Courses of Study 2024-2025 
    
    Jan 20, 2025  
Courses of Study 2024-2025

Art – MFA Image Text


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 must complete the following curriculum and degree requirements:

First Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)


Total: 10 credits

First Fall Semester (Online)


Total: 6 credits

First Spring Semester: (Hybrid; Online with In-person practicum)


Total: 9 credits

Second Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)


Total: 10 credits

Second Fall Semester: (Online)


Total: 6 credits

Second Spring Semester: (Hybrid; Online with In-person practicum)


Total: 9 credits

Third Summer Semester: (Hybrid; Online with required In-person residency in Ithaca)


Total: 10 credits

Total credits: 60 credits


M.F.A. Image Text Learning Outcomes


Through successful fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts, Image Text, graduates will:

  1. 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;
  2. 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 
  3. 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 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.

Grading


  • All required classes must be taken under the letter grade or SX/UX grading basis. 
  • 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. 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.