Master of Arts (M.A.) in Art

A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work is required for the M.A. degree. All candidates for the M.A. must:

1. Meet the undergraduate course requirements for admission to the
   graduate program.
   Baccalaureate degree in art; portfolio or slides of representative art work; six semester hours of art history. Also required are: statement of purpose setting forth a personal philosophy and professional objectives; interview as required by the Department of Art; and approval for admission by the art faculty.
2. GRE Requirement: A combined score of 850 on the verbal and quantitative
   sections of the GRE or a score of at least 450 on either section and a score of 2.5 on the Writing Assessment Test of the GRE General Examination is required for most graduate programs. Departments may exercise discretion for students who score between 800 and 840 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE and have at least a 3.5 undergraduate GPA.
   Students seeking Class AA Educator License must have met the State minimum scores on the three sections of the Praxis I PPST (Reading-170;
   Writing 172; Mathematics 169) or NTE Core Battery (Communication Skills-651; General Knowledge-646; Professional Knowledge-649) or PPST (Reading-170; Writing-172; Mathematics-169) or CBT (Reading-316;
   Writing--318; Mathematics--314).
3. Have 12 semester hours (or 2 high school credits plus Intermediate Level
   at university level) of course work or the reading knowledge of one foreign language before admission to candidacy.

Foreign Language Equivalency
The student must have 12 semester hours of undergraduate course work in one modern foreign language (or the equivalent of the intermediate level). Another option available to satisfy the language requirement is submitting acceptable score-levels showing second-year proficiency on the CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) in French, German or Spanish. Contact the Counseling and Testing Center for CLEP information and registration material.
A student may attempt the CLEP twice; and if after two testings, a satisfactory score has not been made, a locally-administered test may be arranged. If a satisfactory score has not been made after the locally-administered exam, the foreign language requirement must be met by passing the intermediate-level language course(s). Cost of the departmentally administered exam is $30.00. The language requirement must be met before a student accumulates twelve semester hours of graduate course work toward the Master of Arts degree.

A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work:
M.A. candidates must complete the following course requirements:

1. Nine semester hours from the following list of core courses:
   ART 6101 Graduate Design
   ART 5204 Graduate Figure Drawing
   ART 6207 Curriculum Development in Studio Art
   ART 6208 Theories of Art Education
   ART 6475 Aesthetics and Art Criticism
   ART 6507 Research Topics in Art History: Artists
   ART 6508 Research Topics in Art History: Periods or Styles
2. Twenty-one semester hours in either two-dimensional or three-dimensional concentration, selected in consultation with major professor.
3. At the end of the program of studies, the Master of Arts candidate shall prepare and present an exhibit of artwork demonstrating competence in the studio concentration. The candidate will also participate in an oral comprehensive examination.