Students in the M.F.A. in Acting program will follow the course sequence listed below for semesters one through six. Please see the Conservatory of Performing Arts graduate course descriptions for details on each class.
SEMESTER ONE:
THEA 501 Graduate Studies and Teaching Pedagogy
THEA 530 Acting in Repertory I
THEA 564 Movement Diagnostic
THEA 520 Elements of Speech
THEA 505 Applied Creativity and Embodied Learning I
SEMESTER TWO:
THEA 502 Theories of Acting
THEA 565 Movement Explorations
THEA 521 Dialects
THEA 506 Applied Creativity and Embodied Learning II
SEMESTER THREE:
THEA 536 Shakespeare, Neo-classicism and the Renaissance
THEA 696 Aesthetics and Conceptualization
SEMESTER FOUR:
THEA 537 Comedic Styles
THEA 522 Acting with Accents
THEA 507 Applied Creativity and Embodied Learning III
SEMESTER FIVE:
THEA 503 Film Study
THEA 531 Acting for the Camera
THEA 523 Voice-Over Work
THEA 508 Applied Creativity and Embodied Learning IV
THEA 697 Self-Directed Study I
SEMESTER SIX:
THEA 504 Professional/Educational Marketing
THEA 698 Self-Directed Study II
THEA 509 Applied Creativity and Embodied Learning V
THEA 699 Thesis