拥有MFA学位的研究生课程为60个学期小时的学位课程，包括18个小时的艺术史（集中12个艺术史），24小时的相关艺术以及6个小时的研究生研讨会。鼓励美术硕士学位的候选人在三年内完成该学位的所有课程工作，以确保持续集中精力以完成研究生水平的高质量工作。学生必须在五年内完成学位课程。此外，要求学生在学位课程中完成一年的居住期。该居留时间定义为18个学期，其中包括连续两个学期中最少要花9个学期。在整个学习计划中，将定期对学生进行评估。研究生课程入学的前两个学期都需要进行进度审查。学生在第二年开始时选择一个委员会
Positioned at the intersection of the visual arts, performance, music, visual and media studies and design, School of Art students enjoy world-class resources and learn from renowned faculty at the University of Houston. The arts community hails as a center of creative transformation and aesthetic engagement. Our Master of Fine Arts program enables students to advance their creative practice, embedded in the cultural epicenter of Houston, and engage with the supportive academic community that is the foundation of our graduate studies. Our program prepares artists for a life of engaged studio and civic practice which reflects a healthy balance of production, inquiry and cross discipline collaborations. Through a concentration in design, interdisciplinary practices and emerging forms, painting, photography and digital media or sculpture, graduate students broaden their perspective with cross disciplinary studies and the world at large