A CURRICULUM EXAMINATION:
SAN JOSE STATE DRAMA PROGRAM 1929-1960
A Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of the Department of Television, Radio, Film, and Theatre
San Jose State University
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Arts
By
Lee Joseph Brooks
ABSTRACT
A CURRICULUM EXAMINATION:
SAN JOSE STATE DRAMA PROGRAM 1929-1960
by Lee Joseph Brooks
This thesis addresses the curriculum of the San Jose State Drama Program from 1929 to 1960. It examines the minor, major, credential, and graduate curricular objectives offered in the thirty-year period. It examines the number of lower and upper division, and graduate courses offered in the thirty-year period. In addition the thesis examines the change in course content, title, and description through the thirty-year period. The thesis examines how changes in the SJS Drama ProgramÕs course content and curricula indicate changes in the departmentsÕ objectives and mission. Research on this subject reveals that as new minor and major curricular objectives were added, new lower and upper division courses were added and altered to meet the curricular objectives offered by the SJS Drama Program.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1)
Introduction.............................................................................................................1
2) Objective Changes from 1930-1960......................................................................19
1940-1949 Curricular Objectives..........................................................................27
1950-1960
Curricular
Objectives..........................................................................34
3) Course Offerings 1930-1960.................................................................................37
Course Offerings 1940-1949.................................................................................45
Course Offerings 1950-1960.................................................................................51
4)
Course
Description Change from
1930-1960........................................................62
1940-1949 Course Description
Changes...............................................................76
1950-1960 Course Description Changes...............................................................92
5) Conclusion and Implications............................................................................... 111
Work Cited...........................................................................................................117
Appendix A: The SJS Drama Program Bulletins 1929-1960..............................123
Appendix B: The Number of Instructional Courses Per-Year.............................124
Appendix C: Lower and Upper Division Course Offerings................................125
Appendix D: Drama and Speech Courses...........................................................127
Appendix E: Graduate Courses Offered Per Year...............................................128
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