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The Department of Art and Design offers the M.F.A. with a major in Communication Design. The curriculum is designed to provide advanced study in the areas of corporate advertising art direction, graphic design, and digital media design. The graduate program provides students with the knowledge and expertise to attain the following: exploration of advanced problemsolving methodologies, updating technological advancement relating to communication design, examining historical events, theoretical constructs within communication design, and preparation for a career teaching in higher education. The graduate sequence begins in the fall semester of each year.
Program and course delivery methodologies will include the following:
Online instruction
Students will have the opportunity to complete a portion of the degree by the means of online instructional delivery.
Extended weekend seminars
The extended weekend seminars will consist of meeting three times per semester and will meet Friday evenings through Sunday mornings.
Evening and Saturday courses
Evening courses will meet for four hours from 6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. one night per week. Saturday classes will meet for eight hours, from 8 am to 5 p.m. every other Saturday.
Summer seminars
Summer seminar courses will be offered during the Texas State mini-semester in May. Each seminar will be a two credit-hour course and offered for a time period of five days. Each summer seminar course will begin on Thursday and end the following Tuesday. Students will enroll in and attend one seminar per week only.
Directed Study
A directed study special problems course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member. In a special problems course, the objectives are established between the student and the faculty member mutually agreeing upon the course learning plan and outcomes. The maximum number of semester credit hours of directed study: 9.
The Master of Fine Arts with a major in Communication Design is the terminal degree in the discipline. The degree will require a minimum of 60 semester credit hours, including 54 hours from traditional and online course work plus 6 hours of thesis credit.
Program and course delivery methodologies will include the following:
Online instruction
Students will have the opportunity to complete a portion of the degree by the means of online instructional delivery.
Extended weekend seminars
The extended weekend seminars will consist of meeting three times per semester and will meet Friday evenings through Sunday mornings.
Evening and Saturday courses
Evening courses will meet for four hours from 6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. one night per week. Saturday classes will meet for eight hours, from 8 am to 5 p.m. every other Saturday.
Summer seminars
Summer seminar courses will be offered during the Texas State mini-semester in May. Each seminar will be a two credit-hour course and offered for a time period of five days. Each summer seminar course will begin on Thursday and end the following Tuesday. Students will enroll in and attend one seminar per week only.
Directed Study
A directed study special problems course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member. In a special problems course, the objectives are established between the student and the faculty member mutually agreeing upon the course learning plan and outcomes. The maximum number of semester credit hours of directed study: 9.
The Master of Fine Arts with a major in Communication Design is the terminal degree in the discipline. The degree will require a minimum of 60 semester credit hours, including 54 hours from traditional and online course work plus 6 hours of thesis credit.