Admission Requirements Department Art
Fall Application Processing Priority Deadline February 1st
Spring Application Processing Priority Deadline The program does not accept applications for Spring
Supporting Documents for Matriculation:
Please submit the following documents to the Office of Admissions: official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, two letters of recommendation.
Complete additional Art Department application found online at http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/art/frames/howtoapply.html. Include Slide. Submit portfolio of artwork relevant to intended area of concentration to Art Department.
TOEFL (paper, computer, internet) 500, 173, 61
Examinations
Students choose a concentration in one of the following:
digital art; drawing and painting; printmaking; photography; or sculpture.
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Matriculation requirements
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Applicants must offer at least 36 credits in courses in art history and studio disciplines including a well-balanced distribution of credits in two-dimensional and three-dimensional studies acceptable to the Art Department.
Applicants must submit directly to the department graduate admissions committee a statement of graduate objectives and a selection of work in art emphasizing the intended area of concentration. Slides are acceptable. Materials should be sent to the committee before February 1 for fall admission. Applicants must also submit a completed application to the Brooklyn College Division of Graduate Studies. General matriculation and admission requirements of the Division of Graduate Studies are in the section “Admission.”
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Degree requirements
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Forty-eight credits are required for the degree.
The following courses are required: Art 702X, 704X, Art 728X, Art 729X, 782.1G, 782.2G, 782.3G, and nine credits in approved advanced art history courses. Art 782.1G, 782.2G, and 782.3G must be taken in sequence, usually beginning in the first term of matriculation. Art 798G may be repeated for credit.
Students must also complete 12 credits in advanced studio art, internship, or independent study electives. Students must also complete 6 credits chosen from graduate level electives outside the department.
Independent creative work developed in Art 782.1G, 782.2G, and 782.3G must culminate in a final exhibition with accompanying written paper that must be reviewed and approved by a thesis committee consisting of two Art Department faculty and one faculty member from outside the department.
Courses in the Art Department offered toward the degree must be 700-level courses.
The program of study, including independent work, and outside cognate electives, must be approved by the deputy chairperson.