Statement from Dean Robert Bucker Regarding Summer Session 2009
The current economic crisis has severely impacted the California State University system and Cal State Northridge, forcing us to restrict the number of students we can enroll in Academic Year 2009/10, which begins with the summer 2009 semester. As the state economy worsened after the budget compromise was forged, the Chancellor’s office for the CSU alerted campuses to the possibility of additional budget shortfalls. Campuses were asked to employ a variety of strategies to meet but not exceed revised enrollment targets.
For this reason, MCCAMC summer enrollment was lowered prior to summer registration by canceling a number of classes to assist in meeting the College's reduced enrollment target. The College made this reduction in summer courses to preserve enrollment for the rest of the 2009/2010 academic year. However every effort is being made to accommodate graduating seniors who require six or less units to complete their degree during summer 2009.
Wm Robert Bucker
Dean, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication
Welcome
The Department of Theatre is located in Nordhoff Hall on the southwest corner of the California State University, Northridge campus in suburban Los Angeles.
There are three theatres where four to seven productions are mounted each semester.
The department has 10 full time faculty, 7 professional staff, and approximately 12 to 15 part time faculty who serve over 200 undergraduate and graduate theatre majors.
BackStage Magazine ranked CSUN as one of the top nine university programs in the nation that were "the most effective and offer a unique approach to the college-professional connection," noting the department is "ideally situated for finding internships in the Industry".
Mission Statement
Within the context of a broad-based liberal arts education, the Bachelor of Arts in theatre at California State University, Northridge offers an integrative, balanced program of studies that prepares students to enter the field of theatre, to undertake specialized graduate study, or to draw upon their theatre education in other fields and pursuits. The Master of Arts Program provides a broad-based education in theatre preparing the student for theatre related careers and for further study in theatre history, literature, and theory.
We emphasize the power of imagination, passion, discipline, and collaboration in theatre. Central to our mission, our production curriculum provides not only a laboratory for theatre instruction but a dynamic and multifaceted outreach component that enables the Department both to draw upon and serve all segments of the larger community. The Department of Theatre is committed to diversity in all areas and to international education. We believe a systematic study of theatre in its many aspects can impart lifelong skills in creative problem-solving, effective teamwork, and interpersonal communications.
Accreditation
National Association of Schools of Theatre
NAST, founded in 1965, establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials. It is the national accrediting agency for theatre and theatre-related disciplines.
NAST is an association of approximately 150 schools of theatre, primarily at the collegiate level, but also including postsecondary non-degree-granting schools of theatre.
The Association also provides information to the public. It produces statistical research, provides professional development for leaders of theatre schools, and engages in policy analysis.
