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Theatre and Performance Studies, Master of Arts (M A )

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University of Pittsburgh

Program overview

The School of Theatre Dance and Performance Studies offers a Master of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies and Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre and Performance Studies THPF For more information visit the School website at http tdps umd edu programs phd-theatre-and-performance-studies The School also offers graduate degrees in MFA in Theatre Design and MFA in Dance The M A program is designed to enhance and develop students practical historical and critical knowledge of theatre so that they may go on to graduate work in Ph D or M F A programs or upgrade their skills for high-school teaching The School s application deadline for best consideration for the MA program and the PhD program is January 15 Applications fully submitted by February 1 may also receive consideration on a space available basis The doctoral program in Theatre and Performance Studies is an interdisciplinary course of study that prepares students for careers as educators professors in higher education publishing scholars and cultural critics The program offers a rigorous exploration of both Theatre History and Performance Studies through the critical and theoretical analyses of historical archives dramatic and performance texts and cultural behavior as performance Applicants who do not hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in theatre or an equivalent field may be required to take preparatory coursework prior to admission into the Ph D program

Duration: 12

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