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.
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. |
