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Dec 15, 2024
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Courses of Study 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art – MFA Image Text
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Master of Fine Arts, Image Text (M.F.A. Image Text)
The M.F.A. Image Text is a low-residency program that brings together critically, culturally, and politically engaged practices in creative writing, visual media, and design for print and digital publication.
• Instruction mode: Hybrid
• Program location: Ithaca, New York and Online
• Length of program: 7 semesters; 60 academic credits; part-time study (12 credits required for full-time status)
M.F.A. Image Text Degree Requirements
Students matriculating in Summer 2023 must complete the following curriculum and degree requirements:
First Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)
First Fall Semester (Online)
First Spring Semester: (Hybrid; Online with In-person practicum)
Second Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)
Second Fall Semester: (Online)
Second Spring Semester: (Hybrid; Online with In-person practicum)
Third Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)
Total credits: 60 credits
M.F.A. Image Text Learning Outcomes
Through successful fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts, Image Text, graduates will:
- Demonstrate a command of formal and technical skills and vocabulary as appropriate to the student’s concentration area(s) and ability to synthesize it into finished and compelling professional artworks;
- Demonstrate an informed awareness of the current professional landscape and an ability to identify and pursue opportunities appropriate to their areas and genres of concentration; and
- Demonstrate an informed awareness of contemporary and historical image text art practices, and an ability to critically analyze and contextualize them.
M.F.A. Image Text Policies
Students are expected to follow all university, college , and program policies. Failure to comply with any policy or petition decision may result in review by the program committee.
Academic Good Standing
To be in good academic standing in the M.F.A. Image Text program, students must:
- Earn a minimum semester grade point average (GPA) of 2.7; and
- Successfully complete the prescribed courses and academic credits each semester, as outlined in the semester-by-semester curriculum; and
- Earn no letter grade lower than C- in studio work.
Sequence and Credit Hours
M.F.A. Image Text students are expected to follow the semester-by-semester required curriculum.
M.F.A. students may be administratively pre-enrolled in the required courses. It is expected that students be present for all classes. Students who have been administratively enrolled in a required class and do not attend by the add deadline (or earlier, depending on the faculty member’s grading policy or syllabus) will need the explicit permission of the instructor to remain enrolled in the class.
Students who wish to take fewer or more credits in any given semester must submit a petition requesting permission. Generally, during the fall and spring semesters, enrollment is limited to the prescribed curriculum.
Grading
All required classes must be taken under the letter-grade or SX/UX grading basis. Classes completed with an audit grade cannot be applied toward any curricular requirement.
Transfer Credit/Advanced Standing
There is no advanced standing or transfer credit in the M.F.A. Image Text program. All students must complete all curricular requirements at Cornell during the semesters specified.
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