Maryland Institute College of Art

Educational Resources

Libraries

MICA's slide library contains over 120,000 slides

• Member of library consortia.
• 76,500 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 315 current serial subscriptions.
• 0 microforms.
• 4,700 Audio/Visual items.
• 0 e-books.

Museums & Art

Three major gallery spaces -- the Decker Gallery and Meyerhoff Gallery in the Fox Building, and the Pinkard Gallery in the Bunting Center -- are only the beginning of the exhibitions story at MICA. There are also numerous informal galleries devoted to showing student work, and a gallery dedicated to showing the work of students in our MFA and MA programs.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.

Campus Resources

• 350 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is not available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, health service, health insurance

Remedial

writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological

Career

internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 88% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Room Accessories

• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 90% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, student government, student film society, television station
• In total, there are about 40 organizations on campus.
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Koinonia
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Korean Student Association, Black Student Union, The Hispanic Club

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Baltimore (5), Washington (30)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Baltimore (1)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Baltimore (2)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.

Employment

• School employment is available.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Johns Hopkins University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors