70 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION ART College of Fine Arts GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-93 Chairman: J. E. Catterall. Graduate Coordinator: R. E. Poynor. Graduate Research Professor: J. N. Uelsmann. DistinguishedService Professor: K.A. Kerslake. Professors: J. E.Catterall;M.J. Isaacson;J. C. Nichelson;J. A.O'Connor; J. J. Sabatella; R. C. Skelley; E. Y. Streetman; J. L. Ward; R. H. Westin; W. W. Wilson. Associate Professors: B. A. Barletta; J. L. Cutler; R. C. Ferguson; M. E. Flannery; R. C. Heipp; D. A. Kremgold; R. E. Poynor;J. F. Scott; N. S. Smith; D. J. Stanley; K. W. Valdes. Assistant Professors: S. P. Losavio; R. Mueller; S. Penny; J. J. Schall; B. Slawson. Master of Fine Arts Degree.-The Department offers the MFA degree in art with concentrations in ceramics, creative photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, electronic intermedia, and multi-media. Enrollment is competitive and limited. Candidates for ad- mission should have adequate undergraduate training in art. Deficiencies may be corrected before beginning gradu- ate study. Applicants must submit a portfolio by March 1 for fall admission. A minimum of three years residency is normally required for completion of the requirements for this degree, which for studio majors culminates with an MFA exhibition. The Department reserves the right to retain student work for purposes of record, exhibition, or instruc- tion. The MFA requires a minimum of 60 credit hours. ARH 6897 is required for all MFA majors. Twenty-four hours must be in an area of specialization which will be taken in thefollowingsequence: ART6926C, 6927C, 6928C, 6929C. Each class will be repeated as needed to achieve the appropriate number of credits. Twelve hours of studio electives, 6 hours of art history electives; 3 hours of aesthet- ics, theory, criticism, or art law; 6 hours of electives; and 6 hours of individual project or thesis research comprise the normal course requirements. Although the MFA is a thesis degree, students usually produce a creative project in lieu of thesis. Students should see the Graduate Coordinator for Department requirements for the creative project. (If the student elects to write a thesis, he/she must discuss the reasons with the Graduate Coordinator and the supervisory committee during the second year and make appropriate modifications. ARH 5805 is required for all students who select the written thesis.) Master of Arts Degree in Art Education.-The Depart- ment offers the M.A. in arteducation. In addition to meeting requirements of the Graduate School for admission, pro- spective students should (1) hold a degree in art, art history, or art education; (2) send a portfolio, which includes 35mm slides of works of art and a successful research paper, to the Department; (3) submit three letters of recommendation. The application deadline for fall admission is March 1. The M.A. in art education requires a minimum of 36 credit hours. ARE 6047,6141, and 6148 are required. The basic plan of study includes three credits of an approved art education elective; eight credits in studio courses; four credits in art history, art education, or education electives; three credits of ARE 6785; and three credits of ARE 6971 or 6973. To be admitted to candidacy, students must pass a comprehensive examination atthe beginning of the second year. The program culminates in an oral examination on the thesis or project in lieu of thesis. Master of Arts Degree in Art History.-The Department offers the Master of Arts with emphasis in areas of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern, and Non-West- ern art history, including African, American Indian, Asian, Latin American, and Oceanic, and in museum studies. A minimum of 37 credit hours is required: ARH 5805 (3 credits), 28 hours with at least one course in four areas of emphasis, and ARH 6971 (6 credits). Nine credits may be taken in related areas with the Graduate Coordinator's approval. Students with a museum studies emphasis will take 9 credits in the following areas: Seminar in Museum Studies, Museum Practicum, and Gallery Practicum. Students must pass a comprehensive art history examina- tion at the beginning of the second year for admission to candidacy. Failure to pass the examination will result in adjustments to the student's program or, if warranted, dismissal from the program. Reading proficiency in a foreign language appropriate to the major area of study must be demonstrated before thesis research is begun. Language courses are not applicable toward degree credit. Art history students may also participate in courses offered by the State University System's programs in Lon- don and Florence. ARE 5315-Teaching Art in Elementary School 1 (3) ARE 6047-History of Teaching Art (3) History of the theory and practice of teaching art. ARE 6141-Aesthetic Experience (3) Studies is vision, motion, sound, and synaesthesia designed to build greater awareness of immediate experience. Relationship between aesthetic and artis- tic creation. ARE 6148-Curriculum in Teaching Art (3) Contemporary theo- ries for development of art teaching curricula. ARE 6648-Art Education and Related Disciplines (3) Compara- tive analysis of concepts derived from related disciplines and their functions in art education. Art education within the larger frame- work of professional education. ARE 6785-Methods of Research in Art Education (3) Study of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Review of re- search literature. ARE 6905-Individual Study (1-5; max: 12) ARE 6971--Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. ARE 6973-Individual Project (1-10; max: 10) Project in lieu of thesis. S/U. ARH 5805-Methods of Research and Bibliography (3) ARH 5905-Individual Study (3-4;max: 12 includingART 5905C) ARH 6897-Seminar: Practice, Theory, and Criticism of Art (3) ARH 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U. ARH 6911--Advanced Study (3-4; max: 16) Prereq: major in art. ARH 6914-Independent Study in Ancient Art History (3-4;max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordinator. Egyptian, Near Eastern, Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman. ARH 6915-Independent Study in Medieval Art History (3-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordi- nator. Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic. ARH 6916-Independent Study in Renaissance and Baroque Art History (3-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordinator. Renaissance, High Renaissance, Manner- ism, Baroque, Eighteenth Century art. ARH 6917-Independent Study in Modern Art History (3-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordi- nator. Major art movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ARH 6918-Independent Study in Non-Western Art History (3- 4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordinator. African, Latin American, American Indian, Asian, and Oceanic. ARH 6938-Seminar in Museum Studies (3) Prereq: permission of instructor. History, purposes, functions of museums in general and art museums in particular. ARH 6946L-Museum Practicum (3) Prereq:permission ofgradu- ate coordinator and prior arrangements with professors. Work under museum professionals. Readings and periodic discussions with coordinating professor.