M.A. in Studio Art

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Studio Art is a 30 credit hour, two-year program for artists. Students complete 15 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in various studio art areas such as graphic design, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and sculpture (3D studies). Students also take 9 credit hours of electives in any discipline. Before completing the program, students undertake and successfully defend the master's project.

Founded in 1801, then-South Carolina College flourished pre-Civil War, overcame post-war struggles, was rechartered in 1906 as a university and transformed itself as a national institution in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Palmetto State established South Carolina College — the precursor to the University of South Carolina — on Dec. 19, 1801, as part of an effort to unite South Carolinians in the wake of the American Revolution. South Carolina's leaders saw the new college as a way to promote "the good order and harmony" of the state.

The founding of South Carolina College was also a part of the Southern public college movement spurred by Thomas Jefferson. Within 20 years of one another, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia established state-supported colleges.