The MA in World Arts prepares students to work cross-culturally alongside singers, musicians, actors, dancers, storytellers, and visual artists, researching the arts of their community. Using these insights, the student will be able to spark artistic creations with artists to respond to their community’s needs in community development, health education, justice issues, language and arts preservation, literacy, Scripture engagement and translation, worship expressions, and other areas. This program will be of interest to people with artistic skills and sensibilities, curiosity about culture, a commitment to serious research, and a drive to see others create. Depending on prior background and training, as well as the specialization and application courses chosen, graduates will be prepared for careers such as the following: Arts journalist
Community development worker
Ethnodramatologist
Ethnomusicologist
Orality consultant
Trauma healing consultant
Arts consultant for: - Bible translation projects
- Schools in cross-cultural contexts
- Non-governmental organizations
- Multi-ethnic churches
- Literacy projects
- Christian mission agencies
General Core Requirements
| Research Methods for World Arts | 3 | | Expressive Form Analysis | 3 | | Applied Arts | 3 | | Training Across Cultures | 3 | | Directed Practicum in World Arts | 3 | | | Total General Core Hours | 15 |
Specialization Courses: 12 graduate student hours Choose two from the following arts analysis specialization courses: Oral Tradition and Literature (3)
Song Transcription and Analysis (3)
Exploration of an Artistic Form (3) Discourse Analysis (3)
Choose two from the following application domain courses:
Principles of Literacy (3)
Language Development and Planning (3)
Scripture Engagement Methods (3)
Language Documentation (3)
Language Survey Methods (3)
Theory and Practice of Translation (3)
Non-Thesis Track: 3 electives (9 graduate student hours)
Thesis Track: Thesis (6) + 1 elective (3 graduate student hours) TOTAL: 36 graduate student hours Prerequisites An undergraduate course in Cultural Anthropology (or equivalent) is required for admission to the graduate program. In addition, as part of the admission process, students are required to demonstrate competency in at least one artistic domain (music, drama, dance, visual arts, etc.).
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