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All new studio art students enter the MA program. The MA degree in
studio art requires completion of a minimum of 30 semester hours of
graduate work, including at least 6 hours in art history, 15 hours
in a major studio field, 3 hours of graduate seminar, 3 hours of graduate
critiques, and 3 hours of art studio electives. Candidacy for the
degree is determined by a review upon the completion of 18-24 semester
hours. A thesis exhibition and an oral review are required for successful
completion of the program. The degree program must be completed with
six years.
Admission to the MFA program is by recommendation of a faculty review
committee, which meets at the time of the candidate MA thesis exhibition.
This committee reviews the student’s progress upon the completion
of a minimum of 30 graduate hours taken within the MA studio program.
Hours must conform to the requirements of the MA program, representing
completed coursework in studio and art history. The committee will
recommend that the candidate continue within the MFA program or finalize
studies at the University with a completed MA degree.
The MFA degree requires the completion of a minimum of 60 semester
hours of graduate work, including at least 9 hours of art history,
24 hours in a major studio area, 6 hours of graduate seminar, 6 hours
of graduate critiques, and 15 hours of art studio or art history electives.
The degree must be completed within six years of enrollment in the
MA studio program. A graduate student may select a minor studio concentration
of study or choose a variety of graduate level classes offered within
the art department or approved graduate-level elective courses. Admission
to candidacy for the MFA degree is based on the delivery of a public
lecture by the candidate addressing his/her research in the making
and thinking of visual art. The lecture is followed by questions from
the faculty to the candidate concerning all aspects of the research
presented for candidacy to continue study towards the MFA degree.
Successful candidacy is achieved when the candidate has proven able
to coherently and clearly defend his/her research in dialogue with
the faculty. The candidate must as well as achieve and demonstrate
proficiency in technique and accomplishment in addition to personal
direction in the respective area of study.
A thesis exhibition is presented at the end of the candidate’s
final term. During the exhibition, an oral examination is conducted
by the student’s faculty committee. At that time the candidate
defends the exhibition and written artist’s statement.
A graduate review committee is
established by each graduate student. The committee must consist
of
no fewer than four faculty members and can have an unlimited number
of approved graduate faculty. Required appointees to this committee
include the department chairperson (director of graduate studies),
the major area professor, an art historian, and another art studio
or art history faculty member. The chairperson of the committee is
the student’s major area professor.
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