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Master of Arts in Performance Studies at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University, United States

Programme overview

A two-year in-person master's at College Station treating performance as a multifaceted, multicultural phenomenon spanning performing arts, media, cultural events and social practices. Methods include fieldwork, interviews, archival work, performance as research and textual analysis; classes are small.

Faculty: College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts  |  Department: Performance Studies  |  Duration: Two years; minimum 36 semester credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: College Station, TX, United States

What you will study

Thesis option requires a 40-60 page monograph and at least 6 hours of PERF 691 Research. Non-thesis options are Performance and Portfolio, or Comprehensive Examination, with one Directed Studies course in the final semester.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate admission is handled by each programme; applicants apply through the Texas A&M GraduateCAS or the programme's own application, and deadlines are set by the department.

The graduate application processing fee is $65, in addition to the centralized application service fee. Deadlines and required documents are set by each department; GRE score code 6003 (non-engineering) and 4119 (engineering).

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