Matrix of Program Student Learning Outcomes
BA Theatre
Course/Number/Section:
Program Learning
Outcome - Must be aligned
with program outcomes
listed in the catalog; For
each learning outcome,
identify year adopted
and/or revised, source.
PLO – Demonstrate
competency in performing,
producing and critically
analyzing a theatrical
production
Semester/Academic Year:
Core Learning
Outcomes –
Which Core
Learning
Outcomes are
consistent with
the Program
Learning
Outcome?
Reasoning Skills
(Critical
Thinking),
Communication
Skills
PLO – Practice as theatre
artists/performers, theatre
technicians and theatrical
support within the
community
Communication
Skills,
Humanities and
Creative Arts;
Ethics and Civic
Engagement
PLO – Demonstrate
competency in research
methods as they apply to
the critical understanding
of theatre and design of
theatrical productions
Information
Literacy
Evidence – To include how
you assessed (specify
assessment instruments);
# & % of students
completing the course who
have satisfactorily achieved
the outcome (Met or
Exceeded your expectations)
Target Percentage:
Actual Percentage:
Use of Results –
Suggestions to improve
student outcomes
Did it Work?
Reflections
PLO – Identify literary and
linguistic devices in a script
and demonstrate
understanding of how
visual and audio design
elements such as
costumes, lights, scenery,
and sound are integral to a
script in performance
PLO – Understanding of
how performance
techniques such as acting,
directing and oral
interpretation are integral
to the realization of a text
Communication
Skills
PLO – Demonstrate
familiarity with significant
dramatic works from
various periods and
cultures
Humanities and
Creative Arts;
Global Literacy
PLO – Understanding of
significant periods and
genres in world theatre
history
Humanities and
Creative Arts;
Global Literacy
Reasoning Skills
(Critical
Thinking)
PLO – Identify historical,
multi-cultural and social
influences on a theatrical
text
Humanities and
Creative Arts;
Global Literacy
PLO – Understand roles
and responsibilities of
members of a theatrical
production team and to
collaborate effectively as a
production team member
Ethics and Civic
Engagement
CLO (Optional)
CLO (Optional)
PLO – Program Learning Outcomes; CLO – Course Learning Outcomes
*The inclusion of CLOs is optional. PLOs are required.