International Theatre Experience
Overview
To prepare for the experience, the student will:
- Research the history and subject matter of the theatre experience.
- Research the location of the theatre experience.
- Explore the cross-cultural implications of participating in an international theatre experience.
- Create a personal itinerary for events at the theatre experience.
- Explore volunteering, performing, and presenting opportunities at the theatre experience.
- Explore networking opportunities with peers and industry professionals at the theatre experience.
During the experience, the student will:
- Engage critically with the programming at the theatre experience by attending workshops, seminars, lectures, and performances at the theatre experience.
- Explore opportunities for volunteering, presenting, or performing at the theatre experience.
- Complete a daily journal or video blog of experiences.
After the experience, the student will:
- Write a reflective essay and submit along with the daily journal and/or video blog of experiences.
- Compile a personal database of contacts and industry professionals from the theatre experience.
Seminar:
Prior to the experience, the students will meet at the college at assigned times to research, plan, and discuss the theatre experience.
Field experience:
Once at the destination, the students will work independently or as a group to actualize the plan that they created prior to departure. The instructor will schedule daily check-ins to support the students and help them stay on track to complete their objectives.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
| Draft and finalized event itinerary | 20% |
| Daily journal or video blog entries | 40% |
| Reflective essay | 20% |
| Participation and conduct | 20% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Research available volunteering, performing, or presenting opportunities at major international theatre experiences that occur on an annual or multi-year basis.
- Prepare for an international theatre experience, including building a budget, planning travel logistics, and researching the destination.
- Manage time on site at the international experience to maximize participation in workshops, seminars and performances.
- Consider how to respond to an international theatre experience through writing and/or the medium of video-blog.
- Forge connections with peers and industry professionals.
Course material will be selected based on the content and destination of the international experience.
Requisites
Prerequisites
No prerequisite courses.
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for PEFA 3230 |
|---|---|
| Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | ASM GEN 3XX (3) |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | No credit |
| Fraser International College (FIC) | No credit |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO THTR_O 301 (3) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU THEA 2nd (3) |
| Yorkville University (YVU) | YVU GES 2XXX (3) |