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to continue as a student in the MFA degree

program.

Note: To be admitted to candidacy the stu-

dent must have earned a cumulative quali-

ty point average of 3.00 (four point scale)

for the course work completed as part of

the MFA degree program.

Studio Exhibit

It is the student's responsibility to prepare a

minimum of one quality slide of each piece

included in the Studio Exhibit. These slides

must be presented to the chairperson of the Art

Department prior to the awarding of the

degree. A written statement concerning the

work in the Studio Exhibit must be displayed

in the exhibition, and included with the slides.

The department chairperson will maintain a

file of the slides and statement from each Stu-

dio Exhibit.

** A double asterisk for a graduate course title indi-

cates the course was designed for majors only.

Art Education Courses

ARED495

STUDENT TEACHING

12 sem. hrs.

Culminating experience for art education

majors or BFA majors with teacher certifica-

tion, coordinated and supervised by Art

Department faculty. This student teaching

assignment provides the opportunity for the

student to display competency in middle and

secondary programs in public schools under

the direct, daily supervision of a qualified

cooperating art teacher.

ARED519

ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR

EXCEPTIONAL

CHILDREN

3 sem. hrs.

The general objectives for methods in art are

reviewed and studied in relation to the needs

of special education students in order to gain

insight into how best to have meaningful

activities in art for the various types of excep-

tional children. (The Special Education

Department is frequently consulted in order

that the course might best accomplish its pur-

pose.)

ARED650

STRATEGIES FOR ART

TEACHERS

3 sem. hrs.

This is a seminar course devoted to a specific,

current issue in teaching and learning as that

issue relates to art education; this course

requires each student to undertake an in-depth

study and research of that issue in light of its

practical application to his/her own art teach-

ing situation or context.

ARED700

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN

ART EDUCATION

3 sem. hrs.

Individual study in which the student pursues

investigation of a personal artistic problem

with an instructor of his own choosing select-

ed from the graduate faculty of the Depart-

ment. Prerequisite: degree student in Art or the

approval of the chairperson of the Art Depart-

ment.

ARED701

CURRENT ISSUES IN ART

EDUCATION (**)

3 sem. hrs.

This is a seminar devoted to the examination

of current issues in art education. The student

will develop a professional awareness of

national, state and local issues as they apply to

their teaching situation. The course will cover

an overview of current issues in the field with

emphasis on specific issues as determined by

the instructor and the needs of the students.

Prerequisite: degree student in Art or approval

of the chairperson of the Art Department.

ARED705

AESTHETICS FOR ART

EDUCATION (**)

3 sem. hrs.

This course examines the nature of the aes-

thetic experience as it relates to the artist (gen-

esis), the art object/event (structure), and the

observer (function). Questions are raised con-

cerning the creative act, theories of art, inter-

pretation and evaluation which are of particu-

lar significance to the art educator in today's

schools.

ARED706

CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT IN ART

EDUCATION (**)

3 sem. hrs.

This is a seminar devoted to the examination

of curriculum in art education. An overview of

past art curriculums, as well as contemporary

trends will be studied. The development and

evaluation of art education curriculums will be

the major emphasis of the course. Prerequisite:

degree student in Art or the approval of the

chairperson of the Art Department.

ARED793

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

ART EDUCATION (**)

3 sem. hrs.

The independent study is devised to meet the

needs of students who wish to prepare, under

the direction of a member of the graduate fac-

ulty, individual studies or projects in art edu-

cation.

Art History Courses

ARHI531 ART AND

SOCIETY

3 sem. hrs.

The course is designed to encourage students

to understand the interaction between art and

society. Among topics to be discussed are the

definition, scope and methodology of studies

in art and society, social meaning of art, insti-

tutionalization of art, art market politics, social

position of the artist, social structure and style

changes, art and mass culture, music and film

as purveyors of social change.

ARHI533

TWENTIETH CENTURY

AESTHETICS (**)

3 sem. hrs.

This course provides an investigation of new

directions in twentieth century aesthetics and

how they relate to the artist, the art objec-

tive/event, and the spectator. Questions will be

raised concerning aesthetics and language,

changing views on art and emotion, organic

unity, and aesthetic value where art is seen as

autonomous and as a self-rewarding activity.

ARHI534

ART CRITICISM IN THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY

(**)

3 sem. hrs.

This course provides a study of theories and

schools of art criticism which have emerged

during the twentieth century. Theories include

Mechanistic, Contexturalistic, Organistic and

Formistic; and schools include Early Modern,

Marxist, Mid-Century, Post-Formalist and

Aleatoric Criticism.

ARHI535

ART IN REVOLUTION

3 sem. hrs.

An overview of the most important "anti-

establishment" artistic movements of the late

18th and 19th centuries. Romanticism, the

Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionism, Post Impres-

sionism and Symbolism will be contrasted

with Neo-Classicism and the Academism with

a view to clarify the formal, social, and politi-

cal liberation of the artist in our own time.

ARHI536

THE ART AND

ARCHITECTURE OF

ENGLAND

3 sem. hrs.

This course surveys painting, sculpture and

architecture of Great Britain from the Neolith-

ic period through the 20th century. It empha-

sizes historical context, stylistic development,

and the evolution of aesthetic criticism. Pre-

requisite: permission of the instructor. This

course is approved for General Education

Distribution 1.

ARHI537

ART OF INDIA

3 sem. hrs.

The course acquaints students with the history

of the art and architecture of India from pre-

historic through modern times. It specifically

emphasizes the chronological development of

artistic styles relative to Indian religion, phi-

losophy, and aesthetics. Prerequisites:

ARHI105 or ARHI107. (NOTE: Students

with credit in ARHI422 may not take

ARHI537 for credit.) This course is approved

for General Education Elective.

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