2023 cycle

https://calstatela.curriculog.com/proposal:12025/form

C1. How will the changes fit with the Institutional Mission / Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)

This program will fit and fulfill all of the university’s ILOs listed. Students will master skills in the Theatre courses they take, and critical thinking is required in all of our courses. Our work is rooted in Community building and social justice. In all ways, our courses open students up to a deeper understanding of themselves and their place in society.

C2. Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

• Participate in the creation, analysis and presentation of public performances.
• Develop a structured approach to the use of languages in writing for and about performance.
• Demonstrate knowledge and processes such as performing, playwriting, directing, design, management and technical operations related to stage productions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the historical and cultural dimensions of performance, including the works of leading playwrights, performers, choreographers, directors, designers, and philosophers, past and present.
• Examine, identify and apply contemporary theories and practices of performing arts.
• Make informed assessments of quality in performance material and works.
• Develop a clear understanding of the collaboration between performance, spectator and production.
• Develop effective skills in verbal and visual communication.
• Demonstrate competence in the skills necessary to produce performance at a professional level.
• Demonstrate skills in current technologies as these relate to performance, communication, and research.