 photo / Bernard Yenelouis (M.F.A. '12) M.F.A. students Piotr Chizinski and Brian Dunn in the Foundry. |
Earning an M.F.A. degree requires four terms of full-time study with a minimum of 60 credits. Transfer credit for graduate work done elsewhere or during the summer session is not applicable toward these requirements. In addition, in their final semester, students produce a written statement and present a thesis exhibition of the studio work completed during their residency. In the final spring semester, gallery space is provided for a graduate group exhibition at a location in the New York City Metropolitan area.
The curriculum is flexible enough to accommodate the needs of individual students and enable them to take advantage of Cornell’s vast opportunities and resources. Students may enroll in courses in any field of study offered at the university. Students complete a minimum of 15 credits each term, including 9 credits in required studio work and 3 credits in a required graduate art seminar. All students work independently with a committee comprised of art faculty with the option to include graduate faculty from non-art disciplines. Eighteen credits of art history are required, but students may fulfill some or the entire requirement as an undergrad. Art history coursework will be evaluated by the director of graduate studies.
Cornell University Resources
School of Criticism and Theory
The Society for the Humanities
The Institute for Comparative Modernities
Africana Studies and Research Center
Department of History of Art and Visual Studies
Department of Comparative Literature
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Department of Performing and Media Arts
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Human Ecology - Department of Design and Environmental Analysis
College of Human Ecology - Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design
