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No PrescreenNo AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

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AAS Technical Theater

Scenic Construction, Lighting, and Media Technology Specialization

ProgramOfficial Program Page

Program snapshot

Admissions

No PrescreenNo AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Training

60-credit Associate of Applied Science in Technical Theater specialization focused on scenic construction, lighting, and media technology.

Coursework includes stagecraft, lighting technology and design, scenic design, scenic painting, live media technology, rigging, automation, and technical production.

Entertainment Technologies topic covers drafting practices and entertainment industry CAD tools; Technical Production II topics include a Scenic & Props Lab and a Lighting & Sound Lab

Professional Development

Designed for students seeking employment as riggers, scenic carpenters, scenic painter assistants, electricians, board operators, multimedia specialists, or audio/video equipment technicians.

Academic Cooperative in Production Management places students as interns with community partners or as departmental production managers

Degree Flexibility

Includes workforce core curriculum while preserving an option to transfer to a four-year institution.

School info

Snapshot

Grad rate

20%

Enrollment

30.2K

Earnings

$43K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$2,550

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$12,570

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$27,398

Before aid

Average net price

$6,390

After aid

Cost Of Attendance · students.austincc.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated 3d ago

Program Highlights

Training

60-credit Associate of Applied Science in Technical Theater specialization focused on scenic construction, lighting, and media technology.

Coursework includes stagecraft, lighting technology and design, scenic design, scenic painting, live media technology, rigging, automation, and technical production.

Entertainment Technologies topic covers drafting practices and entertainment industry CAD tools; Technical Production II topics include a Scenic & Props Lab and a Lighting & Sound Lab

Professional Development

Designed for students seeking employment as riggers, scenic carpenters, scenic painter assistants, electricians, board operators, multimedia specialists, or audio/video equipment technicians.

Academic Cooperative in Production Management places students as interns with community partners or as departmental production managers

Degree Flexibility

Includes workforce core curriculum while preserving an option to transfer to a four-year institution.

Program Highlights

Training

60-credit Associate of Applied Science in Technical Theater specialization focused on scenic construction, lighting, and media technology.

Coursework includes stagecraft, lighting technology and design, scenic design, scenic painting, live media technology, rigging, automation, and technical production.

Entertainment Technologies topic covers drafting practices and entertainment industry CAD tools; Technical Production II topics include a Scenic & Props Lab and a Lighting & Sound Lab

Professional Development

Designed for students seeking employment as riggers, scenic carpenters, scenic painter assistants, electricians, board operators, multimedia specialists, or audio/video equipment technicians.

Academic Cooperative in Production Management places students as interns with community partners or as departmental production managers

Degree Flexibility

Includes workforce core curriculum while preserving an option to transfer to a four-year institution.

Key Info

Enrollment Term

Fall 2027

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Good to Know

Application Logistics

Apply through ACC's online application as a traditional credit student; there is no separate technical theater application or audition portal.

Admissions are rolling.

Returning credit students in a credit degree or certificate program do not reapply; they meet with an advisor before registering.

Program Structure

This award is listed in ACC's 2026-2027 College Credit Catalog under Technical Theater or Drama.

Students should consult a Drama or Technical Theater advisor when planning their course sequence and transfer or career goals.

What's The Process

No Admission Audition

ACC does not list an admission audition, prescreen, interview, or portfolio review for this Drama award.

Students apply through the college application and follow advising or award-plan guidance after admission.

Scholarship review is separate from admission and only applies if you pursue eligible ACC Dance & Drama scholarships.

Scholarship Info

Scholarship Options

Boyd Vance Scholarship supports eligible African-American students enrolling in the ACC Dance or Drama program.

Dance & Drama Freshman Scholarship supports incoming freshmen enrolling as dance or drama majors who graduated high school within the last two years and have not transferred from another college or university.

Dance & Drama Scholarship supports enrolled Dance or Drama majors after 12 ACC credits, including two drama and/or dance courses.

Selection Criteria

Awards consider scholastic merit, artistic promise, and financial need.

Freshman scholarship requires a minimum 2.5 high school GPA or equivalent.

Dance & Drama Scholarship requires a minimum 2.5 college GPA; students with 3.0 GPAs are prioritized.

Timeline

ACC's scholarship general application opens January 15 and closes May 1.

Award notifications are sent by email in August.

School info

Snapshot

Grad rate

20%

Enrollment

30.2K

Earnings

$43K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$2,550

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$12,570

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$27,398

Before aid

Average net price

$6,390

After aid

Cost Of Attendance · students.austincc.edu College Scorecard

Training

60-credit Associate of Applied Science in Technical Theater specialization focused on scenic construction, lighting, and media technology.

Coursework includes stagecraft, lighting technology and design, scenic design, scenic painting, live media technology, rigging, automation, and technical production.

Entertainment Technologies topic covers drafting practices and entertainment industry CAD tools; Technical Production II topics include a Scenic & Props Lab and a Lighting & Sound Lab

Professional Development

Designed for students seeking employment as riggers, scenic carpenters, scenic painter assistants, electricians, board operators, multimedia specialists, or audio/video equipment technicians.

Academic Cooperative in Production Management places students as interns with community partners or as departmental production managers

Degree Flexibility

Includes workforce core curriculum while preserving an option to transfer to a four-year institution.

Updated 3d ago