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Printmaking
Printmaking at New York Academy of Art is a set of three courses providing students with educational depth in lithography, intaglio, relief, and monotype, for application to one’s own work as well as the challenges of college-level teaching.
Theatre
The Theatre program at Villanova University offers a distinct fusion of both academic work and practical experience.
Brass Performance
We offer a master degree in Brass Performance at Northwestern University. For more than 50 years, the Bienen School of Music’s brass program has enjoyed the highest international reputation as well as a close relationship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Broaden the definition of your artistry and engage in a range of creative disciplines and approaches, applying your skills as a maker, interpreter, and performer across a vast range of performance environments at The New School with our MFA in Contemporary Theatre and Performance.
Music
The school of Music from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is highly competitive graduate-level composition programme welcomes students who demonstrate extraordinary intellectual curiosity and whose primary goal is to communicate with others on a profoundly human level. Above all, our faculty of renowned composers seek students whose personal voice is clearly discernible.

Architecture (One-Year Program)
The School of Architecture's Master of Architecture (One-Year Program) in Northeastern University focuses on the contemporary challenges and opportunities in design for cities.
Regional and Community Planning
The Regional and Community Planning from Kansas State University integrates the concept of comprehensive community development planning in an environmental context with considerations for social, economic, cultural and political issues.
Composition
Composition from Southern Methodist University is a place to do what you love and garner tools to build a life.
Writing for the Screen
The Writing for the Screen program of Loyola Marymount University uses long-form storytelling as a basis for preparing students for a career in screenwriting.
Directing
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing at Baylor University is intended for the artist-scholar who plans to direct professionally, work as an artistic director, and/or pursue a career in university theatre education.
Music, Science, and Technology
The Music, Science, and Technology programme at Stanford University is a premier two-year Master of Arts degree. Designed for students with backgrounds in engineering, science, or the arts, this full-time course explores the intersection of acoustics and digital media through advanced research and technical innovation.
Music
Students interested in pursuing a deeper musical education in performance, teaching, or conducting are encouraged to apply for the Music program at the University of Minnesota.
Devised Performance
The Devised Performance program offered by Rowan University is designed to train and launch the next generation of theatre professionals, adroit in creating original theatre with a rigorous attention to quality using all the materials at their disposal: their bodies, voices, imaginations and skills in collaboration and in creating surprising and arresting moments of live performance.
Theatre - Dramatic Writing
The Theatre - Dramatic Writing MFA program from Arizona State University includes coursework in playwriting, screenwriting, historical studies in theatre, dramatic theory, directing new work, literary management, electives and related topics such as writing for solo performance, storytelling, devising and collaborative writing.
Music Therapy
As Georgia College 's only online Master of Music Therapy program, we provide the opportunity to acquire an advanced theoretical, research and practical base for meeting the changing needs of the people served by the profession.
Graphic Design
The Graphic Design program of Otis College of Art and Design is a year-long, LA-based student, faculty and research collective of designers investigating the issues of our day. We blend design exploration, critical inquiry, and applied projects to interrogate and better our world. We partner with organizations to foster deep impact beyond the classroom.
Music Therapy
Maryville University’s Music Therapy actively applies supportive science to the creative, emotional, and energizing experiences of music for health treatment and educational goals.
Conducting
In the Conducting program of the University of Oregon faculty conductors mentor a select group of graduate students through an integrated curriculum of academics, teaching, and performance.
Textiles
The Textiles MFA program offered at Georgia State University fosters textile art as an academic, artistic and professional endeavor. It is multifaceted, combining traditional handwork with digital and industrial technology output to develop a professional artist’s portfolio for exhibitions as well as professional practices in textile design.

Urban Design
The Master of Urban Design (MUD) at University of Colorado Denver is an advanced post-professional degree programme for individuals who seek a career in urban design practice or for current planning and design professionals who want to enhance and expand their existing practice with urban design knowledge and expertise.