preparation and facilitation of a course, gain valuable experience in an academic work setting, and model best learning practices for other Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majors and minors.
     
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 4 hours. Graded Pass/Fail.
  

  • WGSS 4200 - Practicum in Collective Action

    Hours: 3
    The examination of the relationship between theory and collective action to improve societal conditions for women and LGBTQ individuals. Combines seminar meetings with community research and/or service learning in local organizations that advocate for women and girls, the LGBTQ population, or other sexual minorities.
  

  • WGSS 4600 - Senior Project

    Hours: 3
    An original research, creative, or artistic project. Working with a director and reader (at least one must be WGSS-affiliated faculty) on a project that centrally focuses on women, gender, and/or sexuality.
  

  • WGSS 4900 - Capstone Internship

    Hours: 3
    Integrates academic experiences with work in the larger community. Securing a placement with a local, state, national or international non-profit organization, advocacy group, agency, business, or institution that is centrally focused on the needs of women and girls, the LGBTQ population, or other sexual minorities.
     
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
  

  • ZOSC 1010 - Introduction to Zoo and Conservation Science

    Hours: 4
    The structure and function of zoos and introductory aspects of conservation and organismal biology. Laboratory includes excursions to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium where we will observe animals from the public side of zoo grounds to test a hypothesis about zoo animal behavior. Travel time to and from Otterbein is included in the laboratory schedule and transportation is made available.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: BIO 1010 with a grade of C- or better Corequisites: MATH 1250.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • ZOSC 2010 - Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education

    Hours: 2
    Familiarizes with the Ohio Wildlife Center and provides an opportunity to perform essential duties of a wild animal care and rehabilitation center. Held at the Center most days and does not include travel time.
    FA Sem.
    Prerequisites: Open to Zoo and Conservation Science majors only, and permission of instructor required.
  

  • ZOSC 2011 - Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education (Spring)

    Hours: 2
    Familiarizes with the Ohio Wildlife Center and provides an opportunity to perform essential duties of a wild animal care and rehabilitation center. Held at the Center most days and does not include travel time.
    SP Sem.
    Prerequisites: Open to Zoo and Conservation Science majors only; permission of instructor required.
  

  • ZOSC 2910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics. 
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  

  • ZOSC 3010 - Animal Welfare and Operant Conditioning

    Hours: 2
    Animal welfare is explored through observations of horses at the Equine Facility, and collection of behavioral data before and after designing and introducing enrichment items. Students will gain hands-on experience training horses using positive reinforcement techniques. Topics include how to asses animal welfare scientifically, indicators that can be used in applied settings, stereotypies, reinforcement, punishment, stimulus control, and real-world applications of operant conditioning.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: ZOSC 2010 or EQSC 1100.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • ZOSC 3011 - Zoo Management and Conservation Engagement

    Hours: 2
    Zoo management decision making processes and conservation education engagement on site at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Held at the Zoo most days and does not include travel time.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Open to Zoo and Conservation Science majors only, and permission of instructor required.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • ZOSC 3015 - Aquarium Practicum: Water Quality

    Hours: 2
    The principles of maintaining aquariums with a special focus on water quality. Students will work with aquariums at Otterbein, visit other local aquariums, and complete the Curriculum level 1 certification in Water Quality from a professional organization.
    FA, SP Sems.
    Prerequisites: Open to Zoo and Conservation Science majors only, and permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • ZOSC 3016 - Aquarium Practicum: Life Support

    Hours: 2
    Students will learn the principles of maintaining aquariums with a special focus on life support systems. Students will work with aquariums at Otterbein, visit other local aquariums, and complete the Curriculum level 1 certification in Life Support from a professional organization.
    Prerequisites: Open to Zoo and Conservation Science majors only, and permission of instructor required.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  

  • ZOSC 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    Independent study.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  

  • ZOSC 4900 - Internship

    Hours: 1-16
    Internships at organizations and companies external to Otterbein in zoo and conservation science. Finding an external internship opportunity and identifying a Department of Biology and Earth Science faculty member to serve as the on-campus advisor. Students must complete the college internship contract between themselves, their advisor, and their external supervisor.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
  

  • ZOSC 4950 - Research

    Hours: 1-4
    Pursuing independent research on a major senior research project in the zoo and conservation sciences.
     
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 4 hours.
 

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