Technical Design and Production
Plan of Study
Year One
TD&P Seminar
Structural Design for the Stage
Electricity
Production Planning
Theater Safety and Health Culture and Technology
Shop Technology
Stage Rigging Techniques
Drafting I
Technical Design I
Professional Development for Technical Managers
Two electives. (one per term)
Three production assignments.
Year Two
Survey of Theater and Drama
TD&P Seminar
Physics of Stage Machinery
Technical Management I
Technical Management II
Technical Design II
Technical Writing
Five electives. (three in the fall, two in the spring)
Three production assignments.*
Year Three
TD&P Seminar
Technical Design and Production Thesis
Six terms of elective sequence courses‡
Seven electives (three in the fall, four in the spring)
Two production assignments.*
Electives Offered
Electives are determined in consultation with a faculty adviser and allow each student reasonable flexibility in selecting courses in the student’s chosen area of concentration.
Welding Technology
Mechanical Instrumentation
Costume Construction
History of Theater Architecture
Sound Engineering and Design
Costume Production
Fabric and Fabric Manipulation
Hydraulics and Pneumatics
Automation Control
Theater Planning and Construction
Projection Engineering
Patternmaking
Mechanical Design for Theater Applications
Programming Industrial Automation Systems
Theater Engineering: Lighting, Sound, Video, and Communication Systems
Safety Risk Management and Health in Theater
Advanced Rigging Techniques
Autodesk Inventor
Properties Design and Construction
Advanced Structural Design for the Stage
Systems Integration for Live Entertainment
Theater Engineering: Overhead Rigging and Stage Machinery
Architectural Acoustics
Independent Study
Commercial Scenery Production
Costume Seminar
Theater Planning Seminar
Common Electives in Other Departments
Functions of Leadership: Organizational Direction
Functions of Leadership: Motivation and Organizational Design
Managing People
Strategic Planning in Practice
Law and the Arts
Scene Painting
Managing the Production Process