Theatre Program Learning Outcomes

• Theatre Disciplinary Knowledge: Knowledge and comprehension of the fundamental aspects of theatre and related performative discipline

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to demonstrate disciplinary knowledge of theatre by:

  • Identifying major developments and personalities in performance practices across eras and cultures
  • Describing styles of theatre
  • Discussing the role of Theatre in societal development, as well as in everyday life

• Critical Thinking: Analysis and evaluation of complex ideas, artifacts, information and arguments as a basis for formulating well-reasoned beliefs, judgements, and conclusions about theatrical practices

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking by:

  • Critiquing texts and performance concepts, with an eye toward putting theory into practice
  • Identifying, assessing and solving problems in a production setting
  • Formulating well-reasoned beliefs, judgements and conclusions in support of a theatrical concept or approach

• Ethical Reasoning: Requires students to recognize ethical issues, identify their own ethical positions and analyze other ethical perspectives in real-world situations in order to consider the impact of decisions and actions on other individuals, society and the environment

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to demonstrate ethical reasoning by:

  • Recognizing issues pertaining to equity and representation of marginalized people in the creation and production of theatrical work
  • Identifying their own ethical positions related to the power of theatre to hold a mirror to society
  • Analyzing ethical positions of past and present theatre historians and critics
  • Considering the impact of theatrical storytelling on other individuals and society, and the environmental impact of current theatre practices

• Communication: Recognize and utilize the most appropriate means to address specific audiences in relevant contexts or genres in order to effectively inform or persuade

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to exhibit communication skills by:

  • Identifying the role of physical, verbal, written and visual communication in theatre
  • Determining which combination of methods will be most compelling, given the relevant context or genre, to inform or persuade a specific audience
  • Devising creative forms of expression and using them to fluently communicate an intended meaning

• Creativity: Synthesize ideas, perspectives, information, or materials in original and self-aware ways, and use that synthesis to generate imaginative acts or products

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to demonstrate creativity by:

  • Designing/developing and proposing contributions to the creation of performative works
  • Solving theoretical and practical production issues in innovative ways
  • Applying a tangible skill set, relative to their specialty/concentration, to a combined creative deliverable

• Quantitative Literacy: Competency in working with numerical data to reason or solve problems, the ability to make judgements and draw conclusions supported by quantitative evidence, and the ability to communicate those arguments utilizing quantitative tools

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, students will be able to demonstrate quantitative literacy by:

  • Interpreting and explaining information presented in theatrical CAD drawings such as ground plans and elevations, light plots and projection calculation diagrams
  • Converting information into quantitative forms such as stage management spreadsheets, cue lists, lighting magic sheets and costume plots
  • Creating arguments and arriving at judgments based on quantitative analysis of technical theatrical systems
  • Expressing quantitative evidence in support of design choices and technical specifications for theoretical and staged productions