2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    May 02, 2024  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENGL& 114 Introduction to Drama (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly ENGL 202 - CCN

Course Description
Examines form and expression of great works of the theatre from Ancient Greece to the present.

Course Content
A. Introduction to the literary genre of drama
B. Analysis of texts, emphasizing content, theme, and critical approaches to the
study of drama
C. Historical, multicultural, and social contexts for understanding and appreciating drama
D. Critical evaluation of the art of dramatic writing
E. Application of research skills in the study of drama
F. Relevance of drama to students’ experiences

Student Outcomes
1. Identify the elements that comprise the literary genre of drama.

2. Compare multicultural works of drama as representative responses to historical, social, and cultural contexts.

3. Analyze works of drama using various approaches to literary criticism.

4. Demonstrate research skills to locate and apply information relevant to the course content.

5. Research and document a written project that critically engages the course content.

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.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

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.

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



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