M.A. Degree Requirements
Candidates for the master’s
degree in Theatre and Film elect an emphasis in Theatre Studies or Film/Media.
The candidate’s program begins with the core requirements listed below
and culminates in a thesis. To be admitted, a student will ordinarily be expected
to have a Graduate Record Examination score of at least 600 (verbal), 500 (quantitative),
and 4.5 (analytical writing). Students who took the GRE before the implementation
of the analytical writing section (i.e. before October 2002) will be expected
to have an analytical score of 600 or above. To complete the M.A., the student
must sustain a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher through 33 graduate credit
hours.
M.A. in Film/Media (33 hours)
Department Core
To be taken the first semester in residence:
TH&F 800 Introduction to Graduate Study in Theatre &
Film ....................................................................................3
Film and Media Core.
Studies.
TH&F 864 Classical Film and Media Theory.....................3
TH&F 865 Contemporary Film and Media Theory..............3
Production. Choose two courses from the following
list: ..6
TH&F 773 Problems in Basic Screenwriting (3)
TH&F 775 Problems in Basic Video Production (3)
TH&F 776 Problems in Basic Film Production (3)
Areas of Concentration.
Choose 12 hours of courses from one of the following four categories: .................................................................12
A. History and Theory
TH&F 862 Survey of Film and Media History (3)
TH&F 863 Survey of Documentary and Experimental Film and Media (3)
TH&F 885 Latin American Film (3)
TH&F 886 Asian Film (3)
An appropriate TH&F 902 Film Seminar in: _____ (3)
One elective in film history or theory (3)
B. International Film
and Media
TH&F 862 Survey of Film and Media History (3)
TH&F 885 Latin American Film (3)
TH&F 886 Asian Film (3)
One elective chosen with the graduate adviser from the film and culture sequences
offered, for example, by French and Italian or African and African-American
Studies, or an appropriate TH&F 902 Film Seminar in: _____ (3)
C. Practical Criticism
TH&F 686 American Film Criticism (3)
One elective from the TH&F 880 sequence in American Popular Culture (3)
One elective from the following list (3):
TH&F 862 Survey of Film and Media History (3)
TH&F 863 Survey of Documentary and Experimental Film and Media (3)
TH&F 885 Latin American Film (3)
TH&F 886 Asian Film (3)
An appropriate TH&F 902 Film Seminar in: _____
D. Theory and Practice
of Production
Two electives from the following list (6):
TH&F 576 Animation
TH&F 775 Problems in Basic Video Production
TH&F 776 Problems in Basic Film Production
TH&F 873 Problems in Basic Screenwriting
Two electives from the following list (6):
TH&F 862 Survey of Film and Media History
TH&F 863 Survey of Documentary and Experimental Film and Media
TH&F 885 Latin American Film
TH&F 886 Asian Film
Master’s Thesis.
TH&F 899 Master’s Thesis ............................................
6
All courses should be selected in consultation with the adviser.
