Non-Credit: Adult Learning (NCAL)
NCAL 401A • HISTORY OF ART: HISTORY OF WESTERN ART FROM PREHISTORY THROUGH EARLY CHRISTIANITY FOR OLDER ADULTS
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 1.5 laboratory per week (66 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. History of Western art from Prehistory through Early Christianity. An introductory survey examining images, objects, and architecture produced from the Paleolithic era to the end of the Roman Empire. We will discuss Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Early Christian and Byzantine culture. Illustrated lectures and readings.
NCAL 402A • FUNDAMENTALS IN DRAWING FOR OLDER ADULTS
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. In this beginning-level drawing course, students will analyze form and incorporate value, the concepts of light and shadow patterns, perspective, proportion, and composition in the practice of drawing.
NCAL 402B • INTERMEDIATE DRAWING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This intermediate-level drawing course focuses on complex personal and expressive subject matter and concepts, using a variety of color drawing media, techniques, and methodologies.
NCAL 402C • REPRESENTATIONAL DRAWING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. An intermediate-level representational drawing course concentrating on observation and depiction of volume, texture, and linear perspective in a variety of drawing media.
NCAL 402D • FIGURE DRAWING I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Beginning drawing course focusing on the representation and interpretation of the human figure, with attention to drawing from life.
NCAL 402E • HEADS & HANDS DRAWING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Beginning drawing course focusing on the representation and interpretation of the head and hands, with attention to drawing from life from a live figure model.
NCAL 402I • FIGURE DRAWING II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Intermediate figure drawing course emphasizing the development of drawing skills in depicting the human figure. This is a practical and theoretical course that emphasizes proportion and basic human anatomy.
NCAL 404A • COLLAGE FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. In this course, students will learn how to use mixed media drawing, collage, and photographic and computer-generated media. Development of a personal sensitivity to visual organization and the vocabulary of art as it relates to expressiveness, social, and cultural meaning.
NCAL 406A • OIL PAINTING I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the theory and practice of basic oil painting, including using value, color, and light to model the three-dimensional form.
NCAL 406B • OIL PAINTING II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. The theory and practice of intermediate oil painting. Building on fundamental oil painting skills to develop the personalized style, complex subject matter, color theory, and composition.
NCAL 406C • ACRYLIC PAINTING I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the theory and practice of basic acrylic painting, including using value, color, and light to model the three-dimensional form.
NCAL 406D • ACRYLIC PAINTING II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Building on fundamental acrylic painting skills to develop intermediate painting skills, a personalized style, complex subject matter, color theory, and composition.
NCAL 406G • OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This course introduces beginning artists to the core concepts and techniques of painting outdoor landscapes and nature subjects in the open air on location.
NCAL 406I • COLOR THEORY FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. A study of the principles, theories, and applications of additive and subtractive color in two dimensions.
NCAL 406J • WATERCOLOR I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Study of beginning-level transparent watercolor painting techniques. Emphasis on basic techniques of watercolor painting, composition, and color theory.
NCAL 406K • WATERCOLOR II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Study of intermediate techniques using transparent and opaque watercolor painting. Emphasis on intermediate techniques of watercolor painting, composition, and personal subject matter.
NCAL 407A • CERAMIC SCULPTURE FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 407B or ART 45A. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Studio practice in designing and creating original ceramic sculpture.
NCAL 407B • BEGINNING CERAMICS HANDBUILDING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. An introduction to basic ceramic hand-building techniques. This course introduces ceramic hand-building techniques, including pinching, coil, and slab construction, as well as examines various high and low-fire glazing techniques.
NCAL 407C • BEGINNING CERAMICS POTTER'S WHEEL FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. An introduction to throwing on the potter's wheel. This course introduces the process of wedging clay, centering a pot, pulling a wall, shaping processes, and trimming techniques to complete well balanced forms on the potter's wheel.
NCAL 407D • POTTER'S WHEEL II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 407C or ART 45B. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Provides intermediate-level instruction in clay processes covering intermediate wheel-throwing methods, glazing, decorating, and firing procedures. Explores technical problem solving and creative design.
NCAL 407E • ADVANCED CERAMICS FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 407B or ART 45A, and NCAL 407C or ART 45B. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Laboratory practice in throwing advanced forms on the potter's wheel, combining hand-built and wheel-thrown forms, glazing these forms, and understanding kiln loading and firing procedures.
NCAL 407F • LOW-TEMPERATURE CERAMIC FIRING & GLAZING TECHNIQUES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 407B or ART 45A or NCAL 407C or ART 45B. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Studio practice in the glazing and firing of ceramic pieces using four low-temperature methods: electric kiln oxidation firing, luster firing, raku firing, and pit firing.
NCAL 410B • GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (84 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. An introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture, including composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how composers' music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods include the ancient world and the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Composers include Josquin, Lassus, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach.
NCAL 410C • GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (84 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture. Includes composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how composers' music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods include the Classical period up through early Romanticism. Composers include Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Weber.
NCAL 410D • GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (84 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture. Includes composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how their music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods are mid-19th century Romanticism through the present. Composers include Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Cowell, Bartok, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Copland, Varese, Babbitt, Cage, Crumb, Ligeti, Penderecki, Reich, Glass, and Adams.
NCAL 416A • PHOTOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CULTURES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (84 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Examination of photography's role in shaping ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality, and national identity in America, from its historical roots to the present. Includes a wide variety of genres, such as commercial photography, portraiture, social documentary, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, erotica, and fine-art photography. Students will look at images from ethical, cultural, and critical perspectives as they develop visual literacy skills.
NCAL 416B • HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Examination of the history of still photography from the earliest investigations of the camera obscura to late 20th century electronic imaging. Emphasis on the role of photographs as a social and cultural force and on our artistic heritage of camera work.
NCAL 416C • CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Survey of contemporary issues in photography. Critical theory and other issues surrounding contemporary photographic practices are explored through the style and content of work by selected contemporary photographers. Censorship, copyright, appropriation, and other current issues affecting the contemporary photographer are discussed. The interplay of traditional and digital photography and how it affects our concepts of truth, reality, society, and culture.
NCAL 419A • ACTING I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 1 laboratory per week (60 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the craft of acting, including theory and technique emphasizing body movement, voice production, articulation, characterization principles of motivation, scene analysis, cultural empathy through standard theatre games, exercises, monologues, scenes, and the background research thereof.
NCAL 419B • ACTING II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 4 lecture, 1 laboratory per week (60 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 419A or THTR 20A. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Further development of concepts introduced in NCAL 419A, with emphasis to expanding the students' performance potential through probing greater depths of character analysis and text interpretation.
NCAL 419C • ACTING III FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 419A or THTR 20A. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Further development of concepts introduced in NCAL 419A and NCAL 419B, with focus on the performance of selected scenes from works of specific periods to acquaint students with the breadth of theatre performance genres.
NCAL 419D • MOVEMENT FOR THEATRE FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory per week (36 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | NCAL 419A or THTR 20A. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Intensive investigation of the following areas of stage movement for the actor: body awareness, flexibility, alignment, balance, muscle isolation and coordination; stress reduction and relaxation on stage; breath control; recognized theories of movement; dance for the actor; physical safety. The application of these skills to the performance of dramatic literature from a wide range of ethnic, social and historical sources.
NCAL 419E • STAGE COMBAT FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory per week (36 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | Course includes rigorous physical activity. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the concepts and practice of choreographed hand-to-hand and small weapons combat for stage and camera using techniques with emphasis on safety concepts and universal industry maneuver standards required for all stage combat circumstances.
NCAL 419G • FOUNDATIONS IN CLASSICAL ACTING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | NCAL 419A or THTR 20A. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to the specific acting challenges presented by performing classical scripts, pre-18th century. Incorporate skills of language analysis, verbal acumen, and physical interpretation, including exploration of body awareness into performance preparation and execution as they specifically relate to performing classical texts.
NCAL 419I • IMPROVISATION FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Presentation of the fundamentals and graduating skills of organic performance without script or text. Practical application of the theories of improvisational basic skills, universally translated to virtually all forms of improvisation, towards performance.
NCAL 419J • AUDITIONING FOR THEATRE FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 2 lecture per week (24 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | THTR 20A or equivalent. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Students will be introduced to a variety of auditioning scenarios and strategies. With a focus on stage techniques, the course will explore the practical application of audition theories. Topics will include monologues for general auditions, building a repertoire, preparing video auditions, strategies for cold readings and improvisation situations. Students will be introduced to theories of preparation and etiquette as well as the use of informational resources.
NCAL 419K • READERS THEATRE FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | Recommend successful completion of THTR 20A or equivalent. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Preparation and performance of individual and group readings from various types of literature, especially play scripts, employing a range of vocal skills, and presented in a dramatic context.
NCAL 419L • INTRODUCTION TO VOICE-OVER ACTING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | Successful completion of NCAL 419A or THTR 20A or equivalent. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Introduction to voice-over acting, providing an overview of required skills, general industry knowledge, and career opportunities. Instruction and practice in techniques of the various genres and performance styles, including character (animation, video games, toys), commercial (radio, TV, online), and narration (audio books, documentaries, corporate training videos, e-learning, websites). Fundamental components also include microphone technique, home studio setup, auditioning, and marketing.
NCAL 419M • FILM & TELEVISION ACTING WORKSHOP FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | Successful completion of NCAL 419A or THTR 20A or equivalent. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This course introduces students to the basic fundamentals of on-camera acting in a practical modality. Students work with the variety of styles currently used in film and television, including commercial, dramatic, documentary, and industrial. Students will experiment to develop the actor's relationship and understanding of camera acting techniques.
NCAL 419N • INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | NCAL 419A or THTR 20A or equivalent beginning-level acting course. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This course is a comprehensive overview of the breadth of responsibilities expected of a theatrical director and how to prepare for said responsibilities, including: conceptualizing a production; working collaboratively as dictated by industry norms; play selection; auditions and methods of casting; preparation of the play script; building the rehearsal and production schedule; fundamentals of composition, movement, stage business, and characterization, as applied to the directing of plays.
NCAL 421A • INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
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| Hours: | 18 laboratory per week (216 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | Requires a pre-arranged audition and instructor selection for assignment to participate/enroll; students must complete an audition and accept an assigned role for enrollment. Audition information is available on the department website or by contacting the assigned instructor. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This course introduces the fundamentals of musical theatre performance through the rehearsal and performance of a fully staged musical theatre production. Students are required to attend rehearsals and performances.
NCAL 421G • MUSICAL THEATRE REPERTOIRE FOR SINGERS II FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 3 lecture, 3 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | Successful completion of MUS 48B or THTR 48B recommended. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. This course is designed to develop further technical skills in singing and acting techniques applied to more complex and broader ranging musical theatre repertoire, including staged duets, trios, and full ensemble numbers spanning Golden Age content through contemporary Broadway. Attendance at all scheduled performances is required.
NCAL 422A • PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION I FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Units: | 0 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 1 lecture, 15 laboratory per week (192 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | Requires a pre-arranged audition and instructor selection for assignment to participate/enroll; students must complete an audition and accept an assigned role for enrollment. Audition information is available on the department website or by contacting the assigned instructor. |
| Degree and Credit Status: | Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade) |
| Repeatability: | Unlimited Repeatability |
This noncredit course is targeted towards older adults. Supervised participation as a performer in scheduled non-musical productions of the Theatre Arts Department with a designated emphasis towards confidence in performing, as well as integrative familiarity in the full process of mounting a production for public performance. Culminates in a fully staged theatrical production.