SPCOM 220Performance Studies
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- Spring 2023
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2023 and last ran in Winter 2023. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W20
- S20
- F20
- W21
- S21
- F21
- S22
- F22
- W23
Ran in 9 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2023.
This workshop course in performance studies explores performance as a way of knowing. It investigates performance as artistic practice and as a means of understanding historical, social, and cultural practices, including drama/theatre texts, poetry, narratives, and texts of everyday life.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Level at least 2A
Reviewed on UW Flow
88% liked it29% easy92% useful
From 8 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
This course was my favourite I took this term, the workload is pretty average for an Arts course made up of weekly readings, a midterm, a final, and a final project that you work on throughout the term. Depending on how interested you are in the topic you choose will affect your interest in the course, Jordana is really great at helping you think through your final project and explore your topic with you. I found my meetings with her to really help throw me back into the assignment and raise more questions to get me more engaged. I would definitely utilize meeting with her 1-1. There are weekly prompts about the readings, they do not take up a lot of your time (maybe 15 minutes) but I found…
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How much you get out of this course fully depends what kind of a learner you are and what professor you have. If you like theory, Shana is amazing at that and if you like more hands-on work, I would say go with Dr. V.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention SPCOM 220, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2023
COMMST/SPCOM 220 WSP? 1 point, 0 comments
u/Long-Atmosphere9149: “Hi, just wondering if anyone has taken COMMST/SPCOM 220 and could tell me about the difficulty and marking scheme. I've never taken a Workshop course before and don't know what to expect. Thanks!”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “… 301A SPAN 326 SPAN 390 SPAN 401 SPAN 436W SPAN 465W SPCOM 100 SPCOM 101 SPCOM 102 SPCOM 204 SPCOM 220 SPCOM 223 SPCOM 225 SPCOM 226 SPCOM 227 SPCOM 228 SPCOM 324 SPCOM 335 SPCOM 399 SPCOM 401 SPCOM 430 SPCOM 433 SPCOM 490 SPCOM 499A STAT 202 STAT 206 STAT 220 STAT 221 STAT 230 …”
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 2022–23Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them