Performance and Theatre Studies

Overview

Students pursuing a major in Performance and Theatre Studies program at Saint Mary's College of California must complete the required lower- and upper-division courses.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing a degree in Music, Dance, or Theatre, students will be able to:

• Employ appropriately the basic technical terms generally used in an art form when discussing individual works, and identify specific elements of the aesthetic, historical and cultural context of a work of art by comparing it to others from the same context.

• Utilize a cross-disciplinary perspective in the arts and a familiarity with the Great Books / liberal arts tradition to identify the ways performing artists draw inspiration from nature, history, imagination, and the creative ideas and influences of others.

• Recognize similarities in structure (such as elements of phrasing) shared by all three performing arts and be able to articulate the significance of structural elements in the analysis of a work’s form and meaning.

• Engage in critical discourse that transcends personal opinion and acknowledges, respects and integrates the insights of other students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

• Demonstrate the capacity for sustained and focused rehearsal efforts and for working collaboratively with different directors and performers.