Chabot College February 1996
Course Outline for Theater Arts 10
INTRODUCTION TO THEATER ARTS
Catalog Description
10 - Introduction to Theater Arts 3 units
The dramatic arts, including the history, values, and theatrical techniques that have shaped them. 3 hours. Strongly recommended: eligibility for English 1A or 52A.
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should:
1. have developed interest and understanding in the dramatic arts, including the history, values, and theatrical techniques that have shaped them;
2. through an analysis of representative plays, and attendance at Bay Area theaters and art cinemas, be expected to undergo a series of reading and viewing experiences which will develop an appreciation of the dramatic arts;
3. be moved to see good plays on own initiative.
Course Content:
1. Theater Arts as one of the arts
2. Ritual, magic and drama
3. The nature of drama
4. The elements of drama
5.* Tragedy and melodrama
6.* Comedy and farce
7.* Styles: realism, naturalism, expressionism, theater of the absurd, epic, etc.
8.* The playwright
9. The director
10. The actor
11. Theatre architecture, scene, and lighting design
12 Cinema art
13. The audience
*Play Readings Assigned
Methods of Presentation:
1. Lectures/discussion
2. Student participation in creative projects
3. Concert readings of selected plays
4. Play readings are selected to coincide with professional and university productions offered in the
Bay Area.
Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Class participation
2. Quizzes
3. Essays
4. Final examination

Chabot College
Course Outline for Theater Arts 10, Page 2
February 1996
Textbook(s) Typical:
Orientation to the Theatre ; Theodore Hatlen; Appleton-Century Crofts
Special Student Materials:
None
KC:kh Theater Arts 10
Revised: 2/23/96