为了应对复杂的世界-不断变化的全球文化，迅速发展的技术和环境问题-艺术研究生院提供了一个为期两年的，至关重要的工作室计划，该计划提供了一个合作论坛以及针对特定学科和跨学科的研究。该计划为学生艺术家提供了严格的实验环境和知识基础，并为已完成必要课程要求的成功候选人提供了视觉艺术美术硕士学位（工作室艺术的最终专业学位）。艺术研究生院遵守美国大学艺术协会（CAA）和美国国家艺术与设计学校协会（NASAD）制定并接受的MFA学位标准。如今，当代创意实践的广阔发展前景也要求艺术家理解各种批判分析模式。在整个计划中，
In response to a complex world?shifting global cultures, rapidly evolving technologies, and environmental concerns?the Graduate School of Art offers a two-year, critically engaged studio program that provides a forum for collaboration and both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary study. The program provides a rigorous, experimental environment and intellectual foundation for student artists and grants successful candidates who have completed the necessary program requirements the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, the terminal professional degree in studio art. The Graduate School of Art subscribes to the standards for the MFA degree as set forth and accepted by the College Art Association of America (CAA) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Today's vastly expanded landscape of contemporary creative practices also requires artists to understand various modes of critical analysis. Throughout the program, students are encouraged to investigate the relationship between idea generation and production, and to articulate the conceptual underpinnings of their work. Graduate seminars provide students with the opportunity to study theory through the lens of studio practice, while a robust thesis seminar supports students in their writing and studio-related research. The Public Lecture Series and various fellows' programs bring nationally and internationally recognized artists, architects, historians, and critics to campus, promoting new ideas in practice, theory, and technology in art, architecture, and design. Invited speakers often come to graduate students' studios for one-on-one reviews of their work. On a broader scale, the graduate program prepares students to understand contemporary cultural production, to incite progressive social change, to address the challenges of our time, and to assume their roles as global citizens through avenues such as public engagement opportunities and study abroad programs, including the Berlin program. In furthering those objectives, the Graduate School of Art also offers collaborative research, production, and travel grants to enhance learning opportunities outside the university setting.