Degrees Awarded
The Department of Art and Art History offers graduate programs leading to the master of arts (MA) degree in studio art and art history, and the master of fine arts (MFA) degree in studio art.
Admission Requirements
Art History Graduate Program
The MA in art history is a joint degree program with The University of Alabama at Birmingham. You can enter the art history degree program through application to either university.
Applicants to the graduate MA program in art history must satisfy admission policies established by the Graduate School of The University of Alabama. More information and link to art history application materials.
Studio Art Graduate Program
Graduate work can be taken in ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
All new graduate studio art students enter the MA program. Applicants to the graduate MA program in studio art must satisfy admission policies established by the Graduate School of The University of Alabama. Each studio applicant must submit a comprehensive portfolio of work directly to the Department of Art and Art History; this portfolio should include a minimum of 20 works of art in the proposed major. (Request graduate program application packet for detailed submission instructions). It is recommended that a prospective graduate student hold a degree in art, having maintained at least a “B” average in art. Additional courses may be required of the applicant, which would make acceptance into the program conditional. Residency is required of all studio art students.
Admission to the MFA program is by recommendation of a faculty review committee, which meets at the time of the candidate’s MA thesis exhibition. More information and studio art application materials.
Meet Our Graduate Students
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Financial Support
Incoming graduate students should contact our graduate directors about scholarships and assistantships for graduate study:
- Dr. Lucy Curzon, Director of Graduate Studies, Art History
- Professor Allison Grant, Director of Graduate Studies, Studio Art
