2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook (Unofficial) 
    
    May 19, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook (Unofficial)

Theatre: Technology and Production, CA


CODE: THTP-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 30     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible


GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program are located at www.csn.edu/gainful-employment.

DESCRIPTION
A 12-month program designed for students to hone technical skills in the entertainment industry for one of the following fields:
  • Scenic Construction
  • Wardrobe Technology
  • Audio Technology
  • Audio/Video Technology
  • Entertainment Lighting and Electrics
  • Digital Fabrication
  • Production Management
The program focuses on those skills used in theatre, film, and entertainment industries.  Graduates of the program will be qualified to assume technical positions in entertainment production.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: THTR 204
  • Human Relations: COM 115

ACADEMIC MAP

CSN CA Theatre: Technology and Production Map  


 

Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Communicate with professional designers and technicians in the entertainment industry.
  2. Identify hierarchy and structure of scenic, wardrobe, lighting, or sound production roles to support events in the performing arts.
  3. Analyze the production process for events through written communication.
  4. Demonstrate applied knowledge and skills to set up, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot equipment used in theatrical and film environments.
  5. Obtain OSHA certifications for working as technicians in the entertainment industry.
  6. Prepare for professional careers as technicians in the entertainment industry.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 3


 

Communications (3 Credits)


Major Requirements


TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 27


Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in a Certificate of Achievement program will not count toward graduation requirements.