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Theatre

Website URL:

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/vpa/theatre/

Department/School Head:

Michael McNamara/ Harry T. Bulow

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

Master of Fine Arts: Theatre

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

835 Theatre/Acting, 836 Theatre /Costume Design, 839 Theatre/ Lighting Design, 840 Theatre/ Scene Design, 841 Theatre/Sound Design, 843 Theatre/Technology

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Joel Ebarb, Costume Design; Anne Fliotsos, History and Criticism; Richard Rand, Acting and Movement; Richard Thomas, Sound Design

Associate Professor

Kristine Holtvedt, Acting; Russell Jones, Scene Design; Richard Sullivan Lee, Acting and Voice; Michael McNamara, Lighting Design

Assistant Professor

Richard Dionne, Technical Direction

Emeritus Faculty

Dale Miller, Stage Management; Van Phillips, Scene Design

Art and Design

Website URL:

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/ad/mfa/index.html

Department/School Head:

Harry T. Bulow

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

MFA degree in Studio Arts or Design, MA and PhD degree programs in Art Education

^*Admission to the graduate programs in Art Education is restricted. Those interested in applying for an MA or PhD in Art Education should first contact the Director of A&D Graduate Program for permission to apply.

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Charles Gick
Jean-Pierre Herubel
Dennis Y. Ichiyama
Robin Kraft
David C. Parrish
Rick Paul
Kathryn Reeves
F. Robert Sabol
David Sigman
Steven Visser
Li Zhang

Associate Professor

Petronio Bendito
Catherine Dossin
Laura Drake
Tong Jin Kim
Robert Mahorney
Shannon McMullen
Cheryl Zhenyu Qian
Fabian Winkler
Christine Wuenschel
Sigrid Zahner

Assistant Professor

Wendy Hynes
HyuJoo Kwon
Min Kim Park

Emeritus Faculty

V.H. Cheek
R.B. Crocker
D.O. Engelke
P.M. Farris
H.G. Geahigan
Otie Kilmer
Rosemary L. Kilmer
A.K. Kvaalen
Lisa Lee Peterson
A.J. Pounders
S.R. Ressler
R. Scarcelli
R.W. Veryzer
V.J. Willis
C.H. Wu

Programs

• Art - Visual & Performing Arts, MFA
• Design-Visual and Performing Arts, MFA
• Theatre-Visual & Performing Arts, MFA
• Visual and Performing Arts, MA

Courses

• AD 50200 - Curriculum Studies In Art Education
• AD 50400 - Philosophical Studies In Art Education
• AD 51200 - Interaction Design Studies
• AD 52000 - Student Visual Design Service
• AD 52200 - Interaction Design Evaluation
• AD 53200 - Cognition In Design
• AD 53500 - Furniture Design
• AD 54200 - Information Visualization Design
• AD 55000 - Research Methods In Art And Design
• AD 55800 - Directed Project Research In Studio Arts
• AD 56800 - Directed Project Research In Design
• AD 59000 - Special Art Problems
• AD 59100 - Practicum For Art And Design Teaching Assistants
• AD 60000 - Painting
• AD 60100 - MFA Orientation
• AD 60300 - Theory In Art Seminar
• AD 60500 - Problems In Industrial Design
• AD 60600 - Problems In Visual Design
• AD 60700 - Graduate Seminar In Photography And Related Media
• AD 60800 - Advanced Typography
• AD 60900 - Information Design
• AD 61000 - Advanced Poster Design
• AD 61100 - Advanced Web Design For Visual Communications Design
• AD 61200 - Color Aesthetic And Research
• AD 61300 - Drawing
• AD 61400 - Graduate Installation And Critique
• AD 61500 - Social Issues In Industrial Design
• AD 61600 - Electronic And Time-Based Art
• AD 62500 - Applied Ornamental Design
• AD 63500 - Advanced Materials And Processes
• AD 64000 - Special Topics In Interior Design
• AD 65800 - MFA Project Research In Studio Arts
• AD 66100 - Jewelry and Metalsmithing
• AD 66500 - Printmaking
• AD 66800 - MFA Project Research In Design
• AD 66900 - Ceramics
• AD 67000 - Textile Art
• AD 67500 - Sculpture
• AD 67800 - Graduate Internship
• AD 69000 - Advanced Problems In Art And Design
• AD 69100 - Directed Readings In Art History
• AD 69300 - Historical Problems In Art Education
• AD 69600 - Aesthetic Development In Children
• AD 69700 - MFA Graduate Exhibition
• AD 69800 - Research MA Or MFA Thesis

• MUS 59000 - Special Problems In Music

• THTR 51000 - Stage Dialects
• THTR 51300 - Vocal Production For The Stage I
• THTR 51400 - Vocal Production For The Stage II
• THTR 52300 - Creating A Character I
• THTR 52400 - Creating A Character II
• THTR 52500 - Theatrical Characterization
• THTR 52600 - Advanced Stage Movement
• THTR 53200 - Professional Issues In Theatre
• THTR 53300 - Acting Technique
• THTR 53500 - Vocal/Physical Preparation
• THTR 53600 - Advanced Problems In Acting
• THTR 53800 - Acting For The Camera
• THTR 53900 - Period Style For The Actor
• THTR 54000 - Advanced Directing
• THTR 54500 - Directional Process In Production
• THTR 55000 - Advanced Scenery Technology
• THTR 55100 - Advanced Costume Techniques
• THTR 55300 - Theatre Audio Technology II
• THTR 55400 - Advanced Theatre Drafting
• THTR 55600 - Advanced Stage Makeup
• THTR 55800 - Advanced Problems In Theatre Technology
• THTR 56000 - Advanced Scenic Design
• THTR 56100 - Advanced Costume Design
• THTR 56200 - Advanced Light Design
• THTR 56300 - Advanced Sound Design
• THTR 56400 - Theatrical Rendering
• THTR 56700 - Model Construction
• THTR 56800 - Advanced Problems In Design
• THTR 56900 - Special Problems In Audio Production
• THTR 57001 - Statics And Structures For Theatre I
• THTR 57002 - Statics And Structures For Theatre II
• THTR 58000 - Period Style For The Designer
• THTR 59000 - Directed Study Of Special Theatre Problems
• THTR 59700 - Production And Design Seminar
• THTR 61300 - Classical Text I
• THTR 61400 - Classical Text II
• THTR 63300 - Interpretive Acting Techniques
• THTR 64000 - Directing Internship
• THTR 65800 - Special Problems In Technology
• THTR 66900 - Tutorial Internship For MFA
• THTR 67000 - Script Interpretation
• THTR 67100 - Modern Theory And Criticism
• THTR 69700 - MFA Terminal Project
• THTR 69800 - Research MA Or MFA Thesis

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