Example curriculum: classes by year/term for MFA

Year One 18 credits

Fall 9 credits
IMD 500 Creative Concept Development
IMD 570 Grad Critique I
XXX – Tech/practice elective or other elective class

Spring 9 Credits
IMD 501 Histories and Theories of Intermedia
IMD 570 Grad Critique I
XXX – Tech/practice elective or other elective class

Year Two 18 credits

Fall 9 credits
IMD 560 Research Studio I – Critical Research Methods for Arts Production
IMD 571 Grad Critique II
XXX – Tech/practice elective or other elective class

Spring 9 Credits (or Fall, year 3)
IMD 561 Research Studio II – Projects in Collaborative Production
ART/NMD 571 Grad Critique II
XXX – Tech/practice elective or other elective class

Year Three 24 credits

Fall 9 credits
6 credits Study abroad or focused field research (in a non-studio discipline)
IMD 600 Readings for Thesis Conceptual Development

Spring 9 Credits
IMD 562 Research Studio III – Research and Development for large-scale projects
IMD 670 Thesis preparation and production
IMD 572 Grad Critique III

Summer 6 credits
IMD 670 Thesis production
IMD 700 Without Borders Exhibition – Development, installation and presentation of thesis work.