Graduate programs
The Department of Visual Arts offers two graduate programs that respond to your various interests and needs: a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) as well as a Master of Contemporary Art Theory (MA).
Discover our graduate programs
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
At the core of the MFA program is the student’s engagement in intensive Studio practice, supported by the technical and conceptual expertise and critical feedback of faculty members, who are practicing professional artists in both traditional disciplines and in art practices that have developed in response to new imaging technologies.
Master of Arts in Contemporary Art Theory
This one-year master’s program connects contemporary visual arts and theories to urgent issues, such as decolonization, environmental crises, gender inequities, new media and technology issues (A.I.), and human rights (among others), viewed through a variety of critical perspectives, such as gender theory, anti-colonial theory, new materialism(s), critical race theory, trauma theory, and aesthetics (among others).