Overview

The Photography and Media and Society degree at Maryland Institute College of Art offers an active think tank for socially engaged thought-leaders to produce knowledge and meaning in the public sphere through visual, material, and media culture using lens and data-based photographic, imaging, and media tools.

Key Features

The curriculum content, program culture, the human and material resources of the College, and the City of Baltimore offer a rich community of experience and knowledge to build the foundation for launching a borderless, sustainable for-profit post-graduate practice within and beyond fine art at the crossroads of culture and commerce.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Beyond the White Cube: Myths of Photography & the American Dream

Graduate Research Seminar: The Desegregrated Eye 1980-Present

Graduate Research Think Tank

Beyond the White Cube: Culture & Commerce

MFA Pre-Thesis Seminar

MFA Thesis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-19 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Baltimore, United States

Disciplines

Media Studies & Mass Media Photography View 257 other Masters in Media Studies & Mass Media in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application Form.

Please write a 600–800-word statement of intent in response to the following prompts.

Your goals and objectives for graduate study and how they align with the goals and objectives of the program.

An idea or issue that has personal, social, cultural, and intellectual urgency for you, and how this idea or issue informs and inspires your practice—or the concepts, form, and content of a specific body of your work.

Cite the image-making skills and experience you have (or need) to produce the idea you propose to conceive and develop through the program.

Describe a vision for your post-graduate launch of a professional practice that will engage audiences through the creative, informed, and innovative use of photography and media as thought-leading visual culture.

Two (2) Letters of Reference.

Proof of Degree or Equivalent.

Applicants to the MFA program in Photography + Media & Society should upload a digital portfolio.

$75 Application Fee.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

56500 USD / year

≈ 56500 USD / year
Out-of-State

56500 USD / year

≈ 56500 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

56500 USD / year

≈ 56500 USD / year

Living costs

Baltimore

United States

1240 - 2100 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Overview

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Baltimore

Funding

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