Theatre Arts M.A.
Requirements
45 units
Requirements for Graduation
1. Advancement to candidacy;
2. A minimum of 45 quarter units of acceptable graduate level work with no fewer than 32 of these units at the 500- or 600-level;
3. A grade point average of at least 3.0 ("B") in all graduate course work and grades of "C" (2.0) or better in all courses in the program;
4. A capstone experience of a project or internship approved by the student's advisory committee and graduate coordinator;
5. Successful completion of TA 699 which also meets the department's graduation writing requirements.
Degree Requirements (45 units)
1. TA 600. Research Methods in Theatre (4)
2. Eight units chosen from:
TA 602. Seminar in Dramatic Literature for Stage and Film (4)
TA 633. Seminar in Theory and Criticism (4)
TA 650. Seminar in Dramatic Production (4)
3. Four units chosen from:
TA 620. Applied Theatre Practicum (1-8) for a total of (4)
TA 683. Advanced Studies in Theatre for Youth (4)
4. Nine units chosen from:
TA 695. Graduate Project (1-5)
TA 696. Graduate Internship (1-5)
Electives (8 units)
1. Eight units chosen from a single area of concentration:
DAN 450. Choreography (3)
DAN 481. Creative Dance in the Classroom (4)
TA 401. History of Musical Theatre (4)
TA 445. The Camera Eye (4)
TA 446. Directing II (3)
TA 462. African-American Theatre and Drama (4)
TA 463. Asian Theatre (4)
TA 464. Theatre in the Post-Colonial World (4)
TA 466. Issues in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Theatre (4)
TA 468. Chicana/o Latina/o Theatre and Drama (4)
TA 481. Creative Drama in the Classroom (3)
TA 483. Children's Theatre (4)
TA 484. Reader's Theatre in the Classroom (3)
TA 486. Puppetry in the Classroom (3)
Advanced Electives (8 units)
1. Eight units in a single area of concentration chosen from:
DAN 580. Advanced Creative Dance (4)
ENG 511. Creative Writing in Children's Literature (4)
ENG 535. Multicultural Images in Children's Literature (4)
TA 505. Criticism of Theatre in Performance (4)
TA 510. Studies of Major Figures and Genres (4)
TA 535. Independent Project (1-4)
TA 555. Independent Study (4)
TA 579. Theatre in the Elementary Classroom (4)
TA 580. Advanced Creative Drama in the Classroom (4)
TA 581. Theatre in the Secondary Classroom (4)
Culminating Experience (4 units)
1. TA 699. Thesis (4)
Please refer to the University catalog for official information.