Ann Chamberlain, Untitled Installation, 2006. Courtesy of Gallery Paule Anglim.
dual degree ma/mfa curriculum
The three-year, full-time Dual Degree MA/MFA program requires students to complete 78 units.
As a part of the curriculum, all first-year Dual Degree students must attend the Graduate Lecture Series, which brings noted artists and critics to campus for lectures, discussions, and critiques.
Curriculum Requirements:
| Graduate Tutorial | 12 |
| Graduate Critique Seminar | 12 |
| Electives/Cognates | 15 |
| Art History Seminar Electives | 9 |
| Critical Studies | 6 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
| Intermediate Review | 0 |
| Global Perspectives of Modernity | 3 |
| Culture Industry and Media Matters | 3 |
| Research and Writing Colloquia | 3 |
| Thesis I | 6 |
| Thesis II | 6 |
| Final Review | 0 |
| MFA Graduate Exhibition | 0 |
| Total | 78 |
Semester 1
| Graduate Critique Seminar | 3 |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| Art History Elective | 3 |
| Critical Studies Electives | 3 |
| Other Elective (includes studio) | 3 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Semester 2
| Graduate Critique Seminar | 3 |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| Art History Elective | 3 |
| Critical Studies Elective | 3 |
| Other Elective (includes studio) | 3 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
| Graduate Studio Intermediate Review | 0 |
Semester 3
| Graduate Critique Seminar | 3 |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| Issues and Theories of Contemporary Art | 3 |
| Global Perspectives on Modernity | 3 |
| Art History/Critical Studies/Exhibition and Museum Studies Electives | 3 |
Semester 4
| Graduate Critique Seminar | 3 |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| Research and Writing Colloquium | 3 |
| Culture Industries and Media Matters | 3 |
| Art History/Critical Studies/Exhibition and Museum Studies Electives | 3 |
| Graduate Studio Final Review | 0 |
| MFA Graduate Studio Final Review | 0 |
Semester 5
| Thesis I | 3 |
| Thesis II | 3 |
| Teaching Practicum or Art History/Critical Studies Elective | 3 |
Semester 6
| Thesis I | 3 |
| Thesis II | 3 |
| Teaching Practicum or Art History/Critical Studies Elective | 3 |
| Total | 78 |
