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.

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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

• minimum one design métier class in one of the following areas: Sound, Lighting, Scenic, or Interactive Media

• TCOS 660, 661 Open Dress

• TCOS 710 Open Studio

• TCOS 730 Graduate Closure

• TIMM 640 Digital Rendering or TIMM 644 Digital Rendering

• 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.