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Below are the department specific requirements to apply for our MA or MFA program. You must complete an application and submit it to the Department of Theatre Arts; call our department (631) 632-7280 to request an application be sent by mail. To apply online, click here. Admission to the MA program in Theatre Arts In addition to the minimum Graduate School requirements: - A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university - Advanced undergraduate courses in theatre history, dramatic literature, and/or theatre practice - Undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 - Three letters of recommendation - Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores - Supporting materials: a writing sample as well as other materials such as scripts, essays, publications, portfolio, etc. (for the returned work the applicant must include a SASE with the completed application) - Acceptance by both the Department of Theatre Arts AND the Graduate School
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Admission to the MFA program in Dramaturgy This MFA is intensive and admission is highly selective. In addition to the minimum Graduate School requirements, the following is required: - A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university - Advanced undergraduate courses in theatre history, dramatic literature, and/or theatre practice - Undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 - Three letters of recommendation - Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores - Supporting materials: a writing sample as well as other materials such as scripts, essays, publications, portfolio, etc. (for the returned work the applicant must include a SASE with the completed application) - Acceptance by both the Department of Theatre Arts AND the Graduate School - If so indicated on the application, an applicant for the MFA program in dramaturgy can also be considered for admission to the MA program in theatre arts, which runs parallel to the first year of the MFA. If such an applicant is admitted instead to the MA program he or she may then be considered for admission to the second year of the MFA program. |
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Once you are accepted: Students in the MFA program are evaluated at the end of each year of study before permission is granted to continue. If a student completing the first year is not given permission to continue, he or she may be redesignated as a candidate for an MA degree. |
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