Strengthen your creativity and marketability
Achieve a higher level of proficiency in creative design innovation, design business strategy, ideation, marketing, entrepreneurship and prepare for a career in design education. Housed at the Universities Center at Dallas next to the Arts District, our facilities immerse you in one of the nation’s most vibrant centers in business and design. Work with award winning faculty and industry leaders as you develop advanced skills in creative conceptualization, design process, and product, and pedagogy development. Special concentration is placed on design criticism combined with courses in creative strategies, business practices, professional leadership and design history and design education curriculum. Our MFA program is a terminal degree that prepares you to teach at the university level or advance your career
3 Years
No foreign language credits required
60 Hours
Thesis Exhibition with Support Paper

Art (MFA/MA) Visual Communication Emphasis :: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
What will you learn
A Master of Fine Arts degree with a Visual Communication emphasis degree will offer you the opportunity to:
- Enhance your critical thinking and creative strategies
- Learn innovative business practices, leadership in the workforce and the marketing of a product
- Study pedagogical theories and techniques to prepare you to teach at the college level
- Complete a thesis exhibition that addresses an issue of social, educational, environmental or economic importance

Art (MFA/MA) Visual Communication Emphasis :: Course Delivery and Resources

Course Delivery and Resources
Designed for current educators and working professionals, we offer courses in the evening to fit your schedule. First-semester students take courses one night per week as they transition into the program. Courses are offered at the Universities Center at Dallas, a premier location for instruction and inspiration. Receive individualized mentorship from our award-winning faculty as you design a degree plan that matches your research interests and career goals.
Graduate Program Cost
PROGRAM COSTS
Tuition and fees for graduate students taking nine credit hours are $3,594 for Texas residents and $6,897 for non-residents.