Curriculum & Courses

Graduate Curriculum Overview

WRIT 5001 Writing Workshop	12
WRIT 5500 Topics in Writing Seminar	12
MFA 6009 Graduate Projects (minimum of 12 credits with writing advisors)	24
Electives Courses at the 3000 level or above. Art History courses must be at the 4000 level or above.	12
Participation in four graduate critiques
Inclusion in graduate publication or participation in the Graduate Exhibition or equivalent
Completion of the thesis
Total Credit Hours	60

Students may elect internships to satisfy up to 6 hours of elective credit.

Completion schedule: Students have a maximum of four years to complete the degree (this includes time off for leaves-of-absence).
Transfer credits: A minimum of 45 credit hours must be completed at SAIC. Up to 15 transfer credits may be requested at the time of application for admission and are subject to approval at that time. No transfer credit will be permitted after a student is admitted.
Thesis requirement: During their final semester, students are required to submit a thesis of appropriate length in any genre.
Exhibition requirements: MFAW students planning to participate in the Graduate Thesis Exhibition or Time Arts events are required to complete at least 6 studio credits by the end of the third semester AND to advise with a studio faculty member in their final semester.
Studio space: Individual studio space is not provided automatically to students in the MFA in Writing; however, Writing students with a visual arts practice in addition to their writing may apply for a space through the Administrative Director, Graduate Division, at gradstudio@saic.edu.
Graduate Projects: MFA 6009 Graduate Projects enrollments must be in increments of 3 credit hours. No more than two advisors and a total of 6 credit hours may be scheduled for a given semester. The number of credits earned by the student has no correlation with length or frequency of the advising sessions or to faculty assessment of student work.

Students may elect internships to satisfy up to 6 hours of elective credit.

Title	Catalog	Instructor	Schedule
Wksp:Incessant Making/Curating	5001 (001)	Janet Desaulniers	Monday through Friday 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM In Person
Description This is a class in intensive and immersive making and curating. Students may complete rough cuts or refined versions of whole books, films, performances & installations or may begin prototypes/push toward final work for single or series of paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints. Some may choose to engage new paths while others may curate or re-version aspects of previous work in new form or mode. The content of the class is each student's work & practice. The compressed time frame, single focus and opportunity to produce and share work in an atmosphere of values-based critique provides both art & artist equally compressed & focused awareness of emerging pressure points on each work's or practice's trajectories. In a framework intensely engaging and intensely collegial we mean to recognize and name particulars of both our present work and emergent futures. Each student offers first an overview of practice followed by three separate iterations or progressions of work. The intense work load simultaneously demands and supports lightning-fast leaps in accomplishment, with weekly presentation of work forcing both intuitive & considered aesthetic choices, launching exciting new paths.	Class Number 1023	Credits 3	Department Writing Location Lakeview - 808

Visit the graduate admissions website or contact the graduate admissions office at 312.629.6100, 800.232.7242 or gradmiss@saic.edu.