Theatre Arts Associate in Art for Transfer

Theatre Arts is the study of the creative, historical, technical, and cultural aspects of performance. Career paths chosen by students pursuing undergraduate studies in Theatre Arts commonly include performance, education, design, and communication. Careers in the discipline that generally require graduate-level degrees include dramatic criticism and education. Even students who choose not to major in Theatre Arts find that coursework in the field can improve their ability to communicate, problem solve, speak publicly, build self-confidence, and work successfully both collaboratively and independently.  College of the Desert’s Theatre Arts curriculum includes course offerings that provide a general overview and history of the discipline, training in acting, makeup, design, technical production, and script analysis. 

Semester 1

Course Code	Title	Units
TA 001	Introduction to Theatre	3
TA 002	Acting I	3
TA 020 or TA 021 or TA 022 or TA 030	Play Production - Acting or Technical Theatre Production	1-3
ENG 001A	English Composition	4
CSU GE Area A1	Oral Communication	3

 

Semester 2

Course Code	Title	Units
Theatre Arts	List A	3
CSU GE Area A3	Critical Thinking	3
CSU GE Area B1	Physical Sciences	3-4
CSU GE Area B4	Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning	3-5
CSU GE Area C1	Arts	3

Semester 3

Course Code	Title	Units
Theatre Arts	List A	3
CSU GE Area B2	Life Sciences	3-4
HIST 017 or 018	U.S. History	3
PS 001	Introduction to Government	3
CSU GE Area C1 or C2	Arts or Humanities	3

Semester 4

Course Code	Title	Units
Theatre Arts	List A	3
CSU GE Area D	Social & Behavioral Sciences	3
CSU GE Area E	Lifelong Learning & Self-Development	3
CSU GE Area F	Ethnic Sciences	3

Please see a Counselor if you need help selecting CSU GE or IGETC GE courses.

CSU GE Courses

Theatre Arts List A courses