# Theatre Arts (Associate in Arts)

Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Theatre Arts

Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=168

Students who complete this program should be able to:

1. Effectively use language, written and oral, and non-verbal communication in performances, critiques, and technical collaboration to facilitate theatre productions and group projects.
2. Apply research to the creative and professional process.
3. Demonstrate understanding and application of skills related to theater arts in the following areas: performance, scenography, theatre production, and theatre studies
4. Demonstrate the ability to work as an ensemble member of a theatre company by meeting professional expectations, following safe production practices, and being respectful of the opinions, feelings, and values of others.
5. Analyze global issues, moral dilemmas, cultural competencies, and social systems as encountered through work in Theatre Arts.
6. Analyze scripts and other production materials while addressing and evaluating problems and issues in making creative choices.

**Required courses**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| THART-10 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 |
| THART-11A | Introduction to Acting I | 3 |
| THART-29R | College Theatre | 3 |
| THART-12A | Advanced Studies in Acting | 3 |
| **Complete 6 units from the following:** | |  |
| ENGL-2 | Literary Fieldtrip | 1-3 |
| MCOMM-2 | Introduction to Electronic Media | 3 |
| MCOMM-4 | Beginning TV Studio Production | 3 |
| SPECH-1 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| SPECH-4R | Speech Arts Workshop | 3 |
| THART-11B | Introduction to Acting II | 3 |
| THART-12B | Intermediate Studies in Acting II | 3 |
| THART-29R | College Theatre | 1-3 |
| THART-34 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| THART-45A | Stagecraft 1 | 3 |
| THART-45B | Production and Technical Theatre I | 3 |
| **Total units required for degree major** | | **18** |

Students earning an AA/AS degree must complete a minimum of 21 units of General Education requirements and the health graduation requirement, in addition to the program units listed here. Students must complete a total of 60 degree applicable units to earn an AA or AS. Please see your counselor for additional information.