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The graduate course requirements for the M.F.A. of 60 semester credit hours would normally be distributed over six semesters of a three-year program. In any case, the student will be required to spend a minimum of three semesters in the M.F.A. program with one academic year in residency as a full-time student. The 60 semester credits of course work include courses in art history and cognate areas of study. These required credits may not include course work that is required as make-up for undergraduate deficiencies.

Course requirements:

* Area of Concentration
* Supporting Studio Courses
* Art History Electives
* Contemporary Art Theory
* Graduate Seminar
* Free Electives

Courses outside the area of concentration (supporting and free electives) should be taken from faculty other than the major professor, in order to get as much experience as possible with others on the graduate faculty. Students are also encouraged to take a portion of their free electives outside the art department.

Each students program of study is subject to the approval of the major professor and the supervisory committee. It is emphasized that this is a committee/departmental option and not a students option.

An applicant to the Graduate School at Kansas State University must have a bachelor's degree substantially the same as the ones granted by Kansas State University. That is, it must represent a broad range of courses in the basic academic disciplines. Applicants whose degrees do not meet these standards may be denied admission to graduate degree programs at Kansas State University.Admission is denied to applicants holding bachelor's degrees with a significant amount of credit for work that was not supervised by a faculty member of an accredited college or university or evaluated in units that identify the academic content. A limited amount of credit for experience, when awarded as an acceptable part of a bachelor's degree for internships, fieldwork, or the like, is not a cause for denial but must be clearly identified as graded work.Applicants to graduate degree programs pay a non-refundable application fee of: * $50 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and * $75 for international applicants English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

Most graduate students are able to finance their education with a variety of financial assistance tools specific to graduate school:

* Graduate Assistantships: Funded by individual departments and graduate programs, teaching, research and graduate assistantships are awarded based on a student's ability and promise.
* Graduate Fellowships
* Loans: Loans are available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have successfully applied for financial assistance
* Traineeships: Traineeships are offered through the university or departments that have federally supported traineeships.

Accreditation

Kansas State University has been providing quality education to the residents of Kansas, the country and the world for the last 150 years.

Located in a community with nearly 60,000 people and more than 24,000 students, we are able to provide a safe and supportive environment for our students.

Kansas State University has 3 campus locations, two of which, Manhattan and Salina, have complete academic programs and on-campus housing. Olathe is the third and newest extension of the university, focusing on collaborating with industry and Kansas City K-12 schools.

Accreditation:

Kansas State University has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools since 1916.