导演艺术硕士学位是专为计划专业指导，担任艺术指导和/或从事大学戏剧教育工作的艺术家学者而设。该计划的入学竞争非常激烈。学生应具有丰富的戏剧文学和戏剧历史背景，以及导演，戏剧分析，视觉构图和设计协作方面的实践经验。MFA的学生在三年制课程中有很多指导的机会，可以在各种样式，风格和空间中练习自己的手工艺品。该程序最终产生了MFA论文。戏剧艺术系致力于组建艺术家学者的专业导演。我们提供与国家认可的标准相关的专业且全面的课程，旨在为合格的学生准备专业剧院，教育剧院和大学教学方面的成功课程。导演艺术硕士学位是世界上
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing is intended for the artist-scholar who plans to direct professionally, work as an artistic director, and/or pursue a career in university theatre education. Admission to the program is highly competitive. Students should have a solid background in dramatic literature and theatre history as well as practical experience in directing, play analysis, visual composition, and design collaboration. MFA students have numerous opportunities to direct during the three year program, practicing their craft in a diversity of styles, genres, and spaces. The program culminates in an MFA thesis production. The Department of Theatre Arts is dedicated to the formation of professional directors who are artist-scholars. We deliver a specialized and thorough curriculum correlated to nationally recognized standards and designed to prepare qualified students for success in professional theatre, educational theatre, and university teaching. The Master of Fine Arts Degree in Directing is the only terminal degree in theatre offered at any Baptist university in the world.