MFA.PHOTO.2YR - MFA in Photography (2yr)
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2025 - 2026 | Curriculum | 2-year program
Working in your own studio space, you enjoy access to state-of-the-art technical facilities that allow you to explore film-based and digital photography, digital video and multimedia production.
As you create a coherent body of visual work that shows a sustained and sophisticated investigation of ideas, you also learn to write and speak about your work fluently and and frame your practice in historical and critical contexts.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of the MFA program are prepared to:
state and achieve individual goals for their work.
deliver technically proficient work.
develop a cohesive body of work.
speak and write about their work with a high degree of clarity.
contextualize their work in contemporary practice.
demonstrate professionalism though teaching, gallery exhibition, photography assistantship, and/or managing a studio practice.
First year | |||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||
PHOTO 532G - Graduate Critique I | 9 | elective | 3 | PHOTO 535G - Graduate Critique II | 9 |
graduate seminar | 3 | graduate seminar | 3 | ||
elective | 3 | elective | 3 | ||
total credits | 15 | total credits | 3 | total credits | 15 |
Second year | |||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||
PHOTO 536G - Graduate Critique III Thesis | 9 | elective | 3 | PHOTO 537G - Graduate Critique IV Thesis | 9 |
PHOTO 541G - Graduate Seminar | 3 | PHOTO 539G - Graduate Photography Thesis Writing | 3 | ||
elective | 3 | PHOTO 540G - Graduate Thesis Project | 3 | ||
total credits | 15 | total credits | 3 | total credits | 15 |
notes:
Three (3) Graduate Seminars are required. Students may opt to take a pre-approved Liberal Arts course. Consult your Graduate Program Director for appropriate courses to fulfill this requirement.
All graduate students must participate in a minimum of 3-credits during Wintersession each year.