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Actors Conservatory Certificate of Achievement (CA)

About the Program

The Actors Conservatory at Las Positas College seeks to inspire and prepare students for a life as performing artists. The Actors Conservatory foundational belief is that inspired, trained and professional actors will be leaders in the next generation of artists, passionately advocating for theater as a precious art form and viable trade skill. The Conservatory challenges students to find their personal truth, inner strength, and outer artists, enriching their own career path and the communities and stages around them.

Career Opportunities

Typical job opportunities include actor or performer in stage, television, or film, and digital media. This program also lines up with many of the foundation courses needed for an Associate for Degree for Transfer (AD-T) in Theater

Program Outcomes

• Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to apply the learned techniques of acting in a public performance of various genres of
  theater, or other types of personal creative work, synthesizing acting, movement, and vocal skills into a truthful theater performance.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Actors Conservatory, students are able to integrate an understanding of the history of theater and
  theatrical text into performance using character construction, physicality and vocal nuance.
• Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to demonstrate a professional work ethic within a professional framework of collaboration
  in rehearsal and performance.
• Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to exhibit a portfolio of academic and performance work through engagement and
  experiences aimed at a deeper and more profound understanding of the craft of theater and the cultural importance of the art form.

Learning and Career Pathway Maps

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Required Core: (47 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
KIN FNE1	Fencing - Epee 1	1
MUS 21A	Beginning Piano	1
MUS 23A	Elementary Voice	1
THEA 1	Conservatory Readiness	1
THEA 1A	Theory/Practice of Acting I	3
THEA 1B	Theory/Practice of Acting II	3
THEA 3A	Beginning Improvisation	3
THEA 3B	Intermediate Improvisation	3
THEA 4	Modern American Theater	3
THEA 10	Introduction to Dramatic Arts	3
THEA 25	Fundamentals of Stage Speech	3
THEA 39A	Musical Theater Workshop - Beginning	3
THEA 39B	Musical Theater Workshop - Intermediate	3
THEA 53	Script Analysis	3
THEA 54	Shakespeare Through Performance	3
THEA 55	Movement for the Actor	1
THEA 56	Acting for the Camera	3
THEA 58	Stage Combat	2
THEA 59	Acting for the Camera II/Voice Over	3
THEA 60	Business of Acting	1

List A: Select Two (6 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
THEA 5	Theater for Young Audiences	3
THEA 31A	Drama Workshop - Beginning	3
THEA 31B	Drama Workshop - Intermediate	3
THEA 47A	Performance in Production: Introduction to Live Performance	3
THEA 47B	Performance in Production: Beginning	3
THEA 47C	Performance in Production: Intermediate	3
THEA 57A	Performance in Production - Introduction to Musical Theater	3
THEA 57B	Performance in Production -Beginning Musical Theater	3
THEA 57C	Performance in Production -Intermediate Musical Theater	3

List B: Select One (3 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
THEA 48A	Technical Theater in Production - Beginning	3
THEA 57A	Performance in Production - Introduction to Musical Theater	3
THEA 57B	Performance in Production -Beginning Musical Theater	3
THEA 57C	Performance in Production -Intermediate Musical Theater	3

List C: Select Two (2 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
DANC 1	Introduction to Dance	1
DANC 2A	Jazz Dance Fundamentals/Beginning	1
DANC 3A	Ballet Fundamentals/Beginning	1
DANC 4A	Modern/Contemporary Dance A	1

List D: Select Two (3-4 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
MUS 44	Concert Choir	1
MUS 45	Chamber Choir	2
MUS 46	Vocal Jazz Ensemble	2

Total Units: 61-62

*Please note, THEA 57A, 57B, and 57C may each only be used once, either in List A or List B.