Programs

Graduate Programs

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Embark on a new chapter in your journey of artistic growth and self-discovery.

As a graduate student at MassArt, you’ll explore new mediums and new approaches to making. Here, technical progress and creative experimentation are grounded in an understanding of the historical, contemporary, and global contexts in which we create. As you expand your perspective and enhance your practice, you’ll be challenged to create work that embraces empathy and speaks to social issues or personal challenges.

Inside our studios and facilities, you’ll find the time and space you need to develop unique, impactful work. You’ll learn alongside a diverse community of talented peers, and study with renowned faculty who are passionate about teaching, mentoring, and supporting students. Along the way, you’ll find countless opportunities to grow your creative network and connect with internationally celebrated visiting artists, designers, entrepreneurs, and scholars.

Masters Degree Programs

M.Arch: Architecture

Accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board, the M.Arch prepares students to thrive as architects and in other architecture-related fields.

MAT: Art Education

Learn the art of teaching as part of an exciting, thriving art and education community that keeps studio practices at its core.

BFA/MA: Art Education (Internal Candidates)

The MassArt BFA/MA qualifies Art Education students to apply for the Massachusetts initial teaching license.

BFA/MAT: Art Education (Internal Candidates)

The BFA/MAT qualifies MassArt BFA students who are not Art Education majors to apply for the Massachusetts initial teaching license.

MDes: Design Innovation

Learn to lead organizational and social transformation at corporations, nonprofits, educational institutions, and entrepreneurial ventures.

MFA: Dynamic Media Institute

Through rigorous research, prototyping, and writing, ready yourself for high-level creative roles at innovative organizations.

MFA: Film/Video

Refine your creative practice within the moving image through critiques and immersion in a wide variety of approaches to film/video media.

MFA: Fine Arts Low Residency

Develop an independent body of artwork in an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and flexible learning environment.

MFA: Photography

Explore the practice of photography along with the critical theory and the contemporary multi-disciplinary environment surrounding the medium.

MFA: Studio Arts

Our full-time, two-year (60-credit) MFA Studio Arts program encourages students to experiment and explore, while refining the technical and conceptual strategies in their work.

Postbaccalaureate Certificate Programs

Postbac: Dynamic Media Institute

In this immersive educational program, you’ll investigate the role and new uses of dynamic media in communication design.

Postbac: Photography

Through collaborative class discussions and a rich, individualized curriculum, you’ll build your skills and elevate your practice.

Postbac: Teacher Preparation Program (TPP)

Gain a deep, practical understanding of the relationship between studio practice and teaching.

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Graduate Assistantships

Gain hands-on experience in teaching, research, studio management, curatorial support, and/or administration while also helping to fund your education.

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MassArt allowed me the freedom to engage with my work by taking risks and diversifying my art practice and that really set the goal for my career. -Ambreen Butt, MFA '97