The approach to graduate education in the School of Arts and Humanities is flexible. Within the specific degree requirements listed below, each student plans a program of studies in consultation with an assigned faculty adviser.

Courses meeting degree requirements are normally chosen from the core courses and the areas of concentration within the School of Arts and Humanities. To have courses taken outside the school applied to one of its degrees, students must seek prior approval from the School's Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. They may also petition to have appropriate transfer courses applied to reduce the required number of hours for a degree at U.T. Dallas. The School's Associate Dean for Graduate Studies may require students with background deficiencies in interdisciplinary work to take additional courses at the undergraduate or graduate level to remedy those deficiencies.

Active involvement in the process of artistic creation and performance is basic to the design of the Aesthetic Studies area of concentration. Therefore, students working at the M.A. level with an emphasis on Aesthetic Studies are required to take at least one ensemble/workshop, and those working toward a Ph.D. with an emphasis on this area are required to take at least one additional ensemble/workshop. Students undertaking creative projects for master's portfolios or doctoral dissertations must demonstrate their competency as artists by including in their degree plans a minimum number of studios, ensembles, or workshops related to a proposed medium: two for the M.A. and four for the Ph.D.

M.A. - Degree Plan

M.A. in Arts & Technology - Degree Plan

M.F.A. in Arts & Technology - Degree Plan

M.A.T.- Degree Plan

Ph.D. - Degree Plan #1 (M.A. at U.T.D., with Portfolio) | Degree Plan #2 (M.A. Elsewhere)