Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art- Painting

The School of Art offers an in-residence Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree with a concentration in Painting. In this three-year degree program, comprised of 60 hours minimum, we offer close academic mentorship, courses in art history and critical theory, and the dialogue of a strong graduate cohort. The Painting faculty seek to foster a departmental culture of support, rigorous critique, and collegiality. Our program emphasizes the possibility and mutability of contemporary painting practice. We conceive of paintings as sites of spatial, temporal, corporeal, and/or intellectual encounters, all bearing great social, political, and historical import. As such, we value critical thinking and experimentation among our MFA students. Further to this end, MFA candidates may elect a secondary studio concentration (e.g., Sculpture, Printmaking, etc.), expanding their conceptual and material purview. Each MFA candidate's degree plan culminates in a written report, public lecture, and thesis exhibition, presented to the faculty, student body, and community at large.

All applicants must provide transcripts for each degree-awarding post-secondary college or university attended.
Transcripts must contain a record of all courses taken and all grades received - This includes mark sheets, examination results, etc.
All applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited post-secondary institution in the United States or its equivalent from a foreign institution. Non-US institutions must be recognized by their government/government ministry or department to award undergraduate and/or post-graduate degrees.
All documents submitted with the application are considered to be unofficial. If admitted, the applicant will be required to submit official transcripts, diplomas/degree certificates, English translations, and test scores by the 12th class day of the term to which the applicant is admitted.
All international applicants must be in good academic standing at any school they are currently attending. All international applicants must have been in good standing in all schools they previously attended at their final matriculation. If the degree is not complete when the application is made, six semesters or three years of course work are required.

IELTS - minimum required score is an overall band score of 6.5 on the Academic version.
TOEFL iBT - minimum score required is 79.
TOEFL PBT - minimum required score is 550.