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16 Master's degrees offered by the university
Visual and Critical Studies
The Master of Arts (MA) in Visual and Critical Studies program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is designed for students interested in the scholarly and creative investigation of the production, dissemination, and impact of visual images, objects, experiences, and practices.
Interior Architecture
Students in the Interior Architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an Emphasis in Interior Architecture program gain all the expertise necessary for the practice of architecture, while developing the sensibilities specific to the growing field of Interior Architecture.
Film, Video, New Media and Animation
Drawing on the expertise of School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty and our innovative curriculum, Film, Video, New Media and Animation) students engage in formal experimentation, technical innovation, and critical investigation in all forms of media-based work.
Design for Emerging Technologies
The MFA in Design for Emerging Technologies program from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago supports advanced work in architecture and its related fields that calls upon a broad range of art and design disciplines to challenge how architecture is defined and practiced.
Low-Residency
The Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts (Low-Res MFA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago program is designed for the 21st-century artist whose work and life demands both a rigorous engagement with an artistic community as well as flexibility, fluidity, and a self-directed approach.
Photography
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Photography program from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, widely considered one of the strongest in the country, is continually reinterpreting social and visual culture through both traditional and experimental forms of image making.
Ceramics
Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago provides the material, skills, and processes traditional to the medium, but emboldens our students to subvert the ordinary.
Designed Objects
The Designed Objects from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a professional degree program with a structured curriculum that offers students the critical skills to imagine and create meaningful design objects, systems, and experiences while challenging the boundaries of the field of design itself.
Designed Objects
The MFA in Studio from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Designed Objects program studios have no boundaries. We are creative across disciplines and we are engaged with our community at SAIC, our context in Chicago, and the world.
Sculpture
Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago encourages students to create fluidly, from casting bronze to organizing public spectacles, from growing food to fabricating via high-tech digital machinery.
Architecture
The MFA in Studio, Architecture program from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago supports advanced work in architecture and its related fields that calls upon a broad range of art and design disciplines to challenge how architecture is defined and practiced.
Painting and Drawing
With an emphasis on studio production, critical discussion, and experimentation, the MFA in Painting and Drawing program at School of the Art Institute of Chicago reflects and reinforces the diversity of approaches that propel artmaking today and for the future.
Modern and Contemporary Art History
The Master of Arts (MA) in Modern and Contemporary Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a two-year, 36-credit masters program specializing in modern and contemporary art in its international contexts.
Arts Administration and Policy - Modern and Contemporary Art History
SAIC's Dual Degree option in Modern and Contemporary Arts Administration and Policy - Modern and Contemporary Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago provides students with a means to earn two synergistic degrees as efficiently as possible while maintaining the integrity and high standards of each degree.
Historic Preservation
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s dynamic Master of Science in Historic Preservation is an all-encompassing program covering the areas of restoration design, materials conservation, architectural history, and preservation planning.
Visual Communication Design
Led by faculty who are actively engaged in design thinking and practice, Visual Communication Design students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are challenged to think critically about what they create, take risks in their work, and experience the value and transformative ability of design.