Theatre Arts Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer

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Program	Units
AA Associate in Arts Degree Program
Theatre Arts	60 units

Career Opportunities

The Theatre Arts program is designed for students of all levels of experience. Graduates can pursue careers in: acting for stage, film, and television; voiceover for radio, TV, and video games, disk jockey; teaching drama and public speaking to children and adults in schools, theatres, and professional environments; directing for film, television, and the stage; writing for film, television, and the stage; stage management, event management, talent agent, casting director, company manager, executive director; public relations, marketing; sound design, broadcast technician, light design, makeup artist, hair stylist, wardrobe manager; carpentry, electric engineering.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

Apply critical thinking in the creative process.
Use the language of the discipline; demonstrate to command of critical vocabulary.
Describe the roles of creative expression in human cultures.
Engage with the arts; integrate the arts into life.
Use critical thinking in evaluating works of art in intrinsic terms, expressive content, and social context.

Program Overview

The discipline of theatre arts includes theoretical and practical courses in all aspects of theatre, providing preparation in acting, directing, and technical theatre through productions. The degree program allows for a course of study that expands and increases creativity. It is a meaningful journey of personal discovery and self expansion. It connects the study of script analysis to creating complex characters or theatrical designs. In addition, a solid foundation of fundamental skills learned through a variety of performance as well as technical theatre courses will help the student build confidence and emphasize the importance of responsibility, dedication, collaboration commitment.

Requirements

AA-T Degree Requirements Major: Core and Selective Requirements

Complete Core Courses, 18 units		Units
DRAM 140	Introduction to the Theatre	3 units
DRAM 150	Script Analysis	3 units
DRAM 200	Acting I: Acting For the Stage and the Camera	3 units
DRAM 201	Acting II	3 units
DRAM 300.1	Rehearsal and Performance I	3 units
DRAM 305	Technical Production I	3 units

Total Required Major Units: 18

Completion of Cal-GETC (California General Education Transfer Curriculum)

Elective courses:

Additional CSU or UC transferable courses needed to meet the minimum 60 CSU transferable unit requirement.

Please refer to Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Requirements for more information.