2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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• Reading knowledge of one foreign language
upon entry
• Six semester courses in art history at the
advanced (100 and above) level
Historiography and Methodology (FAH 101)
At least two (2) seminars
• Five courses in Museum studies, including a
museum internship
• Comprehensive Exam
• At least one semester TA or RA (subject to
enrollments and funding)
• M.A. thesis, or two Qualifying Papers (QP), or
1 QP and an additional AH seminar
For inquiries about the program, please contact
the advisor to the M.A. in Art History and
Museum Studies, Professor Andrew McClellan,
andrew.mcclellan@tufts.edu.
Policy on Summer Courses (for both tracks)
Courses taken through Tufts Summer Session with
the intention of fulfilling a degree requirement
must be approved by the student’s department.
Provided that the course is required for the degree,
the graduate school will pay the summer tuition for
full-time students (courses taken in excess of the
degree requirements, directed and independent
studies, special topics courses, audited courses, and
language coures taken to prepare for the language
exam are excluded). Students who withdraw from a
course or receive a grade below B- will be responsible
for paying for the course. All graduate students
must pay the $50 registration fee.
STUDIO Art
Studio Art Courses
Through a cooperative agreement between Tufts
University and the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston (the Museum School) students may
elect courses in studio art for credit at Tufts. Classes
are taught both on the Tufts Campus, in studios
located in Lane Hall and Jackson Gym, and at the
Museum School in Boston. More than eighty
studio credits are offered to Tufts students.
Studio art courses taught at Tufts University’s
Medford campus include drawing, painting, design,
calligraphy, photography, sculpture, architecture,
and watercolor. These courses can be found in the
Tufts online Bulletin/Course Descriptions by
Department under “Studio Art—Medford Cam-
pus” and are labeled with the FAM course prefix.
The Museum School offers expanded course
offerings in the above areas, as well as ceramics,
sculpture, animation, video, metals, and printmaking.
Courses are taught on weekdays, evenings, and
Saturdays at the Museum School campus in
Boston. These courses can be found in the Tufts
online Bulletin/Course Descriptions by Department
under “Studio Art—Museum School” and are
labelled with the FAMB course prefix (credit value
conversion: 2.00 SMFA credits = 0.5 Tufts credits;
4.00 SMFA credits = 1.0 Tufts credits).
Students must register for FAM or FAMB
studio courses through the Tufts student registration
system.
Students who have questions about studio
courses or need help in planning a comprehensive
program of study should contact Patrick Carter
(Patrick.Carter@tufts.edu), Studio Coordinator at
Tufts, Department of Art and Art History,
11 Talbot Avenue.
Studio Art Degree Programs
There is no studio art major at Tufts, but two
programs offered in cooperation with the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are available to
students with strong preparation in this area. Both
require admission to the Museum School and have
an academic component. One of the B.F.A. degree
programs is available through the College of Special
Studies; the other is the combined five-year B.F.A.
and B.A. or B.S. degree program. Interested
students may contact Susan Lush at the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts Academic Affairs Office
at 617-369-3610 or the Museum School Admissions
office, 617-369-3626, 800-643-6078, or
admission@smfa.edu.
Master of Fine Arts: Studio Art
The master of fine arts degree offers students
concentration in the visual arts. Students may
concentrate in a single medium or may work in an
interdisciplinary manner, drawing on diverse studio
offerings to expand upon their particular area of
concentration. For more information on the
program, please visit the School of the Museum of
Fine Arts website at http://www.smfa.edu/programoverview
or contact David Brown, Associate Dean
of Academic Affairs—Graduate Programs,
dbrown@smfa.edu.
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