Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio

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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio

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The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio program provides students who have an undergraduate degree with an opportunity to expand their work in a large professional fine arts school environment. The two-semester program is designed to help students develop their artistic vision and technical proficiency and produce a strong body of work for the purpose of graduate admissions.

Applicants to the program may be international students requiring a year of intensive studio work typical to the United State’s educational system before beginning an MFA program, individuals with a BA or BS who need an additional year of studio experience to prepare a portfolio, or individuals with a degree in art who wish to pursue work in a medium different from their undergraduate major.

The curriculum combines the tutorial aspects of graduate school with the formal course work of an advanced undergraduate program. Students supplement their studio work with two art history classes, a one-semester post-baccalaureate seminar (or equivalent studio work), and an optional studio seminar. Completion of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio does not guarantee admission to the School’s Master of Fine Arts in Studio program. Credits taken while a post-baccalaureate student cannot be counted toward an MFA in studio degree at the School should you later be accepted into that program. See the MFA in Studio program for faculty.

Interior architecture, printmedia, photography, and Sound departments do not offer this certificate. Additionally, the studio areas of Designed Objects, and Design for Emerging Technologies do not offer the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio.

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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Curriculum Requirements

Area Credit Hours

Post-Baccalaureate Seminar

painting students take PBACC 5002; visual communication students take PBACC 5310 and 5320 (6 cr.); all others take a graduate seminar from area of concentration
3

Post-Baccalaureate Independent Projects

3-6 credits each semester
(6-12)

Studio

3-6 credits each semester from any studio area
(6-12)

Art History

Survey of Modern & Postmodern Western Art one additional art history course 2000 level or above
6

Total Credit Hours 30

1. Post-baccalaureate studio students are reminded that the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio program is designed to be a full-time, two-semester program. Any exception to this requirement must be approved by the program chair and the department chair and will only extend to one full calendar year.

2. Of the 24 studio credit hours, specific courses may be required depending on the department to which the student has been accepted. All post-baccalaureate students should discuss their schedules with the program chair and the department chair.

3. Full-Time Status Minimum Requirement: 12 credit hours.