The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, in affiliation with Tufts University, offers a program in studio art that leads to the M.F.A. degree. Students take their studio classes at the Museum School and their academic courses at Tufts. The Master of Fine Arts degree, a terminal degree for studio artists, requires a minimum of two years study in residence. Graduate level studio work for the serious artist is desirable to enable intensive aestheticexperimentation assisted by the guidance of established professional artists. As a result of such experience, a student isexpected to complete a body of art significant in content and of professional quality.
Students develop a plan of study in consultation with a major advisor and advisory committee.
At Yale, an attempt is made to provide an educational context within which artists and designers of unusual artistic promise and strong motivation can explore the horizons of their own talents in the midst of an intense critical dialogue. This dialogue is generated by their peers, by distinguished visitors, and by a faculty comprised of experienced artists of acknowledged accomplishment.