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Art History Study Guides
Access your current art history's course study guides at http://arthistory.sdsu.edu(external link).
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Art History Research
Need to do Art History research? Visit Love Library's "Art Article Databases and Electronic Resources"(external link) section for articles, images, and more.
Areas Of Study » Graduate Studies
Graduate Studies and Emphases Overview
Degrees, Emphases, and Sub-Concentrations Defined
The School of Art, Design, and Art History offers three graduate degrees: Master of Arts (Art History - 30 units), Master of Arts (Studio Arts - 30 units), and Master of Fine Arts (60 units). The MA in Art History clearly defines its emphasis as Art History, whereas candidates in the MFA or MA in Studio Arts need to select an emphasis area in order to know which specific courses they can take to fulfill their degree requirements. The "emphasis" is the course-option program that the student will follow while pursuing the degree. There are six major graduate emphases offered for the MFA and MA in Studio Arts, and two of these emphases have very developed sub-concentrations with specialized faculty and facilities, as follows:
Applied Design
- Ceramics
- Fiber
- Furniture/Woodworking
- Jewelry/Metalsmithing
Graphic Design
Interior Design
Multimedia
Painting and Printmaking
- Book Arts
- Photography
- Painting
- Printmaking
Sculpture
NOTE: While sub-concentrations are under umbrella emphases, they are highly specialized, and students applying to the Applied Design emphasis typically apply to a specific sub-concentration within the Applied Design emphasis.
Interdisciplinary Coursework
Although students must select an emphasis for studio-related degrees, the School of Art, Design, and Art History is strongly committed to encouraging students to structure their coursework in an interdisciplinary fashion. The faculty are supportive of the exploration of materials, techniques, media, and conceptual thinking new to students and encourage students working across disciplines to develop a required body of work.
Graduate Degree Requirements
For more information about specific areas of study available to graduate students, please select a link from the list of disciplines on the left. For more information on degree requirements for any of the three graduate degrees offered, please refer to the Graduate Admissions page.
This page was last updated at 12:22PM on October 16, 2008