Degrees & Certificates
ACTOR TRAINING
THEATRE ACADEMY - ACTING
Associate of Arts Degree
(Program: 100701 State Code: 08234)
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate competency of intermediate acting skills including semi-advanced levels of physical, vocal and characterization techniques.
- Perform in role(s) in the realization of a fully produced theater event(s).
- Demonstrate excellence in team practices and professional ethics.
- Identify and comprehend theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events at an intermediate level of understanding.
MAJOR CORE: 22 COURSES | 60 UNITS | AA
THEATRE ACADEMY - ACTING
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING – LEVEL 1
Skills Certificate
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Develop competency of advanced acting skills and techniques in the areas of physical and vocal characterization.
- Perform substantial and challenging role(s) in the realization of classroom performance events in the form of final exams, scene study, and auto dramas.
- Identify comprehend and apply an understanding of theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events at an advanced level.
- Serve as technical crew, in the production of costumes, lighting, sound or scenery or front of house, in the realization of a fully produced theater event and demonstrate excellence in team practices and professional ethics.
THEATRE ACADEMY - ADVANCED ACTING
Skills Certificate
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate competency of intermediate acting skills including semi-advanced levels of physical, vocal and characterization techniques.
- Perform in role(s) in the realization of a fully produced theater event(s).
- Identify and comprehend theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events at an intermediate level of understanding.
- Demonstrate excellence in team practices and professional ethics.
THEATRE ACADEMY - COSTUME DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN – LEVEL 1
Skills Certificate
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate basic competency and use of costume shop tools for the design, production, maintenance, and alteration of costume garments.
- Demonstrate basic proficiency in hand sewing, basic pattern drafting, machine sewing, and rendering.
- Organize data in a computer database.
- Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of costumes for a fully produced theater event.
- Identify theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events.
COSTUME DESIGN - LEVEL 2
Certificate of Achievement
(Program: 100602 State Code: 31738)
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate advanced competency and use of costume shop tools for the design, production, maintenance, and alteration of costume garments.
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in skills such as: hand sewing, basic pattern drafting, machine sewing, and rendering.
- Organize data in a computer database.
- Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of costumes for a fully produced theater event.
- Identify theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events.
THEATRE ACADEMY - TECHNICAL THEATER ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY
TECHNICAL THEATER ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY – LEVEL 1
Skills Certificate
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate basic competency using technical theater systems for scenery, lights and sound in the production and realization of scenery, lighting plans and/or audio plans for live events.
- Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of a fully produced theater event.
- Identify theater literature and visual styles practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events.
TECHNICAL THEATER ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY - LEVEL 2
Certificate of Achievement
(Program: 100600 State Code: 31547)
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate advanced competency using technical theater systems for scenery lights and sound in the production and realization of scenery, lighting plans and/or audio plans for live events.
- Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant on a produced theater event.
- Identify theater literature and visual styles practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events.
DESIGN AND DIGITAL MEDIA FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY – LEVEL 1
Skills Certificate
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Utilize entertainment industry computer applications to document design plans for scenery, lights, costumes and sound.
- Identify literature, visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used in the realization of theater, film and television designs.
- Create portfolio quality projects, using computer applications, which can be used in interviews for professional employment.
GENERAL THEATER STUDIES
THEATER
Associate of Arts Degree
(Program: 100700 State Code: 08233)
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and comprehend literature, specific styles, practices, systems, aesthetics, and historical context of storytelling through creative expression.
- Perform in scenes or serve as technicians, designers or production crew, or serve as costume designers or production crew, in fully realized play productions.
- Demonstrate excellence in team practices and professional ethics.
MAJOR: 7 COURSES | 18-19 UNITS | AA
THEATER ARTS
Associate of Arts AA-T
(Program: 100700 State Code: 33157)
To earn the Associate Degree for Transfer, students must meet the following requirements:
A. Completion of 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University by completing the following:
- The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements; and
- A minimum of 18 semester units in a major or area of emphasis, as approved by the CCC Chancellor's Office.
B. Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or higher. Students completing this degree will have satisfied the lower division major preparation and transfer requirements for priority admission consideration to a local CSU campus.
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and comprehend literature, specific styles, practices, systems, aesthetics, and historical context of storytelling through creative expression.
- Perform in scenes or serve as technicians, designers or production crew, or serve as costume designers or production crew, in fully realized play productions.
- Demonstrate excellence in team practices and professional ethics.
MAJOR: 6 COURSES | 19 UNITS | AA-T
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