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Department of Theatre and Dance
MFA PROGRAM OF STUDY
The Master of Fine Arts Degree with emphasis in
LIGHTING DESIGN
A three-year program (63 credits)
1. Required Core of Lighting Design Courses 24 credits
2. Required Critical and Supportive Studies 21 credits
3. Skills Courses 15 credits
4. Thesis Preparation 3 credits
63 credits
Other requirements for the MFA degree:
* A thesis must be accepted by the MFA Advisory Committee and by the
Graduate School.
* A comprehensive examination must be passed.
* All course work must be at the 500 level or above; and one-half
of the course work,
exclusive of thesis preparation, must be at the 700 level or above.
* A professional internship must be completed successfully.
Required Lighting Design Courses: 24 credits
The Lighting Design Student is required to take the following
required courses:
588 Advanced Stage Lighting Design I
589 Advanced Stage Lighting Design II
788 Professional Lighting Design Practices I
789 Professional Lighting Design Practices II
721 Lighting Design Practicum I
721 Lighting Design Practicum II
790 Professional Lighting Design Internship
Critical and Supportive Studies: 21 credits
710 Graduate Design Studio
??? Text Analysis
759 Design Motifs (Period Styles)
778 Director’s Workshop I
The Lighting Design Student must take 9 credits from among the following
3-credit courses:
567 Dramatic Theory I
568 Dramatic Theory II
556 Scene Design
582 Costume Design
761 Studies in Theatre History
765 Staging in the Non-Traditional Theatre
Skills Courses: 15 credits
The Lighting Design Student is required to take a total of 15
credits from among the following 3-credit courses:
510 Rendering Techniques for the Theatre
553 Advanced Stagecraft
554 Theatre Safety
??? Model Building
731 Technical Drawing for the Theatre
732 Computer-Assisted Design for the Theatre
733 Computer Imaging for the Theatre
University Requirement: 3 credits
799 Thesis Preparation
Sample Program of Study: Lighting Design
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First Semester
*** Pre-Semester Teaching Workshop
710 Graduate Design Studio
797 Text Analysis
731 Technical Drawing
589 Advanced Stage Lighting Design II
Second Semester
732 Computer-Assisted Design
796 Advanced Stage Lighting Design III
??? Critical or Supportive Studies Elective
721 Practicum
Third Semester
788 Professional Lighting Design Practices I
733 Computer Imaging for the Theatre
721 Practicum
??? Critical or Supportive Studies Elective
Fourth Semester
789 Professional Lighting Design Practices II
582 Costume Design
721 Practicum
778 Director’s Workshop I
Fifth Semester
759 Design Motifs (Period Styles)
556 Scene Design
??? A Possibility of six more credits of electives in this semester
Sixth Semester
790 Professional Internship
THSP 799: "Thesis Preparation" (3) will be elected during
the appropriate semesters.
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