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M.F.A. Acting Program Requirements


First Year - Fall


Course Name
Course Number
Credits
Actor Warm-up
08:966:500
.5
Acting I
08:966:511
4
Voice I
08:966:515
2
Movement I
08:966:513
2
Speech I
08:966:505
2
Performance Ensemble
08:966:569
2
Theater History
08:966:501
3
Clothing and Culture
08:966:573
3
Aesthetics of Space
08:966:539
2
Production Techniques
08:966:509
BA
Total Credits

21.5

First Year - Spring


Course Name
Course Number
Credits
Actor Warm-up
08:966:500
.5
Acting I
08:966:512
4
Voice I
08:966:516
2
Movement I
08:966:514
2
Speech I
08:966:506
2
Performance Ensemble
08:966:570
2
Theater History
08:966:502
3
Acting Performance
08:966:518
1
Puppetry Elective
08:966:xxx
3
Total Credits

16.5/19.5

Second Year - Fall


Course Name
Course Number
Credits
Acting II
08:966:541
2
Acting: Scene Study
08:966:605
2
Voice II
08:966:545
2
Speech II
08:966:547
2
Movement II
08:966:543
2
Warm Up
08:966:500
.5
Acting: Performance II
08:966:596
3
Global Theater
08:966:567
3
Script Analysis for Actors
08:966:571
2
Avante-Garde
08:966:601
3
Total Credits

23.5

Second Year - Spring


Course Name
Course Number
Credits
Acting II
08:966:542
3
Acting: Scene Study
08:966:606
1
Voice II
08:966:546
2
Speech II
08:966:548
2
Movement II
08:966:544
2
Michael Chekhov Act
08:966:593
2
Acting: Performance II
08:966:597
3
Warm Up
08:966:500
.5
Global Theater
08:966:568
3
Advanced Text: Dramatic Structure
08:966:572
2
Total Credits

20.5

Third Year - Fall


Course Name
Course Number
Credits
Acting III
08:966:611
3
Speech and Voice Production
08:966:617
2
Who's Who* (Career Transition)
08:966:xxx
3
Performance Projects: Theater Arts
08:966:703
BA - 6
20th Century Theater*
08:966:xxx
3
Total Credits

17

Third Year - Spring


Course Name Course Number Credits
Professional Transition


GRAND TOTAL
140


*These courses are currently in development. Please visit the acting program page on the Mason Gross website for up-to-date course information.
 
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