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Managment does have an organization that accredits programs NAST . However, as a personal comment, the lines between theatre management and Arts management (and some other programs) can blur as there can be a good deal of overlap. I believe some of this content is quite relevant to the article on MFA degrees and I didn't see an opportunity to edit.
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University program descriptions. It has also a good book about research in graphic design and visual communication: Visual Communication - Rick Williams and Julianne Newton. If someone told you this in form to offer a MFA, it was not fair with you. If you are not from the area and expect some advantages to computing or engineering areas, I'm afraid you are not doing a "what we would say" exactly good thing. It depend if you are misinformed or bad intentioned.
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