Theatre: Lighting Design, BFA
for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Theatre, Lighting Design Concentration
department website: https://theatre.illinois.edu
department faculty: https://theatre.illinois.edu/people/meet-our-faculty/
college catalog page: Fine & Applied Arts
college website: https://www.faa.illinois.edu/
Division of Design, Technology, and Management
Students planning careers in costume design and construction, lighting design, scenic design, scenic technology, sound design and technology, and stage management are selected for for the options in this division by a process of faculty evaluation at the end of their first year of study in the department. Criteria for acceptance and continuance in these options include satisfactory completion of all course work in the first and second years, potential for professional-caliber work, commitment to theatre, and the necessary discipline for intensive study and practice. Students in these options are assigned to teams that design, mount, and manage more than fifteen productions annually in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Theatre, Lighting Design Concentration
Minimum hours required for graduation: 128 hours.
General Education Requirements for all University Students
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Composition I | 4 | |
| Advanced Composition (fulfilled by THEA 261) | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning, I and II | 6 | |
| Foreign Language | 0-12 | |
| General Education | 18 | |
Humanities and the Arts (fulfilled by THEA 102 and THEA 261) | ||
Natural Sciences and Technology (6 hours) | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hours) | ||
Cultural Studies (U.S. Minority, Western, and non-Western Cultures) (9 hours) | ||
| General non-Theatre Electives | 9 | |
| Open Electives | 11-14 | |
| Total Hours | 48-51 | |
Core Requirements for all Theatre Majors
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| THEA 102 | Text to Stage 1 | 4 |
| THEA 103 | Survey of Theatre Production | 4 |
| THEA 170 | Fundamentals of Acting I 1 | 3 |
| THEA 125 | Graphic Skills 1 | 3 |
| or THEA 175 | Fundamentals of Acting II | |
| THEA 208 | 21st Century American Dramaturgy | 3 |
| THEA 262 | Literature of Modern Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 360 | History of Theatre I | 4 |
| THEA 361 | History of Theatre II | 4 |
| Total Hours | 28 | |
| 1 | First year theatre foundations courses. |
Lighting Design Concentration
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| THEA 100 | Practicum I | 5 |
| THEA 400 | Practicum IV | 8 |
| THEA 199 | Undergraduate Open Seminar | 5 |
| THEA 222 | Introduction to Scenic Design | 3 |
| THEA 223 | Introduction to Stage Rigging | 4 |
| THEA 391 | Individual Topics | 2 |
| THEA 423 | Advanced Lighting Design | 3 |
| THEA 425 | Stage Drafting | 3 |
| THEA 431 | The Lighting Laboratory | 3 |
| THEA 432 | Lighting for Non-Theatrical Spaces and Styles | 3 |
| THEA 435 | Professional Lighting Systems | 2 |
| THEA 437 | Software for Lighting Design | 2 |
| THEA 446 | Costume History and Design II | 2 |
| THEA 451 | Principles of Stage Management | 4 |
| THEA 453 | Introduction to Theatre Sound | 3 |
| Total Hours | 52 | |