The following is the current three-year curriculum for the Visual Critical Studies (MA) + Design (MFA) dual degree:

First Year, Summer (3 units)

Studio Zero (3 units)

First Year, Fall (16.5 units)

Form Studio

3 units

History of Media

3 units

Design Writing

3 units

Design Research

3 units

Strategies

3 units

Dual Degree Seminar

1.5 units

First Year, Spring (16.5 units)

Design Skills Studio (choose one topic)

6 units

Contemporary Issues in Design

3 units

Business of Design

3 units

Perceptions

3 units

Dual Degree Seminar

1.5 units

Second Year, Fall (15 units)

Advanced Topic Studio 3: Transdisciplinary (choose one)

6 units

Thesis Research and Development

6 units

Identities

3 units

Second Year, Spring (12 units)

Thesis: Studio

6 units

Thesis: Presentation

3 units

Sites

3 units

Third Year, Fall (9 units)

Master's Project 1

3 units

Voices

3 units

Elective

3 units

Third Year, Spring (9 units)

Master's Project 2

3 units

Master's Project 3

3 units

Elective

3 units

78 total units

These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2011 and spring 2012.

Visual Criticism Master's Project 1 and 2 courses count for Graduate Design Thesis Writing and Presentation courses.