None
Fall and Spring
Develop a method for generating lighting design ideas from a script and communicating those ideas in an actionable format through observation, play analysis, practical exercises and paper projects. Requires work on departmental productions.
Students completing THTR 286 should have the necessary skills to work as a lighting designer on a Dance piece or a Studio Series production.
THTR 286: Introduction to Lighting Design
THTR 372 - Drafting II: Computer Aided Design for Theatre
Fall or Spring TBD
Continued study of lighting design in a variety of performance mediums, emphasizing collaboration and communication, developing drafting and 3D rendering skills, and improving visual acuity.
Students completing THTR 286 should have the necessary skills to work as a lighting designer on a Mainstage Theater production.
THTR 386: Intermediate Lighting Design
THTR 372 - Drafting II: Computer Aided Design for Theatre
Fall or Spring TBD
Students completing THTR 286 should have the necessary skills to work as a lighting designer on a Mainstage Musical or Major Opera
THTR 286: Introduction to Lighting Design
THTR 372 - Drafting II: Computer Aided Design for Theatre
Every other Spring Semester
Learn the tools and skills necessary to work with the latest technologies in entertainment lighting design and to manage the responsibilities of the lighting department in an entertainment venue or touring production through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experiences.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
Spring or Fall
Advance theoretical lighting design projects. Production problems and their solutions. Specific designers, past and present. May be repeated once for credit. Requires consent of instructor.