MFA and MA Art COurses
Courses Required of All M.F.A. Candidates
B0100, B0200: Projects in Drawing I and II
Investigation of various drawing media and techniques for the purpose of enlarging the student’s conceptual scope and professional skills. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B0300: Visual Concepts and Stylistic Traditions
Analysis of the components of traditional styles and movements. Student reports, papers and discussion. Open to M.A. candidates by permission of the graduate advisor. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B0400: Issues in Contemporary Art
Investigation of the conceptual implications of contemporary movements in the visual arts. Student reports, papers and discussion. Open to M.A. candidates by permission of the graduate advisor. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B0500: Teaching and Professional Development
This course is designed to introduce the student to the practice of teaching studio art and professional practices in his/her field. Prereq.: 6 credits in his/her area of specialization. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B0600: M.F.A. Thesis Preparation
This course guides students in their preparation of both written theses and thesis exhibitions. Readings and analysis of writings about art by artists and others. Writing about artwork and documentation of the experience of making the work. This class must be taken during the last two semesters of the student’s residence in the M.F.A. program. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
Elective Courses in Studio Art
B1100: Individual Projects in Painting
Intensive work under faculty supervision. Individual and group critiques. This course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B1200: Individual Projects in Sculpture
Intensive work under faculty supervision. This course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B1300: Individual Projects in Printmaking
Intensive work under faculty supervision. This course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B1400: Individual Projects in Electronic Design and Multimedia
Intensive work under faculty supervision, of which a part shall be scheduled class hours. This course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B1500: Individual Projects in Photography
Intensive work under faculty supervision. This course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B1600: Individual Projects in Ceramic Design
Intensive work under faculty supervision. his course may be taken five times for credit. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B8051-8099: Selected Topics in Studio Art
Advanced study in selected subjects outside of the regular curriculum. Course announcements will be made in the preceding semester. 4 HR./WK.; 3 CR. EACH
B8400-B8700: Independent Study in Studio Art
Enrollment with permission of the graduate advisor. Hrs. to be arranged; 3 CR. EACH
Courses in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art
These courses may be taken by M.F.A. and Graduate Art Education students.
A1000: Research Methods of Art History
Working methods of the art historian. Techniques for obtaining primary and secondary source material, including use of traditional archival and bibliographical materials, electronic information systems, interviewing techniques, and photographic documentation. Introduction to different approaches to objects and their contexts. Development of a variety of writing modes. Field trips; class reports. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6000: Egyptian Art and Architecture
Painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts of Egypt from pre-dynastic times through the Ptolemaic period. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6020: Greek and Roman Art
Art of the Classical civilizations: Greece from the Geometric period through the Hellenistic era; the Etruscan contribution; Rome from the Republican period through late Imperial times. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6100: Romanesque and Gothic Art of Medieval Europe
Art of the later Middle Ages: architecture, sculpture, manuscripts, stained glass, emphasis on French cathedrals, regional schools in emerging national states, and Byzantine influence on the West. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6200: Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
An overview of the painting, sculpture, and architecture created in Italy during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Discussion will focus on the needs and ambitions of private, civic, and ecclesiastical patrons as well as the creative responses of individual artists from Giotto to Michelangelo. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6220: Northern Renaissance Art
An overview of painting, sculpture, and printmaking created in Northern Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Trace the development of naturalism and humanism in France, Germany, and the Netherlands as well as the dialogue between Northern Europe and Italy during the Renaissance. Discussion will explore the needs and ambitions of private, civic, and ecclesiastical patrons as well as the creative responses of individual artists from Van Eyck to Bruegel. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6300: Baroque and Rococo Art in
Europe
Seventeenth and eighteenth century art in Italy, France, Spain, and Holland. Artists include Bernini, Poussin, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Velazquez, Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6400: Nineteenth Century Art in Europe
The art of western Europe, primarily France, including Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6410: American Art: 1776-1900
Art of the United States from colonial times to the late nineteenth century; consideration of European influences and regional contributions in the development of American architecture, sculpture and painting. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6420: History of Photography
The aesthetic, historical and technical development of still photography viewed as a major medium of artistic expression in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6430: Early Modern Art in Europeand the U.S.
The development of early modern art styles in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the U.S. including Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6440: Postwar Art in the U.S. and Europe
Art from 1945 through 1980 in the U.S. and Europe, including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimal Art, Conceptual Art, the development of earthworks and public art, feminist and other issue-based art. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6450: Modern Art in Latin America
An overview of the various currents of modernism that developed in Latin America from 1900 to 1945. Emphasis will be placed on the artistic production of certain countries, such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, and Uruguay. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6500: Art Since 1980
Art since 1980 taught from a global perspective. Includes visits to galleries, conversations with artists. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6510: Contemporary Art in Latin America
Artistic manifestations in post-World War II Latin America, including the work of diaspora artists and Latino/a artists in the United States. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6600: Ancient Art of Meso-America, the Andes, and the Caribbean
A survey of sculpture, architecture, the town plan, and crafts in select pre-European cultures of the Caribbean Basin, the Andes and Meso-America including the Taino, the Inca, and the Aztecs. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6610: North American Indian Art
A survey of select artistic traditions of native North American Indian art including Aleut and Inuit. Emphasis on artistic context as a synthesis of regional and cultural-historical phenomena. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6700: Art of West Africa: From the Bissagos to the Cameroon Grasslands
A survey of traditions that generate the interface of visual and performance arts, place and architecture among the Akan, Bamana, Bamilike, Baule, Dan, Dogon, Edo, Fon, Moshi, Senufo, Yoruba, and their neighbors. The archeology of the “Valleys of the Niger” is included. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6710: Art of Central Africa: Central, East and Southern Africa from Gabon to Mozambique
Arts of chiefdoms and kingdoms of the equatorial forests and savannas from Equatorial Guinea to Mozambique. An interdisciplinary survey of traditions that generate the interface of visual and performance arts, place and architecture. Arts of the Chokwe, Fan, Konde, Kongo, Kuba, Kwele, Luba/Hemba, Nyamwezi, Mangbetu, Ndebele, Pende, Saremo, Songye, Tabwa, Zula, and their neighbors. The archeology of Zimbabwe and the East African coast. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6800: Islamic Art
Architecture and decorative arts of the Islamic world including Syria, Egypt, Persia, Turkey, Spain, and northern India. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6810: Art of India, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia
Buddhist, Jain and Hindu art in India; Buddhist and Hindu art in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6820: Art of China, Japan, and Korea
The art and architecture of China, Japan, and Korea from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
A6900: Art Criticism
Problems of description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the art object as an aesthetic and cultural phenomenon in the context of historical approaches and styles; various systems and premises of critical analysis that have emerged from ancient to contemporary times. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
Courses in Museum Studies
B7000, B7100, B7200, and B7400 are required of all Museum Studies students. They may be taken by M.F.A. and other M.A. candidates, with permission of the Graduate Advisor and Director of Museum Studies.
B7000: Museology
Introduction to history of museums and current issues. Four sessions taught by museum professionals in local institutions. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B7100, B7200: Museum Apprenticeship I and II
Supervised internships at local museums, galleries or other art institutions. Two days work per week each course; 3 CR. EACH
B7400: Museum Exhibition Analysis Seminar
Discussion of approximately six current museum exhibitions, chosen to provide a unifying theme, such as reevaluating the retrospective. Each student will present a class lecture and museum tour evaluating the substance and installation of a major exhibition. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B7500: Museum Education
Techniques and methods of museum education. Regular meeting in museums with working professionals. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B7600: Urban Museum Studies
Introduction to the use of the urban environment and its history as a subject for museum interpretation. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B8000-B8050: Selected Topics in Art History
Advanced study in selected subjects outside of the regular curriculum. Course announcements to be made in the preceding semester. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
B9000: Master’s Thesis Research
Enrollment by permission of the graduate advisor. Hrs. to be arranged; 3 CR.
B9800, B9900: Independent Study in Art History
Enrollment by permission of the graduate advisor. Hrs. to be arranged; 3 CR. EACH
 |
|
