Art (M.F.A.)

at James Madison University

The Master of Fine Arts degree is considered the professional and terminal degree in studio art. The degree requires a minimum of 60 credit hours. In addition to the general admission requirements, the prospective graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program must have an undergraduate degree with a minimum of 33 credit hours in studio art and nine credit hours in art history. It is recommended that the art history hours include six hours surveying the history of Western art or the equivalent and three hours in upper-level art history.