Educational Theatre, Storytelling and the arts, MA

Educational Theatre, Storytelling and the arts, M.A. is designed for educators without a theatre major interested in integrating dramatic play into their coursework. This program offers a rich array of multi-disciplinary courses in arts education, focusing on creative dramatics and storytelling. The non-certification program is open to all interested graduate candidates, regardless of prior study, and can meet the needs of already-certified English teachers seeking a master’s degree in a related area. The program nurtures creative individuals of diverse academic backgrounds who would like to engage in an integrated approach to learning through the arts across the lifespan and within various educational settings.

The 33 credit non-certification program in Educational Theatre, Storytelling, and the Arts offers similar coursework to the certification program (with a core of educational theatre, art education courses, and individualized electives). However, it does not require the final student teaching semester. The non-certification program is open to all interested graduate candidates, regardless of prior study, and is particularly suited for interdisciplinary artists of all domains: actors, dancers, poets, playwrights, musicians, other performers, and visual artists.

Why Earn Your MA in Educational Theatre at Adelphi?

Explore your creativity in our lively, meaningful, and deeply personal online learning communities, freed from the constraints of traditional settings and supported by a university that has a long history of championing the arts as part of a rich and deeply human education.

Benefit from our multi-arts approach that integrates creative writing, storytelling, movement, performance, and visual arts and views traditional educational subjects such as literacy, special education, foundations, and psychology through an arts-based lens.

Deepen your artistic work in our core course informed by the Michael Chekhov system of mind-body awareness.

Join a program ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Online Masters in Education.