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Longstreet Theatre
Green and Sumter Streets
Main Office, Room 402
Columbia, SC 29208

phone: 803.777.4288   
fax: 803.777.6669
email: theatre@sc.edu or dance@sc.edu

Department of Theatre and Dance
MFA PROGRAM OF STUDY

The Master of Fine Arts Degree with emphasis in
DIRECTING

A three-year program (63 hours)

1. Required Core of General Studies in Theatre 48 units
2. Required Critical Studies 12 units
3. Thesis Preparation 3 units

63 units

Other requirements for the MFA degree:
* A thesis must be accepted by the MFA Advisory Committee and by the
Graduate School.
* A comprehensive examination must be passed.
* All course work must be at the 500 level or above; and one-half of the course work, exclusive of thesis preparation, must be at the 700 level or above.
* A professional internship must be completed successfully.


Core of General Studies in Theatre: Emphasis in Directing, 48 units

THSP 721G Practicum 12 units
THSP 770 Problems in Acting I 3 units
THSP 771 Problems in Acting II 3 units
THSP 773 Performing Period Plays I 3 units
THSP 774 Performing Period Plays II 3 units
THSP 778 Director's Workshop I 3 units
THSP 779 Director's Workshop II 3 units
THSP 765 Staging in the Non-Traditional Theatre 3 units
THSP 710 Graduate Design Studio 3 units
THSP 582 Costume Design 3 units
THSP 588 Lighting Design 3 units
THSP 790 Professional Internship 6 units

Critical Studies: Select from list appended 12 units
THSP 799 Thesis Preparation 3 units

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Sample Program of Study: Directing

First Semester
770 Problems in Acting, Rehearsal and Performance I
778 Director's Workshop I
710 Graduate Design Studio
Critical Studies

Second Semester
771 Problems in Acting, Rehearsal and Performance II
779 Director's Workshop II
721 Practicum
Critical Studies

Third Semester
765 Staging in the Non-Traditional Theatre
721 Practicum
773 Performing Period Plays I
582 Costume Design

Fourth Semester
721 Practicum
774 Performing Period Plays II
588 Lighting Design
Critical Studies

Fifth Semester
790 Professional Internship

Sixth Semester
721 Practicum
Critical Studies


THSP 799: "Thesis Preparation" (3) will be elected during the appropriate semesters.