Program: Theatre (MA, MFA)
Degree: Master's
Date: Tue Oct 09, 2012 - 3:10:59 pm
1) Below are your program's student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.
MA Theatre Plan A (thesis)
1. Student demonstrates in-depth knowledge in Western or Asian Theory/History.
2. Student demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of chosen area of specialization of Theatre scholarship.
3. Student demonstrates original research and thought by conducting an independent research project resulting in a written thesis.
MA Theatre Plan B
1. Student demonstrates good working knowledge in each of the five major areas of Drama and Theatre: Western Theory/History; Asian Theatre; Technical Theatre/Design; Acting/Directing; and Youth Theatre, with one of these areas forming an elective focus
2. Students can create and demonstrate informed and personal artistic choices in coursework and productions (i.e, design, directing, acting, etc.).
MFA Theatre
1. Student demonstrates the professional competence to function successfully in the artistic concentration of the degree track
2. Students can create and demonstrate informed and personal artistic choices in coursework and productions in the artistic concentration of the degree track
3. Student can demonstrate broad knowledge of the context and functioning of related theatrical artistic areas to that of the chosen artistic concentration.
4. Students demonstrate, through portfolio review, preparedness to enter and compete within the chosen degree track area, professionally and/or academically.
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: http://hawaii.edu/theatre/graduate/GradTheatreSLOs2009.pdf
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: Other: Other: 3) Select one option:
- File (03/16/2020)
4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.
0% 1-50% 51-80% 81-99%
100%5) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning the curriculum to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys or tests, etc.)
Yes No (skip to question 14)6) For the period June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.
MA: How well the student in question demonstrated achievement of the MA (A) SLOs.
MFA: How well thesis work demonstrated the achievement of the targeted SLOs.
What are the students’ perceptions of their own achievement of the program outcomes?
7) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #6.
MA plan A
4-hour Comprehensive Exam including a question in the focus area, and a special question specially devised for the candidate which related to candidate’s special interest within the focal area.
Oral Defense of the Comprehensive Exam with Advisor and 2 committee members.
Written Thesis submitted to the Committee only and defended in a special Oral Exam with the committee only present with the candidate.
MFA
After forming a committee, students prepared qualifying projects in their area, which is evaluated by the committee.
Proposals for culminating creative project were valuated by the respective committees*.
After the creative projects were implemented, the students prepared a written component. The projects were then evaluated by the committee in an oral defense. In certain concentrations, such as directing, students involved in the production also fill out confidential evaluations of the production process.
All graduating MFA students in 2010-2011 were given an online survey in which students rated their achievement of the program outcomes.
*Note that MFA degrees in Acting, Asian Performance-Acting, and Design are based upon a cumulative set of thesis projects.
8) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
MA: 1 student defended a thesis proposal, took and defended comphrensive exams, wrote a final thesis, and defended it.
MFA: 13 graduate students (5 survey respondents)
9) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)
Course instructor(s) Faculty committee Ad hoc faculty group Department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Faculty advisor Advisors (in student support services) Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean/Director Other: 10) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)
Used a rubric or scoring guide Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) Compiled survey results Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored the nursing licensing exam) Other: 11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.
MA committee members discussed the results in private portion of final committee meeting.
MFA: After MFA committee meetings in Fall and Spring, area faculty (grouped by MFA concentration) consulted and recommended changes for the future, many of which have already been implemented, or are being worked on by the departmental curriculum committee.
MFA Exit Surveys: (5 choices ranging from Extremely Well (5) to Poorly (1)
Learning Outcome #1: Average 4.17
#2: Average: 4.17
#3: Average: 4.17
#4 Average: 3.50
Faculty used student comments on these surveys, thesis project evaluations, and defenses before thesis committees as evidence to implement the changes detailed in question #12.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
MA Degree:
Regarding SLO #3 (Student demonstrates original research and thought by conducting an independent research project resulting in a written thesis), faculty are in the planning stages for an annual research symposium requiring PhD students to present their research in a conference-style setting.
We now require Graduate Student Annual Progress Forms (provided by the Grad Division) to be completed for every graduate student enrolled in the program in the spring semester of the academic year. For those students making unsatisfactory progress, we will send a copy of the form to the Graduate Records Office.
MFA Degrees
Curricular changes are underway in many areas:
1. we are hoping to create a graduate level course on world indigenous theatre.
2. For the MFA in Playwriting we are short a course. The catalogue reads 9 credits of playwriting excluding 318. We currently offer only 6 credits (418 & 619). We are working on a proposal for a 600 level collaborative playwriting studio that will fix the lack of offerings
3. In design, we are working on a revision of the teaching rotation, so that the design and technology courses are not competing with each other for enrollment. We will resume our conversation about design area revisions in spring 2013, when Joe Dodd, Head of Design, returns from sabbatical.
4. Acting will re-implement the MFA showcase/jury, perhaps in conjunction with Design program, to assist in portfolio/audition preparation and assessment.
5. Theatre for Young Audiences is revising its grad handbook.
We now require Graduate Student Annual Progress Forms (provided by the Grad Division) to be completed for every graduate student enrolled in the program in the spring semester of the academic year. For those students making unsatisfactory progress, we will send a copy of the form to the Graduate Records Office.
13) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries?
This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, program aspects and so on.
n/a