The School of Theatre, Television, and Film provides high quality education for undergraduate and graduate students that emphasizes excellence in the arts and technology, grounded in theoretical and historical foundations. The School’s faculty supports students as they work to realize their potential as artists, scholars, leaders, and global citizens. Our academic community celebrates cultural diversity and promotes social equality. We pursue the aspects of this mission through both conceptual explorations and practical experience in the disciplines represented in our School: live performance and the screen arts. TTF courses combine concept and craft to lead students from critical analysis through problem solving to practical action and the production of creative and critical outcomes.

Graduate Programs

Masters of Arts (MA) in Theatre Arts

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Identify major developments in theatrical form, linked to aesthetic shifts and performance theory.
• Recognize significant changes in how theatrical performance has engaged audiences.
• Develop research skills appropriate to different venues, including research for critical writing and for dramaturgy on theatrical productions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in scholarly writing about performance, including the incorporation of historical context and analysis of primary examples.
• Gain skills in teaching with faculty supervision.
• Collaborate with peers on creating theatrical productions and/or research presentations.

Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Musical Theatre

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Explore the diversity of musical theatre history and repertoire, contextualize research, and communicate findings.
• Analyze the structure of musical theatre storytelling.
• Synthesize singing, acting, and dancing at a professional level.
• Teach musical theatre history and performance skills.
• Direct a musical theatre production.
• Apply and interview for university teaching positions and audition for professional musical theatre performance opportunities.

Masters of Fine Arts (MFA)  in Film and Television Production

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Identify and develop personal themes in their creative work that will resonate with intended audiences.
• Distinguish film genres and production styles from both the history of film and current trends.
• Implement preparatory research and individual perspectives into a cohesive work of art.
• Master the organization and management of a substantial short film or written production
• Integrate production deadlines and other collaborative commitments into workflow.
• Develop a professional level of craft in specific areas of film production.
• Integrate production deadlines and other collaborative commitments into workflow.
• Demonstrate fluency in the directing, shooting and editing of a project, or in the organization, content, and format of a creative written project.

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Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre Arts, Concentration in Design and Technology

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Recognize the design and technical requirements of different areas of stage and film productions.
• Identify historical trends in the history of design aesthetics for film and stage, and the artists that applied them.
• Employ the most current design software in use in the entertainment field.
• Initiate and join in collaboration with the other artists on both stage and film productions.
• Develop a design in a way that it can be shared, understood and executed by collaborators.
• Create a portfolio of work, both theoretical and produced, that prepares them for entrance into the profession.
• Demonstrate advanced skills and comprehension of their area of emphasis.
• Establish contacts and recognize workflows in the professional world.