The Masters of Fine Arts in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design (MEPD) requires the completion of sixty (60) credits of coursework over a two-year period structured as follows. For more details on a particular course, click on the title of the course.
 

First Year Courses
Credits
Fall
Spring
MS 501 The Museum Seminar: History of the Museum and the Museum in Society
3
_
MS 502 The Museum Seminar: The Role of the Exhibition
_
3
MS 610A The Museum Exhibition Design Studio 6 _
MS 610B The Museum Exhibition Design Studio
_
6
MS 620A Museum Graphics 1.5 _
MS 620B Museum Lighting
_
1.5
MS 623A Exhibition Materials and Technology
1.5
_
MS 623B Exhibition Materials and Technology
_
1.5
GR 692 University Seminar: Art and Design in Society
_
3
  Elective
3
_
   
Total
15
15
MS 759 Summer Museum Internship (credited during the fall)
Second Year Courses
Credits
Fall
Spring
MS 759 Summer Museum Internship
3
MS 710 The Museum Exhibition Design Studio
6
_
MS 508 The Museum Audience
3
_
MS749A/B Thesis Development
3
3
MS 622 Media for Exhibition Communication
_
3
GR 691 University Seminar: Structure and Metaphor
3
_
GR 791 University Seminar: Criticism
_
3
  Elective
_
3
   
Total
18
12