VCS + Writing
For students first matriculating in Fall 2016, the curricular requirements for the three-year Visual and Critical Studies (MA) + Writing (MFA) dual-degree option are as follows:
VCS courses (30 units):
- Methodologies 1 (6 units)
- Methodologies 2 (6 units)
- Strategies for Visual & Critical Studies(3 units)
- Identity, Difference, & Power (3 units)
- VCS Topics (6 units)
- Master’s Project 1 & 2 (6 units)
Writing courses (39 units):
- Writer's Workshop (12 units)
- Mentored Study (12 units)
- Friday Seminar (3 units)
- Writing Seminar (9 units)
- Thesis Project (3 units)
Electives
- Grad-wide electives (6 units)
Total units: 75
Below is an example of how these courses sequence over three years:
First Year
Fall (12 units)
- Strategies for Visual & Critical Studies (3 units)
- Writer's Workshop (3 units)
- Mentored Study (3 units)
- Friday Seminar (3 units)
Spring (15 units)
- Identity, Difference & Power (3 units)
- VCS Topics (3 units)
- Writer's Workshop (3 units)
- Mentored Study (3 units)
- Writing Seminar (3 units)
Second Year
Fall (15 units)
- Methodologies 1 (3 units)
- VCS Topics (3 units)
- Writer's Workshop (3 units)
- Mentored Study (3 units)
- Writing Seminar (3 units)
Spring (15 units)
- Methodologies 1 (3 units)
- Writer's Workshop (3 units)
- Mentored Study (3 units)
- Writing Seminar (3 units)
- Thesis Project (3 units)
Third Year
Fall (9 units)
- Methodologies 2 (3 units)
- Master's Project 1 (3 units)
- Elective (3 units)
Spring (9 units)
- Methodologies 2 (3 units)
- Master's Project 2 (3 units)
- Elective (3 units)
Total: 75 total units
Suggested Course Map
Download the Course Guide for a suggested sequence of courses. The course guide and the degree requirements listed below apply to students matriculating in Fall 2020.