Date of Award
Spring 2022
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Department
Theatre and Dance
First Advisor
Kristy Hall
Abstract
This thesis is a self-reflection on time in the three-year Master of Fine Arts in Theater program at the University of South Carolina, during the 2020 rise of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the years after. It is a chronologically structured examination of two years of academic experiences, both prior to and during the pandemic, and one year of professionally application experience post-pandemic. The academics cover course experiences to production assignments and design opportunities, going into detail on the student’s process and thoughts at the time. The reflections on professional experience discuss the student’s future goals and how they have evolved since starting their program of study. Covering not only the educational experience but time in the post-pandemic professional world, it discusses the impact of both on the student’s views on the industry, academia, and their own place within both.
Rights
© 2022, Campbell Childers
Recommended Citation
Childers, C.(2022). “Zoom Degrees”: A Reflection on Education and Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic of the 2020s. (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6655