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Career Opportunities in Health Science
Medical Illustration
Master of Science
Print Version (2 page PDF file)
The Master of Science in Medical Illustration Program is one of only four such programs in the nation. The two-year program is accredited by the Association of Medical Illustrators and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
Intensive illustration courses are supplemented with graduate science courses taken with medical students. Illustration courses cover pen and ink, monochromatic tone media, water color and mixed media. The use of the computer in medical illustration is taught in the first and second year.
Anatomical and surgical illustration for publication and interactive media is emphasized. Second-year students spend three semesters observing and sketching in the operating room. Student assignments offer practical experience with traditional media for print applications as well as motion and electronic media.Program Goals
- To refine students’ expertise in various artistic media
- To provide the scientific foundation necessary to prepare illustrations in a medical setting
- To teach students to visually problem-solve and to establish and meet objectives
- To offer extensive practical experience in medical illustration and prepare students for the profession
Career Opportunities
- Medical illustration for medical schools, large medical centers, hospitals and specialty clinics in single-artist departments or large production units
- Medical illustration for advertising agencies, medical publishers and pharmaceutical companies
- Medical illustration for attorneys who need art to demonstrate evidence in legal cases
- Entrepreneurship in medical illustration
Admission Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
- Advanced ability in drawing the human figure from observation
- Sound draftsmanship in rendering from direct observation, including expression of contour, proportion, perspective, form, light and shadow, tonal values, and surface textural detail
- Accurate interpretation of color in realistic still-life studies
- Completion of the following prerequisite courses:
- Comparative vertebrate anatomy or vertebrate morphology with student dissections of a mammal
- Human physiology (often combined with undergraduate human anatomy course)
- Life drawing from the nude model through advanced-level courses
- Advanced courses in realistic drawing and/or painting from observation
- Introduction to computers and computer graphics, or demonstrated proficiency through work experience. Computer graphic experience should include knowledge of both raster and vector programs (i.e., Adobe Photoshop™, Adobe Illustrator™).
Strongly recommended:
- Science: Histology, embryology, invertebrate anatomy, cell biology
- Art: Basic design, color theory, graphic design, sculpture, perspective
- Basic photography (including camera and darkroom experience)
- Digital/electronic media
- Personal interview and portfolio review with the department faculty (by invitation after approval of preliminary application)
- Graduate Record Examination score of 1000 or higher (sum of verbal and quantitative)
- TOEFL score of at least 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based or 79 internet-based if applicable
For more information, contact Andrew Swift, Chairman of the Medical Illustration Admissions Committee, at (706) 721-3266, e-mail or visit our Web site: www.mcg.edu/medart.
Academic Common Market
The MCG Department of Medical Illustration participates in the Academic
Common Market. Students from Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia may petition their home state to learn
whether they qualify for in-state tuition at MCG.
Estimated Full-Time Academic Expenses
| Tuition | Fees | Books/Supplies/Other | |
| Per semester | $2,293* | 327.50 | 1000** |
* Non-residents of Georgia pay an additional $6,548 tuition per semester. Residents of Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina receive a waiver of non-resident tuition.
** Costs vary by major. Please check with your department for details.
(Costs are for 2006-2007. All tuition charges, board, room rent or other charges are subject to change at the end of any academic term.)
Estimated Living Expenses
| On-or off-campus apartment | Commuter | |
| 9 months | $13,869 | $9,864 |
| 12 months | 18,492 | 13,152 |
How to Get an Application
To receive a preliminary application for this degree program, call or write:
Medical Illustration Graduate Program
CJ-1101
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Telephone: (706) 721-3266
Fax: (706) 721-7855
or download a Preliminary Evaluation Form at www.mcg.edu/medart/MI-application.html.