All candidates for admission must submit slides of recent work. Candidates are also encouraged to attend a Portfolio and Interview Day following the deadline for applications. The student must complete 60 hours of course work in studio art, art criticism, art history and electives, pass all required examinations, and complete thesis work. In addition, the application to candidacy must be approved by a committee of the Art Department graduate faculty to be appointed by the department head. The committee will meet with students to review work and sign candidacy forms early in the fall semester of the second year of graduate work.
Students are limited to two candidacy reviews.
If a student is not admitted to candidacy during the first review, the review team will issue written recommendations for further studies. The second review will take place within a year of the first. Failure to pass candidacy for the second time will prohibit the student from continuing in the program. The student is responsible for consulting with the committee chairman to arrange the date, time, and place for the studio comprehensive. Students must pass the studio comprehensive prior to beginning thesis work.