THET 110 Introduction to Theatre
This course will serve as an introduction to the aesthetics and craft of the theatrical experience. It encompasses all aspects of the theatrical arts and production, including the critical viewing of performances with written analysis, creative performance projects, vocabulary, analysis of texts, and the origins of drama and performance.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary
issues of aesthetics and creativity, and how the function and significance of theatre affects
society and cultures. - Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving
methods, by producing a creative project with visual, oral, and written components in
collaboration with a team.
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression with social and
cultural contexts, when reading and witnessing plays. - Analyze and reflect on a theatrical production through a critical lens, assessing, reflecting
on, and critically analyzing the role of theatre and performance in illuminating the human
condition. - Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to the field of
theatre.
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary
issues of aesthetics and creativity, and how the function and significance of theatre affects
society and cultures.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving
methods, by producing a creative project with visual, oral, and written components in
collaboration with a team.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Written proposal for presentation with thesis for project, presentation and performance
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression with social and
cultural contexts, when reading and witnessing plays.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Text analysis
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Analyze and reflect on a theatrical production through a critical lens, assessing, reflecting
on, and critically analyzing the role of theatre and performance in illuminating the human
condition.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Production analysis paper on an HCC or Rep Stage performance
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to the field of
theatre.This objective is a course Goal Only