Art Department

Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art

The master of fine arts requires sixty (60) hours of graduate level courses. Two courses in art history (6 hours) at the graduate level are required, as is attendance in the MFA seminar classes (12 hours) held each semester. Of the remaining courses (42 hours) 30 hours must be in studio disciplines and are designed to meet individual needs and interests. These are mainly of a “workshop” or “atelier” nature. All students are required to present a Thesis Exhibition: a body of work demonstrating professional maturity constitutes the thesis proper as well as a written thesis contextualizing the exhibition. It is completed by the end of the second year and exhibited in the Department of Art galleries. In addition, an oral examination is conducted by an appointed faculty thesis committee.

First Year

First Semester
ARST 701: 3 credits
ARST 702: 6 credits
Art History: 3 credits
ARST 780-01: 3 credits
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15 credits

Second Semester
ARST 703: 3 credits
ARST 704: 6 credits
Art History: 3 credits
ARST 780-02: 3 credits
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15 credits

Second Year

First Semester
ARST 740: 6 credits
ARST 741: 6 credits
ARST 780-03: 3 credits
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15 credits

Second Semester
ARST 742: 3 credits
ARST 743: 3 credits
ARST 745: Thesis Project: 6 credits
ARST 780-04: 3 credits
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15 credits

Total: 60 credits