In theater technology, students learn to use computers to design sets, stage lighting and sound. Students who choose computer music work with the sophisticated equipment and electronic composition software in WPI's Computer Music Laboratory. Over the course of the program, they write and perform an original composition. They also work with students from the music workshop to rehearse and put on a concert featuring several music groups. One of the broader goals of Frontiers is to offer students a taste of college life - in particular, life at an outstanding technological university.
Students live in residence halls and dine in the student dining hall.
They have full access to the library and the university computer facilities. They attend lectures, work in labs and do homework. They also receive insights into the academic and social sides of the college experience by talking to the graduate and undergraduate students who serve as teaching assistants and resident advisors in the residence halls. Not surprisingly, Frontiers is an academically rigorous, intense program. But just like real college life, it's not all work and no play.