Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

THTR 1100 Introduction to Theatre

Structured for the non-major, this course promotes the appreciation and understanding of theatre across a broad-range of topics including acting, play reading, script analysis, theatre history, design, performance viewing, production processes, and others. Structured to be entertaining and hands-on, this course depends highly on class participation.

Registration Name

Introduction to Theatre

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Identify and describe the people and processes required to produce a theatrical performance.
  2. Critique theatre performances according to established criteria.
  3. Describe the influence history and cultures have had upon the art of theatre and theorize how theatre has influenced history and popular culture.
  4. Apply basic knowledge of theatrical design in the creation of theoretical sets and costumes for a play.
  5. Create a personal theatre aesthetic through exposure to a variety of theatrical styles and periods.