The video curriculum is designed to serve students concentrating in the field, and also to be an integrated resource for other students who are using video as one element in a larger practice.
In developing the curriculum, we understand that the language and craft of video are complex. Virtually anyone can read this visual language; learning to speak it takes practice, analysis and study. The language and craft of the moving image are barely 100 years old and in that respect are not fully formed; they invite, indeed beg for, development.
We need to be rigorous about the content of our work. What in fact are we saying? Why have we chosen to say it? To whom are we speaking? Are we being understood? We need to carefully research and consider what we are communicating, in light of the needs of our culture and society, and with knowledge of what has already been studied and explored.
Below are the requirements for the Video Concentration in MFA Photography, Video & Related Media. For course descriptions, you may contact the admissions department, download a graduate catalog (pdf/3.7mb) or view this year's course offerings for our department, as well as applicable classes from other departments, on the main School of VISUAL ARTS website.
Program Requirements- Meet all academic and administrative requirements.
- Complete a minimum of 60 graduate credits.
- Maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.3 (B+).
- Proceed to each successive level of program based on yearly faculty assessments.
- Complete a thesis project and paper approved by the Thesis Committee.
| Video Concentration, First Year Courses | ||
| Subject Studio: Video Development, Preparation, Production Studio: Video Projects Studio: Video Techniques Digital Imaging I - Moving Image Criticism & Theory: Culture of The Image, Still & Moving Video Master Critique I Historical Perspectives: Issues in the Moving Image Contemporary Issues: Video Culture Contemporary Issues: Moving Image Colloquia elective (in MFAPVRM or MFA Computer Art) |
Semester Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring |
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| Video Concentration, Second Year Courses | ||
| Subject Video Master Critique II Contemporary Issues: Emerging Forms of the Image Studio: Video Postproduction Thesis Forms I & II Thesis Project elective (in MFAPVRM or MFA Computer Art) |
Semester Fall Fall Fall Fall and Spring Spring Spring |
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