Department of Theatre and Dance
MFA PROGRAM OF STUDY

The Master of Fine Arts Degree with emphasis in
COSTUME DESIGN

A three-year program (63 credits)

1. Required Core of Costume Design Courses 24 credits
2. Required Critical and Supportive Studies 24 credits
3. Skills Courses 12 credits
4. Thesis Preparation 3 credits

63 credits

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.

Required Costume Design Courses: 24 credits
The Costume Design Student is required to take the following required courses:
550 History of Costume
756 Advanced Costume Design
721 Practicum I
721 Practicum II
782 Professional Costume Design Practice I
783 Professional Costume Design Practice II
790 Professional Internship

Critical and Supportive Studies: 24 credits
All Design Students are required to take:
710 Graduate Design Studio
??? Text Analysis
759 Design Motifs (Period Styles)
778 Director’s Workshop I

The Costume Design Student must take 12 credits from among the following 3-credit courses:
556 Stage Design
588 Stage Lighting Design
567 Dramatic Theory I
568 Dramatic Theory II
761 Studies in Theatre History
765 Staging in the Non-Traditional Theatre
Any 500 or 700-level Art History courses

Skills Courses: 12 credits
The Costume Design Student is required to take a total of 12 credits from among the following 3-credit courses:
510 Rendering Techniques
532 Advanced Life Drawing I (Art Department)
552 Stage Costume Pattern Drafting
752 Advanced Costume Construction
554 Theatre Safety
??? Model Building
731 Technical Drawing
555 Scene Painting for the Stage
732 Computer-Assisted Design For the Theatre
733 Computer Imaging for the Theatre
757 Problems in Theatre Practice I
758 Problems in Theatre Practice II

University Requirement: 3 credits
799 Thesis Preparation