The MFA in Visual Art is a two-and-a-half-year program (60 credits) combining full-residency and low-residency components.
Course of study
First year
Summer (10 days in August) (6 credits)
- ART 601 / Residency
- ART 698 / Seminar in the Visual Arts (continues into the following Fall)
Fall (9 credits)
- ART 722 / Graduate Tutorial
- ART 710 / Graduate Studio Practice
- ART 737 / Theory and Criticism (even year) or ART 790 / Community Service (odd year)
Winter (10 days in January) (6 credits)
- ART 601 / Residency
- ART 611 / Interdisciplinary practice (continues to the following Spring)
Spring (9 credits)
- ART 710 / Graduate Studio Practices
- ART 649 / Professional Practice (even year) or ART 650 / Critique Seminar (odd year)
- Elective (This can be ART 710 in the 2nd Spring semester)
Second year
Summer (10 days in August) (6 credits)
- ART 601 / Residency
- ART 698 / Seminar in the Visual Arts (continues into the following Fall)
Fall (6 credits): Mid-Way Advancement to Candidacy Exhibition
- ART 710 / Graduate Studio Practice
- ART 737 / Theory and Criticism (even year) or ART 790 / Community Service (odd year)
Winter (10 days in January) (6 credits)
- ART 601 / Residency
- ART 611 / Interdisciplinary practice (continues to the following Spring)
Spring (6 credits)
- ART 710 / Graduate Studio Practices
- ART 649 / Professional Practice (even year) or ART 650 / Critique Seminar (odd year)
Third year
Fall (6 credits): Thesis Exhibition
- ART 710 / Graduate Studio Practice
- ART 777 / Thesis
