Art M.A
Requirements
Requirements for Graduation
1. A minimum of 45 quarter units of approved graduate-level work, with at least 32 completed at this university;
2. A grade of at least 3.0 ("B") in all courses taken to satisfy the Master of Arts degree requirements;
3. Completion and exhibition of an acceptable project, and submission of a report and documentation of the project approved by the student's graduate committee and the Art Department graduate coordinator;
4. The graduation writing requirement is met upon successful completion of the written report that accompanies the master's project in ART 695;
5. Any general requirements not cited above and noted on Page 341.
Deficiencies must be made up as early in the program as possible, normally within the first 20 units after conditional admission.
Degree Requirements (45 units)
1. ART 520. Contemporary Art, Theory and Criticism (4)
2. ART 525. Seminar in Art History (4)
3. ART 595. Independent Study (in area of concentration) (5)
4. Fifteen units in a single area of concentration chosen from:
ART 602A. Graduate Studio in Art: Ceramics (2.5)
ART 602B. Graduate Studio in Art: Graphic Design (2.5)
ART 602C. Graduate Studio in Art: Drawing (2.5)
ART 602D. Graduate Studio in Art: Glass (2.5)
ART 602E. Graduate Studio in Art: Intermedia (2.5)
ART 602F. Graduate Studio in Art: Painting (2.5)
ART 602G. Graduate Studio in Art: Photography (2.5)
ART 602H. Graduate Studio in Art: Printmaking (2.5)
ART 602J. Graduate Studio in Art: Sculpture (2.5)
ART 602K. Graduate Studio in Art: Woodworking (2.5)
ART 605A. Graduate Studio in Art: Ceramics (5)
ART 605B. Graduate Studio in Art: Graphic Design (5)
ART 605C. Graduate Studio in Art: Drawing (5)
ART 605D. Graduate Studio in Art: Glass (5)
ART 605E. Graduate Studio in Art: Intermedia (5)
ART 605F. Graduate Studio in Art: Painting (5)
ART 605G. Graduate Studio in Art: Photography (5)
ART 605H. Graduate Studio in Art: Printmaking (5)
ART 605J. Graduate Studio in Art: Sculpture (5)
ART 605K. Graduate Studio in Art: Woodworking (5)
5. ART 610. Graduate Tutorial in Art (1) for a total of (3)
6. ART 620. Graduate Studio Critique (1) for a total of (3)
7. ART 630. Professional Practices in the Visual Arts (2)
8. ART 695. Master's Project (4)
9. Five units of electives appropriate to the student's goals. Courses may be chosen from upper-division and graduate offerings of any department in the university subject to prior approval by the student's area advisor and the Art Department graduate coordinator.
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.