Costume design/technical production emphasis
First year, fall semester |
Credits |
| THEA 103 Stagecraft | 3 |
| THEA 113 Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 211 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I (university core) | 3 |
| ARTF technical laboratory electives | 1 |
| Approved natural/physical science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| 16 | |
| First year, spring semester | |
| ARTH 103 or ARTH 104 Survey of Western Art or any non-Western art history | 3 |
| THEA 104 Costume Construction | 3 |
| THEA 212 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II (university core) | 3 |
| ARTF technical laboratory electives | 1 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| 16 | |
| Second year, fall semester | |
| ARTH 103 or ARTH 104 Survey of Western Art or any non-Western art history | 3 |
| THEA and THEZ 227 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup and Laboratory | 4 |
| THEA 309 History of Costumes | 3 |
| THEA 328 Draping and Patternmaking for the Theatre | 3 |
| ARTF technical laboratories | 1 |
| Electives+ | 3 |
| 17 | |
| Second year, spring semester | |
| THEA and THEZ 228 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup and Laboratory | 4 |
| THEA 310 History of Costumes | 3 |
| THEA 329 Draping and Patternmaking for the Theatre | 3 |
| UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric Workshop (university core) | 3 |
| ARTF technical laboratories | 1 |
| Electives+ | 2 |
| 16 | |
| Third year, fall semester | |
| THEA 221 Introduction to Scene Design | 3 |
| THEA 307 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 403 or 404 History of Dramatic Literature or THEA 423 or 424 Modern Drama or THEA 303 Black Theatre | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts, natural/physical science or social/behavioral science elective+ | 3 |
| Design electives* | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, spring semester | |
| THEA 229 Introduction to Lighting Design | 3 |
| THEA 308 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| Approved social/behavioral science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Design electives* | 6 |
| 15 | |
| Fourth year, fall semester † | |
| THEA 3XX or THEA 4XX upper-level theatre elective+ | 3 |
| Design electives* | 3 |
| Electives+ | 3 |
| 300- or 400-level elective+ | 3 |
| 12 | |
| Fourth year, spring semester † | |
| MATH 131 or STAT 208 (university core) | 3 |
| THEA 495 Senior Project: Portfolio Review (capstone) | 1 |
| Design electives* | 6 |
| Elective+ | 3 |
| 13 | |
| Total credits | 120 |
* Design electives are to be decided with a faculty adviser. They may include the following classes: THEA 305-306 Advanced Scene Design I-II; THEA 505 and 506 Advanced Scene Design III and IV; THEA 508 Scene Painting; THEA 321, 322 Research Techniques for Costume Design; THEA 325 Stage Management Practicum/THEA 429 Advanced Lighting Design/THEA 327 Theatrical Drafting or THEA 407 Advanced Scenic Technique. Design electives also may consist of classes in other departments of the School of the Arts such as sculpture, furniture building, jewelry, architecture and interior design.
† Students, in consultation with their adviser, may elect to have one semester of their senior year as a professional internship at an approved theater.
+ A minimum of 45 upper-level credits are needed to graduate.
Note: All costume design majors are required to work in the costume shop on the shows produced by Theatre VCU. This provides the opportunity to put into practice those skills learned in classes. Those assignments will be determined by the faculty supervisor. Students may be asked to act as a design assistant for a faculty designer or to design one aspect of one of Theatre VCUs seasons. This opportunity may be taken as a senior seminar or as a design elective.