MA.GAC.1.5YR - MA: Global Arts and Cultures (1.5yr)
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2024 - 2025 | Curriculum | 1.5-year program
The GAC MA program provides a strong foundation in social and cultural theory for artists, designers and architects, as well as students pursuing work in museums and galleries, creative industries, activism, policy making, entrepreneurship and academic research and teaching. In acquiring new cultural and political literacies, students gain the capacity to speak to multiple audiences, intervene in current debates and navigate global systems.
The curriculum is designed to establish frameworks for critical inquiry and develop individually tailored research projects. Core courses survey current theoretical discourses, explore research methods across and beyond traditional disciplines, and provide guided thesis preparation. Electives expose students to topics in the history of global art and design, literature, performance, and visual and material cultures. In close consultation with faculty mentors, students devise research projects that culminate in the completion of a master’s thesis based on original investigation, critical and historical analysis, and innovative forms of written and visual communication.
Degree Requirements
MA FIRST YEAR | |||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GAC 700G - Critical Globalisms | 3 | Elective | 3 | GAC 703G - Politics & Ethics of Representation | 3 |
GAC 701G - Critical Globalisms | 3 | GAC 798G - Prospectus Seminar | 3 | ||
GAC 702G - Research Issues Seminar | 3 | Elective(s) | 6 | ||
Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||
MA SECOND YEAR | |||||
FALL | |||||
GAC 799G - Thesis | 12 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Total Program Credits: 39
Notes:
All required courses for the Master of Global Arts and Cultures will have the preface GAC. For students in the Master of Global Arts and Cultures, GAC 700G and GAC 701G are co-requisites. GAC 701G is restricted to Master of Global Arts and Cultures students.
GAC 798G and GAC 799G are restricted to Master of Global Arts and Cultures students.
The minimum credit requirement for the Master of Global Arts and Cultures is 39 credits. For more information, refer to the “Graduation Requirements for Graduate Students” section in the catalog.