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Undergraduate Programs

  • Architectural Studies Minor
  • Art History Minor
  • Art Major - Bachelor of Arts, Art History Option
  • Art Major - Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art Option
  • Art Major - Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art/Art Education Option
  • Art Minor
  • Fine Arts Major - Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Studio Art Minor

Graduate Programs

  • Painting - Master of Fine Arts

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Painting - Master of Fine Arts

PLEASE NOTE: Effective December 2017, no new students are being admitted to this program.

The Department of Art and Art History offers a program of courses leading to a master of fine arts degree in painting. The MFA program is directed at students who are prepared to complete their professional training at the highest level.

Requirements

60 credit hours of work and receive a minimum grade of B- in all courses.

CreditsRequirement
26 Area of concentration (painting) leading towards a thesis exhibition
18 Graduate-level drawing
8 Graduate-level art history
8 Graduate-level art electives to be chosen from drawing, printmaking, painting and/or art history

In addition to the thesis exhibition, degree candidates will be required to submit a written artist statement focusing on aesthetic, technical, and historical issues related to their work. Also required is participation in two major critiques per year. The graduate student will present their work with a verbal or written rationale to the entire graduate painting faculty, invited guests, and student peers.

Semester Course Layout

SemesterCourses

1

Graduate Drawing, 6 cr

Graduate Painting Seminar, 4 cr

Art History, 4 cr

2

Graduate Drawing/Teaching, 6 cr

Painting Ind. Study, 6 cr

Art History, 4 cr

3

Graduate Drawing, 6 cr

Painting Ind. Study, 6 cr

Elective Ind. Study, 4 cr

4

Elective Ind. Study, 4 cr

Graduate Painting Thesis, 10 cr

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Contacts

Department of Art and Art History

art-arthistory@unh.edu
Phone: 
(603) 862-2190

University of New Hampshire
Paul Creative Arts Center
30 Academic Way

Department(s): 
Art and Art History
Department of Art and Art History | Phone (603) 862-2190 | Fax (603) 862-2191
Paul Creative Arts Center | 30 Academic Way | Durham, NH 03824

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