Program Requirements

For the Master of Fine Arts degree, students fulfill the 60 hours of degree requirements and mount an MFA exhibition of their work.

• Studio Courses, 30 hours (24 hours must be in the concentration area)
• Art History Courses, 9 hours
• ASTU 5010 - Professional Practices of the Studio Artist
• ASTU 5015 - Creative Project
• ASTU 5020 - MFA Exhibition
• Elective Courses, 12 hours (Elective course work can be from outside the College of Visual Arts and Design)

Additional Requirements:

A student seeking the Master of Fine Arts must have completed the equivalent of the Bachelor of Fine Arts as offered at UNT.

Students may pursue a concentration in one of the following: ceramics, drawing and painting, fibers, metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking, sculpture or watercolor.

All graduate students on the MFA track in the studio art department are required to participate in graduate reviews every long term/semester they are enrolled in a studio course until they pass and are admitted to candidacy.