B.F.A. in Studio Art
Tim Cunard, Coordinator
This program awards the bachelor of fine arts degree (and the Wheaton A.B.) after a fifth year of full-time study in residence at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).
Students should apply to the Museum School Admissions Office through the Wheaton coordinator in their junior year. They will be expected to submit a portfolio of their work at that time; admissions is selective and contingent on approval by both schools. Interested students are urged to consult the Wheaton coordinator early in their Wheaton careers and no later than the fourth semester. Other options for Wheaton students to study at the Museum School are also available.
Students accepted into the program will normally complete the equivalent of at least two three-credit courses at the Museum School before beginning the fifth year in residence there and may do so either by cross-registering during the regular academic year or by enrolling in the school's summer program. Credit for this work may be transferred to Wheaton and applied to the Wheaton A.B. degree. The school offers day and evening courses throughout the year. In addition, students will complete a studio major at Wheaton, including the senior seminar. They will participate in the required exhibition of their work at Wheaton at the end of their fifth year.
In addition to elective studio work in any of the media offered at the Museum School, students will be expected to take two courses in visual and critical studies (art history) at the school in their fifth year.