Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended, yet not required. Students learn effective research strategies for the field of theatre arts. Students will produce a dramaturgical protocol, requiring detailed preparatory research, testing of ideas, and public presentation of theory and concepts in practice.
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended yet not required. This course will explore the history and philosophy of theatre education in the U.S. Participants will investigate the guiding question: why is theatre education essential for every school?
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate recommended not required. The purpose of this course is for students to apply the techniques and strategies acquired from previous courses into creating actual curriculum for their classrooms. Students will conduct interviews with experienced teachers in the field, research national theatre curriculum, and analyze and develop new curriculum.
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended yet not required, THED 530, THED 540, THED 560. In this course, students will prepare a prospectus proposal and a portion of the prompt book for their Master’s thesis project.
Prerequisites:
THED 530,
THED 531,
THED 540,
THED 541,
THED 560,
THED 561,
THED 600,
THED 670,
THED 680, and
THED 690. In this course, students will complete an action research project begun in
THED 696 by drawing conclusions and discussing implications. They will submit final reports to graduate committees.
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. degree, Teaching Certificate is recommended, yet not required, 33 credit hours of program completed. In this course, students will finish the dramaturgial protocol and promptbook for their Master’s thesis project and produce the show that accompanies them both.