Program Recognition
•Bullet: Highly selective department — founding member of National Unified Auditions
Training
•Bullet: Core curriculum in production techniques, costume construction, makeup, color and design, graphic communications
•Bullet: Scenic, costume, and lighting design courses
•Bullet: Specialized courses in architecture and costume history, rendering, metalworking, rigging, carpentry, CAD
•Bullet: Director/designer collaboration coursework
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Hands-on production experience in all areas
•Bullet: Three venues: 482-seat Shanklin Theatre, May Studio Theatre, and John David Lutz Theatre Lab
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Jacob Climer '02 — MFA Carnegie Mellon; costume designer for Broadway, regional theatre, and opera •Bullet: Adela Kuehn '04 — Senior Technical Director at Walt Disney Imagineering (Shanghai Disneyland)
•Bullet: Robert Tintoc '06 — MFA UC San Diego; Production Designer at Universal Studios Hollywood
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: BS track: 120 total hours with 66 major-requirement hours built around a smaller 12-hour Design and Technology Core, versus the BFA's 15-hour core
•Bullet: Requires 9 hours of Theatre Electives plus a 21-hour Associated Study Outside of Theatre — effectively a built-in minor or secondary academic focus
•Bullet: Free Electives total 13 hours, versus 16 for the BFA (per the official degree checklist)
