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Director's Welcome
On behalf of the Department of Art and Design, the College of Fine Arts and Communication, the Graduate College, and Texas State University-San Marcos, we are all extremely pleased to announce the creation of a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) with a major in Communication Design effective in September 2007.
The Department of Art and Design now offers the M.F.A. with a major in Communication Design. The curriculum provides advanced studies in the arenas of corporate advertising art direction, graphic design, and digital media design. The program’s curriculum includes advanced problem-solving methodologies, updating technological advancements relating to communication design, examination of historical events within the discipline, and emerging theoretical constructs.
The M.F.A. in Communication Design facilitates exciting opportunities for practicing advertising art directors, graphic designers, and digital media designers to advance their educations by means of online courses, extended weekend seminars, summer seminars, and independent directed studies. Learners will have the opportunity to study with some of the most highly acclaimed communication designers in America and beyond. For students seeking a future career in higher education, the program will provide the appropriate academic credential: the Master of Fine Arts. The M.F.A. is the terminal degree in the visual communication design discipline.
Graduate Assistantships (three in our first year) are available to qualified applicants. Graduate Instructional Assistants (G.I.A.) and Graduate Teaching Assistants (G.T.A.) are required to take a nine-hour course load (full-time) to qualify for financial assistance. The program will add three Graduate Assistantships in its second year, 2008-2009.
Please contact me if you have any questions: we are here to assist you in any way!
Connect. Collaborate. Create.
Sincerely,
Bill
William E. Meek, M.F.A.
Professor of Communication Design, M.F.A. Program Director, and Graduate Advisor
Department of Art and Design
The College of Fine Arts and Communication
Texas State University-San Marcos