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Master of Fine Arts, Costume Design Program The MFA in Costume Design at IU combines diverse opportunities for realized design work and a strong curriculum as the foundation for its training. Curriculum and practice focus on collaboration, analysis, drawing, painting, aesthetics, craft technology and costume history with a social history component. Taught by working professionals, the sixty-hour costume design curriculum offers intensive training in both studio and classroom settings coupled with one-on-one tutorials with the students major professor. There is also the option of a study-abroad course in London as part of the curriculum. This course is offered at graduate level credit. The goal of the program is to prepare the student for participation in professional theatre and associated disciplines. Admittance Students are admitted into the program after proving competency as shown by their portfolio, statement of goals, and required onsite interview. Judgments of portfolio, writing quality, and professional potential are made by members of the Design and Technology Faculty Committee. Retention Each year students are invited to continue in the program after the faculty has accessed a student’s academic success, artistic growth and professional development. A 3.2 GPA or higher typically indicates academic success. The student’s faculty advisor provides an interim evaluation at the end of each Fall semester, and at the end of the first and the second year, students are required to present their portfolio with an oral interview to the Design and Technology Faculty Committee. At this time the committee will determine whether a student shall be advanced in the program. Weaknesses in the areas of academic success, artistic growth and professional development will be identified and may result in a probationary semester or dismissal from the program. Program Specifics Costume design students are assigned at least four productions during their tenure in the program. One production in the third year will be designated as the MFA thesis project which will include written documentation. The MFA is a sixty-hour curriculum including costume design, fine arts and technology courses, dramatic literature, history and criticism courses. To ensure a deep understanding of related fields, a student will also earn a minor in Scenic Design, Lighting Design or Theatre Technology or successfully complete an approved sequence of courses from at least three of these areas. Success The successful student will complete the MFA with a diverse portfolio of realized designs and be prepared as a design professional.
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