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Theatre Arts
	TA 64 THEATER CREW: AUDIO/VIDEO 1 Unit - 3 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Students in this laboratory course learn the skills of a professional audio/video technician by participating in a theater department production. Students will operate audio or video equipment in rehearsal and performance. This course usually meets evenings and some weekends and attendance at all class sessions is critical. CID Number: THTR 192 NR
	TA 65 THEATER CREW: MAKE-UP 1 Unit - 3 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Students in this laboratory course learn the skills of a professional make-up technician by participating in a theater department production. Students will organize and apply make-up in rehearsal and performance. This course usually meets evenings and some weekends and attendance at all class sessions is critical. CID Number: THTR 192 NR
	TA 71 COSTUME SEWING 1 Unit - 3 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This practicum course covers the fundamentals of costume construction and its integration into live performances. Students learn basic hand sewing, machine sewing, and garment care. Students develop skills in measuring, marking, and basic alterations. Techniques for measuring the body to determine size are also covered. NR
	TA 72 COSTUME SEWING AND PRODUCTION 2 Units - 6 hours lab Transfers CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This practicum course covers the fundamentals of costume construction and its integration into live performances. In addition to learning basic hand and machine sewing, students expand skills in seaming, closures, hemming, and other construction techniques. Students learn to interpret design criteria while working on costumes for theater department productions. NR
	TA 73 COSTUME SEWING, PRODUCTION, AND WARDROBE 3 Units - 9 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This practicum course covers the fundamentals of costume construction and its integration into live performances. In addition to learning hand and machine sewing students develop skills in seaming, closures, hemming and other costume construction techniques. Class projects involve building garments for theater department productions. Students study garment care and maintenance, emergency repairs, and quick costume change systemics. Students may serve as wardrobe crew on department productions. NR
	TA 74 SCENE SHOP BASICS 1 Unit - 3 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This laboratory course offers students an opportunity to develop technical theatre skills by working on shows in production during the semester. The course focuses on basic production tools and materials used to construct a set. NR
	TA 75 SCENIC PRODUCTION PRACTICUM 2 Units - 6 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This laboratory course offers students an opportunity to develop technical theatre skills by working on shows in production during the semester. The course covers the tools, materials, and techniques used in the construction of stage scenery. In addition, basics of stage rigging and scene painting are covered. NR
	TA 76 SCENIC PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICUM 3 Units - 9 hours lab Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: ESL 90 or WR 399 This laboratory course offers students an opportunity to develop technical theater skills by working on shows in production during the semester. The course covers the tools, materials, and techniques used in the construction of stage scenery. In addition, basics of stage rigging and scene painting are covered. Students also have the opportunity to participate in performances as part of the stage crew. CID Number: THTR 192 NR
	TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 1 Unit - 1 hour lab Transfers: CSU Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator. This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. NR
	TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 2 Units - 2 hours lab Transfers: CSU Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator. This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. NR
	TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 3 Units - 3 hours lab Transfers: CSU Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator. This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. NR
	TA 241A IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY 6 Units - 18 hours lab Limitation: By audition only This saturation course is an intensive program offered for the superior career-oriented student. By utilizing the conservatory method of education, guest artists, staff, and more mature student artists will educate the less experienced students in a continuing program of rehearsal, self-analysis, discussion, lecture, and performance. The student may be team-taught by company artists who are professionally competent in their particular area of specialty. NR
	TA 241B IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY 3 Units - 10 hours lab Limitation: By audition only This saturation course is an intensive program offered for the superior career-oriented student. By utilizing the conservatory method of education, guest artists, staff, and more mature student artists will educate the less experienced students in a continuing program of rehearsal, self-analysis, discussion, lecture, and performance. The student may be team-taught by company artists who are professionally competent in their particular area of specialty. NR
	TA 241C IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY 1 Unit - 4 hours lab Limitation: By audition only This saturation course is an intensive program offered for the superior career-oriented student. By utilizing the conservatory method of education, guest artists, staff, and more mature student artists will educate the less experienced students in a continuing program of rehearsal, self-analysis, discussion, lecture, and performance. The student may be team-taught by company artists who are professionally competent in their particular area of specialty. NR
Tutoring
	TU 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF PEER TUTORING 2 Units - 1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab Transfers: CSU Recommended Preparation: Letter of Recommendation Tutoring 100 is a general introduction to the role the tutor plays in education. The course focuses on the practical skills necessary to function effectively as a peer tutor in the student/tutee’s chosen area of study. The course discusses individual differences in learning styles and stresses the importance of encouraging independence and good study habits. Students receive training in listening, assertiveness and other human relations techniques applicable to peer tutoring. Course content includes discussion of learning disabilities, tutoring second language learners, and understanding cultural differences. Students will participate in 32 hours of supervised tutoring in the college’s Learning Center. NR
	TU 301 SUPERVISED TUTORING 0 Units - 3 hours learning center 3 hours learning center Limitation: Must be referred by a counselor or an instructor This course is designed to facilitate student learning by offering tutoring and supplemental instruction in a variety of subjects to facilitate the development of learning strategies. Tutors are trained in tutoring techniques. The course is recommended for all students experiencing difficulty in mastering study skills and concepts in their academic courses. Generally, tutoring is in small group settings. It is an open-entry/open-exit course. R-E-99
Writing
	WR 1 COLLEGE WRITING 1 4 Units - 4 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Placement via current assessment process; successful completion of WR 201 , ESL 90 , or WR 399 ; OR concurrent enrollment in WR 302 and WR 181 Writing 1 is an introductory course in college composition, concentrating on analysis and interpretation. The course focuses on how the student writer might present and develop a particular point of view in a clear, logical, and convincing manner. Students read from a variety of texts offering different ideas, traditions, contexts, and cultural perspectives. Students then write essays in response to issues and concerns derived from a critical reading of those texts, taking into account the writer’s audience, point of view, purpose and tone. The course features extensive individual and small-group instruction in composition, and extensive practice in writing (totaling at least 8,000 words). Credit may be earned in either WR 1 or 1H, but not both. C-ID: ENGL 100. NR
	WR 1H COLLEGE WRITING 1 HONORS 4 Units - 4 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Placement via current assessment process; successful completion of WR 201 , ESL 90 , or WR 399 Writing 1 Honors is an enriched introductory course in college composition, concentrating on analysis and interpretation. The course focuses on how the student writer might present and develop a particular point of view in a clear, logical, and convincing manner. Students read from a variety of texts offering different ideas and perspectives, and write essays in response to a critical reading of those texts, taking into account the writer’s audience, point of view, purpose and tone. The course features extensive individual and small-group instruction in composition and extensive practice in writing (totaling at least 8,000 words). The course is enriched through smaller class size and more extensive and rigorous reading, writing, and research assignments. Credit may be earned in either WR 1 or 1H, but not both. C-ID: ENGL 100. NR
	WR 2 COLLEGE WRITING 2: CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING 4 Units - 4 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: WR 1 or WR 1H WR 2, the second college-level course in academic essay writing, concentrates on critical reasoning, argumentation, evaluation, analysis, and research at an advanced level. Students write and critique argumentative essays in response to assigned readings from a diversity of traditions representing a diversity of intellectual and cultural perspectives. Credit may be earned in either WR 2 or WR 2H , but not both. C-ID: ENGL 105. NR
	WR 2H COLLEGE WRITING 2: CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING HONORS 4 Units - 4 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: WR 1 or WR 1H WR 2 , the second college-level course in academic essay writing, concentrates on critical reasoning, argumentation, evaluation, analysis, and research at an advanced level. Students write and critique argumentative essays in response to assigned readings from a diversity of traditions representing a diversity of intellectual and cultural perspectives. This course will offer enriched opportunities through limited class size, seminar format, more extensive reading and research assignments, and a formal in-class presentation of an independent research assignment appropriate for an academic conference. Credit may be earned in either WR 2 or 2H, but not both. C-ID: ENGL 105 NR
	WR 10 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in a transferable English course This course introduces students to the fundamental conventions of poetry and fiction, both as readers and as writers. Students write original poems and short fiction and critically evaluate writing in a workshop atmosphere. C-ID: ENGL 200. NR
	WR 11 WRITING SHORT FICTION 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in a transferable English course Writing 11 is designed for student writers of short fictional narratives. Students will study the fundamentals of short fiction, write original fiction and evaluate the work of other student writers in a workshop setting. NR
	WR 13 WRITING POETRY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in a transferable English course Writing 13 provides instruction in the craft of writing poetry for both the beginning and the experienced writer. The course is organized and taught in the form of a traditional writer’s workshop, a directed forum in which students read, discuss, and critique the poems they have written in response to weekly assignments. Students study modern and contemporary poems for evidence of poetic techniques put into practice. Students are thus directed to read closely, to write consciously, and to recognize a well-written poem. NR
	WR 14 INTERMEDIATE POETRY WRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in a transferable English course Recommended Preparation: WR 13 Writing 14 provides instruction in the craft of writing poetry for writers with some experience. The course is organized around lecture and workshop, a directed forum in which students read, discuss, and critique their poems and the poems of others. Intermediate students help direct the investigation and conversations about poetic craft techniques through study of already published poems, and further develop their abilities to recognize and produce well-crafted, publishable poems. NR
	WR 15 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING FOR FILM/TV 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in a transferable English course This course introduces students to fundamental dramatic conventions and formats of screenwriting for film and television. Students will identify, evaluate, and employ fundamental dramatic conventions such as structure, character development, dialogue, and setting as they analyze produced screenplays and write their own original work. NR
	WR 16 WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Writing 16 introduces students to creative writing nonfiction and provides instruction in writing various forms of the genre through extensive studying, modeling, discussing, and critiquing of representative texts composed by professionals, including but not limited to the memoir, essay, literary journalism, and audio storytelling. Through guided exercises, assignments, and workshops, students will compose, share, and revise original works of creative nonfiction. Course emphasis on form of creative nonfiction may vary depending upon instructor’s expertise. NR
	WR 17 INTERMEDIATE SCREENWRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC credit pending WR 17 provides instruction in the craft and business of screenwriting for film and television for writers with some experience. Intermediate students help direct conversations about dramatic conventions such as structure, character development, dialogue, conflict, and setting as they further develop their abilities to analyze produced screenplays and write their own original work. NR
	WR 181 WRITING CONFERENCE 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours learning center 1.5 hours learning center Transfers: CSU Corequisite: WR 1 or WR 1H This open-entry/open-exit, pass/no-pass course offers one-on-one conference instruction with English instructors for students in WR 1 or WR 1H. Students must complete 24 hours in the Writing Center during the semester in order to receive credit. R-E-3
	WR 182 WRITING CONFERENCE 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours learning center 1.5 hours learning center Transfers: CSU Corequisite: WR 2 or WR 2H This open-entry/open-exit, pass/no-pass course offers one-on-one conference instruction with English instructors for students in Writing 2. Students must complete 24 hours in the Writing Center during the semester in order to receive credit. R-E-3
	WR 201 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Prerequisite: WR 301 Corequisite: WR 280 This is an introductory course in the basic conventions and expectations of college essay writing. Students write essays in response to assigned readings from a range of college-level texts. The course covers how to state and support a thesis, develop unified and coherent supporting paragraphs, organize an essay, and write clear and effective sentences. The course also introduces students to critical reading, reasoning, and writing. NR
	WR 280 WRITING CONFERENCE 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours learning center 1.5 hours learning center Corequisite: WR 201 This pass/no-pass corequisite course offers one-on-one conference instruction with English instructors for students enrolled in WR 201. Students must spend at least 24 hours in the Writing Center during the semester and participate in no less than four conferences in order to receive credit. R-E-3
	WR 301 INTRODUCTION TO BASIC WRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture Corequisite: WR 380 This is an introductory course designed to develop skills in the basic conventions of writing. Students employ a text-based, process-centered approach to writing to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes: to observe, to integrate, to communicate, and to convince. The course emphasizes paragraph unity, coherence, cohesion, and development, building towards writing a focused, organized, developed essay. The course further covers how to explore, evaluate, organize, and state and support ideas taking into consideration the writer’s audience and purpose. NR
	WR 302 COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS AND SUPPORT 2 Units - 2 hours lecture Corequisite: WR 1 and WR 382 WR 302 is a supplemental writing course taught in conjunction with WR 1. WR 302 provides instruction in the basic conventions of college essay writing to supplement the concurrent WR 1 course. In WR 302, students receive additional support for topics covered in WR 1. Successful completion of WR 302 and WR 1 allows the student to enroll in WR 2. NR
	WR 380 WRITING CONFERENCE 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours learning center 1.5 hours learning center Corequisite: WR 301 or WR 399 This pass/no-pass corequisite course offers one-on-one conference instruction with English instructors for students enrolled in WR 301 or WR 399 . Students must spend at least 24 hours in the Writing Center during the semester and participate in no fewer than four conferences in order to receive credit. R-E-3
	WR 382 WRITING CONFERENCE 1.5 Units - 2 hours learning center Corequisite: WR 302 This pass/no-pass corequisite course offers one-on-one conference instruction with English instructors for students enrolled in WR 302. Students must spend at least 24 hours in the Writing Center during the semester and participate in no fewer than four formal conferences in order to receive credit. R-E-3
	WR 385 WRITING CONFERENCE 4 units - 12 hours learning center Corequisite: All course numbers in the IVC catalog included with GS, HIST, HUM, GRNL, LIT, PHIL, WR, ETHN, PS, PSYC, SOC, HD, AJ, ANTH, ECON, AND GEOG prefixes. Limitation: WR385 is an intended co-requisite for courses in Humanities and Social Sciences. Students enrolled in WR1 or WR2 are not eligible for WR385 and should enroll in WR181 or WR182. This open-entry/open-exit course offers conference instruction with English instructors for students enrolled in specified corequisite courses. R-E-99
	WR 399 ACCELERATED INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING 5 Units - 5 hours lecture Prerequisite: RD 370 Corequisite: WR 380 This is an accelerated course that combines WR 301 and WR 201 and is designed to develop skills in the basic conventions and expectations of college essay writing. It introduces students to critical reading, writing, and reasoning. Students employ a text-based, process-centered approach to writing essays in response to assigned readings from a variety of college-level texts. This course covers how to state and support a thesis, develop unified and coherent paragraphs as part of an organized essay, and write clear and effective sentences. WR 399 is equivalent to WR 201 and ESL 90 ; credit will be given in one only, not all. Successful completion allows students to enroll in WR 1 . NR

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Course List

Course Information

TA 64 THEATER CREW: AUDIO/VIDEO

TA 65 THEATER CREW: MAKE-UP

TA 71 COSTUME SEWING

TA 72 COSTUME SEWING AND PRODUCTION

TA 73 COSTUME SEWING, PRODUCTION, AND WARDROBE

TA 74 SCENE SHOP BASICS

TA 75 SCENIC PRODUCTION PRACTICUM

TA 76 SCENIC PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICUM

TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

TA 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

TA 241A IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY

TA 241B IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY

TA 241C IRVINE VALLEY CONSERVATORY

TU 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF PEER TUTORING

TU 301 SUPERVISED TUTORING

WR 1 COLLEGE WRITING 1

WR 1H COLLEGE WRITING 1 HONORS

WR 2 COLLEGE WRITING 2: CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING

WR 2H COLLEGE WRITING 2: CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING HONORS

WR 10 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING

WR 11 WRITING SHORT FICTION

WR 13 WRITING POETRY

WR 14 INTERMEDIATE POETRY WRITING

WR 15 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING FOR FILM/TV

WR 16 WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION

WR 17 INTERMEDIATE SCREENWRITING

WR 181 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 182 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 201 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING

WR 280 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 301 INTRODUCTION TO BASIC WRITING

WR 302 COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS AND SUPPORT

WR 380 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 382 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 385 WRITING CONFERENCE

WR 399 ACCELERATED INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING