Course Requirements and Degree Requirements
MA/MS: Students must take at least one course from each of the areas of graduate study emphasis (media industry studies, history and critical studies).
Students must take RTVF 5100 (Introduction to Graduate Study in RTVF) during their first fall term/semester enrolled as an RTVF graduate student and RTVF 5120 (Literature of RTVF I) and RTVF 5130 (Literature of RTVF II).

MFA: Students must successfully complete a minimum of 60 semester hours: 36 hours of required courses, including 6 hours of MFA colloquium; 6 hours of prescribed electives; 12 hours of electives; and 6 hours of thesis. In addition, students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.25 while in the program. Any student whose GPA drops below this level will be placed on probation for one semester. If at the end of the probationary semester, the student’s GPA has not been raised to a 3.25 or better, the student will be dropped from the program.

Thesis Production
MA/MS:

MFA: The capstone experience for each MFA candidate, the thesis is a major creative production (6 semester credit hours). A substantial written production book is to accompany the work and should include historical/theoretical context for the production, in addition to detailed documentation of the production process. The thesis should illustrate the student’s ability to successfully execute professional-level production work of high quality, in addition to demonstrating the student’s knowledge of production techniques and historical/theoretical perspective.

Transfer Credits
Policies and guidelines of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies are followed when awarding transfer credit. Subject to approval of the graduate dean and the RTVF department, a student who holds a bachelor’s degree and has been admitted to the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies and to the RTVF program at UNT, may apply up to 9 semester hours (MA/MS) or 12 semester hours (MFA) of graduate credit toward the degree..

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