Graduate Programs
The Department of Art offers general programs in studio art and design leading to the Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees. The graduate curriculum includes communication design, painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, ceramics, and mixed and multi-media art. Foundation art and art history courses are taught in the Art Building located near the center of the A&M-Commerce campus. Also located in this building is the University Gallery that hosts an annual series of exhibits of interest to the University and the Commerce community.
The M.F.A. program is intended for graduate students both committed to and capable of intensive, advanced study culminating in an individual and self-generated language of expression. Students are officially admitted to candidacy for the M.F.A. degree no earlier than their second full-time semester of study. Until that time students intending to pursue the degree will be enrolled in the M.A. or M.S. programs. In addition to completing a formal application, students seeking candidacy must have completed all admission requirements for graduate study and maintained the necessary academic standing in the department.
We empower Communication Design professionals seeking to achieve a higher level of proficiency in creative design innovation, design professional practice, and the pursuit of a career in design education.
