The faculty evaluate the applications and supporting materials and recommend to the Graduate College whether the applicant should be granted regular or provisional admission or if admission should be denied. If admission is provisional, the Graduate College specifies in its letter of admission the provisions to be met to gain regular status. The school informs successful applicants of the procedures for enrollment. Foreign Language Requirements. All students in the research track program must enroll in a three-hour teaching practicum that focuses on the problems and issues surrounding studio, lecture, and seminar instruction.
Emphasis is on the techniques of criticism and individual and group studio teaching.
Thesis or Applied Project. For students in the research track program choosing the thesis option, six semester hours of 599 Thesis and 592 Research apply toward the thesis. Guidelines in the Format Manual must be followed. For students choosing the applied project option, six hours of 593 Applied Project apply. An oral examination in defense of the thesis or applied project is required for all students in the M.S.D. program.