Lighting Design Concentration
The lighting designer’s primary responsibility is to develop conceptual and artistic ideas that will be used to guide the design of the lighting for a production.
As a member of the design team, the lighting designer has a significant impact on the visual unity of a production and is responsible for producing the light plot and all related paperwork. Working with the director, the other designers, and other members of the production staff, the lighting designer develops a cohesive design that supports the other aspects of design for the production and helps to create and define the environment of the production.
In addition to meeting General Education requirements and other degree requirements, all undergraduate theatre design/technology majors concentrating in lighting design must complete the following requirements (98 credits). ACT 1250 (freshman year) and ACT 2100 may be counted toward the liberal arts requirement (30 credits minimum) for the BFA.
Freshman Year: 25 credits
The freshman year requirements are the same for all undergraduate theatre design/technology majors.
Sophomore Year: 29 credits
- TDT 2080/Theatre Technology I/ 3 credits
- TDT 2120/Production II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2400/Lighting Design I*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2440/Rendering and Graphic Techniques*/ 2 credits
- TDT 2540/Sources of Stage Design/ 3 credits
- TDT 3700/CAD for the Theatre/ 3 credits
- ACT 2100/History of the Theatre/ 4 credits
- TDT 2130/Production II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2410/Lighting Design I*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2460/Rendering and Graphic Techniques*/ 2 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Junior Year: 26 credits
- TDT 2200/Scene Design I/ 3 credits
- TDT 3120/Production III*/ 3 credits
- TDT 3400/Lighting Design II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 3520/Vector Works/ 3 credits
- TDT 2501/Sound Design I/3 credits**
**Formerly TDT2500/ Intro to Sound Design. Effective Fall 2024, changed from 2 to 3 credits.
*Part One and Two (two semester course)
- TDT 3130/Production III*/ 3 credits
- TDT 3410/Lighting Design II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 3720/Computer Graphics and Techniques/ 3 credits
- TDT 4460/Collaborative Process/ 2 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Senior Year: 19 credits
- TDT 2300/Costume Design I/ 3 credits
- TDT 2600/Introduction to Stage Management/ 3 credits
- TDT 4120/Production IV*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4400/Lighting Design III*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4130/Production IV*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4410/Lighting Design III*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4880/Portfolio/ 1 credit
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)