A typical two-year, 60 credit-hour program of study:
Fall, Semester 1 (14 credit hours)
- (ART 700) Graduate Seminar/Critique (3 credit hours)
- (ART 710) Graduate Studio (8 credit hours)
- Graduate Art History/ Elective (400-level or above, 3 credit hours)
Spring, Semester 2 (16 credit hours)
- (ART 700) Graduate Seminar/Critique (3 credit hours)
- (ART 701) Studio TA Practicum (3 credit hours)
- (ART 710) Graduate Studio (8 credit hours)
- (ART 720) Qualifying Review (2 credit hours)
Fall, Semester 3 (16 credit hours)
- (ART 700) Graduate Seminar/Critique (3 credit hours)
- (ART 710) Graduate Studio (10 credit hours)
- Graduate Art History/Elective (400-level or above, 3 credit hours)
Spring, Semester 4 (14 credit hours)
- (ART 700) Graduate Seminar/Critique (3 credit hours)
- (ART 710) Graduate Studio (8 credit hours)
- (ART 993) Graduate Thesis (3 credit hours)
MFA
Graduate Students receive the following grades for all of the above
courses: H=high pass, P=pass, L=low pass. MFA students are asked to
leave the program if they receive two L grades.
Graduate Seminar/Critique
The academic component of the MFA
program is designed to complement the art-making process. The program
operates under the philosophy that the decision to pursue and teach art
in an academic context carries an attendant responsibility to develop
the verbal and written skills necessary to articulate the themes
represented by the artist. To refine those skills, students participate
each semester in a Graduate Seminar/Critique conducted alternately by
faculty members and the Artist in Residence. This seminar provides a
forum in which students can explore and debate contemporary critical
themes pertaining to art, including social, cultural, political, and
aesthetic issues. Through the involvement of the Artists in Residence,
the seminar also allows students to interact with accomplished,
successful artists working in a variety of media and contexts. While
it is up to each faculty member how to teach these seminars, we
encourage them to balance theory and practice, critique and discussion.
Elective Courses
MFA students must take 6 credit hours of electives. Three of these
credits must be in Art History. The remaining credits may be in Art
History or other fields related to the student's interests.
Teaching Fellowships
UNC-Chapel Hill takes its teaching mission
very seriously. MFA candidates who wish to be considered for
competitive Teaching Fellowships in their second year are required to
have 18 hours in residence at UNC-Chapel Hill and must complete the
Department of Art's Teaching Training. If your application is accepted and you
have met the requirements, you may be awarded a TF for your 3rd and 4th
semesters of the program. You will have FULL responsibility for an
undergraduate course, usually at the basic level of your field (i.e.:
Basic Photo, Basic Drawing, etc.)
Graduate Thesis Exhibition
At the end of the final semester,
MFA students exhibit in the Ackland Art Museum the thesis work they
have executed under the direction of their Thesis Committee. The
Ackland offers the best gallery and lobby space in the museum for the
MFA Exhibition and provides announcement cards and press releases.
Each
student writes a Thesis Statement to accompany the artwork exhibited,
earning three hours of course credit. Students orally defend their work
at the time of the exhibition. After passing the oral defense, each
student submits a copy of her/his Thesis Statement to the Department of
Art, along with slides and photographic documentation of the thesis
work. This document becomes a part of the permanent collection of the
Sloane Art Library.
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