Enrollment

Full-Time Core Program

This program is designed as a four year curriculum, culminating for a possible fifth year project eligible for a Prix de Rome award. The full time program constitutes 40 hours a week, having three trimesters of ten weeks each, totaling 1,200 hours an academic year. Core students have 24 hour access to the academy, with critiques, lectures, classes and mentoring offered Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All students are advised to be here during those times to ensure time with instructors. Friday is an independent work day for students to pursue their own work/study. Faculty guides each student on a personalized basis in one-on-one critiques as well as providing general instruction in regular lectures, workshops, and group critiques. The student's workday consists of long periods of self-directed activity where they are expected to progress through projects and curriculum work.