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Acting for the Returning Professional M.F.A.
Acting for the Returning Professional M.F.A.

Acting for the Returning Professional M.F.A.

  • ID:KSU10002
  • Level:Master's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university for unconditional admission

  • Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale for unconditional admission

  • Official transcript(s)

  • Résumé

  • Goal statement

  • Three letters of recommendation

  • Evidence of professional experience1

  • Audition

  • Interview

English Requirements

English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:

  • Minimum 525 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)

  • Minimum 71 TOEFL IBT score (Internet-based version)

  • Minimum 74 MELAB score

  • Minimum 6.0 IELTS score

  • Minimum 50 PTE score

  • Minimum 100 Duolingo test score

Course Information

The Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting for the Returning Professional provides students with substantial performance experience an intensive preparation for diverse careers in the field, including teaching at the university level. The goal of the terminal degree program is to mentor professional performers who wish to focus on refining and articulating their acting process, while gaining sound pedagogical practice in performance-related subjects. These subjects may include acting, voice and speech, movement and musical theatre. The two-year program provides a set of core classes centered around a variety of techniques and theories, within a flexible pedagogical laboratory model that allows students to explore areas of interest while incorporating advanced teaching and mentoring through performance in the form of teaching and practicum.

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Roadmap:

Semester one

  • Acting i foundations/stanislavski and michael chekhov

  • Movement, form and space i-the actor's physical instrument

  • Voice and speech i

  • College teaching in theatre

  • Practicum: perormance pedagogy

Semester two

  • Theatre and social change

  • Or theatre in a multicultural america
    or lgbtq theatre
    or variable content seminar: theatre history, literature and theory

  • Acting ii: scene study-modern american realism

  • Introduction to graduate study in theatre

  • Voice and speech ii

  • Practicum: performance

First summer term

  • Professional theatre internship i

  • Or professional theatre internship ii

Semester three

  • Acting styles i: shakespeare

  • Movement, form and space ii-neutral and character mask

  • Practicum: perormance pedagogy

  • History, historicism, theory and practice in theatre and drama

  • Major elective

Semester four

  • M.f.a. Thesis project

  • Acting styles ii: greek and comedy of manners

  • Practicum: perormance pedagogy

  • Practicum: performance

  • Major electives

Minimum total credit hours: 60

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Actors

  • Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary

  • Miscellaneous entertainers and performers, sports and related workers

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Student Health Insurance: 2313 $ USD per year

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