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Degree Requirements
MASTER OF LETTERS (MLITT)
The Master of Letters (MLitt) degree requires
a minimum of 36 semester hours, with concentrations in:
- Acting OR
- Directing OR
- Dramaturgy OR
- Teaching OR
- Interdisciplinary
For each concentration the following core courses are required:
- REN 500 Shakespeare 3 s.h.
- REN 501 Research Methods 2 s.h.
- REN 510 Shakespeare and Textual Culture 3 s.h.
- REN 520 Tudor-Stuart History 3 s.h. OR REN 550 Social History of Early Modern England 3 s.h
- REN 530 The Language of Performance 3 s.h.
- REN 531 Performance of the Language 3 s.h.
- REN 540 Early English Drama and Theatre History 3 s.h.
- Total Core 20 s.h.
Acting Concentration
Required:
- REN 555 Voice 3 s.h.
- REN 556 The Body in Performance 3 s.h.
- REN 700 Thesis Project for the MLitt 3 s.h.
Prerequisite required for admission to MFA program:
- REN 660 Acting for the Early Modern Stage 3 s.h.
Directing Concentration
Required:
- REN 553 Directing I 3 s.h.
- REN 554 Shakespeare’s Theatre 3 s.h.
- REN 700 Thesis Project for the MLitt 3 s.h.
Prerequisites required for admission to MFA program:
- REN 630 Visual Design on the Early Modern Stage 3 s.h.
- REN 650
Directing II 3 s.h.
Dramaturgy Concentration
Required:
- REN 554 Shakespeare’s Theatre 3 s.h.
- REN 557 Shakespeare’s Contemporaries 3 s.h.
- REN 670 Dramaturgy 3 s.h.
- REN 700 Thesis Project for the MLitt 3 s.h.
Teaching Concentration
Required:
- REN 551 Classroom Staging 3 s.h.
- REN 557 Shakespeare's Contemporaries 3 s.h.
Interdisciplinary
Required:
- 20 s.h. of core requirements, plus
- 16 s.h. of courses selected by the student in consultation with their advisor
MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MFA)
- A minimum of 66 hours (including 36 hours earned for the MLitt)
- A concentration in Acting, Directing, or Dramaturgy
- An internship of 1-6 s.h.
- The MFA Thesis project: REN 800
MFA Course Requirements:
All MFA students must have completed the MLitt core courses, the appropriate MLitt concentration courses, concentration prerequisites, and:
For the Acting Concentration
- REN 556 The Body in Performance 3 s.h. or REN 640 Combat 3 s.h.
- REN 665 Careers in the Professional Theatre 3 s.h.
- REN 687 Internship 1–6 s.h.
- REN 710 Advanced Acting for the Early Modern Stage 3 s.h.
- REN 800 Thesis Project for the MFA 3 s.h.
For the Directing Concentration
- REN 665 Careers in the Professional Theatre 3 s.h.
- REN 687 Internship 3–6 s.h.
- REN 720 Directing III 3 s.h.
- REN 800 Thesis Project for the MFA
3 s.h.
For the Dramaturgy Concentration
- REN 520 or 550 (one will have been taken for the MLitt; both are required for the MFA) 3 s.h.
- *REN 601 Shakespeare and Music 3 s.h.
- *REN 602 Early English Art and Architecture 3 s.h.
- REN 665 Careers in the Professional Theatre 3 s.h.
- *REN 675 Early Modern Costume 3 s.h.
- REN 682 Playwriting 3 s.h.
- REN 687 Internship 3 s.h.
- REN 800 Thesis Project for the MFA 3 s.h.
* denotes courses taught every other year