May 11, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Art, Specialization in Digital Arts, MFA


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Program Web Page: https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/school-of-art/graduate-programs.html

The School of Art offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Design, and Master of Fine Arts. Students pursue course work in MFA two-dimensional studies (painting/drawing, and printmaking), MFA three- dimensional studies (ceramics, glass, jewelry/metals, and sculpture), MFA digital arts (animation, imaging, and interactive media), MA art education, and MA art history and MDes in integrative media.

Within these programs students find a broad range of studio and academic disciplines, united by a deep commitment to technical development sustained by rigorous examination of accompanying contextual and conceptual issues. The School of Art’s MA, MDes, and MFA programs seek to foster a productive and diverse community of artists and scholars whose shared goal is preparation for careers in the visual arts.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the MFA degree, students in the Digital Arts program are expected to be able to:

  • Produce creative works or scholarly projects integrating their knowledge of art history, contemporary artistic practice and their area of Digital Arts specialization.
  • Illustrate a breadth of understanding of various specializations within art or art history.
  • Evaluate their area of research in relationship to contemporary art.
  • Evaluate their area of research in relation to historical theories of art.
  • Organize a professional art exhibition and produce a cohesive body of visual research.

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements

  • Minimum 2.75 GPA for Regular admission
  • Transcripts
  • Resume 

​​​​​​​All other materials are submitted through a separate application system. Please complete this application and then click on this link https://bgsu.slideroom.com/#/Login to upload the following:

  • Three Letters of Recommendation - recently dated
  • Artist Statement specifying direction of work and influences
  • Cover Letter describing goals, objectives, educational background, personal history, and reason for applying to graduate school at this time
  • Image descriptions including title, medium, size and year
  • Portfolio consisting of recent works, preferably from the proposed area of specialization

Application Requirements

Admissions Categories and Grade Point Average Requirements

International Application Information

Degree Requirements

Curriculum Requirements


Required Courses (39 credits)


Digital Arts Courses. Select 21 hours from:

  • ARTC 5**** to ARTC 6****

Art History (6 credits). Select from:

  • ARTH 5000 to ARTH 6980

 

Electives (18 credits)


Culminating Experience (3 credits)


In addition to the 60 semester hours of course work, the student must mount an MFA exhibition. 

Minimum Total Credits (60 credits)


Additional Requirements


  • Minimum 3.0 graduate cumulative grade point average
  • Minimum of 18 credits must be at the 6000-level or higher
  • Minimum of  24 credits must be earned at BGSU
  • All requirements must be completed within six years from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill degree requirements.

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