Theatre, BA
Spring 2008 Program Assessment Report
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Degree Program(s):
Department:
Theatre BA
TRFT
Department Chair:
Mike Adams
Phone:
Report Prepared by:
Ethel Walker
Phone:
4-4586
Next Self-Study due :
Spring 2012
E-mail:
walker@email.sjsu.edu
Note: Schedule is posted at: http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/programplanning/
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Location:
Person to Contact:
(Bldg/Room #)
(Name)
(Phone)
Does the information (e.g., Mission, Goals, and/or Learning Outcomes) posted on the web (see,
http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/programs/ ) for this program need to be updated?
Yes
If yes, please submit changes to jacqueline.snell@sjsu.edu
No
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES*
Please complete the schedule of assessment activities below by listing all program Student Learning
Outcomes (SLOs) by number down the left column and indicating when data were/will be collected (C)
and when they were/will be discussed (D) by your faculty. You can also schedule/track program
changes resulting from your assessment activities by indicating an “I” (implemented changes) where
relevant. This schedule is meant to be fluid; providing a proposed schedule for future assessment while
at the same time, providing a record of your efforts as the program planning cycle progresses.
↓Semester after self-study
SLOs
1
2
3
4
…
S--
F--
Semester before next self-study↓
S--
F--
S--
F--
S--
F--
S--
F--
*Note: This template is based on a five-year program planning cycle. If your program planning follows another cycle
(e.g., based on accreditation), please feel free to add (or subtract) columns as necessary.
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SLO 1 Demonstrate a literacy of language of stage and/or screen;
know how to analyze a script, understand the historical and
contemporary structure of a script, and the social and political
effects of a performance on an audience.
1.1 Data Collection:
[SEMESTER/YEAR] – For this assessment cycle, how were the data collected and what were the
results?
1.2 What have you learned about this Student Learning Outcome?
[SEMESTER/YEAR] – Based on the results in part I., briefly summarize the discussion surrounding this
outcome, i.e., what does the faculty conclude about student learning for this SLO?
1.3 Action Item(s) (if necessary):
[SEMESTER/YEAR] – Based on the discussion in part II., what actions will the department take to
improve student learning, e.g., program changes, changes in pedagogy, process changes, resources
requests, etc?
1.4 Results of Action Items
[SEMESTER/YEAR] – What does assessment of student learning show after
implementation of any action items? What, if anything, is planned next?
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#2. Demonstrate an ability to tell meaningful stories through
performance; correlate performance to production; Demonstrate
acting skills and development of a character.
1. Evidence for area of need
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
2. Action(s) taken
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
3. Evidence for effect of actions on student learning
[SEMESTER/YEAR]
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#3 Communicate information and entertainment to diverse cultures
using stage and/or screen; demonstrate sensitive to the processes of
and the attitudes held by races, religions, political and social groups
that are not their own
1. Evidence for area of need
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
2. Action(s) taken
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
Professor Glazer changed the structure of this class in fall 2007 so that all the students worked from the
same script (The Scene by Theresa Rebeck). In the past students selected different scripts. Having the
exact script allowed students to work from an identical directing lexicon. This produced great unity and
clarity in class discussions and presentations. Professor Glazer will continue to use this model when the
class is taught again in fall 2008
Professor Buddy Butler made no significant changes in TA 112 this semester. One production was
added to the tour schedule, No Saco De La Escuela (I Don’t Get Nothin’ From School) by Luis Valdez.
The production toured high schools, colleges and universities in this area.
3. Evidence for effect of actions on student learning
[SEMESTER/YEAR]
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#4 Demonstrate how to plan, perform, produce, write and direct for
stage and screen; demonstrate professional-level skills of production;
design for and operate contemporary technologies
1. Evidence for area of need
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
2. Action(s) taken
Spring 2008
The student’s presentations of the 10 minute play and production notebook supported the new teaching
methodology used by Professor Glazer in TA 116 for fall 2007. The quality of both assessment tools was
exceptional, and Professor Glazer will continue the assessment instruments and teaching methodology in
fall 2008.
Spring 2008
Professor Elizabeth Poindexter will teach TA 153 in fall 2008. She will continue to use the teaching
methodology used in the fall requiring research and design productions. As usual, she will select different
scripts for the students to work with depending on the Department’s productions and other productions in
the area. The assessment tools and methodology will continue as in fall 2007.
Spring 2008
No overall changes were made to assess this SLO for TA 112 during the spring semester. Students in
the company were required to learn Spanish as it relates to the subject matter of the above production,
thereby broadening their multi-ethnic base. This requirement strengthened the performance quality of the
shows.
3. Evidence for effect of actions on student learning
[SEMESTER/YEAR]
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#5 Demonstrate what type of information is needed for a research
question, problem, or issue, and be able to retrieve, evaluate and
effectively use such information to produce quality scholarship
1. Evidence for area of need
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
2. Action(s) taken
[SEMESTER/YEAR] –
3. Evidence for effect of actions on student learning
[SEMESTER/YEAR]
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