Graduate Programs

Application Deadlines:
Spring Admission - October 15
Fall Admission - February 2*
*Art Education Fall Deadline - April 15

Apply to School of Art graduate programs

The School of Art offers graduate programs
leading to the degrees of:

• Master of Arts (MA)
Art Education
Art History

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

  & Master of Arts (MA)
Ceramics
Drawing/Painting
Glass
Jewelry/Metals/Enamelling
Printmaking
Sculpture
Textile Arts

College of the Arts

Graduate Assistantships are available in each major program area and are awarded annually on a competitive basis.

The service commitment of a graduate assistant appointment may involve teaching, research, or technical support responsibilities, for an average 20 hours per week.

Graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of eight credit hours per semester.

In addition to the above regular assistantships, in the studio areas, the Craig Lucas Graduate Assistantship is awarded every second year for a two-year assistantship, in any program area. Contact the Coordinator of Graduate Studies for further information.

In Art History, the Emily Farnham Graduate Prize is awarded annually to an entering student in art history. Contact Professor Kathleen Browne, Coordinator of Graduate Studies, for further information.

The School of Art is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Advising

The Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Professor Kathleen Browne advises all prospective and incoming graduate students and assists them in making initial decisions as to class schedules, studio spaces, and related matters of settling into the MFA and MA programs. Ms. Lisa Everson in the School of Art office assists in the admissions and registration processes, along with those processes connected with preparation for graduation (theses, exhibition scheduling, paperwork processing).

Under normal circumstances, graduate students choose their own advisor from among the graduate faculty, based on medium and conceptual goals. This graduate faculty advisor guides the composition of the graduate committee and related curricular and programmatic goals in accordance with individual student aims and objectives and in consonance with Graduate School policies and procedures.