Arts and Letters Course Curriculum Map to 2010 AAOT Outcomes
	
Department/Program:   MDTA/Theatre				Course:	TA 272 Introduction to Theatre	

1. Arts and Letters Discipline Studies Outcomes
“Arts and Letters” refers to works of art, whether written, crafted or designed, and performed, and documents of particular poignancy and significance in statement or design.
As a result of taking Arts & Letters Discipline Studies courses, a student should be able to:	Course Outcome(s) related to the A&L Outcome	Under what conditions and criteria will the course outcome be assessed?	
1.	Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life. 	Evaluate and discuss the acting, directing and design techniques utilized to produce theatrical productions and
Discriminate between the separate tasks of theatre practitioners (including but not limited to actors, designers, technicians, directors, stage managers and dramaturgs)	Essays and objective tests	
2.	Critically analyze personal values and ethics within the stream of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.	Devise a deeper understanding of the role theatre plays in civic life and how different social/historic/cultural groups use theatre to explore identity in contemporary society	Essays, class discussion, and objective tests	

2. Arts and Letters Discipline Studies Course Criteria
A Discipline Studies course in Arts & Letters should:	How course meets criterion	Related Course Outline statements	
1.	Introduce the fundamental ideas and practices of the discipline and allow students to apply them.	Students will write, direct, design, and perform a short performance.	Discriminate between the separate tasks of theatre practitioners (including but not limited to actors, designers, technicians, directors, stage managers and dramaturgs)	
2.	Elicit analytical and critical responses to historical and/or cultural works, such as literature, music, language, philosophy, religion, and the visual and performing arts.	Discuss and analyze historic and contemporary theatre practice, including writing, designing, performing, and producing.	Evaluate and discuss the acting, directing and design techniques utilized to produce theatrical productions	
3.	Explore the conventions and techniques of significant forms of human expression.	Discuss and analyze historic and contemporary theatre practice, including writing, designing, performing, and producing.	Diagramming a play in a short-answer format test and
Discriminate between the separate tasks of theatre practitioners (including but not limited to actors, designers, technicians, directors, stage managers and dramaturgs)	
4.	Place the discipline in a historical and cultural context, and demonstrate its relationship with other disciplines.	Discuss and analyze historic and contemporary theatre practice, including writing, designing, performing, and producing.	Devise a deeper understanding of the role theatre plays in civic life and how different social/historic/cultural groups use theatre to explore identity in contemporary society	

Each course should also do at least one of the following:	How course meets criterion	Related Course Outline statements	
•	Foster creative individual expression via analysis, synthesis, and critical evaluation, or	Students will write, direct, design, and perform a short performance.	Discriminate between the separate tasks of theatre practitioners (including but not limited to actors, designers, technicians, directors, stage managers and dramaturgs)	
•	Compare/contrast attitudes and values of specific eras or world cultures, or			
•	Examine the origins and influences of ethical or aesthetic traditions.	Discuss and analyze historic and contemporary theatre practice, including writing, designing, performing, and producing.	Devise a deeper understanding of the role theatre plays in civic life and how different social/historic/cultural groups use theatre to explore identity in contemporary society	

__Dr. Brian Haimbach____9/20/13_________			____________________________________________
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