Reinforcing Education through Artistic Learning, Graduate Certificate in

General Program Information

Graduate School Contact:
Don Rice; ricedb@etsu.edu; (423) 439-6158

Marie Tedesco, Ph.D., Director
916 West Maple
Box 70659
(423) 439-4223
e-mail: tedescom@etsu.edu

Admission Requirements

Each applicant for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Reinforcing Education through Artistic Learning must meet the admission requirements of the ETSU School of Graduate Studies. Application for Admission to graduate study is open to any person with a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and with an undergraduate GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. The transcripts of applicants with bachelor’s degrees from non-regionally accredited institutions will be reviewed individually. In addition to submitting an application and official transcripts of all academic work previously completed, applicants to the certificate program must submit three letters of reference and an essay (three-four pages in length) describing related work experience and interest in the program.

After a review of the application materials, applicants whose documents indicate a potential for success will be invited for an interview with the MALS director and the head of Project REAL conducted in person, by telephone, or via Skype. Students will be admitted into the certificate program once a year for the fall semester.

Articulation Agreement

Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Reinforcing Education through Artistic Learning and subsequently are admitted into the MALS concentration in Applied Theatre Pedagogy may have up to fifteen (15) of the certificate hours applied toward the degree program of study as long as the courses fall within the matriculation limits.

Core Courses: 9 credit hours

• REAL 5100 - Applied Theatre: Foundations in REAL Pedagogy (3 credits)
• REAL 5200 - Kinesthetic Learning and Teaching (3 credits)
• REAL 5300 - Heart Intelligence: Learning through Emotions (3 credits)

Electives: 6 credit hours

Select two (2) electives from the following list. With permission of both the MALS Director and the Project REAL Director, a student may take one (1) course not on the list. As student may take only one (1) independent study.

• REAL 5400 - The Art of the Lesson (3 credits)
• STOR 5140 - Foundations of Storytelling Performance (3 credits)
• STOR 5647 - Applied Storytelling: Storytelling for a Purpose (3 credit hours)
• THEA 5957 - Special Topics in Theatre/Dance (1-6 credits)
• EDFN 5050 - Social and Political Influences on Schools (3 credits)
• HDAL 5230 - Advanced Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
• MALS 5500 - Applied Theatre Practicum (3 credits)
• MALS 5900 - Independent Study (1-6 credits)

Total Required for Program: 15 Credit Hours