••  UI Center for the Book

    MFA Degree Plan of Coursework •

Student Name

• 60 hour degree
30 hours of distribution requirements
30 hours of electives, 18 hours of which are in the student’s area of emphasis.
Students may enroll in 0-6 MFA Thesis hours. MFA Thesis hours may count towards either the Area Emphasis or
Elective credits. Thesis hours are not required for the degree.
• Areas of Studio Emphasis
Artist Bookwork; Bookbinding; Digital Bookwork; Lettering Arts; Papermaking; Printing

Distribution Requirements (30 hours) Electives (30 hours)

• Area Emphasis (18 hours)
Studio Requirements (21 hours) 3sh may be shared between Core Course
• Core Courses: One course each from three requirement and Area Emphasis requirement; may
different areas of emphasis in first year (9 hours) include 0–6 hours Thesis hours.
One of these courses may count towards the 18 sh
in the Area of Emphasis.

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3sh

3sh

• Book Art Seminar (3 hours)

UICB:6510 Book Art Seminar   3sh

• Elective Credits (15 hours)
May include 0–6 hours Thesis hours; 0–6 hours
• Graduate Book Arts Workshop (9 hours) taken outside UICB; 0–12 hours UICB courses.

UICB:6520 Graduate Book Arts Wrkshp 3sh

UICB:6520 Graduate Book Arts Wrkshp 3sh

UICB:6520 Graduate Book Arts Wrkshp 3sh

Scholarly Inquiry & Material Analysis

Requirements (9 hours)
• Scholarly Inquiry (6 hours)

Studio Requirements (21)

• Material Analysis (3 hours) Scholarly Inquiry & Material
Analysis Requirements (9)
Area Emphasis (18)
Electives (15)

3-2015
• Total Hours (60) 0
Note that the above may total 63 semester hours if core courses and the area of emphasis share 3 sh
(thus being double counted on the chart).