This course is designed to give Technical Directors a basic engineering knowledge to design safe and efficient scenery and learn the math behind the scenery they are building. Students will discuss concepts typical to engineering, study the variables and formulas used to determine material strengths, typical and atypical loading conditions, and how to engineer scenery used in normal theatrical applications and study the vocabulary used by structural engineers to ensure they have the capacity to communicate questions and issues that may arise during their career. Effective Fall 2026, this course fulfills a single requirement in the following BU HUB area: Quantitative Reasoning 1.

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