Arts & Humanities
BA African American and African Studies
The Ohio State University, United States
- Degree
- Bachelor's
- Next intake
- Entry terms for first-year applicants to the Columbus campus: Autumn 2027 and Spring 2027 (Spring 20
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
The MFA in Dance is a three-year terminal degree centered on studio-based artistic practice and production, with areas including digital arts, community engagement and social justice, education and pedagogy, somatics and kinesiology, and dance analysis and history. It is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance.
Faculty: College of the Arts | Department: Dance | Duration: Three years, full-time (minimum 60 graduate semester units) | Intake: Autumn; application due October 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Columbus, OH, United States
Minimum 60 semester units: core courses 12 (dance research, pedagogy, dance studies, choreography workshop), movement practice 12, creative process 12, history/theory/literature and electives 12, independent study and final project 12; ends with an MFA project, three-part written comprehensive exam and oral defence.
University teaching, community engagement, directing a performance company, arts management, curating or festival direction, devising performance work.
MFA Dance: substantial experience in a somatic or body-mind practice; application, transcripts, 2-4 page autobiographical statement, CV, and portfolio due October 1; at least three letters of recommendation due by November 1; in-person audition and interview in November by invitation (faculty interview, movement audition and choreographic workshop, solo embodied research presentation); GRE not required by the department; English test for international applicants within two years. Graduate School (all programmes): cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the last bachelor's or advanced degree, from a four-year bachelor's-equivalent degree; GRE/GMAT only if the programme requires it or the GPA is below 3.0 or the degree is from an unaccredited institution.
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.
Intake: Autumn; application due October 1
Duration: Three years, full-time (minimum 60 graduate semester units)
Apply through the official page: https://gpadmissions.osu.edu/
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
Arts & Humanities
The Ohio State University, United States
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