MFA in Comics Is a Low-Residency Program
We've designed the MFA in Comics curriculum just for you. This 60-unit, three-year, low-residency program offers the best of the intensive workshop setting, coupled with one-on-one, long-distance mentoring.
Spend one month each summer in beautiful San Francisco, working closely with our faculty in a tight-knit artistic community. During these summer sessions, courses will include literary comics seminars, craft studios, and workshops that focus on the creative process.
Summer sessions are followed by individual mentoring with one of our accomplished faculty members as you proceed with your thesis work during the fall and spring semesters.
Sessions
Summer I
Four weeks of intensive workshop, seminar, and studio courses.
Areas of focus: comics theory, tools and techniques, history and cultural impact, special guest workshop
Fall & Spring I
One-on-one long-distance mentoring with our faculty and comics industry professionals
Summer II
Four more weeks of intensive workshop, seminar, and studio courses.
Areas of focus: storytelling, advanced tools and techniques, diversity seminar, special guest workshop
Fall & Spring II
One-on-one long-distance mentoring with our faculty and comics industry professionals
Summer III
Four final weeks of intensive workshop, seminar, and studio courses.
Areas of focus: professional practice, publication design, production & distribution, comics pedagogy, special guest workshop
For questions about the MFA in Comics curriculum, email a faculty member.*
