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

• TSND 640 Creative Listening

• TSND 665 Methodology of Sound Design

• TSND 654 Special Topics in Sound Design: Mixing for Theater

• TSND 656 Special Topics in Sound Design: Gear

• TSND 760 Professional Sound Environments

• TSND 765 Acoustic Environments for Performance

• 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 (4 semesters)

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

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.