Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: LIGHTING DESIGN

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): THEA 300 or permission of instructor

Description: Study of the role that lighting plays in a production and the lighting designer's place as an artist in the collaboration process with emphasis on the practical application of the controllable properties of light as they apply to theatre. Students will be required to complete a variety of projects including unrealized designs based on reading and analyzing plays, light labs responding to music, and collaboration with Rice Dance Theatre on the Spring production.