Theater Arts - Portland State University

Theater Arts from Portland State University is a Campus Master Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Master of Arts and the Master of Science in Theater Arts consist of forty-five graduate credit hours planned after admission in consultation with the departmental graduate advisor, Dr. Richard Wattenberg. Twelve of the forty-five graduate credits may be taken in courses outside the department, if specifically related to a student\\\'s course of study and approved in advance by the departmental graduate adviser. The Master of Arts degree is recommended for students who want to focus their graduate study on research and scholarship in the history, literature, and criticism of the theater and who may also plan to continue their graduate work in a doctoral program in theater. The Master of Arts student must demonstrate competence in the use of a second foreign language and will typically complete the degree program with a thesis, playwriting, or two-paper project. The Master of Science degree is suggested for students who wish to focus more intensively on performance and production areas in preparation for a career in the professional theater and/or further degree work in a Master of Fine Arts theater program. The Master of Science student must demonstrate expertise in the skills pertaining to either advanced theater performance or design and will typically complete the degree program with a project in performance, design, production, or playwriting, or a two-paper project. View more details on Portland State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.