Assessment Outcomes: UW Department of Theatre & Dance
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Outcomes for all Students
All undergraduates should demonstrate the ability to:
- Understand the basic production process in all areas of theatre or dance
- Become familiar with historical and cultural dimensions of theatre or dance
- Develop and have an appreciation for collaborative skills
- Make an informed assessment of quality in all theatrical activities
- Communicate effectively relative to their specific concentration
- Understand the demands and expectations of the profession
- Think on their feet and to problem solve
- Do research and write at an acceptable beginning graduate level
- Synthesize and utilize knowledge from courses in the breadth of the discipline
- Function in a variety of contexts with self-knowledge, resilience and
resourcefulness
- Develop communication and technological skills that will serve them in their
professions as well as their community
- Develop global awareness
Additional Outcomes for Areas of Specialization
- Perform or design with an expressive range, stylistic versatility and high level
of technical achievement (for Performers and Designers)
- Create and produce substantive, innovative and original work and to direct
students in the performance of that work (for Choreographers, Directors,
and Playwrights)
Specific Goals
- Help students get accepted to prestigious MFA programs
- Help students prepare for careers in their profession
- Help students to apply problem-solving and other creative skills that they have
developed to other careers from a wide range of interests, such as law or teaching.
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