Welcome to TCU College of Fine Arts Studio Art Graduate Studies Program.

Program Coodinator Jim Woodson

Program Description

Art FacilitiesTCU maintains a number of facilities appropriate to the graduate art student. The Art and Art History Department is housed in one of the best designed and fully equipped facilities in the Southwest - the J. M. Moudy Building for the Visual Arts and Communication, designed by Roche, Dinkeloo and Associates of Connecticut. The campus library houses a fine collection of art and art-related books, catalogues and journals. The Art Department slide library holds nearly 125,000 slides and its own collection of art books and periodicals. The Moudy Exhibition Hall displays international, national and regional art. Fort Worth's galleries and three major museums: the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Amon Carter Museum and the Kimbell Art Museum, are conveniently located near the campus. Dallas, with its many galleries and excellent art museum, is 40 minutes away by car.OverviewMaster of Fine Arts degree available in painting or printmaking.TCU offers a two-year (60-semester-hour) program in art leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree. Areas of specialization include painting and printmaking. The faculty welcomes applicants whose work displays high quality, originality and sustained visual ideas. Each student works closely with a committee of three art faculty members.

Prerequisites
B.F.A., or equivalent, including concentration in intended specialty as evidenced by appropriate credit, an acceptable portfolio of work, a statement of professional experience and goals, and letters of recommendation. Admission to the program is based on:

Portfolio acceptable to faculty committee.
Strong G.P.A. in undergraduate art courses.
Statement of professional experience and goals.
Good overall academic G.P.A.
Three letters of recommendation.

Degree Requirements
A total of at least four semesters of graduate work is required. At least 60 semester hours must be earned, including no less than 12 in one area of specialization, and one hour in Thesis Exhibition. Six hours of Graduate Seminar, 12 hours of Art 60120 and 6 hours of Art History are required. Three hours of Art History must be Art 60603, Art Since 1945, or another contemporary art history course, depending on the schedule of classes. The other 3 hours in art history may be chosen in consultation with the student's advisory committee. The remaining hours may be selected with the approval of the student's advisory committee, but with no more than 6 hours taken outside the department.

Colloquia
Colloquia are offered by the faculty of the department. These are intended to serve the specific purpose of establishing a personal and informal means of communication between students and faculty. The colloquia will feature presentations and discussions by on and off-campus speakers, faculty and members of the Art Department.

Candidacy
Admission to candidacy requires the approval of the advisory committee of each student. Admission to candidacy is expected no later than the end of the first academic year of graduate study. Those who have not been admitted to candidacy by the beginning of the second academic year may not earn additional credits. Those who wish additional elective credits may continue for a probationary period of not more than 12 semester hours as a 'non-degree' student. Further enrollment will be permitted only if a student is re-admitted to the degree program.

Exhibition
The Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, along with the written supporting material, is the culmination of the graduate school experience. Thesis exhibition enrollment requires admission to candidacy as a prerequisite. Actual installation of the thesis exhibition requires approval of the advisory committee. The written portion of the thesis exhibition also requires committee approval. This written portion, and the format of the permanent record of the thesis exhibition, will be determined by the committee.

Graduate Assistantships
Graduate assistantships are offered each year to qualified candidates. Graduate assistants are given a full tuition-waiver. Departmental assistants are given a full tuition-waiver plus a stipend. Departmental assistants have an obligation of eight hours a week in service to the Department. Graduate and departmental assistants are assigned a private studio space.

For more information about the art programs, faculty, and facilities please see the art departments website : http://www.artandarthistory.tcu.edu