Theatre - Meredith College

Theatre from Meredith College is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre must earn 39 hours of credit. The required core courses encourage students to study all aspects of theatrical production. The additional courses provide the opportunity for the individual student to customize her course of instruction in consultation with her major advisor toward a greater overview or toward a focus on performance or production. The K?12 Teaching Licensure in Theatre is designed for those students who wish to pursue the teaching of theatre as a profession. This program prepares students for licensure by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to teach theatre in grades K?12. The goals of the curriculum are to insure: competency in the teaching of theatre by guiding the student's involvement in public performance of theatre; development of visual and aural perceptions related to performance; understanding of developmental and activity-oriented production processes such as acting, directing, scenic design, costume design, writing of traditional experimental theatrical forms, and basic technical operations related to productions; familiarity with and competence in fundamental theatre techniques; acquaintance with the historical and cultural dimensions of theatre as they include the works of leading playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, both past and present; understanding and evaluation of contemporary thinking about theatre and related arts; and, informed assessment of quality in works of theatre . The objectives for the curriculum are to develop theatre teachers who would help students by: communicating what playwrights seek to convey and how that is intensified through theatrical production; assisting them in using and controlling the emotions for communication, strengthening the imagination, expanding intellectual horizons to include an aesthetic awareness, and providing a basic understanding and critical appreciation of theatre arts; promoting skills in observation and communication and the ability to exercise critical thinking and make decisions through theatrical experiences; encouraging their confidence, creative potential, personal discipline, involvement in the creative process, and ability to work effectively with others; and, preparing them for future education, a vocational and/or vocational theatre arts experiences. View more details on Meredith College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.