DES 387 — SCENE PAINTING (CUR-071)

Summary 🔴 ✓

• Resource type: course
• Owner Unit: Design
• College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
• Catalog: DES 387
• Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Course access

• Level: red (Program Restricted)
• Rationale: Catalog description limits enrollment to a specific program, cohort, or major standing.
• Prerequisites:
• Program status: Theatre Undergraduate or Graduate

Verification

• Status: verified_catalog_course (✓)
• Rationale: Appears in the current official DePaul course catalog search.
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/des
• Last verified: 2026-05-28

Catalog description

First course in a 3 course sequence. Discussion of the formulation and handling of scene paints and dyes, brushes and tools, and techniques. Practical laboratory work in problems of the realistic representation of a variety of textures and materials at scenic scale. Status as a Theatre Undergraduate or Graduate student (or concentration in Production Design in the School of Cinematic Arts) is a prerequisite for this course.

Hardware relevance

Hands-on labs, fabrication, instrumentation, or physical production technology described in the official catalog course description.

Notes

Catalog course key: DES 387. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.