POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM IN GLASS

2023-2024 | Sample Curriculum

The Post-baccalaureate programs in Glass offer unique one-year courses of study with individualized curricula that are tailored for each student in consultation with faculty. These programs accommodate a wide spectrum of students who have come to Glass from very different perspectives and levels of experience. For example, post-bacc students may design a curriculum tailored to complement undergraduate work in preparation for continued MFA study or structure the year for concentrated research in and of itself.

CONCEPTUAL CONCENTRATION

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

Glass Studio (II, III or Graduate)

6

Elective

3

Glass Studio (II, III or Graduate)

6

Glass Degree Program Workshop

3

Glass Degree Program Workshop

3

Critical Issues Seminar

3

Elective Graduate Seminar

3

Contemporary Art History

3

Contemporary Art History

3

TOTAL CREDITS

15

TOTAL CREDITS

3

TOTAL CREDITS

15

TECHNICAL CONCENTRATION

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

Glass Studio

6

Elective

3

Glass Studio

6

Glass Casting

3

Beginning (or Intermediate) Glassworking

3

Glass Coldworking

3

Experiments in Optics

3

History of Glass

3

Glass Degree Program Workshop

3

TOTAL credits

15

TOTAL CREDITS

3

TOTAL CREDITS

15

Total Credits: 66

Additional notes:

*This program requires application and admission through the RISD Admissions Office. Contact the Admissions Office for more information and an application. Credits taken in the Post Baccalaureate Program are NOT transferable to the RISD MFA in Glass should the student be accepted into the MFA Program.