| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-04-16 | - |
| 2024-08-27 | - |
| 2024-12-03 | - |
| 2026-04-15 | - |
| 2025-08-26 | - |
Program Overview
The Technical Theater Certificate provides students with hands-on experience in set construction, lighting, stage management, and other technical theater disciplines. Through classroom instruction and participation in main stage productions, students gain practical skills and expand their resumes. This certificate prepares students for entry-level positions in theaters, theme parks, and other entertainment venues.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Technical Theater Certificate will provide students with classwork and practical experience across a broad base of technical theater disciplines, including set construction, set rigging, lighting, and stage management. There is an emphasis on supporting classroom instruction with both practical application and participation in main stage productions. Students will expand their resumes by virtue of their participation on build and running crews. This certificate may aid in the student's search for an entry-level position as a shop technician or running crew in theaters and theme parks. It may also aid in finding short-term work on load-ins and running crews for theatrical events.
Outline:
Required Courses:
- THTR 9 Introduction to Theater Arts (3 units)
- THTR 21 Introduction to Theater Design (3 units)
- THTR 13 Play Rehearsal and Performance - Technical (Variable unit courses: Repeat each course 4 times at 1 unit each, total 8 units)
- THTR 18 Technical Theater Practicum (Variable unit courses: Repeat each course 4 times at 1 unit each, total 8 units)
- THTR 14 Stagecraft (3 units)
- THTR 22 Stage Lighting (3 units)
- THTR 26 Sound for Theater (3 units)
- THTR 27 Introduction to Stage Management (3 units)
- Required Electives (6-7 units)
- THTR 11 Principles of Acting I
- THTR 16 Theatrical Make-Up
- THTR 19 Theatrical Costuming
- THTR 28 Directing for the Stage
- THTR 60A Theater for Young Audiences - Performance
- THTR 60B Theater for Young Audiences - Design
- THTR 60C Theater for Young Audiences - Stage Management
Total Units:
32-33
Plan of Study Grid:
- Fall Term 1:
- THTR 9 Introduction to Theater Arts (3 units)
- THTR 21 Introduction to Theater Design (3 units)
- THTR 13 Play Rehearsal and Performance - Technical (1 unit)
- THTR 18 Technical Theater Practicum (1 unit)
- THTR 13 4 units: 4 courses (4 units)
- THTR 18 4 units: 4 courses (4 units)
- THTR 60C (0 units)
- THTR 11 OR THTR 16 OR THTR 19 OR THTR 28 OR THTR 60A OR THTR 60B (3 units)
- Total Units: 8
- Winter Term 1:
- THTR 13 Play Rehearsal and Performance - Technical (1 unit)
- THTR 18 Technical Theater Practicum (1 unit)
- Total Units: 2
- Spring Term 1:
- THTR 13 Play Rehearsal and Performance - Technical (1 unit)
- THTR 18 Technical Theater Practicum (1 unit)
- THTR 22 Stage Lighting (3 units)
- THTR 26 Sound for Theater (3 units)
- THTR 27 Introduction to Stage Management (3 units)
- Total Units: 11
- Fall Term 2:
- THTR 13 Play Rehearsal and Performance - Technical (1 unit)
- THTR 14 Stagecraft (3 units)
- THTR 18 Technical Theater Practicum (1 unit)
- Certificate: Technical Theatre T0446 (6 units)
- THTR 60C (0 units)
- THTR 11 OR THTR 16 OR THTR 19 OR THTR 28 OR THTR 60A OR THTR 60B (3 units)
Careers:
This certificate may aid in the student's search for an entry-level position as a shop technician or running crew in theaters and theme parks. It may also aid in finding short-term work on load-ins and running crews for theatrical events.
Other:
- Program Learning Outcomes: Review Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for this program.
- Looking for guidance?
- : A counselor can help. This Guided Pathways for Success (GPS) is a suggested sequence of coursework needed for program completion. It is not an official educational plan. Schedule an appointment with a counselor or advisor as soon as possible to create an individualized Mountie Academic Plan (MAP) specific to your goals and needs.
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