The program is designed to be completed in seven semesters/27 months (Summer I, Fall I, Spring I, Summer II, Fall II, Spring II, Summer III) and must be completed within 51 months (4 years and 3 months). Candidates must complete 17 courses totaling 60 credit hours and must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
1st Year | |
Summer I (6 weeks in July and August) | |
| Independent Studio with Visiting Artists/Critics | 6.0 |
| Visual Culture and Contemporary Aesthetics | 3.0 |
| Studio Seminar | 3.0 |
Fall I (15 weeks) | |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3.0 |
| Elective | 3.0 |
Spring I (15 weeks) | |
| The Critical Eye: Theory and Cultural Discourse | 3.0 |
| Graduate Tutorial | 3.0 |
| Total | 24.0 |
2nd Year | |
Summer II (Four weeks abroad, two weeks on campus at Moore in August) | |
| International Graduate Residency with Visiting Artists/Critics in Burren, Ireland | 6.0 |
| Art History at Burren: Time and Place | 3.0 |
| Studio Seminar – 2 week intensive at Moore | 3.0 |
| *Mid-program exhibition following residency at Moore | |
Fall II (15 weeks) | |
| Graduate Directed Research Tutorial – Candidate selects external advisor | 3.0 |
| Teaching Assistantship or Elective | 3.0 |
Spring II (15 weeks) | |
| Writing Seminar: Inscribing the Image: Studio Practice and the Written Word | 3.0 |
| Tutorial Studio: Thesis Preparation | 3.0 |
| Total | 24.0 |
3rd Year | |
Summer III: (Six weeks in July and August) | |
| Independent Thesis Studio with Visiting Artists/Critics | 6.0 |
| *Final Thesis Presentation and Exhibition | |
| Studio Seminar | 3.0 |
| Professional Practice Seminar | 3.0 |
| Total | 12.0 |
| TOTAL FOR DEGREE: | 60.0 |