MFA in Design Students
Classes and Academic Information

Class Schedule, calcium calendar (You can subscribe to this in google calendar, etc., ask Sue for help if you're interested)
Spring 2013 registration information
Spring 2013 class schedule (PDF)
Going on leave, internship quarter
Applying for your degree
Satisfactory progress (PDF)
Thesis information

Registration Information:

Course #	SLN	Course	who takes?
419 B	12872	Adv Stg Lighting Design (Smith) 3 credits	All 1st year designers
421	12873	Figure Drawing	All costume and scenic designers, optional for lighting
502	12887	Designer/Director analysis (Zane) 4 credits	All designers
510	12888	Design Studio (Lynch, Schuler, Trout) 1-5 credits	All! Lighting designers - please check with Geoff on # of credits.
512	12889	Advanced lighting (Schuler) 1-4 credits	2nd year lighting designers
514 A	12890	Scenic seminar (Lynch), 2 credits	All scenic
514 B	12891	Costume seminar (Trout), 2 credits	All costume
514 C	12892	Lighting seminar (Smith), 2 credits	All lighting
518 A	12893	Studies in historic design (Lynch), 3 credits	All designers

Courses of study

Going on leave

In your professional quarter you may choose to go on leave, so that you don't pay tuition. Because of visa requirements, international students may not go on leave while they are a student, they must stay registered for at least 2 credits. Starting in Autumn 2011, to go on leave you fill out a web-based form and pay a $25 fee. Please Note: Graduate students are required to remain in graduate status -- registered or on leave. Students who do not remain in graduate status will be required to pay a $250 reinstatement fee

If you have any financial aid out you will also need to complete a "Required Off Site Education" form (see link below). This form gets signed by the student, then sent to Sue Bruns (who will send it on to the Grad School).

Applying for your degree

In your final quarter of your third year: You must complete

on-line application for your masters degree.

You can apply for your degree starting the first week of the quarter. They will ask if you're in a thesis program, and you are. For your thesis title, use:

"the design of (either scenery, costumes or lights) for PLAY TITLE by AUTHOR"

You have until the last day of classes of the quarter to complete the on line application, but it will only take you a couple of minutes so it would be great to file early and get it done. No charge. Trying to file for your degree after the last day of classes will mean at least a $250 charge, plus delays.

Commencement registration starts in early May, and their web site (link below) has information on signing up to walk in the ceremony, reserving tickets for guests, etc. Commencement is entirely different from filing for your degree, signing up to go through Commencement will not work unless you have filed for your degree as above.