Through the School of Liberal Arts, the Newcomb Art Department offers the MFA degree in an intensive, two-year residency program that emphasizes close interaction with faculty and peers, with concentrations in Ceramics, Digital Art, Glass, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Degree requirements focus on studio work but include two graduate level courses in the history of art, and four MFA seminar courses that rotate in theme between Creation & Context and Professionalism & Pedagogy.
Sample Schedule, Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art
The Master of Fine Arts requires sixty-three (63) 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 courses (12 hours) that are held each semester and rotate in theme between Creation & Context and Professionalism & Pedagogy. Of the remaining courses (45 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. During the second year, all students are required to present a thesis exhibition in the Carroll Gallery and complete a written thesis contextualizing the exhibition. In addition, an oral examination is conducted by a faculty thesis committee.
Sample Schedule
Frequently Asked Questions about applying to the MFA Program.
