Investigating Graduate Training Programs online Resources Journal

Investigating Graduate Training Programs online

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1-      Wayne State University:  The Wayne State University located at Detroit, Michigan State is offering  a masters degree  in the Fine Arts or what’s mostly known as (M.FA) in a three-year program. In better words, it’s a three years of intensive practical training.  They also offer tuition waivers, medical insurance and a stipend, for graduate researchers.

·         For students who are interested on applying to graduate school and specifically in the theater field, they may also consider that Wayne University offered the following in their M.F.A program such as:

·         Acting.

·         Theatre Management.

·         Scenic Design.

·         Lighting Design.

·         Stage Management.

·         Costume Design.

Ø  How to Apply? 

You can simply find out more information about that by following the link below:

http://gradschool.wayne.edu/future/grad-admission.php

Ø  How can you contact them?

If you have any general questions regarding graduate training programs that Wayne University is offering in Theatre and dance performance, or if you wonder how to submit your application you can contact the following offices: 

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

Office of the Dean
5057 Woodward, Suite 6305
Detroit, MI 48202
Ph: 313.577.2170
Fax: 313.577.2903
gradschool@wayne.edu

ADMISSIONS QUESTIONS

Graduate Admissions
5057 Woodward, Suite 6304
Detroit, MI 48202
Ph: 313.577.4723
Fax: 313.577.0131
gradadmissions@wayne.edu

Or Contact: Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance

Wayne State University

4841 Cass Avenue, Suite 3226

Detroit, MI 48202

Phone (313) 577-3508  Fax (313) 577-5691

theatre_dance@wayne.edu 

You can also click on the following link to direct you into the contact information that you mihgt need to have to reach! Please check the link below:

http://theatre.wayne.edu/ 

2-      Another graduate school that I find it interesting for theatre majors is called California Institute of the Arts. Their direct website is www.theatercalarts.ed

Ø  It is an important school for theatre and performing arts. This insitute have a good verity of different theatre areas such as, acting, directing, lighting design, sound design, costume design, video for performance, and management.

Ø  Some of you might be looking for M.F.A degree in acting, or directing which I think by viewing this institutes website you can have most of your questions and concerns answered depending on what you like to apply for!

Ø  “The three-year M.F.A Acting Program is designed for advanced student actors who are adventuresome, imaginative, and highly motivated. The admissions process is very competitive. The program’s curriculum focuses on all facets of each actor’s art and technique. It also strives to question commonly held assumptions about theater while exploring new possibilities. During the first year of the MFA program, students take courses in speech, voice and movement, and clarify and refine acting techniques and personal aesthetics. In the second year, the emphasis is on classical texts, Shakespeare and other style work, while the third and final year is devoted to performance. Additional coursework can include seminars in play analysis, history of the avaunt grade, contemporary drama and other topics.”  http://theater.calarts.edu/programs/acting 

Ø  For more information please visit the following link  http://calarts.edu/about/contact  

3-      For those of you who are interested in filmmaking side, whether it was acting, producing, or directing; here are couple suggestions you may consider taking an advantage of if this is what you like to do after your graduate even if you were a theatre or digital media major that shouldn’t effect what passion you have throughout the years. The opportunity if it comes available and you think you are capable of taking the path ino film-making then it shouldn’t be hard to give it a try and apply if you think you can determine your skills and knowledge together.

Ø  Personally, when I looked up for some graduate schools and professional training programs regarding filmmaking and what’s related to it; I thought between me and myself this is where the creative spirit comes from, being able how to build your own artistic personality into the work you are producing or directing. To support my statement even better, here’s a direct quote from Columbia College Chicago that I brought my attention which I like to share with all of you, if you are interested in pursuing this career in future. Basically what it says is:  “Committed individuals with a strong creative vision, a collaborative spirit, and the desire to express their narrative stories through film or video will thrive in this exciting and rigorous program.”  (Columbia College Chicago, Graduate Admission). 

Ø  Now, I’m constantly having to readopt my mind to new aspect of cinema and it’s majors by sharing the information you will need to look for, if you decide to get an M.F.A degree in “Cinema Art + Science” - & most likely in “Cinema Directing”, too. 

Ø  For more information, you can take a look and see the following link that I copied here for students who are willing to apply for graduate school in cinema

http://www.colum.edu/Admissions/Graduate/programs/mfa-in-film-and-video/index.php

Or by clicking on the direct link for Columbia College Chicago, the main homepage which as how it appears to you by viewing the link below: 

http://www.colum.edu/ 

4-      Also, if you are that person who got lucky enough within an artistic vision or have been enrolled in the art and communications side of career, such as digital media production, journalism, public relations, as well as got all interested in cinema studies, and whether you have done that before or looking forward to continue your eduction in this type of field then you may have to consider doing some research and stay on contact with Depul University, College of Communication and spend some time reading what they are offering for graduate applicants and what terms of internships or even job opportunites  you would get after pursuing a master’s defress in a certain area of interest. 

Ø  If this is something you think you’ve considered to take an advantage of then you might review the following link in every major the university is offering an M.F.A with http://communication.depaul.edu/academics/graduate-programs/media-and-cinema-studies/Pages/default.aspx

Ø  Or by cliking the following link that directs you to their main homepage which is

http://www.depaul.edu/Pages/default.aspx

5-      As you can tell by now from all of the above suggested websites that I included in my research with all different kinds of reasons that I mentioned of why you should consider this graduate program is good and what benefits it can give you while you are a student or later on once you earn your advanced degree as well. And most of my resources came in from an American side of view if you are willing to finish your education here in the United States or if you are by chance a foreign student maybe you already got some sort of an idea of how the graduate training programs works here in the U.S. 

Ø  However, some of you might be interested to go even broader than that whether if you are an American student or an international student it doesn't really matter here at this point, because most of the people like to study in a different country for 2 year or three depending on the program they are applying for and how long it should take them to graduate.

Ø  The key here is that if you personally prefer to apply for a graduate program whether in theater or cinema here’s another website that I looked up couple days ago and which I thought it could be a useful website to share since it has a variety of different areas of interest. What I mean by this is you can definitely start looking on what options you will have at ((Central School of Speech and Drama)), in the United Kingdom, London.  

Ø  For more detials please visit the following website of Central School of Speech and Theater at : http://www.cssd.ac.uk/

In conclusion*

I hope that this brief research is something you were looking for in terms of how to apply to some of the most great training graduate programs in this country or even internationally, and what are the benefits you would likely be eligible for to get if you meet a certain requirements as how it was mentioned obviously in each website of every school I've listed above in my research. 

Good luck & Best Wishes.

J