MFA Information

Graduate instruction for advanced development in selected concentrations leading to the MFA Degree has been provided at Brooklyn College for over thirty five years.

Candidates admitted to matriculation will complete a forty-eight credit requirement for this degree, which shall include classwork in a variety of advanced studio arts workshops and art history electives and provide guidance and evaluations of the progress made in concentrations. All courses of instruction, advisement, and reviews, will be provided or supervised by the faculty of the Art Department.

Full-time graduate study normally constitutes of 12 credits per semester. On this basis, the 48 credit requirement for the MFA Degree can be met in 2 years, or four consecutive academic semesters. No summer graduate Art courses are available at Brooklyn College. Part-time study, or less than 12 credits per semester, is permitted. However, the length of a program may not exceed four years from the date of admission.

The required courses for this program are offered regularly, each semester, with rare exception. All major art studio workshops, including painting and drawing, printmaking, photography, and sculpture are routinely available on a regular, or alternate, semester basis. (Candidates are always advised to develop studio skills outside their concentrations). Other elective offerings will be varied each semester to allow flexibility and choice in the selection of other studio and art history subject areas.

Independent progress in the concentration has central importance to the achievement of the degree. These developments will be monitored by your selected faculty advisor, and shall be subject to faculty review at regular intervals in your matriculation. This tradition of open criticism and review remains the most valued feature, and the centerpiece, of the Brooklyn College program.

The MFA Degree Program at Brooklyn College is accredited by the Middle States Association of College and Secondary Schools, and is listed in the College Art Association's directory of graduate art schools.