Lighting design/technical production emphasis
| First year, fall semester | Credits |
| THEA 103 Stagecraft | 3 |
| THEA 113 Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 121 Introduction to Drawing | 2 |
| THEA 211 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I (university core) | 3 |
| 14 | |
| First year, spring semester | |
| MATH 131 or STAT 208 (university core) | 3 |
| THEA 122 Color Theory | 2 |
| THEA 212 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| THEA and THEZ 229 Introduction to Lighting Design and Laboratory | 4 |
| UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II (university core) | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Second year, fall semester | |
| ARTH 103 or 104 Survey of Western Art | 3 |
| THEA 221 Introduction to Scene Design | 3 |
| THEA and THEZ 225 Basic Stage Electronics – Lighting and Laboratory | 4 |
| THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology | 3 |
| Elective+ | 3 |
| 16 | |
| Second year, spring semester | |
| THEA 104 Costume Construction | 3 |
| THEA 324 Practicum in Advanced Stage Lighting | 3 |
| UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric Workshop (university core) | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts, natural/physical science or social/behavioral science elective+ | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, fall semester | |
| THEA 227 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup | 3 |
| THEA 307 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 323 Practicum in Advanced Theatre Technology | 3 |
| THEA 327 Theatrical Drafting | 3 |
| THEA 403 or 404 History of Dramatic Literature or THEA 423 or 424 Modern Drama or THEA 303 Black Theatre | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, spring semester | |
| SPCH 121 Effective Speech | 3 |
| THEA 228 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup | 3 |
| THEA 308 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 324 Practicum in Advanced Stage Lighting | 3 |
| Approved social/behavioral science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Design elective* | 3 |
| 18 | |
| Fourth year, fall semester † | |
| THEA and THEZ 429 Advanced Lighting Design and Laboratory | 4 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts, natural/physical science or social/behavioral science elective+ | 3 |
| Approved natural/physical science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| Electives+ | 4 |
| 14 | |
| Fourth year, spring semester † | |
| THEA 495 Senior Project: Portfolio Review (capstone) | 1 |
| THEA 3XX or THEA 4XX upper-level theatre electives+ | 3 |
| Design electives* | 6 |
| Electives+ | 3 |
| 13 | |
| Total credits | 120 |
* Design electives are to be decided with a faculty adviser.
†Students, in consultation with their adviser, may elect to have one semester of their senior year as a professional internship at an approved theatre.
+ A minimum of 45 upper-level credits are needed to graduate.
Note: All lighting design majors are required to work 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 significantly contribute to one or more assignments for Theatre VCU’s seasons. This opportunity may be taken as a senior seminar or as a design elective.