Courses are 3 credits except as noted below.

Department required courses:

T500 Introduction to Graduate Studies (1.5 credits)

History, Theory, & Literature elective (2 Semesters @ 3 credits) See separate listing of current topics

Design required courses:

T505 or 705 Design research and Collaboration (1.5 credits)

Lighting required courses:

T646 Lighting Design Seminar (6 Semesters)—Variable Topics include 1 semester each on Color,

Collaborative Skills, Well-Crafted Plot, Timing and Movement, Five Easy Pieces, Space & Volume

T650 Lighting Design in Production (4 Semesters guided practice lighting a fully realized stage production)

T546 Stage Lighting Design (graduate level introduction to lighting design process)

T538 Vectorworks and Lightwright

T538 Figure Drawing

T538 Lighting Design Pedagogy (1.5 credits)

T700 Visual Literacy for Lighting Designers (1.5 credits)

T897 MFA Thesis (Research or Production-based thesis) (6 credits)

Electives or independent studies

Many options in the department or in the College of Arts and Sciences, maximum 5 3-credit courses over the three-year duration of the program.