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MFA in Acting for the Returning Professional The objective of the MFA in Acting for the Returning Professional is to prepare those with substantial professional experience in acting for other careers within the profession and to enrich and expand their understanding of theatre. Total number of hours required = 66. These credits may be composed through a combination of Transfer Credit: a maximum of 12 graduate semester hours and/or a maximum of 15 graduate credit hours for professional experience. Requires appropriate registration e.g., Theatre Production Internship, Practicum, Research, etc.--and a paper or project synthesizing the experience (see Graduate Coordinator for details). Core Curriculum (33 hours): THEA 61000 Intro. to Grad. Studies in Theatre (3) 61110 Hist. of Theories of Acting & Space I (3) 61111 Hist. of Theories of Acting & Space II (3) 51191 Seminar in Theatre (3) 63192 Mentorship in Performance (3) 64192 Mentorship in Porthouse Theatre (6) 60199 M.F.A. Thesis Project (3) plus one from among: 51303 Styles of Acting I (3) 51304 Styles of Acting II (3) 61304 Studio: Scene Study I (3) 61305 Studio: Scene Study II (3) one from among: 51701 Advanced Movement I (3) 61701 Advanced Movement II (3) 61702 Movement: Styles (3) one from among: 51801 Advanced Voice/Speech I (3) 61801 Advanced Voice/Speech II (3) 61802 Voice/Speech: Styles (3) Teaching (6 hours; requires approval#): 61094 College Teaching in Theatre (3) 65192 Teaching Practicum (3; can be repeated for a total of 6 hours) Electives (6-21 hours; requires approval#; may not be counted both for core and for elective): 51303 Styles of Acting I (3) 51304 Styles of Acting II (3) 61701 Advanced Movement II (3) 61702 Movement: Styles (3) 51800 Advanced Voice/Speech II (3) 61802 Voice/Speech: Styles (3) 51401 Advanced Directing (3; repeatable) 51027 Advanced Playwriting (3; repeatable) 61098 Research (3) 62192 Practicum: Performance (3)
Students enrolled in Mentorships receive credit for performing in a mainstage production, with an emphasis on teaching other students by example, vis à vis professional comportment and the demonstration of the processes the mentor uses in preparing and performing a role. #"Approval" means approval by the faculty in Acting. Culminating Project for returning Professionals in Acting: Students in the Returning Professionals track will prepare a Master of Fine Arts Thesis Project appropriate to their experience and interests. These projects are analytical and scholarly in nature (rather than biographical or narrative), and should be developed with a graduate faculty member in Acting as the advisor and at least two additional graduate faculty members in Theatre as the committee. (Previous Returning Professionals have explored teaching methods or historical/critical issues in acting, for example.) A prospectus for the Project will be developed with the help of the student's committee and, when approved by them, presented by the advisor to the Graduate Studies Committee, whose approval shall be final. The Project may be wholly written or applied and written work and must conform to the scholarly expectations for graduate work in the field and, generally, to the protocols explained in the College Style Guide and Instructions for Preparing Theses and Dissertations (available in the College office). When the document is deemed by the thesis committee to be ready for presentation, an oral defense will be scheduled (see above). If, for any reason, a student in the Returning Professional track does not finish the M.F.A. Thesis Project while in residence, s/he must continue to enroll each semester, including summers, until it is completed.
Graduate Catalog Course Descriptions, click here. To Download the Application for Graduate Study, click here.
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