MFA.ILLUS.2YR - MFA: Illustration (2yr)
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Illustration MFA students progress through the program by taking on increasingly complex projects oriented around critical issues in illustration theory and practice. Required seminars and studios are supported by additional studies in art and design and elective courses across the college, allowing students opportunities for focused, personally meaningful study.
The experience culminates in a final thesis project that builds on work completed throughout the program. In completing the thesis, degree candidates explore ideas, methods and modes of expression that suit their goals as socially engaged artists and communicators.
Degree Requirements
MFA FIRST YEAR | |||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ILLUS 501G - Graduate Illustration Studio I: Perception and the Art of Communication | 6 | ILLUS 504G - Seminar: Media Issues and Literacy - Research Practicum | 3 | ILLUS 505G - Graduate Illustration Studio II: Narrative Structures | 6 |
ILLUS 502G - Seminar: Isms & Illustration - Critical Theory and Illustration | 3 | ILLUS 506G - Seminar: Contemporary Visual Narrative | 3 | ||
Elective | 3 | ILLUS 507G - Building Narrative: Writing Workshop | 3 | ||
Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||
MFA SECOND YEAR | |||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | |||
ILLUS 601G - Graduate Illustration III: Social Engagement and Agency | 9 | GRAD-010G or Elective | 3 | ILLUS 605G - Graduate Illustration Studio IV: Thesis | 9 |
ILLUS 602G - Graduate Thesis Preparatory Seminar | 3 | ILLUS 606G - Seminar: Paradigms and Contexts - Publishing the Thesis and Beyond | 3 | ||
Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||
Total Program Credits: 60
Notes:
In lieu of an elective, students may apply to teach a five-week Wintersession course as instructor of record; this option requires that students also take a three-credit practicum in preparation for teaching.