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Dallas International University

Programme Detail: MA with Major in World Arts

Language of this entry English (USA)
Name of Programme / Training Resource MA with Major in World Arts
Type of Training Programme with multiple subsidiary courses
Reference Number MAWA
Description The 36 hour graduate program in World Arts prepares students to work cross-culturally alongside local singers, musicians, actors, dancers, storytellers, and visual artists, researching the arts of their community.
Keywords world arts, arts, cultures, music in cultures, ethnomusicology, minority arts, orality, story-telling, graduate, trauma healing, DIU
Languages Programme Available in English (USA)
Other Languages
Country and region where programme is available United States / Texas
Area of Ministry and Focus Prayer, Worship and Spiritual Gifts / Worship; Transforming Culture, Arts and the Media / Languages and Literature; Transforming Culture, Arts and the Media / Music; Transforming Culture, Arts and the Media / Communication and Media; Transforming Culture, Arts and the Media / Performing Arts; Mission and Evangelism / Cross-Cultural Mission and History
Residential/Non Residential Mixed
Full-time or Part-time Full-time
Level Masters
Cost Range US$100,000 or more
Actual Cost $455/graduate credit hour
Bursaries/scholarships available No
Actual Length 36 credit hours
Average hours of study per week 15
Methods of instruction class time, lecture, language aquisition practical hands on learning, reading, weekly chapel, prayer partners, mentoring
Percentage of time spent in formal learning (e.g. lectures, structured reading, work-books, etc.) 30%
Percentage of time spent on non-formal skill-based learning (e.g. learning on the job and supervised practice, etc.) 60%
Percentage of time spent in informal unstructured learning (e.g. prayer times, teamwork). 10%
Average number of students who take the programme per year (or, if this is a new programme, the number who can be accommodated) 25
Prerequisite Programmes Cultural Anthropology
Other Prerequisites undergraduate degree and competency in at least one artistic domain
Qualifications gained master's degree
Qualifications this programme is part of ethnomusicology and ethnodoxology positions
Programme Accredited by Other Accreditation (see below)
Other Accrediting Bodies Southern Associationof Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)