Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog
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THEA 246 - Women in Performance


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3A
Roots of roles women artists play in U.S. culture; traditional gender-based performance forms; and, the female body in theatre. Includes some women artists of Europe, Africa, and Pacific Rim who have influenced or been influenced by U.S. culture.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3A - Arts
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. write about how women in theatre throughout U.S. history have dealt with issues of enduring human concern to create stimulating performance
  2. identify important, contemporary women performers, including their work and its effect in shaping and changing attitudes towards women in U.S. society and around the world
  3. discuss how women’s issues have arisen, been portrayed, and resulted in change in differing intellectual and cultural traditions


GE-3A. Arts Learning Outcomes
  1. Evaluate the impact of the arts on their life.
  2. Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the arts.
  3. Describe the ways that diverse identities influence the creation and experience of art.
  4. Identify the role of art in diverse settings.



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