Graduate Programs
Graduate Programs
College of the Arts Graduate Programs
Interested in advancing your education in the performing or visual arts at Rowan? Explore our graduate degree programs through Rowan Global.Master of Arts, Arts Administration
The M.A. Arts Administration’s practically-driven curriculum provides a pathway for recent graduates and working professionals to become leaders and change markers in the performing and visual arts. Students will take courses in leadership, marketing, audience development, community outreach, entrepreneurship and more
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Master of Music Education
This program is designed for music educators to refine and advance their philosophical approaches to teaching music in a culturally diverse and technologically advanced society. With an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion and access, Rowan’s M.M.Ed program will prepare educators to engage in responsive teaching and connect theory to practice. By taking courses in philosophy, curricular innovation, research and various aspects of musicianship, students will explore current trends in the music education field and hone their skills as musicians and educators.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Music Therapy
Intended for those who have completed an undergraduate music degree the Post-Bac Certificate prepares students to become a Board-Certified Music Therapist. The hybrid program consists of online/asynchronous coursework and face-to-face meetings throughout the semester and a Residency in Music Therapy capstone course.
Master of Fine Arts, Devised Performance
This program is designed to train and launch the next generation of theatre professionals, adroit in creating original theatre with a rigorous attention to quality using all the materials at their disposal: their bodies, voices, imaginations and skills in collaboration and in creating surprising and arresting moments of live performance. The mission of the program is to expand and nourish the local, national, and international communities of forward-thinking theatre artists and to encourage the creation of groundbreaking original work.
PhD in Creativity
Students in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Creativity program at Rowan University define an interdisciplinary research topic and are guided through three years of dissertation development by a committee specifically tailored to each project. Committee members may include Rowan University faculty in addition to others from different universities and research institutions in the U.S. or abroad to ensure each student is guided by a team of esteemed professionals and academics whose accomplishments are known and respected in their fields and particularly suited to the individual student’s needs. Students will benefit from the graduate education infrastructure and experience available at Rowan as a comprehensive public research university, including graduate student support services, access to publication venues, and exposure to the work and research settings of theoretical, applied, practical, creative, and clinical scholars.