The program has recently expanded to require a sophomore review of the students art, as well as a senior show. Graduates continue to find career employment or enter graduate studies. A new humanities building is anticipated for completion in fall 2001, which will house the art faculty and provide studio and gallery space. In addition, studio space in the Atlantic Center has been made available for instructional and scholarly creative projects. The dramatic arts degree, implemented in 1990, continues to provide students with knowledge of the historical and cultural dimensions of theater and an understanding of critical methods for evaluating theater and related arts.
Students gain skills in theater techniques and production processes.
The program includes four required practicums of participation in theater productions, as well as a theater capstone project which demonstrates, through research documentation and public exhibitions, a significant proficiency in one or more theatrical elements. Since the program s implementation, one full-time faculty member has been added to the program. Since 1995, the program has averaged an enrollment of 40 students. A new musical theatre major, implemented in Fall 1999, provides additional curricular and performing opportunities to dramatic arts majors. Wheelwright Auditorium offers an 800-seat performance facility, which was renovated in 1999 to upgrade the lobby, seating, flooring, stage, and orchestra pit.