ED 459P - Teaching of Theatre Arts

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

The course will focus on curriculum building for the theatre arts classroom, teaching techniques for beginning acting, and the historical background of theatre in education. A strong component of the course is the inclusion of theatre encounters with individuals involved in co-curricular theatre programs. Students will be working with an outside co-curricular theatre program to learn about structure, planning and implementation of co-curricular theatre programs. Emphasis will be on student-faculty-administration relationship, budget control, facilities use, and theatre management related to school productions. Cross-listed THA459P

Offered Spring

Prerequisite(s): Emergent Professional transition and declared theatre arts teaching major or minor.