DRMA& 101 Introduction to the Theater Arts (5 credits)

2. Critically analyze the elements of theatre productions to articulate their aesthetic qualities and value in different cultural contexts.

3. Critically analyze a live theatre production and explain how live performance is different from a script or video.

4. Describe major historical and contemporary trends in the development of theatre globally to explain differences in aesthetic values and technologies.

5. Compare the differences and similarities between global historical theatre and contemporary theatre practices to understand the development.

 

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50