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Master of Arts in Arts Administration (THAD)


Arts Management Program
Address: 103 Quirk Hall
Phone: 734.487.1220
Fax: 734.487.3443
Web sites:
www.emich.edu/public/cta/ted
www.artsadministration.org
www.emich.edu/cta

This program was established in 1985 to prepare students for assuming administrative positions with performing and visual arts organizations. It provides students who have considerable experience in the arts with knowledge and understanding of the arts business, its governance, management, marketing and finance. The program includes study in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business to equip students with managerial and aesthetic skills that enable them to assume leadership positions as planners, advocates, administrators and community organizers. Students develop research skills that enable them to gather, organize and analyze information and apply the knowledge to problem solving in a wide variety of circumstances. Emphasis is placed on promoting the interrelated nature of the arts in support of interdisciplinary and collaborative programming that recognizes the relationship of the arts with other areas of human endeavor.

Admission Requirements
Applicants must:

  1. Be admitted to the Graduate School and accepted into the program by the department;
  2. Have at least a minor or the equivalent in communication, arts or business;
  3. Have a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 2.75 in the last half of undergraduate work; and
  4. In the case of international students, have a minimum TOEFL score (see the Admissions web site at www.emich.edu/admissions for minimum scores).

Program Requirements
Students must:

  1. Early in their graduate work, prepare an official program of study in consultation with an assigned graduate adviser and file it with the Graduate School;
  2. Successfully meet all conditions stipulated upon entry into the program; and
  3. Complete, with an overall GPA of at least 3.0, a minimum of 30 hours of approved course work as identified in the official program of study.

 

Course Requirements:


The M.A. in theatre arts administration requires the completion of 30 hours of course work to be distributed among required courses and elective courses as follows:

Required Courses: 3-5 hours


One course from the following:


Elective Courses: 25-27 hours


Twenty-five to 27 hours selected from within the department in consultation with the graduate adviser.

Cognate Courses: 0-9 hours


Zero to nine hours selected from other areas or departments.

Program Total: 30 hours


Undergraduate Courses for Graduate Credit: Communication, Media and Theatre Arts


The following courses may be elected for graduate credit; course descriptions may be found in the undergraduate catalog. A maximum of nine hours of approved 400-level course work may be permitted in the earning of any graduate degree.

If you intend to enroll in any of the following undergraduate courses for graduate credit, you must submit a request form from the Graduate School to receive permission before enrolling in the course; otherwise, you will receive undergraduate credit.

Activity Courses:

  • CTAA 466 Forensics (1 hr)
  • CTAA 467 Theatre Practice (1 hr)
  • CTAA 468 Interpretation (1 hr)
  • CTAA 479 Special Topics (3 hrs)

Communication:

  • CTAC 440 Public Discourse Analysis (3 hrs)
  • CTAC 460 Theories of Speech Criticism (3 hrs)
  • CTAC 475 Research in Speech Communication (3 hrs)
  • CTAC 485 Communication Theory (3 hrs)

Interpretation/Performance Studies:

  • CTAO 402 Voice Development (1 hr)
  • CTAO 404 Dynamic Speaking Skills (3 hrs)
  • CTAO 405 Voice and Dialects (3 hrs)
  • CTAO 410 Oral Interpretation of Shakespeare (3 hrs)
  • CTAO 411 Advanced Problems in Interpretation (3 hrs)
  • CTAO 412 Oral Interpretation of Poetry (3 hrs)

Theatre and Drama:

  • CTAR 429 History and Theory of Developmental Drama/Theatre (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 450 History of the Theatre to 1642 (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 451 History of the Theatre: 1642 to the Present (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 452 Arts Management (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 453 Marketing the Arts (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 454 Law, Public Policy and the Arts (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 457 Auditions (2 hrs)
  • CTAR 458 Acting/Directing/Production Intensive I (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 459 Acting/Directing/Production Intensive (2 hrs)
  • CTAR 461 Musical Theatre Acting (2 hrs)
  • CTAR 462 Directors on Directing (2 hrs)
  • CTAR 463 The American Musical Stage (3 hrs)
  • CTAR 464 Style for the Actor (3 hrs)

Telecommunication and Film:

  • CTAT 431 Advanced Radio Production and Direction (3 hrs)
  • CTAT 432 Advanced Television Production and Direction (3 hrs)
  • CTAT 445 Film Theory and Criticism (3 hrs)
  • CTAT 446 Contemporary Problems in Electronic Media (3 hrs)
  • CTAT 447 Radio-Television Station Management (3 hrs)

Additional 400-level undergraduate courses also are available to graduate students under special circumstances. On this matter the student should have a clear understanding with the department and the Graduate School before expecting to use such courses toward a master of arts or a master of fine arts in the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts.