The Puppet Arts are a crossroads of many disciplines. Virtually all of the arts and many of the humanities and sciences feed directly into the form that is referred to as Puppetry. The students in The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program serve as good examples of this wide and varied field. In our graduate program we have had students with undergraduate degrees in English Literature, Music, Acting, Technical Theatre, Graphic Arts, Sculpture, costuming, Political Science and Religion/Philosophy.

Course of Study for the MA and MFA Puppetry

DA 3611 Trends in Contemporary American Puppet Theatre
DA 5131 Studies in Theatre History
DA 5159 Practicum in Puppet Arts
DA 5189 Field Studies in Puppet Arts
DA 5190 Internship in Puppet Arts
DA 5192 (A) Advanced Rod Puppet Theatre
DA 5192 (B) Advanced Mask Theatre
DA 5192 (C) Advanced Hand Puppet Theatre
DA 5192 (D) Advanced Shadow Theatre
DA 5192 (E) Independent Study in Puppet Arts
DA 5196 (A) MFA Project in Puppet Arts
DA 5196 (B) Puppet Arts MFA: Design
DA 5196 (C) Puppet Arts MFA: Scriptwriting
DA 5196 (D) Puppet Arts MFA: Technical Design
DA 5196 (E) Puppet Arts MFA: Construction
DA 5196 (F) Puppet Arts MFA: Direction
DA 5197 (A) Advanced UV/Czech Black Theatre
DA 5197.010 (B) & DA 397.010 (B) Advanced Paper Sculpture Design, sculpture, patterning and finishing techniques are practiced using the Roser Papier Methode for Puppetry.
DA 5197 (C) Advanced Puppetry in Television
DA 5197 (D) Advanced Materials Techniques
DA 5197 (E) Special Topics in Puppet Arts
DA 5601 Marionette Construction
DA 5602 Marionette Performance
DA 5603 (A) Puppet Theatre Production
DA 5603 (B) ISMS: Art Movements of the Early 20th Century
DA 5603 (C) Puppet Production Seminar
DA 5603 (D) Puppet Arts Aesthetics
DA 5603 (E) Seminar in Puppet Arts