GUIDELINES

WRITTEN ELEMENT SECOND YEAR MFA

Length of Papers
Unless otherwise stated by your teacher, a range of 6,000-12,000 words (not including bibliography, footnotes, illustrations, etc.) is the range of pages it is expected you will produce to cover your topic in depth. To submit more or less you must have permission from your faculty in advance.

Connecting Art and Research Projects
Include a chapter of roughly 600 words connecting the art and research projects.

Language
For students with English as a second language, please note faculty has the option to require that the student engage a professional proofreader or tutor if they deem it necessary. 

Thesis
You will submit a DVD of Mac compatible files containing all written and documenation of the practical element(s) of your MFA thesis project at registration in the final summer residency. A PDF is required for the Transart Institute Online Thesis Library. The PDF should be included on the DVD containing your thesis paper and documentation of your studio project. In addition the PDF should be linked from or uploaded to your Moodle blog.