MFA in Studio Art, Program Requirements

MFA in Studio Art

Ceramics - Metals - Painting
Printmaking - Sculpture

• Two year program with a 3rd year option
• Our Graduate Assistantships include tuition waiver, stipend and teaching opportunities and are available on a competitive basis
• International students are eligible for assistantships
• Graduates from our MFA program are successful educators and exhibiting artists

How to Apply

1. Complete a Graduate School application* and send transcripts
2. Send to the Art Department: CD with minimum of 20 images (600 pixels for longest side; 72dpi; no powerpoints accepted; list of image titles, dates, materials and dimensions); 3 letters of recommendation; a resume; and a one page statement of goals. Send to Sharon Henrichson by February 1.
3. A visit to meet faculty and a tour of facilities is strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit, contact Ellen Price, priceej@muohio.edu.

*To apply for an assistantship, please be sure to mark the box on the Graduate School application.
In addition to Art Department assistantships, the Graduate School offers a limited number of grants-in-aid. Applications are due March 1. Contact the Graduate School for information about grants-in-aid.

Program Requirement

The MFA degree requires 60 semester hours of credit on the graduate level of study and is offered in two major areas of study:

• 2D -- painting and printmaking
• 3D -- ceramics, metals, and sculpture

Emphasis is placed upon professional preparation in a selected area of concentration. All MFA degree candidates receive exactly the same degree, the MFA in Studio Art.

Master of Fine Arts program requirements
(60 semester hours minimum)

• 24 semester hours in 600 level studio courses with no less than 18 in either painting, printmaking, sculpture, metals, or ceramics
• 6 semester hours in graduate level art history
• 3 semester hours ART 680
• 3 semester hours in graduate level drawing
• 3 semester hours ART 601*
• 12 semester hours in graduate-level course options
• 9 semester hours, thesis

*Recommended, required for teaching assistants

The Thesis requirement ensures that each MFA student will submit a written "Artist's Statement" in support of the studio work and that the studio work will be mounted in a final Thesis Exhibition. In addition, all graduate Teaching Assistants are required to enroll in Art 601 (Graduate Teaching Seminar).

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