The Design/Tech BFA program prepares candidates for entry-level positions in the areas of design, management, technology and craft professions in theatre and other parts of the entertainment industry. Upon completing this program, some students advance to graduate-level professional training at a variety of institutions throughout the country. Undergraduate Design/Tech majors have the opportunity to study and work in all areas, including Scenery Design, Construction & Rigging, Costume Design and Construction, Lighting Design, Properties Design & Construction, and Sound Design. Course work combines with practical work on CRT productions.  Advanced undergraduates with particular promise often serve as assistant designers or designers for CRT Studio Works productions.  Outstanding undergraduates have even worked as principal designers of CRT Mainstage productions. 

Informal assessments by the Design/Technical faculty in the student's freshman and sophomore years are helpful in providing feedback, sharpening focus and encouraging candidates with demonstrated aptitude to continue in the program.
Junior and senior BFA Design/Tech majors participate in portfolio reviews at the end of each semester and are encouraged to enter U/RTA (University and Regional Theatre Association) Final Competitions in New York City in January to compete for positions in Professional Regional Theatres and member graduate school programs throughout the country.
Course of Study for the BFA in Design/Tech
Unlike many fields of study in which students take few courses in their major during their early semesters, BFA Dramatic Arts Students begin intensive training in their chosen field immediately upon entering UConn. In a BFA program, approximately two-thirds of your college courses are in your chosen field of study. Most of the remaining credits you will take constitute the university's General Education Requirements in writing, math, history, humanities, science and social science. You will take from one to three general education courses per semester, depending on your semester standing.
The following is a list of the actual dramatic arts courses you will take in order to complete your BFA in Design/Tech.

ALL of the courses from the following list are required for completion of the BFA in Dramatic Arts:
DRAM 1102 (108) Fundaments of Theatrical Design
DRAM 1201 (105) Drafting for the Theatre
DRAM 1202 (106) Computer Drafting for the Theatre
DRAM 1207 (107) Theatre Production Studio (one each: Lighting, Costumes & Stagecraft)
DRAM 1209 (109) Drawing and Painting Techniques for the Theatre
DRAM 1210 (118) Computer Rendering for the Theatre
DRAM 2130 (130) History of Drama I
DRAM 2131 (131) History of Drama II
DRAM 3201 (200) Scenery Construction
DRAM 3501 (207C) Lighting for the Theatre
DRAM 3301 (211) Scene Design
DRAM 3401 (213) Costume History
DRAM 3220 (215) Sound for the Theatre
DRAM 4711W (263W) The Director in the Theatre
DRAM 3199 (299) Independent Study (12 credits)

Any two from the following list of courses must be taken for completion of the BFA in Dramatic Arts:
DRAM 3130 (230) Women in Theatre
DRAM 3131W (231W) African-American Theatre
DRAM 4135W (235W) Period Studies in Theatre
DRAM 4138 (282) Trends in Contemporary. Theatre

Any three from the following specific courses must be taken for completion of the BFA in Dramatic Arts:
DRAM 3202 (201) Rigging
DRAM 3103 (203) Stage Management
DRAM 3502 (208) Lighting for the Theatre II
DRAM 3302 (212) Scene Design
DRAM 3402 (214) Costume Design
DRAM 3601 (247) Puppetry
DRAM 3603 (248) Puppetry