The university requirements are described in the front of the Graduate Education section of this Bulletin. Department requirements are provided in detail by the M.F.A. graduate coordinator and M.F.A. concentration advisers. In addition to satisfactory completion of the course requirements, the department requires satisfactory performance on yearly departmental reviews, participation in the department's production program, and the successful completion of a final creative project or thesis. At present, this program is suspended due to budget constraints. Students must meet university departmental requirements, and must normally have completed an undergraduate major in Theatre Arts.
Consideration is given to students with a strong undergraduate minor or other relevant work.
Admission to the program is based on the Theatre Arts Graduate Committee's evaluation of a student's previous work and supportive materials. On the basis of this material the graduate coordinator may properly advise a student on the need to obtain additional skills in writing. If remedial work is required it is so indicated as a condition to classification. If papers written for this course do not earn a superior grade, students must secure the graduate coordinator's permission before enrolling in other 700 level courses. Besides meeting all general requirements, a diagnostic examination on the entire field of drama may be given at the time of registration to aid the graduate adviser in developing each student's program.