Admission Requirements

Candidates coming for the MA Theatre and Performing Arts must have ANY of the following qualifications:

i) A minimum Second Class Lower or a Third Class Degree (with 5 years’ post-graduation experience) in Theatre, Performing Arts, Drama, Music, Creative Arts, Fine Arts, Mass communications, Journalism, Film, Languagesand Literature and Broadcasting.

ii) Candidates from any of the Arts or who have media work experience or experience of film and video productionfrom other disciplines are eligible with strong references but such candidates will audit 3 core courses at 400level. Candidates with a strong ABU PGD in Theatre for Development, PGD in Home video Production are eligible for admission.

Graduation Requirements

Candidates for MA must score a minimum of 2.50 Cumulative Grade Point Average to graduate.

Candidates must take a minimum of 60 credit units of courses to graduate.

Candidates must present two seminar papers which earn 2 credit points.

In addition to passing their courses, MA candidates must submit THESIS which is 12+ credit units in partial fulfilment for the award of the MA in Theatre and Performing Arts.

Coursework:48; Seminar 4 (1/Semester); Thesis 12+; Total:60 CU