剧院文学士学位课程的学生重点是设计/技术学习场景设计，灯光设计，服装设计，声音设计，剧院技术和舞台管理。他们进一步学习了入门和高级风景和服装构造，化妆，舞台工艺品，服装工艺品，图案制作，场景绘画和剧院建筑等课程。剧院设计专业的学生用铅笔和纸草绘设计思路，然后在我们的计算机实验室中以3D形式呈现这些设计思路，将传统的舞台工艺技术与最新的计算机技术，数字图像投影和数字声音混合技术相结合。学生在幕后参与各种作品-从主要阶段的教师指导的音乐剧和戏剧到学生指导的表演，合奏和工作室，在我们的生产计划中扮演主要角色，包
Students in the BA in Theatre with emphasis in DesignTechnical study scene design, lighting design, costume design, sound design, theatre technology, and stage management. They further their studies with additional classes in beginning and advanced scenic and costume construction, makeup, stagecraft, costume crafts, pattern making, scene painting, and theatre architecture. Theatre design students sketch design ideas with pencil and paper, and render those design ideas in 3-D in our computer labs, combine traditional stagecraft techniques with state of the art computer technology, digital image projection, and digital sound mixing. Students participate behind the scenes in a variety of productions -- from main stage faculty-directed musicals and plays, to student-directed shows, ensembles and workshops, take on major roles in our production program as scenic designers, lighting designers, costume designers, sound designers, projection designers, and makeup designers, work as stage managers, carpenters, electricians, riggers, stitchers, cutters, drapers, wardrobe supervisors, props supervisors, lighting and sound board operators, followspot operators, stagehands, and crew members. Graduates work in all areas of the entertainment industry as designers, technicians, directors, teachers, Broadway producers and stage managers, theatre managers, casting agents, box office managers, and scenic artists. We have a strong network of alumni who support one another as they design and build scenery, props, and costumes, mix sound, renovate historic theatres, and work professionally backstage, behind the scenes, and behind the camera in theatre, film, and television in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and across the country.