Students in the Visiting Student Program participate in course offerings at
appropriate levels as regular full-time students. There are no majors,
defined
courses of study or required courses. Students choose their own
curriculum (with
the assistance of advisors) to achieve their
individual artistic goals and areas
of interests.
Courses
The
curriculum offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses in the following
disciplines:
The content of individual course
offerings ranges in varying degrees from conceptual, to technical,
to critical theory and professional practices.
Please note: students at the Museum School are not guaranteed dedicated
studio space. Studios are limited and must be petitioned for at pre-registration
or the start of the academic term. Space is usually reserved in studios each
term for additional who are new to the School. Course Loads
Courses are
offered as 'one block' (morning or afternoon) or 'two blocks' (full day),
depending upon the length, nature, and content of the class; a block
is comprised of one three-hour period of studio instruction. Full time
students are expected to complete 7 blocks of studio coursework per
semester for which they are eligible to receive 14 credits at their Review
Board. International students are required by U.S. Federal law to attend full time. All work from the term is presented at the Review Board and credit is
awarded as a block based upon the entire body of work completed; credits are not
issued for individual classes or coursework; the Museum School does not award
letter grades.
Visiting students receive a transcript and Review Board record at the end of
each semester. Students should receive prior approval from their home
institution to ensure credit transfer will be accepted before applying to the
SMFA.
Awarding of Credit: Review Boards
The Review Board is the culmination of each student's
entire semester’s work. It is the student's
only opportunity to present the
accumulated work of one semester to be assessed
for studio credits.
Each student is allotted a one-and-one-half-hour time
slot, during
which two instructors and two student reviewers evaluate the
student’s
work. The student being reviewed participates fully in the evaluation.
During the review, each student is given advice and criticism on the
work
presented. At the end of the review, the faculty review team
assigns full,
partial, or no credits. A written evaluation from all
four reviewers is placed
in the student’s permanent Review Board
file. In addition to attending one's own Review Board,
all students
having a Review Board are required to sit on the Review Boards of
two
other students.
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