将与学生的研究生顾问委员会协商并批准，为每个学生制定部门级学术课程计划。该委员会将包括该学生的主要顾问和至少两名研究生院系成员，以便满足LSU研究生院对研究生委员会的要求。课程要求包括MFA（代理专业），包括夏季课程在内连续两年的居住时间。不包括论文学分的71学分。THTR 8000论文研究至少需要六个学分（每学期1-12个）。论文项目侧重于重要角色的准备，演练和表演。MFA（服装技术与设计，物业技术，景观技术与设计专业）连续三年居住。67学分时不包括论文学分。THTR 8000论文研究至少需要六个学分（
The LSU Theatre program attempts to serve its students in a number of ways, providing rigorous training in performance practices, the history and literature of the stage, and in the development of the critical, conceptual, and argumentative skills basic to a liberal arts education. The program aims to prepare its graduates for careers in both professional and educational theatre. The department also recognizes that theatre is no insular art but involves, reflects, and participates in the wider cultural thought and practices of our time. The program thus encourages a global view of performance; training in production skills should foster an awareness of the intellectual and political life of the contemporary world. We hold that our endeavor in theatre – both in performance and in scholarship – can assume an active role in the cultural dialogue, offering not simply entertainment, but insight and commentary regarding how we determine and pursue our social values and visions.<br><br>The departmental-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and at least two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate School’s requirements for graduate committees are satisfied.