Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS › Subchapter C - HIGH SCHOOL › Section 117.326 - Technical Theatre, Level IV, Adopted 2013

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. Students may
				  fulfill fine arts and elective requirements for graduation by successfully
				  completing one or more of the following technical theatre courses: Technical
				  Theatre, Level IV, Advanced Lighting and Sound (one-half to one credit),
				  Advanced Stagecraft (one-half to one credit), Advanced Costume Construction
				  (one-half to one credit), Makeup for the Theatre (one-half to one credit),
				  Advanced Design for the Theatre (one-half to one credit), and Advanced Theatre
				  Management (one-half to one credit). A Technical Theatre, Level III course is
				  suggested as a prerequisite for Technical Theatre, Level IV courses.
(b) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of
				  dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and
				  empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These
				  disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical
				  thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive
				  functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking,
				  communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to
				  college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills,
				  and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through
				  exploration, leading to creative expression. Creativity, encouraged through the
				  study of the fine arts, is essential to nurture and develop the whole
				  child.
(2) Four basic
				  strands--foundations: inquiry and understanding; creative expression;
				  historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and
				  response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing knowledge and
				  skills students are expected to acquire. Through the foundations: inquiry and
				  understanding strand, students develop a perception of self, human
				  relationships, and the world using elements of drama and conventions of
				  theatre. Through the creative expression strand, students communicate in a
				  dramatic form, engage in artistic thinking, build positive self-concepts,
				  relate interpersonally, and integrate knowledge with other content areas in a
				  relevant manner. Through the historical and cultural relevance strand, students
				  increase their understanding of heritage and traditions in theatre and the
				  diversity of world cultures as expressed in theatre. Through the critical
				  evaluation and response strand, students engage in inquiry and dialogue, accept
				  constructive criticism, revise personal views to promote creative and critical
				  thinking, and develop the ability to appreciate and evaluate live
				  theatre.
(3) Through a variety of
				  experiences with technical theatre, Technical Theatre IV will afford students
				  the opportunity to complete a more intense study of a specific area of
				  technical theatre. Through more independent study and increased production
				  responsibilities, study in Technical Theatre IV involves the application of
				  expertise prepared for and acquired in previous theatre art studies. Students
				  explore and apply a myriad of technical theatre concepts and skills. Students
				  will exercise and develop creativity, intellectual curiosity, critical
				  thinking, problem solving, and collaborative skills. Participation and
				  evaluation in a variety of theatrical experiences will afford students
				  opportunities to develop an understanding of self and their role in the
				  world.
(4) Statements that contain
				  the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those
				  containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
				  examples.