Performing Arts and Social Justice, Theater Concentration, BA

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The Performing Arts and Social Justice major provides a training program in dance, music, and theater, with a core community component and a space for critical reflection.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

gain a historical foundation of the performing arts from the classics to contemporary practices within a context of cultural diversity
develop technical and conceptual skills related to the practice of their craft (dance, music, theater)
acquire and use practical skills for community-based artistic work, and learn how this form of artistic engagement contributes to a more inclusive and just society

Theater Concentration

Foundational

PASJ 162 - Acting 1: Body in Performance: Laban Movement Analysis (2 Units)
PASJ 172 - Production & Design II
PASJ 182 - Theater and Social History
PASJ 380 - Performing Arts and Community Exchange
PASJ 480 - Senior Project

Theater

Additional Requirements

THTR 303 - Perform & Cultural Resistance
THTR 305-316: Performance and Culture Series
THTR 330-390: Theater Technique Electives (8 Units)

Note:

Perform in two Performing Arts Department Theater productions. Participation in tech support of two Performing Arts Department productions.