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  • CFA AR 765: Practicum I ( 4 credits; Fall semester)
    The practicum I course serves to ground the theory and knowledge acquired in previous coursework to practical field application within the art classroom in a PreK-12 school, at Elementary or at Secondary level. The practicum I course provides pre-service candidates with experience in planning, implementing and assessing art experiences for children and youth, while developing classroom management skills and a reflective practice, as they work alongside a licensed art teacher/supervising practitioner. With their mentor's guidance, students develop and teach art lessons, completing a minimum of 300 hours of internship in the art classroom of which 100 are in full responsibility of the class. The practicum is overseen by a program supervisor who observes the teaching practice of the candidate, advising and reporting on the candidate's progress. A successful practicum culminates with an endorsement for an initial license in the teaching of visual arts (preK-8 or 5-12 depending on the practicum placement) as established by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. This course is taken concurrently with CFA AR 563: Art Education Seminar: Curriculum and Instruction I.
  • CFA AR 766: Practicum II (4 cr. Spring semester)
    The practicum II course serves to ground the theory and knowledge acquired in previous coursework to practical field applications within the art classroom in a PreK-12 school, at Elementary or Secondary level. The practicum II provides pre-service candidates with experience in planning, implementing and assessing art experiences for children and youth while developing classroom management skills and reflective practice, as they work alongside a licensed art teacher/supervising practitioner. With their mentor's guidance, students develop and teach art lessons, completing a minimum of 300 hours of internship in the art classroom of which 100 are in full responsibility of the class. The practicum is overseen by a program supervisor who observes the teaching practice of the candidate, advising and reporting on the candidate's progress. A successful practicum culminates with an endorsement for an initial license in the teaching of visual arts (PreK-8 or 5-12 depending on the practicum placement) as established by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. This course is taken concurrently with CFA AR 564: Art Education Seminar: Curriculum and Instruction II.
  • CFA AR 770: Ceramics 1
    Introduction to methods and strategies for using ceramics as a sculptural medium. The course initiates the students to the process, vocabulary and techniques involved in all the steps of hand-building, glazing and firing. Students explore traditional and experimental techniques: coiling, slabbing, imprints, and molds, extruding, altered throwing, glazing and staining. The class includes experimentation with surface treatments and initiation to glaze chemistry. Lectures, museum visits and research on historical and contemporary ceramics sustain the studio work and provide context. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Creativity/Innovation.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
    • Creativity/Innovation
  • CFA AR 781: Post-Bac Graphic Design 1
    In this course, structured for students with little prior course work in graphic design, students develop visual literacy, and learn a design process and design vocabulary through challenging studio based coursework. Coursework includes foundational exercises in form making and typography as well as comprehensive exercises in graphic design leading to the solution of advanced visual problems through a structured curriculum of both theoretical and practical studies. In addition to computer-aided graphic design, traditional methods, such as letterpress and photography are emphasized. The program is conceived to enable graduates to function in a constantly changing and expanding field.
  • CFA AR 782: Post-Bac Graphic Design 2
    A continuation of CFA AR 781. Coursework includes foundational exercises in form making and typography as well as comprehensive exercises in graphic design leading to the solution of advanced visual problems through a structured curriculum of both theoretical and practical studies. In addition to computer-aided graphic design, traditional methods, such as letterpress and photography are emphasized. The program is conceived to enable graduates to function in a constantly changing and expanding field. At the end of this intensive year, students may be considered for matriculation into the two-year MFA program alongside incoming two-year MFA students.
  • CFA AR 810: Concept St 1
  • CFA AR 811: Concept St 2
  • CFA AR 812: Concept St 3
  • CFA AR 813: Visn Thesis St
  • CFA AR 814: Visn Tps Sem 1
  • CFA AR 815: Visn Tps Sem 2
  • CFA AR 816: Vn Prof Dev Sem
  • CFA AR 817: Vn Thesis Sem
  • CFA AR 821: Graduate Sculpture 1
    Concentration on the development of a personal mode of sculptural expression. Students will work on an individual body of work and research materials and their practical application.
  • CFA AR 822: Graduate Sculpture 1
    A continuation of CFA AR821. Concentration on the development of a personal mode of sculptural expression. Students will work on an individual body of work and research materials and their practical application.
  • CFA AR 823: Graduate Sculpture 2
    Further concentration on developing a personal direction in sculpture. Students will work to prepare an individual body of work in preparation for the thesis exhibition at the end of the year.
  • CFA AR 824: Graduate Sculpture 2
    A continuation of CFA AR823. Further concentration on developing a personal direction in sculpture. Students will work to prepare an individual body of work in preparation for the thesis exhibition at the end of the year.
  • CFA AR 841: Graduate Painting 1
    Intensified professional study; emphasis on an original contemporary statement; picture structure and interpretation of concepts, forms, and symbols in today's art.
  • CFA AR 842: Graduate Painting 1
    A continuation of CFA AR841. Intensified professional study; emphasis on an original contemporary statement; picture structure and interpretation of concepts, forms, and symbols in today's art.
  • CFA AR 843: Seminar and Discussion 1
    Planning, execution, and discussion of comprehensive original projects in various media and techniques; contemporary trends in art and their relation to the art of the past; problems of teaching painting. Students submit original work on completion of course.

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