School of Visual Arts

• CFA AR 855: Special Topics: Visual Art
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA AR 856: PMP Critique 1
  A formative critique focuses on purpose, technique, function, and expression. In this course students participate in weekly critique groups to develop rigor in their ability to see, describe, assess, understand, contextualize, and discuss their own work and the work of their peers. Students present work in progress and each student comes prepared to share all the research behind the work, material studies, experimentations and learned outcomes. The progression of critique courses establishes a pathway to the final thesis exhibition.
• CFA AR 857: PMP Critique 2
  A formative critique focuses on purpose, technique, function, and expression. In this course students participate in weekly critique groups to develop rigor in their ability to see, describe, assess, understand, contextualize, and discuss their own work and the work of their peers. Students present work in progress and each student comes prepared to share all the research behind the work, material studies, experimentations and learned outcomes. The progression of critique courses establishes a pathway to the final thesis exhibition.
• CFA AR 858: PMP Critique 3
  Prerequisites: CFA AR807. - Four semesters of Grad Print/Photo Studio are required for graduate students in the Print Media & Photography MFA program. These courses consist of independent research and practice that will culminate in the thesis exhibition in the spring of the student's final semester. Each of the studio courses emphasizes materials, process, experimentation, and development of a personal voice within the disciplines of printmaking and photography. Students will also participate in group as well as individual critiques, where work-in-progress will be considered and questioned. Through practice and discussion, students will gain an understanding of their work within a larger, historical and contemporary context and will be encouraged to articulate their point-of-view within their chosen medium of practice.
• CFA AR 859: PMP Critique 4
  Prerequisites: CFAAR858. - A formative critique focuses on purpose, technique, function, and expression. In this course students participate in weekly critique groups to develop rigor in their ability to see, describe, assess, understand, contextualize, and discuss their own work and the work of their peers. Students present work in progress and each student comes prepared to share all the research behind the work, material studies, experimentations and learned outcomes. The progression of critique courses establishes a pathway to the final thesis exhibition.
• CFA AR 881: Graduate Graphic Design 1
  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 882: Graduate Graphic Design 1
  A continuation of CFA AR 881. 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. 3 cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 883: Graduate Graphic Design 2
  A continuation of Graduate Graphic Design 1, emphasizing the thesis-an advanced and extensive individual project proposed by the student in consultation with the graphic design faculty. The thesis project is explored in depth and presented in a major exhibit at the end of the second year. Independent contact with faculty members is stressed.
• CFA AR 884: Graduate Graphic Design 2
  A continuation of CFA AR 883. Emphasizes the thesis - an advanced and extensive individual project proposed by the student in consultation with the graphic design faculty. The thesis project is explored in depth and presented in a major exhibit at the end of the second year. Independent contact with faculty members is stressed. Offered each semester. 3.0 credits.
• CFA AR 890: Masters Research Project: Becoming a Practitioner-Researcher
  The purpose of this course is to introduce students to teacher-led, classroom- based research as a means of addressing issues facing art teachers, artists and teaching artists in schools and other community-based settings and providing the tools to be a reflective practitioner. The course will introduce students to the conventions and practice of qualitative research in the context of art education and as a form of inquiry that is grounded in the theories, practices, and contexts used by art practitioners working in schools, museums, community agencies, etc.
• CFA AR 892: Masters Research Project: Arts-Based Research and Practices
  The course introduces students to modes of inquiry focused on arts-based research methods that use the artistic process as the primary way of understanding and examining experience and the creation of knowledge. Students will be guided through the exploration of various approaches to arts-based research, allowing them to investigate the making of artistic expressions as an alternative way to engage in inquiry and scholarship. Students will pursue their own artistic investigation as research or engage in an art-based educational methodology that examines others' artwork and practices, the project will invite the creation of a definite method that will start with a question or goal, be explored contextually to then be implemented in such a way as to be relevant to other researchers. This course is taught over 14 weeks.
• CFA AR 961: Directed Study in Art Education
  Prereq: matriculation in art education graduate program. Thesis preparation, research methods, and discussion of proposed graduate projects or theses. Individual session with thesis readers alternates with group sessions. Independent study may be undertaken or assigned.
• CFA AR 962: Directed Study in Art Education
  Prereq: matriculation in art education graduate program. Thesis preparation, research methods, and discussion of proposed graduate projects or theses. Individual session with thesis readers alternates with group sessions. Independent study may be undertaken or assigned.
• CFA AR 982: Directed Study: Sculpture
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• CFA AR 983: Directed Study: Graphic Design
  Advanced individual graphic design problems in consultation with a selected member of the graphic design faculty. 1 or 2 cr, each semester.
• CFA AR 984: Directed Study: Graphic Design
  Advanced individual graphic design problems in consultation with a selected member of the graphic design faculty. 1 or 2 units per semester.