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Experience Design

University of Colorado Boulder

Master's DegreeCIP: 50.0599

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Boulder, Colorado

    Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0017

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Active ListeningSpeakingMonitoringReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSocial PerceptivenessCoordinationJudgment and Decision MakingWritingTime ManagementComplex Problem SolvingNegotiationInstructingLearning StrategiesActive Learning

Knowledge

English LanguageCommunications and MediaComputers and ElectronicsAdministration and ManagementFine ArtsCustomer and Personal ServiceTelecommunicationsPsychologyDesignProduction and ProcessingEngineering and TechnologyPersonnel and Human ResourcesSociology and AnthropologyEducation and Training

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionNear VisionWritten ComprehensionProblem SensitivitySpeech ClarityOriginalityWritten ExpressionFluency of IdeasDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningInformation OrderingSpeech RecognitionCategory FlexibilityFar VisionMemorizationSelective Attention

Tasks

  • Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
  • Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members
  • Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
  • Create patterns for costumes based on designer's drawings.
  • Schedule costume fittings for actors.
  • Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
  • Present final layouts to clients for approval.
  • Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
  • Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switche
  • Observe pictures through monitors and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and compositi
  • Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and tele
  • Coordinate the use of drone technology for aerial filming and photography.
  • Audition and interview performers to match their attributes to specific roles or to increase the poo
  • Prepare actors for auditions by providing scripts and information about roles and casting requiremen
  • Select performers for roles or submit lists of suitable performers to producers or directors for fin
  • Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.
  • Check completed program logs for accuracy and conformance with Federal Communications Commission (FC
  • Read news, read or record public service and promotional announcements, or perform other on-air duti
  • Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot
  • Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a w
  • Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment
  • Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
  • Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or in
  • Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to
  • Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
  • Direct theater productions.
  • Mentor students.

Technology

Video creation and editing softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareDocument management softwareMusic or sound editing softwareWeb page creation and editing softwareData base user interface and query softwareElectronic mail softwareOperating system softwareInventory management softwareSpreadsheet softwareOffice suite softwareDesktop publishing softwareWeb platform development softwareProject management softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareHuman resources softwareDevelopment environment software

Tools

Combination pliersCommercial dryersCommercial washing machinesData input scannersDry cleaning equipmentElectric ironsFabric pressing equipmentGarment steamersHot glue gunsLabelmakersLaptop computersMeasuring tapesMobile radiosMulti toolsMultipurpose sewing machinesAnalog editing systemsAudio boardsCamera control unitsDesktop computersDigital editing systemsDigital video camerasDigital video effects unitsLinear editing systemsMaster control switchersNon-linear editing systemsPersonal computersRobotic camerasStudio lightingTape machinesComputer data input scanners

Work Values

RelationshipsSupportWorking ConditionsIndependenceAchievementRecognition
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Costume Attendants39-3092.00
  • Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other27-2099.00
  • Media Technical Directors/Managers27-2012.05
  • Talent Directors27-2012.04
  • Media Programming Directors27-2012.03
  • Producers and Directors27-2012.00
  • Actors27-2011.00
  • Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary25-1121.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: advanced (Level 4)(based on Master's Degree)

  • Department systems design — establish dressing-list templates, inventory workflows, and show-note standards adopted as best practice across an entire organization or touring company.
  • Dresser team leadership — recruit, schedule, and mentor a full wardrobe team, setting performance expectations and conducting evaluations across a season of productions.
  • Costume construction oversight — direct in-house construction and tailor relationships for full productions, approving designs, managing budgets, and ensuring timely delivery.
  • Organizational inventory strategy — implement and govern inventory management software solutions for a multi-production costume stock, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and accessibility.
  • Artistic collaboration at leadership level — partner with directors and costume designers from earliest concept through closing night to ensure costume execution aligns with production vision.
  • Quality and compliance standards — establish and enforce costume care, repair, and safety protocols that protect both garment assets and performer well-being across a venue or company.
  • Budgetary and resource management — develop and steward wardrobe department budgets, negotiating with vendors, rental houses, and tailors to maximize production quality within constraints.
  • Cross-functional coordination — represent the wardrobe department in production meetings, aligning costume timelines with lighting, scenic, and stage management schedules at an organizational level.
  • Curriculum and onboarding development — design training programs and reference materials for new costume attendants, elevating department-wide skill and consistency over successive productions.
  • Adaptive crisis leadership — lead the wardrobe team through major production disruptions — cast replacements, emergency repairs, or schedule collapses — maintaining performance readiness and team morale.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
93%
Placement Rate
73%