School of Visual Arts

  • 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 834: Print Media & Photo Special Topics Seminar 1 (2cr.)
    Semesters of Special Topics Seminar courses are required courses for graduate students in the Print Media & Photography MFA program. These courses will be taught on a rotating basis by graduate faculty in the School of Visual Arts. The topics will vary depending upon the faculty member's area of expertise, but will at all times be applicable to printmaking and photography history and practice. Relevant historical and contemporary readings, exhibitions, and artists will be discussed throughout all of the seminars and will be structured around a range of topics, including mechanical reproduction and perception. Students will be required to regularly participate in class discussions, oral/multimedia presentations, visits to area archives, museums, artists' studios and lectures.
  • CFA AR 835: Print Media & Photo Special Topics Seminars 2 (2cr.)
    Semesters of Special Topics Seminar courses are required courses for graduate students in the Print Media & Photography MFA program. These courses will be taught on a rotating basis by graduate faculty in the School of Visual Arts. The topics will vary depending upon the faculty member's area of expertise, but will at all times be applicable to printmaking and photography history and practice. Relevant historical and contemporary readings, exhibitions, and artists will be discussed throughout all of the seminars and will be structured around a range of topics, including mechanical reproduction and perception. Students will be required to regularly participate in class discussions, oral/multimedia presentations, visits to area archives, museums, artists' studios and lectures.
  • CFA AR 836: Print Media & Photo Special Topics Seminars 3 (2cr.)
    Semesters of Special Topics Seminar courses are required courses for graduate students in the Print Media & Photography MFA program. These courses will be taught on a rotating basis by graduate faculty in the School of Visual Arts. The topics will vary depending upon the faculty member's area of expertise, but will at all times be applicable to printmaking and photography history and practice. Relevant historical and contemporary readings, exhibitions, and artists will be discussed throughout all of the seminars and will be structured around a range of topics, including mechanical reproduction and perception. Students will be required to regularly participate in class discussions, oral/multimedia presentations, visits to area archives, museums, artists' studios and lectures.
  • CFA AR 837: Print Media & Photo Thesis Seminar 2
    The Thesis seminar is taken in the final Spring semester and builds on the work in the previous Special Topics seminars. In the Thesis Seminar, work is dedicated to thesis preparation and writing.
  • CFA AR 838: Professional Practice in Print Media and Photography 1 (2cr.)
    Graduate level course that addresses the practical needs of the emerging artist as they prepare to enter the professional world. The course includes collaboration and partnering for projects that reach beyond SVA with institutions like the Photographic Resource Center, the Thurman Center and galleries, international professional study abroad, and other professional experiences. This course includes readings on art criticism and sustaining a creative life, as well as research into contemporary artists and art trends that will augment a graduate student's own studio practice. Topics will include: defining professional goals both within the studio and beyond, artist statements, resumes, biographies, documenting work, exhibitions, art world professionals (i.e. curators, directors, writers, etc.), and community building.
  • 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.
  • CFA AR 844: 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. 2 cr, each semester.
  • CFA AR 845: Painting Seminar and Discussion 2
    Prereq: CFA AR 843, 844. Discussion and execution of original projects; various aesthetic problems concerning the contemporary artist. 2 cr, each semester.
  • CFA AR 846: Painting Seminar and Discussion 2
    Discussion and execution of original projects; various aesthetic problems concerning the contemporary artist. 2 cr, each semester.
  • CFA AR 847: Graduate Painting 2
    Continuation of Graduate Painting 1; emphasizes the work to be presented as the student's exhibit thesis. This group of paintings is developed in individual consultation with the graduate faculty and is presented in a major exhibit at the end of the second year of graduate study.
  • CFA AR 848: Graduate Painting 2
    Continuation of Graduate Painting 1; emphasizes the work to be presented as the student's exhibit thesis. This group of paintings is developed in individual consultation with the graduate faculty and is presented in a major exhibit at the end of the second year of graduate study. 3 cr, each semester.
  • CFA AR 855: SP TPS: VIS 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 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.