Lighting Design and Technology

Certificate of Achievement (Transcripted) Theatre Arts · Santa Ana College · 2026-2027 Catalog

Program Code: SAC.TALDT.CA

Program Control Number: 16538

The Lighting Design and Technology program provides training in emerging technologies for theatre, live events, cinema and broadcast. The program focuses on the study of entertainment industry practices, lighting design conceptions, virtualization, and execution. Students will become proficient in the utilization of technologies commonly used in concerts, dance performances, live theater, theme parks, sports arenas, houses of worship, live events and cinema.

Learning Outcome(s):

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the character and the lighting design concept.
  2. Apply lighting design principles for live theatre, corporate and outdoor events, broadcast, and cinema.
  3. Design a lighting concept, draft a lighting plot, and install and execute a lighting design in a live theatrical environment.
CourseTitleUnits
Required Courses9-12
THEA 131Stagecraft3
THEA 169Work Experience - Theatre1-4
Lighting Fundamental3
THEA 133Lighting Fundamentals3
orDM 260Lighting Fundamentals3
Technical Production2
THEA 150BTechnical Theatre in Production2
orTHEA 135Technical Production2
Electives9
THEA 117Introduction to Technical Theatre3
THEA 130Introduction to Lighting Design3
THEA 165Intermediate Stage Lighting3
THEA 166Fundamentals of Programming3
Total18-21

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