Resolution for the Faculty Senate

a. Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) that a minimum requirement of 60 credits for award of the Master of Fine Arts degree be affirmed and published (referring to the University Catalog)

Whereas, the Master of Fine Arts is considered a terminal degree, and

Whereas, the Master of Fine Arts is viewed similar to a doctoral degree in academic status, and

Whereas, the College Art Association states in its guidelines for M.F.A. standards that “the minimum requirement for the M.F.A. is 60 semester credits of course work at the graduate level,” and 

Whereas, all M.F.A. programs currently in the University require at least 60 credits, be it therefore

Resolved, that the Faculty Senate recommends a minimum requirement of 60 credits for award of the Master of Fine Arts degree be affirmed and published.