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Green and Sumter Streets
Main Office, Room 402
Columbia, SC 29208

phone: 803.777.4288   
fax: 803.777.6669
email: theatre@sc.edu or dance@sc.edu

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Career Information

The University provides a number of resources for career planning and job seeking.

The Career Center

Possible Career Titles for Theater Majors
Acting Coach
Costumer
Media Planner
Actor
Critic
Media Salesperson
Actress
Customer Service Manager
Mediator
Admissions Director
Development Officer/Fund Raiser
Mime
Advertising/Marketing Specialist
Director
Model
Agent
Drama Coach
Movie Theater Manager
Amusement Park Entertainer
Equipment Operator
Narrator
Animal-Talent Coordinator
Facilities Manager
Negotiator/Mediator
Announcer
Foreign Correspondent
Paralegal
Art Director
Health Educator
Playwright
Booking Manager
Human Resource Specialist
Producer
Broadcast Journalist
Impersonator
Program Assistant
Business Manager
Instructor, Theater Arts
Prop Manager
Buyer
Labor Relations Specialist
Public Affairs Officer
Casting Director
Lighting Designer
Public Relations Specialist
Communication Technology Specialist
Lighting Operator
Puppeteer
Community Affairs Officer
Lobbyist
Radio/TV Announcer
Copy Writer
Magician
Recruiter
Costume Designer
Make-up Artist
Sales Representative
Exhibit/Display Designer
Faux Painter
Scene Painter
Sound Designer
Rigger
Teacher
Script Coach
Student Affairs Specialist
Theater Manager
Script Manager
Stunt Coordinator
Ticket Sales Coordinator
Special Events Coordinator
Stunt-person
Tour Guide
Stage Manager
Talent Manager
Tourism Director
Stand-In
Talent Scout
Training & Development Specialist
Video Store Manager
Draftsman
Set Designer
Writer/Editor

The Career Center serves as a comprehensive career information center providing programs to enhance the career development of college-bound high school students, currently enrolled students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The Career Center provides counseling and testing to assist students in career clarification along with opportunities to gain career-related experience, explore career goals, develop marketable skills and make contact with employers for part and full-time employment.

The College of Arts and Sciences Career Development Program

What do arts and sciences majors do when they graduate? The range of possibilities may be surprising! Arts and sciences graduates develop valuable skills for today's and tomorrow's job market. Skills such as reasoning, analysis, evaluation, synthesizing complex information, decision-making, and oral and written communication make arts and sciences students flexible and versatile employees for the new millennium.

Given the wide variety of career choices after graduation, career planning is critical for arts and sciences students. They must begin the career planning process early in their college careers by exploring their interests, skills, personality and values, researching career options, developing job search skills and gaining practical experience to prepare them for the workplace.

Websites with Career Information or Job Listings in Theatre and Dance