Technical Theater Entertainment Technology Level 1 Skills

The Technical Theater Training program graduates highly trained and specialized scenic technicians who have learned a sound working knowledge of their craft and a respect for the skills and technologies associated with their chosen profession. Program Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate basic competency using technical theater systems for scenery, lights and sound in the production and realization of scenery, lighting plans and/or audio plans for live events. Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of a fully produced theater event. Identify theater literature and visual styles practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events. 

Required Courses                                                          Units

THART100 Introduction to Theatre                                   3

THART134X4 * Technical Theatre Workshop                   2

THART145 Advanced Theatre Practicuum I                      3

THART176 Fundamentals of Stagecraft I                           3

THART179 Fundamentals of Stagecraft II                          3

THART245 Advanced Theatre Practicuum II                      3

MULTI212 Digital Media Careers                                        3 

15-20

The Technical Theater Certificate is intended to address a need for our students interested in working in technical theater. It will give students both classroom instruction and practical experience in a broad range of disciplines including lighting, set construction, audio, costuming and stage management. It is a central tenet of the program that classroom instruction is reinforced with crew assignments on main stage productions. A student who completes the certificate will get hands-on experience with state of the art technology in the various disciplines. They will also learn the collaborative process and the work ethic necessary for working in professional theater. In order for the training to be useful to our students, we must stay current with rapidly changing technology and practices in our industry. Recently, there has been a push to include LED lighting fixtures into the inventory of professional theaters. Those fixtures require lighting consoles that can logically process parameters for intensity, color and other functions. Similar changes are occurring in audio.  

THART100 Intro toTheater                                                      3 units

THART176 Fundamentals of Stagecraft I                               3 UNITS

THART179 Fundamentals of stage craft II                             3 UNITS

THART134 Technical Theater Workshop                              1 UNIT    *Must be taken twice

THART145 Advanced Theater Practicum I                            3 Units

THART245 Advanced Theater Practicum II                           3 Units

                                                                                                               17 Units

* Must be taken twice