TECO.MFA - Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Costume Design

MFA Experience Design and Production Course Requirements
The MFA degrees in Experience Design and Production require three years of full-time study. An evaluation will be made at the end of the first year of study to determine the remainder of the student's curriculum, based on the faculty's evaluation of the student's work and the goals of the particular student. The graduate curriculum for each program is highly individualized, with the core requirements serving as a framework for further studies customized to meet each student's goals and ambitions.

MFA Experience Design and Production Course Requirements for Costume Design Specialization

The MFA degrees in Experience Design and Production require three years of full-time study. An evaluation will be made at the end of the first year of study to determine the remainder of the student's curriculum, based on the faculty's evaluation of the student's work and the goals of the particular student. The graduate curriculum for each program is highly individualized, with the core requirements serving as a framework for further studies customized to meet each student's goals and ambitions.

MFA Costume Design Specialization

By graduation, MFA Costume Design students will be able to:

• Articulate critical and conceptual goals and ideas verbally, visually and in writing.

• Budget money, resources and time within the parameters of a given production.

• Function as a leader of artistic and technical teams in their area of specialization and to be proactive in the process of collaboration on any given project or production.

• Demonstrate a mastery of global contemporary language of the arts and performing arts and the ability to engage in interdisciplinary practice.

• Exhibit a distinct, original, personal voice and defining aesthetic, as evidenced in production work and an outstanding portfolio.

Métier Requirements

• TCOS 510, 511 MFA 1 Costume Design

• Minimum one Costume Techniques course

• TSCE 510 Performance by Design

• TCOS 660, 661 Open Dress

• TCOS 710 Open Studio

• TCOS 730 Graduate Closure

• TIMM 640 Digital Techniques or TIMM 644 Digital Techniques

• THST 500 Interpretive Strategies for Plays

• THST 501 Interpretive Strategies for Performance or equivalent elective

• TDAP 695 D&P Production (6 semesters)

• TDAP 620 D&P Seminar (6 semesters)

• TWNT 600 Winter Session (every Spring that it is offered)

Complete 4 courses from the following list:

• TIMM 510 Intro to Sketch-up

• TSCE 501 Environments in Motion

• TSCE 502 Worlds at Play

• TCOS 660+661 Open Dress (all sections)

• TLTG 635 Environmental Lighting

• TLTG 725 Immersive Lighting

• TIMM 615 AutoCAD 1 + 2

• Immersive and Legacy Audio Mixing IN PLANNING

• TSND 511 Research-Based Sound Design

• TIMM 560 VectorWorks for Lighting/Sound

• TSCE 505 Techniques of Design

• TIMM 622 Healthcare by Design

• TIMM 608 Designing for Deep Futures

• TTDI 530 Digital Fabrication

• TTDI 710 Parametric Drafting

• TVID 600 Creating for AR

• TVID 615 Creating for VR

Via consultation with your mentor, suggested electives are offered within the School of Theater and throughout the Institute, subject to availability and permission of listed instructor.