TESO.MFA - Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Sound 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 Sound Design Specialization

MFA Sound Design Specialization

Upon graduation, an MFA Sound Designer will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of current technology and standard practices used in sound for theater, film, and television.

• Read, edit, and create music in multiple styles.

• Analyze a script and put it in a historical and social context.

• Collaborate and communicate/explain ideas effectively and diplomatically.

• Explain aural symbolism—how sounds and musical styles generate images or impressions upon an audience.

• Invent new, unique ways of using technology to solve specific challenges.

• Demonstrate a complete command of the sound design process, including construction of a conceptual approach, creating the required drafting and paperwork, and clearly mounting designs.

Métier Requirements

• TSND 512 Research Based Sound Design

• TSND 530 Music, Sound Art, and Design

• TIMM 560 Vectorworks

• TSCE 510 Performance by Design

• TSCE 545 Design Methodology

• 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)

• TIND 799 IND Study ( 2 semesters)

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

• IN PLANNING Immersive and Legacy Audio Mixing

• 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.