Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts with a concentration in glassworking is a graduate program that comprises a community of makers/artists who advance the conceptual, historical, technical, and haptic aspects of clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood. The program promotes an artistic practice rooted in the values of craft, where students investigate craft's inherent relationship to the world with fearless innovation.

Program Goal

The program's goal is to provide students with a rigorous research environment where they can recognize and deploy the tools and materials needed to advance their practice. Students will engage in advanced studio practice, group critique, applied criticism and theory, and advanced professional engagement.

Student Learning Outcomes

The program has four student learning outcomes:

1. Advanced studio practice: Students engage in rigorous research as they recognize and deploy the tools and materials needed to advance their practice.
2. Group critique: Students are expected to present their work through a brief oral articulation of the intentions of their studio practice and articulate a critique of their peers' work.
3. Applied criticism and theory: Students understand historical and contemporary theories and are able to apply and investigate those ideas in their work.
4. Advanced professional engagement: Students demonstrate the ability to understand, engage, and generate professional contexts for their work.

Program Accreditation

The program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the program requires:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
• A minimum of 36 credit hours of art at the undergraduate level or equivalent experience
• A statement of intent
• Three letters of recommendation
• Academic transcripts
• Curriculum vitae/resume
• Portfolio to include 20 still and/or moving images

Degree Requirements

The program requires 60 credit hours and is usually completed in two years of full-time study. The curriculum consists of:

• Graduate studio and research
• Graduate seminars
• Group critique
• Other studio/academic electives

Curriculum Requirements

The curriculum requirements include:

• CRAF 670: Graduate Studio (24 hours)
• CRAF 681: Candidacy Research (6 hours)
• CRAF 682: Thesis (6 hours)
• CRAF 690: Graduate Seminar (12 hours)
• Studio elective 1 (3 hours)
• Additional electives (500-level or higher in any subject area) (9 hours)

Suggested Course Sequence

The suggested course sequence is:

• Semester 1: CRAF 670, CRAF 681, CRAF 690, Elective 1
• Semester 2: CRAF 670, CRAF 681, CRAF 690, Studio elective 2
• Semester 3: CRAF 670, CRAF 682, CRAF 690, Elective 1
• Semester 4: CRAF 670, CRAF 682, CRAF 690, Elective 1

Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must make a formal application to graduate and meet the degree candidacy requirements. The application to graduate must be finalized, and no degrees will be conferred until the application has been completed.