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Scene Design (BFA)

USA

What will I learn?

The Theatre School’s Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) degree in Scenic Design is designed to give students the opportunity to explore and expand their artistic and visual expression and provides them the opportunity to practice their craft. The four-year curriculum in many ways simulates a scenic designer’s professional experience and process. Designers learn to visualize and create the physical world of plays by collaborating with directors, dramaturges, other designers and technicians and our professional scene shop staff who build the sets they design.

Learning Outcomes

Core Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify and describe the historical and theoretical significance of a range of theatrical artists, works, and artistic approaches from antiquity to present.
  • Synthesize and apply elements of their education and training to the preparation, rehearsal, and presentation of theatrical productions with discipline, respect, and maturity.
  • Identify and explain their theatrical work in the context of the cultural and social impact of the arts.

Program Specific Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Read and interpret theatrical text and apply research, imagination, and personalization to create a unique, insightful, and compelling design concept.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the history of the visual art and architecture in the context of social and cultural development.
  • Create the appropriate plans, drawings, and documents for the fabrication of their design concept.

Majors

  • Production Design

Which department am I in?

Theatre School

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
$45,030.00 (37,99,359) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Lincoln Park Campus

2400 N. Sheffield Ave,

Chicago,

Illinois,

60614, Midwest, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

You are considered an international freshman applicant if you have been educated outside of the U.S. at any time during secondary school (high school).

English proficiency requirement

Students educated outside the U.S. for secondary school (high school) are required to submit an exam score that meets our English proficiency requirement.

IELTS Academic - 6.5 on the IELTS Academic

TOEFL - 80 on the IBT TOEFL with no subsection lower than 17

Duolingo English Test (DET) - 115 on the DET

SAT - minimum evidence based reading and writing score of 540

ACT - minimum reading score of 18 and English score of 20

PTE Academic - minimum English academic score of 53

Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test - 59 on the PdT overall with no subsection lower than 17

Application Deadlines: Jan. 15. Applications will be considered on a space-available basis after February 1st. This excludes programs in the School of Music and The Theatre School.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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