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) 6
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