The Department of Graphic Design offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts program, with the opportunity to pursue a fifth year of study leading to the Bachelor of Graphic Design degree. It also offers a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Additionally, RISD Graphic Design offers workshops and credit-bearing courses during the summer.
Graduate Thesis II
Graduate requirement for majors – 9 credits
Spring 2009
The M.F.A. degree requires completion of a graduate thesis. The thesis, as a major undertaking for advanced study and personal development, also assists the student to direct a program of study for an experience that best serves that individual’s interests and needs. The thesis is an inquiry into the process, expression and function of the visual in graphic design. Visual search is the primary means to develop original work in which a thesis argument, critique, or point of view is developed and substantiated. The graduate student is encouraged to go beyond established models and to project his/her unique character in the thesis rather than to evidence vocational training, which is implicit. The productions can involve any medium suitable to need and content. Ultimately the thesis is submitted as a written document supported by visual examples that reveal ideas and insights. Two copies of the document remain with the department. Completion is required before graduation and within the normal two-year period of the program as stipulated by the College.
Taught by: Hammett Nurosi Thomas Wedell Anne West
Course #: GRAPH 328G
Graphic Design majors only
Prerequisite: Graduate Thesis I