2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog

DRA 312 Accents and Dialects

This course introduces students to five English-language dialects commonly required of actors in film and theatre with a focus on vowel and consonant changes, pitch, resonance, and melody. Students will learn how to analyze and reproduce dialects on their own through the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Credits

3

Distribution

Humanities

Offered

Every third Fall