Graduate Art and Design Admissions
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Advance your creative practice without putting your life on hold.
网曝吃瓜’s flexible graduate Art and Design programs combine online learning, independent studio work, faculty mentorship, and an intensive summer experience on the Greeley campus.
Choose the 30-credit Master of Arts or the 18-credit Studio Art Graduate Certificate based on your experience and professional goals.
Choose Your Program
Master of Arts in Art and Design
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Grow as an Artist, Educator, and Creative Professional. The Master of Arts in Art and Design is designed for art educators and studio artists who want to strengthen their creative practice, expand their professional opportunities and earn a graduate degree through a flexible format.
Personalize your studies around your artistic interests while combining academic inquiry, studio practice and professional development. The 30-credit program is completed in approximately 21 to 24 months, begins each fall, and combines mostly online coursework with a required summer studio intensive in Greeley. No GRE is required.
The program can help you grow as an artist and educator, qualify to teach dual or concurrent enrollment courses, explore community college teaching, prepare for future MFA or doctoral study or expand your work in galleries, museums and creative organizations. It may also help practicing teachers advance on their district salary schedule.
Studio Art Graduate Certificate
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Deepen Your Studio Practice. Expand Your Teaching Opportunities. The Studio Art Graduate Certificate provides dedicated time to strengthen your artmaking, develop new skills, and explore new creative directions through focused graduate-level study.
If you already hold a master’s degree, the certificate’s 18 graduate credits in art may also help you meet credential requirements for teaching dual or concurrent enrollment courses or studio art at a community college.
The one-year program is mostly online and includes a required summer studio intensive in Greeley. It begins each fall, requires no GRE, and the coursework may be applied toward 网曝吃瓜’s Master of Arts in Art and Design if you continue your studies.
How to Apply
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1. Choose Your Program
Select either Art and Design MA or Studio Art Graduate Certificate. Both programs begin in the fall.
2. Complete the Graduate Application
Create your account and complete the appropriate 网曝吃瓜 graduate application.
3. Submit Your Required Materials
Provide the transcripts and other materials listed in your application checklist. After beginning your application, use your 网曝吃瓜 application portal to upload materials and monitor your status.
4. Watch for Your Decision
Continue checking your email and application portal for updates.
Tuition & Financial Support
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Students in these programs pay the same program tuition rate regardless of residency.
Eligible Art and Design MA students may apply for federal financial aid. Federal financial aid is not available for the stand-alone Studio Art Graduate Certificate, although other payment and financing options may be available.
K–12 teachers in rural Colorado school districts may qualify for the Concurrent Enrollment Educator Qualification Scholarship.
Contact PVA Admissions
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Not sure which graduate option is right for you? PVA Admissions can help you compare the programs and identify your next step.
PVA Admissions
PVA.Admissions@unco.edu
970-351-1921