MFA.TEXT.2YR - MFA: Textiles (2yr)
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2024 - 2025 | Curriculum | 2-year program
The two-year MFA in Textiles focuses on the woven, knit and print design of fabrics used for apparel and interior design applications. Geared towards those with a background in textiles and academic and/or professional experience in visual studies, the curriculum helps you broaden and sharpen your skills, hone your artistic identity and become well versed in the technical and creative potential of the medium. The program also emphasizes studies in drawing and color—along with participation in graduate seminars—as a means of building analytical and critical thinking skills.
The first year enriches your creative background and helps you expand your skills, including the use of digital technology in design. The second year allows for more individual exploration of weaving, knitting or surface design, with the final semester culminating in a thesis project that entails both studio work and writing.
Degree Requirements
MFA FIRST YEAR | |||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEXT 480G - Graduate Studio I | 3 or 6 | TEXT 4819 - From an Idea to Meaning | 3 | TEXT 481G - Graduate Studio II | 3 or 6 | ||
TEXT 484G - Textiles Seminar I | 6 | TEXT 485G - Textiles Seminar II | 3 | ||||
TEXT 4826 - CAD in Textiles | 0 or 3 | TEXT 4826 - CAD in Textiles | 0 or 3 | ||||
Studio Elective | 0 or 3 | Studio Elective | 0 or 3 | ||||
Seminar Elective | 0 or 3 | Seminar Elective | 0 or 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||||
MFA SECOND YEAR | |||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||||
TEXT 482G - Graduate Studio III | 0 or 3 or 6 | Seminar Elective [2]* | 3 | TEXT 483G - Thesis Project | 9 | ||
TEXT 484G - Textiles Seminar I | 6 | TEXT 498G - Thesis Writing | 3 | ||||
TEXT 4826 - CAD in Textiles | 0 or 3 | Studio Elective | 3 or 0 | ||||
Studio Elective | 0 or 3 | Seminar Elective | 0 or 3 | ||||
Seminar Elective | 3 or 0 | ||||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||||
Total Program Credits: 66
Notes:
During the course of the program, students are required to take a minimum of one drawing or color studio elective.
During the course of the program, students are required to take three graduate seminars, one of which may be a textiles history course offering.
Students must seek departmental advice when choosing credit options in variable credit courses.
*Those students who do not have professional experience by their second Wintersession should spend this Wintersession on an internship.