艺术专业学位介绍

在美国和加拿大，美学学士，通常缩写为BFA(Bachelor of Fine Arts)，是授予给在视觉或表演艺术专业教育本科学位的学生。有些国家也命名为创意艺术学士或BCA(Bachelor of Creative Arts)。MFA的全称是Master of Fine Arts,翻译成中文应该是创作硕士，而非字面上的纯艺术硕士，其所提供的主修相当 多种，从雕刻、编制、绘画、设计、插画、室内设计、平面设计、动画、摄影、电影，到新近的珠宝设计，或是多媒体设计都是拿BFA或MFA学位。

MFA的特色在于是创作领域中最高的学位，并没有博士学位，在美国设计界工作，MFA就是最高学位了，因此，能够拿到MFA是相当高的荣誉，不仅能找到好工作，同时也具有大学教书的资格。

要申请MFA的入学条件与其他主修不同的是，一定要附上作品集Portfolio，这是学校评审你是否可入学的最大关键，其次才是在校成绩GPA和托福成绩，另外特别的是一定会要求财力证明及学费保证金。MFA修业两年中有三分之一的课程要求创作，也就是交作品，剩下三分之一的课程必须学习艺术理论或是史学的部分，并且一定要修满60学分才可以毕业，不过各个学校的要求有所不同。

在美国三千多所大学中，提供MFA学位的学校不算很多，大部分由专门的私人艺术学院提供。念MFA至少要两年，如果想要一年就修完艺术领域的硕士课程，应该要修MA(Master of Arts)，如果想再修博士学位，通常是修艺术史或是艺术理论课程才有博士学位。在两年中所需要的费用视学校所在城市而定，由于这类学校多为私人机构，故学费高昂，两年中估计生活费等总计30万-40万的开支，学生可以在校内打工来补贴生活费用。。【2014年最强艺术专业录取！】

一般来说，要修MFA学位必须具有BFA的资格，且托福成绩要达到80分以上，此外，不必考GRE或是GMAT,除非学校有特殊要求。

美国热门艺术专业：

比较热门的像时尚设计、室内设计、媒体艺术、电影艺术、 摄影技术、美术设计、数码艺术设计、艺术管理等等。

美国艺术专业申请的三个“早”：

尽“早”找相关机构准备申请很重要，尤其是英文基础薄弱的学生.

尽早找机构有什么好处呢？比如留学美国网会提前协助学生选校并整理好中文的作品准备条件，同时指导学生进行作品准备。协助学生准备推荐信、自我介绍信等等英文材料。

作品准备要趁“早”

作品是申请艺术院校的核心，很多特别著名的艺术学院提供语言培训，但是前提是你得作品得足够好。那么尽早准备，多花一些心思，找老师或相关专业人士把把关都是需要时间。

提交申请要趁”早”：

美国艺术学院大部分专业都是要在线提交作品的，而且是提交到国外的网站，所以网速有时会很不给力，同学们一定得打出充裕的时间递交网络申请哦！

附2015年艺术学院研究生排名TOP100，供参考：

排名学校

#1Yale University

New Haven, CT

#2Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

#2School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#4University of California—​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#4Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

#6California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

#7Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

#7Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

#7Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

#10Columbia University

New York, NY

#11Alfred University—​New York State College of Ceramics

Alfred, NY

#11California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

#13Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

#13CUNY—​Hunter College

New York, NY

#13Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

#13University of California—​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#13Washington University in St. Louis

Saint Louis, MO

#18Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, CA

#18Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

#18School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

#18University of Wisconsin—​Madison

Madison, WI

#22Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

#22Massachusetts College of Art

Boston, MA

#22University of Georgia

Athens, GA

#22University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

#22 University of Texas—​Austin

Austin, TX

#27 Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, CA

#27 Pratt Institute

Brooklyn, NY

#27 Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

#27 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

#27 San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA

#27 University of California—​Davis

Davis, CA

#27 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

#27 University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

#27 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

#36 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

#36 Indiana University—​Bloomington (Hope)

Bloomington, IN

#36 Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, MN

#36 New School—​Parsons School of Design

New York, NY

#36 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#36 Tufts University -​ School of the Museum of Fine Arts—​Boston

Boston, MA

#36 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

#36 University of California—​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#36 University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

#45 Herron School of Art & Design

Indianapolis, IN

#45 New York University

New York, NY

#45 Purchase College—​SUNY

Purchase, NY

#45 Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

#45 University of Illinois—​Chicago

Chicago, IL

#45 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

#45 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

#45 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

#53 Columbia College

Chicago, IL

#53 Ohio University

Athens, OH

#53 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

#53 University of California—​Irvine

Irvine, CA

#53 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#53 University of Colorado—​Boulder

Boulder, CO

#53 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

#53 University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#53 University of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA

#62 Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, CA

#62 Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

#62 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

#62 Southern Illinois University—​Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

#62 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

#62 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

#62 University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

#62 University of North Texas

Denton, TX

#62 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

#62 University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

#72 Boston University

Boston, MA

#72 Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, OH

#72 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

#72 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

#72 San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

#72 Stony Brook University—​SUNY

Stony Brook, NY

#72 University at Buffalo—​SUNY

Buffalo, NY

#72 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

#72 University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

#72 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

#82 California State University—​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#82 Columbus College of Art and Design

Columbus, OH

#82 George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

#82 Kent State University

Kent, OH

#82 Mills College

Oakland, CA

#82 Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL

#82 San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

#82 SUNY—​New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

#82 University of California—​Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

#82 University of Maryland—​College Park

College Park, MD

#82 University of Massachusetts—​Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA

#93 California State University—​Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

#93 College for Creative Studies

Detroit, MI

#93 CUNY—​Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

#93 CUNY—​City College

New York, NY

#93 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, PA

#93 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

#93 James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

#93 Memphis College of Art

Memphis, TN

#93 Miami University

Oxford, OH

#93 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

#93 Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

#93 New York Studio School

New York, NY

#93 San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

#93 Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

#93 University of California—​Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

#93 University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

#93 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

#93 University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

Amherst, MA

#93 University of Nevada—​Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

#93 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

#93 Washington State University

Pullman, WA