Scene 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 | 2 |
| Approved natural/physical science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| 17 | |
| First year, spring semester | |
| THEA 104 Costume Construction | 3 |
| THEA 212 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II (university core) | 3 |
| ARTF technical laboratory electives | 2 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts, natural/physical science or social/behavioral science elective+ | 3 |
| 17 | |
| Second year, fall semester | |
| ARTH 103 or 104 Survey of Western Art or any non-Western art history | 3 |
| MATH 131 or STAT 208 (university core) | 3 |
| THEA 221 Introduction to Scene Design | 3 |
| THEA 223 Practicum in Theatre Technology or THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology* | 3 |
| Design electives** | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Second year, spring semester | |
| ARTH 103 or ARTH 104 Survey of Western Art or any non-Western art history | 3 |
| THEA 224 Practicum in Theatre Technology or THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology* | 3 |
| THEA 229 Introduction to Lighting Design | 3 |
| UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric (university core) | 3 |
| Design electives** | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, fall semester | |
| THEA 227 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup | 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 |
| THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology* | 3 |
| 12 | |
| Third year, spring semester | |
| THEA 228 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup | 3 |
| THEA 308 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology* | 3 |
| Approved social/behavioral science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Design electives** | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Fourth year, fall semester† | |
| THEA 3XX or THEA 4XX upper-level theatre elective+ | 3 |
| Design electives** | 3 |
| Electives+ | 6 |
| 300- or 400-level electives+ | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Fourth year, spring semester† | |
| THEA 495 Senior Project: Portfolio Review (capstone) | 1 |
| Design electives** | 6 |
| Electives+ | 7 |
| 14 | |
| Total credits | 120 |
* Practicum courses consist of working in the Scene Shop under the supervision of the technical director during the second and third years. This requirement may be accompanied by morning teaching sessions in the skills required.
** Design electives are to be chosen with advice from your 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. Electives also may consist of classes from 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 scenic design majors are required to work in the Scene 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 VCU’s seasons. This opportunity may be taken as a senior seminar or as a design elective.