In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is a graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor's degree level and usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, or theater/performing arts. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography Creative writing is considered to be any writing Fiction or Non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, Journalistic, Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence Coursework is primarily of an applied or performing nature with the program often culminating in a major work or performance. A performance, in Performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers behave in a particular way for another group of people Several MFA programs were established in the 1930's.
MFA programs have generally required a bachelor's degree prior to admission, but many have not required that the undergraduate major be the same as the MFA field of study. The most important admissions requirement has often been a sample portfolio or a performance audition. Career portfolios are used to plan organize and document Education, work samples and Skills People use career portfolios to apply to College or Training An audition is a sample performance by an Actor, Singer, Musician, Dancer or other performer
The MFA differs from the Master of Arts in that the MFA, while an academic program, centers around practice in the particular field, programs leading to the MA are usually centered on the scholarly, academic, or critical study of the field. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large The title "Master of Fine Arts" has origins in medieval France, prior to the 1648 founding of the École des Beaux-Arts. École des Beaux-Arts ("School of Fine Arts" refers to a number of influential Art schools in France.
The MFA has traditionally been seen as a terminal degree, meaning that it is considered to be the highest degree in its field. A terminal degree is the generally accepted highest degree in a field of study In the interest of further developing the connection between creative production and continued academic research, however, some universities have established competing Ph.D programs in fields such as creative writing, visual arts, and theater. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Similar PhD programs were abandoned in the 1960's and 1970's.
The College Art Association has the following statement at [1]
Guidelines M. F. A. STANDARDS
Adopted by CAA Board of Directors, April 16, 1977; revised October 12, 1991.
DEFINITION AND PURPOSE
The M. F. A. , unlike most master's degrees, is used as a guarantee of a high level of professional competence in the visual arts. It is also accepted as an indication that the recipient has reached the end of the formal aspects of his/her education in the making of art, that is to say, it is the terminal degree in visual arts education and thus equivalent to terminal degrees in other fields, such as the Ph. D. or Ed. D.
First and foremost, the profession demands from the recipient of the M. F. A. a certifiable level of technical proficiency and the ability to make art. However, having earned the degree does not necessarily guarantee an ability to teach this proficiency to others. When work toward the M. F. A. has been concentrated in a particular medium, there should be complete professional mastery of that medium. The generalist, whose preparation has been broader and less specialized, must still meet the critical demands of the profession by convincingly demonstrating expertise and knowledge in a number of areas. The need for thorough training of the mind, the eye, and the hand is self-evident. The remainder of this document outlines specific standards and requirements for the M. F. A. that are approved and endorsed by the CAA Board of Directors.
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