Degree Requirements 2011-12
Master of Letters (MLitt)
36 semester hours including:
(All courses 3 s.h. except as noted.)
- REN 500 Shakespeare
- REN 501 Research Methods (1 s.h.)
- REN 510 Shakespeare and Textual Culture
- History (either of these courses will satisfy the history requirement)
- REN 520 Tudor-Stuart History
- REN 550 Social History of Early Modern England
- REN 530 The Language of Performance
- REN 531 Performance of the Language
- REN 551 Shakespeare Pedagogy
- REN 553 Directing I
- REN 670 Dramaturgy
- REN 700 MLitt Thesis Project
- Eight (8) s.h. of elective credit to complete degree total of 36 s.h.
Note: Minimum GPA of 3.3 is required for admission to the MFA program.
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
