MFA Degree Options

MFA Concentrations Available

The Wilson College Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts offers the following options:

• Master of Fine Arts in Choreography
• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing 
• Master of Fine Arts in Directing
• Master of Fine Arts in Directing & Choreography
• Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts 
• Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts

In each of these tracks, students will exercise high level critical and creative thinking resulting in a distinctive artistic voice. Students will demonstrate emerging mastery of disciplinary and medium-specific technical skills, conceptual and contextual applications across disciplinary boundaries and of critique and communication expertise as appropriate to their area of concentration. The goal of the MFA program is to provide a platform for students to reach the next level in their professional field(s), and further their education through personal artistic growth.

• Choreography – for those working in concert dance, musical theatre, film, performance art, or other movement-based artforms
• Creative Writing – for writers working across a range of forms from creative nonfiction to fiction, performance writing, poetry, and other practices*
• Directing – for artists working in theatre or musical theatre
• Directing & Choreography – for those who want to direct and choreograph in a combined/integrated capacity (e.g., serving as both director and choreographer in musical theatre)
• Interdisciplinary Arts – for artists incorporating multiple artforms (and other disciplines) in an integrated practice
• Visual Art – for artists working in any 2D, 3D, and digital medium/media

*We do not currently accept applications for the Young Adult category.

Thesis, Documentary, Portfolio, and Oral Defense

To complete the MFA, students mount a thesis performance, exhibition, or other project appropriate to their disciplines and media in a venue that meets the MFA Director's approval. The student is responsible for all aspects of the thesis project. The student will create a short documentary about their work, and submit it along with a portfolio at the conclusion of their final thesis semester. The MFA culminates in an oral defense (usually conducted online). 

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