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MASTER'S DEGREE
A.
ADMISSION: Applicants must present transcripts of all undergraduate
and graduate work showing a GPA of 3.0 (A=4.0) on the last 60 hours
of the baccalaureate program. The student must also submit acceptable
scores on the general examination of the Graduate Record Examination,
three letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose and a scholarly
writing sample. Probationary admission is possible. The director
of graduate studies will advise the student in writing of what must
be done to change the probationary admission to regular admission.
B.
CURRICULUM: The degree of Master of Arts in Theatre will be awarded
upon completion of the curriculum outlined below with a GPA of 3.0
or better. 1.
1.
UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM: Most students have completed this course
of study before seeking admission to MU. However, applicants holding
undergraduate degrees in disciplines other than theatre will be
asked to complete those courses which were not part of their undergraduate
curriculum. In some cases professional theatre experience may
substitute for certain courses. Twelve courses in the undergraduate
curriculum should be distributed as follows:
(a)
Basic skills: at least one course in each of the following:
voice and articulation, movement for the stage, script analysis,
technical theatre;
(b)
At least one upper-division course in each of the following:
acting, directing, dramatic literature, theatre history; at
least two upper-division courses in technical theatre; and two
upper-division theatre electives.
2.
GRADUATE CURRICULUM: The student must complete at least 24 graduate
hours while in residence as a graduate student at MU. The academic
program should be established in consultation with an adviser
not later than the end of the first full semester of residence.
No more than six semester hours of graduate work may be transferred
from another university. The student submits Form M-1, Application
for Degree of Master of Arts, to the Graduate School listing the
courses to be taken to complete the graduate curriculum.
C.
INDEPENDENT PROJECT: Each candidate for the MA must complete an
independent project, which should be specified on the M-1 form as
part of the program of study. There are three options:
(1) This may be a thesis, for which up to six semester hours of
credit in Theatre Research may be earned.
(2) Another option is to write an original play, translate a play,
or complete a project in acting, design, dramaturgy, or directing.
Credit of up to three semester hours may be earned in a graduate
Problems course.
(3)
A student may devise and successfully execute a research project
to earn three semester hours in a Graduate course in independent
Research.
D.
MASTER'S FINAL EXAMINATION: Each candidate for the MA is required
to pass a final examination to demonstrate mastery of the fundamental
principles of the work included in the course of study. An examining
board consisting of at least three members of the faculty shall
administer the examination. In consultation with his or her adviser
the student selects four areas for examination from among those
listed below:
At
least two but no more than three areas may be selected from among:
Theatre
History and Historiography Dramatic Literature and Criticism Dramatic
and Performance Theory Performance Studies and Writing for Performance
At least one but no more than two areas must be selected from among:
History,
Theory or Pedagogy of Acting
History, Theory or Pedagogy of Directing
History, Theory or Pedagogy of Theatrical Design
History, Theory or Pedagogy of Playwriting/Writing for Performance
Two
hours are allotted for answering the question(s) for each area,
making a total of eight hours for the examination. As soon as the
performance on the MasterŐs Final Examination has been evaluated,
the studentŐs adviser informs the Graduate School, using the appropriate
M-form.
If
one area examination is unsatisfactory, the examining board will
give the student an oral examination on that area, with special
emphasis on the questions or questions missed. If two area examinations
are unsatisfactory, the student is failed.
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