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Design, Technology, and Performance Media Concentration

This concentration offers courses in traditional costume, scenic, lighting, and sound design, as well as projection media and design for immersive entertainment, preparing students for careers in design and technology for stage and screen. Students learn with industry-standard media servers, lighting and audio systems, scene shop and costume shop equipment, and specialty technologies such as motion capture.

Students must take the following: 18 credits

Foundational

  • CFT 100 Performance Media Collaborations - 3 credits
  • CFT 101 Entertainment Industry Employability - 1 credit
  • COM/FLM 220 Video & Film Production - 3 credits
  • CFT 401 Career Preparation - 1 credit

Oral Communication

Choose one:
  • COM 230 Public Speaking - 3 credits
    or
    THE 174 The Actor's Voice - 3 credits

Level 2 Writing Intensive

Choose one:
  • THE 265 World Performance & Culture - 3 credits
    or
    CFT 205 Media Writing - 3 credits

Capstone

Choose one:
  • THE 474 Experimental Theatre - 3 credits
    or
    FLM 440 Film & Video for Clients - 3 credits
    or
    FLM 400 ECSU Film Project - 3 credits

In addition to the 18 credits of core courses listed above, students must complete 24 credits in a concentration of specialized interest:

Foundational

  • THE 176 Fundamentals of Theatre Design - 3 credits

Disciplinary Pathway

Choose one:
  • THE 275 Technical Theatre - 3 credits
    or
    THE 278 Introduction to Costume Technology - 3 credits

Practica

Three credits from the following:
  • THE 225, THE 226, THE 227, or THE 392

Level 3 Writing Intensive

Choose one:
  • THE 351 Adaptation/Media/Performance - 3 credits
    or
    THE 364 Performance in America - 3 credits

Electives

Choose four (3 credit) courses:
  • THE 276 Scenic Design
  • THE 277 Drawing in Digital 3D
  • THE 279 Costume History
  • THE 280 Theatre Lighting Design & Technology
  • THE 281 Theatre Sound Design & Technology
  • THE 282 Scene Painting
  • THE 283 Sound Art
  • THE 285 Projection Technology & Design
  • THE 288 Stage Makeup
  • THE 345 Programming for Interactive Design
  • THE/FLM 355 Art Direction for Film
  • THE 366 Stage Management
  • THE 368 Surface Design on Fabric
  • THE 378 Costume Design
  • THE 379 Pattern Making
  • THE 385 Immersive Performance Design
  • THE 476 Theatre on Tour: Prague Quadrennial