Dual MA/MFA and MA/MA Curriculum: Fine Arts and Visual and Critical Studies - California College of the Arts

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Visual & Critical Studies Dual-Degree Programs MArch Concentration Curriculum

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MFA Fine Arts & MA Visual and Critical
Studies Three-Year Curriculum

First Year, Fall (15 units)

Dialogues & Practices: 3 units
Contemporary Art History and Theory: 3 units
Fine Arts Seminar: 3 units
Studio Practice: 3 units
Strategies: 3 units

First Year, Spring (15 units)

Perceptions, Sites, or Strategies: 3 units
Dialogues & Practices: 3 units
Studio Practice: 6 units
Elective: 3 units

Second Year, Fall (15 units)

Strategies, Identities, or Perceptions: 3 units
Fine Arts Seminar: 3 units
Reviews: 3 units
Studio Practice: 6 units

Second Year, Spring (15 units)

Perceptions, Sites, or Strategies: 3 units
Fine Arts Seminar: 3 units
Studio Practice: 6 units
Elective: 3 units

Third Year, Fall (9 units)

Master's Project 1: 3 units
Strategies, Identities, or Perceptions: 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 2009 and spring 2010.

Current Courses

See the Course Schedule for current courses and their descriptions.