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Requirements for the Master of Arts for Teachers Degree

General Information

The MAT degree is designed primarily to meet the needs of teachers in the public schools. It is considered a final degree. Those students who expect to go on to the doctoral program should enter the MA program.

Course Requirements

At present the requirements for the MAT degree in theatre and drama at Indiana University are as follows:
  1. 36 graduate hours of which 15 must be in the courses numbered 500 or above; up to 16 hours may be taken outside the department;
  2. T500 - Research Methods and Materials;
  3. A certificate to teach in the public schools; this must be obtained before the degree can be conferred. This certificate is not required for foreign students.
By the time the student receives the MAT degree, he must have had some course work (or the equivalent), either as an undergraduate or during his graduate training, in each of the following areas:
  1. Acting - one course
  2. Directing - one course
  3. Stagecraft or Scenery - one course
  4. Lighting - one course
  5. Costume - one course
  6. Theatre History - one year
  7. Dramatic Literature - one year
  8. Play Analysis or Playwriting or Criticism - one course
This requirement is based on the conviction that the BA and MAT programs should be continuous and interlocking. Consequently, the combined BA and MAT programs will normally include from 45 to 75 hours of work in the major field or in information-related fields. The nine areas of basic work listed above will consume approximately 30 hours. Beyond these hours, the student is relatively free to choose his courses, either for purposes of specialization or for increased knowledge of other fields.

According to current regulations, an MAT student may take up to 16 hours of course work outside the Department of Theatre and Drama. This provision does not mean that a student may choose 16 hours at random. An advisor must agree that the courses are relevant to the student's program and professional goals. These remarks should not be interpreted as discouraging students from taking work in other departments, rather, they merely seek to make it clear that adequate preparation in the major field must take precedence over work in other fields.

Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the official source of information regarding Graduate School degree requirements is the University Graduate School web page.
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