Costuming Practicum: Costuming the Production I

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course provides hands-on experience in taking a costume from the designer's sketch to a fully completed ensemble ready for stage. Lectures provide students with the essential skills of a costumer. Building from this knowledge, the background and the context of the specific costume design is addressed, and the students prepare, build, purchase and alter costumes for departmental public exercises under the guidance of the instructor. Proficiency in both hand stitching and sewing machine use is required for this course. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and THFM-2001 (costuming focus). Requisite Courses: THFM-2601 or Permission of the Instructor [prerequisite(s)].