Master of Fine
Arts
The mission of the M.F.A. program at Eastern Michigan University is to provide a broad yet rigorous environment that prepares students for professional success through creative work and research.
The M.F.A. curriculum fosters experimentation, intellectual risk-taking, and critical thinking through studio work, seminar and cognate courses; students are expected to produce a body of original work that extends knowledge by making a proven contribution to the field. Cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary work is encouraged. M.F.A. coursework includes seminars in history and theory. M.F.A. work also stresses the effects of diverse cultural influences on art, the role of the artist in society, and the relationships between studio practices and art and design history and theory. Faculty teaching in these programs pursue both excellence in teaching and an active agenda of research and creative work. The M.F.A. degree is a full-time, 60-hour program that culminates in an exhibition and an optional written thesis.
PLEASE NOTE: The MFA degree program will retain its sixty credit hour base, however changes are currently underway with regard to the four studio blocks (ART630, ART631,ART732, and ART733) and the Oral Defense (ART734).
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants for admission to the M.F.A. degree program must
have an undergraduate degree, with a major in art or approximately
30 credit hours of undergraduate course work in art through an
accredited institution; and meet degree admission standards of
the Graduate School. Applicants must apply to both the Office of
Graduate Admissions and the Art Department (see links below). Students
without an undergraduate major in art must complete approximately
30 credit hours of undergraduate course work in art through consultation
with the graduate coordinator before admission to the graduate
program.
Appropiate application materials are due to the department by the following dates (see fact sheet below for more information):
- Admission for the Fall semester: February 15
- Admission for the Winter semester: October 1
In addition to materials for the department, appropriate materials are due to the Graduate School by the deadlines they establish, posted independently of the department on the Graduate Admissions Homepage.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The Graduate Coordinator will meet with each student
to construct a program of study. Students should follow closely
the Graduate School requirements for "Application for Diploma." Students
whose degree program includes a final exhibition of work must
apply for gallery space one semester prior to the proposed exhibition.
Two years of residency (full-time enrollment)
are required; exceptions may be made to this requirement with
the approval of the student's adviser and the M.F.A. committee.
At the end of the first year, the committee will review the work
of each M.F.A. student and either allow the student to continue
or formally ask the student to withdraw from the program.
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
Prospective M.F.A. students chose from the following concentrations:
Graduate Coordinator: Chris Bocklage 
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