Performance, Arts, & Technology (B.A.): Social Justice and Activism

Program Description

Performing Arts students master their crafts under practicing professionals and have numerous opportunities to perform throughout the year in NVU-Johnson productions and ensembles. 

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will develop the communication skills required for leadership and collaboration in the performing arts. These skills include: engaged listening to others, learning to place seemingly random ideas into organized categories, and the ability to verbally articulate one’s own ideas clearly and with confidence.      
2. Students will identify and analyze historical moments that had an impact on performance and performance art globally and domestically in order to incorporate elements of them into their own work.  
3. Students will analyze, critic, and interpret classical and contemporary performance pieces related to their concentration.   
4. Students will be able to manage a long-term project relevant to their concentration.    
5. Through resume building, portfolio building, audition assessments, drafting budgets and technical riders, and internship opportunities, students will demonstrate professionalism.