About the course

The College of Visual & Performing Arts participates with the faculties in art, music, theatre & dance, and philosophy in an interdisciplinary program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Fine Arts. Students engage a core curriculum of 15 hours that emphasizes interdisciplinarity among the arts: four required courses include a colloquium that explores disciplinary formation and types of interdisciplinary engagement, arts histories, arts in a contemporary context, and philosophical aesthetics. An additional approved topics or aesthetics course completes a student’s core program. Work within this track involves an individualized curriculum that allows the candidate to pursue a professional goal relating to personal competencies and culminates in a dissertation. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 6 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	Lubbock
Fall (August), 2024	Lubbock
Spring (January), 2025	Lubbock
Fall (August), 2025	Lubbock
Spring (January), 2026	Lubbock

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Texas Tech University

A complete application - via the Graduate School application portal - will include the following-

　　Official transcripts of all previous college-level study

　　Official G.R.E. score report (The GRE score requirement has been waived for Fall 2023-entering applicants)

　　3 letters of recommendation

　　Current resum? or curriculum vitae

　　A scholarly writing sample (10-30 pages of academic writing)

　　Art portfolio (optional)

　　Statement of intent (800 words maximum, see tips on writing statements of intent). Please indicate in your statement the faculty members in the FADP(Art) program (see below) with whom you would like to work.

　　For international students: passport and additional documents that prove your eligibility to study in the United States

　　For acceptance into the doctoral program, the applicant must have completed a master's degree, or its equivalent, with emphasis in some area of the visual arts. Every effort is made to select candidates who show strong scholarship and professional competence. Applicants who have not taken at least 15 hours of art history, art criticism, art education, arts administration, aesthetics, and/or visual culture courses at the college level may be required to meet the 15-hour minimum in the form of leveling courses taken here at TTU, which will not count toward the 60-hour minimum in the doctoral degree plan.

　　IELTS - minimum required score is an overall band score of 6.5 on the Academic version.

　　TOEFL iBT - minimum score required is 79.

　　TOEFL PBT - minimum required score is 550.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Texas Tech University. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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