In addition to our BFA and MFA programs, the School of Theatre offers Certificates of Training for scenic artists, costumers, electricians, stage carpenters, and property masters. These two-year programs offer basic skill and craft courses for theatre artisans and technicians who seek career entry-level training.

Curriculum Highlights

• Coursework in all areas of design, research, literature, construction, and craft skills.
• Increasingly complex quarterly production and design assignments.
• All School of Theatre productions are designed and built by students.
• Opportunity to assist visiting Huntington Theatre Company designers and resident staff.
• Seminars with leading theatrical designers and technicians.
• Thesis projects during the final semester allow for further technological experimentation.
• Full-tuition scholarships, stipends, and teaching assistantships available.

This program of study prepares students for professional careers in the practical realization of scenery. The first two years of the curriculum closely parallel those of the design program in order to establish a common vocabulary and a set of fundamental perceptions about goals and procedures. Advanced stage mechanics, welding, plastics fabrication, technical drafting, fabric dyeing, flat pattern drafting, draping, tailoring, millinery, mask making, and the many auxiliary craft techniques related to the construction of scenery, costumes, properties, and accessories all assume priority in the study and practice of design.

Liberal Arts Distribution Guidelines

BFA programs require 28 credits (or 7 courses) of liberal arts courses to complete the course of study for graduation. The following distribution guidelines will be in effect starting with the Class of 2011.

These 28 credits (or 7 courses) must include a 100-level writing course (WR 100) along with a variety of courses that fulfill one of the following 3 tracks: Students who test out of WR 100 by taking the Boston University Writing Assessment (BUWA) must take an additional 4 credits of liberal arts electives.

Students must acquire 12 credits (3 courses) from a combination of social science, language, and literature courses. Students must receive at least 4 credits from each of these two disciplines

1. A liberal arts distribution as follows:
   1. social sciences—4 or 8 cr
   2. language and literature—4 or 8 cr
   3. liberal arts electives—8 cr or
2. A minor through an approved CAS-designated program of study or
3. An individually designed plan of study (i.e.: Arts Administration or Russian Literature) outlined in a detailed written proposal, and pre-approved by the faculty at the end of the first year of study.

Program of Study