Theater Arts - Hofstra University

Theater Arts from Hofstra University is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Learning Goals & Objectives 1. Students in Theatre Arts will acquire and develop various fundamental performance and production skills sufficient to prepare them for employment or graduate study in the theatre 1.1 Students will learn to deliver audience-specific theatrical presentations. 1.2 Students will learn to use discipline specific technologies. 1.3 Students will show growth each semester in their performance and production skills. 2. Theatre Arts Majors will demonstrate proficiency in oral communication. 2.1 Theatre Arts Majors will compose and deliver effective, audience-appropriate oral presentations that develop and support a point; or lead or participate in collaborative discussion of a question or a text. 2.2 Theatre Arts Majors will aquire the skill to use visual, auditory, and/or technological aids in support of oral communication. 3. Students in Theatre Arts will acquire and develop dramaturgical skills. 3.1 Students will read with comprehension and learn to critically and aesthetically analyze works in dramatic literature and the performing arts. 3.2 Students will learn to comprehend and analyze historical movements in dramatic literature and practice. 3.3 Theatre Arts majors will demonstrate a proficiency in dramatic literature, stage history, and theatre aesthetics. 4. Theatre Arts majors will gain proficiency in various areas of the Performing Arts 4.1 Theatre Arts students pursuing production will gain proficiency in various areas of technical Theatre. 4.2 Theatre Arts students pursuing performance will gain proficiency in performance in various styles and venues. 4.3 Theatre Arts Students pursuing directing will gain proficiency in theatrical directing. 5. Theatre Arts Majors will participate in a capstone project appropriate to the concentration they are pursuing. 5.1 BFA Performance majors will have the opportunity to participate in the Senior Showcase in NYC at the end of their senior year. 5.2 BFA Performance majors will prepare headshots and resumes to be distributed at the Showcase 5.3 BFA Production majors in Stage Management and Design tracks will prepare and present a portfolio in the senior year. Students in the directing track will present a senior directing project. 6. Students in Theatre Arts will learn the importance of responsibility to their community. 6.1 Drama students will learn the importance of cooperation through collaboration. 6.2 Drama students will learn the importance of service to their community through the creative division of labor. View more details on Hofstra University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.