2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

watercolor, ink, charcoal, pastel, conté combined with new and experimental media including encaustic, rubbing etc.
Students will be expected to continue their development of a formidable classical ability drawing and be prepared to
explore thesis content in their painting activities.
MFA 5324 Graduate Drawing IV
Students in this course will continue to become more adept in the use of processes of wet and dry media, including
watercolor, ink, charcoal, pastel, conté combined with new and experimental media including encaustic, rubbing etc.
Students will be expected to continue their development of a formidable classical ability drawing and be prepared to
explore thesis content in their painting activities.
MFA 5328 Holocaust Literature
Students read poetry, fiction, personal narratives, and essays that reflect the Holocaust experience. Through their
reading and research papers, a visit to the Holocaust Museum, and viewing films, students come to understand the
history of anti-Semitism and how it culminated in the greatest crime against humanity of the 20th century. Students
also consider subsequent genocides and discuss whether or not the hope ―Never again‖ can ever be realized.
MFA 5331 Graduate Ceramics I
This course in Ceramics will require a high level of traditional skills in building 3-Dimensional clay sculptural forms in
addition to traditional ceramic techniques such as throwing, and hand-building. The course will combine experimental
processes, glaze variations and clay body recipes for low and high range firing temperatures. Student‘s work will begin
to achieve a thematic focus by the end of the semester.
MFA 5332 Graduate Ceramics II
This course in Ceramics will require a high level of traditional skills in building 3-Dimensional clay sculptural forms in
addition to traditional ceramic techniques such as throwing, and hand-building. The course will combine experimental
processes, glaze variations and clay body recipes for low and high range firing temperatures. Student‘s work will
continue to achieve a thematic focus by the end of the semester.
MFA 5333 Graduate Ceramics III
This course in Ceramics will require a high level of traditional skills in building 3-Dimensional clay sculptural forms in
addition to traditional ceramic techniques such as throwing, and hand-building. The course will combine experimental
processes, glaze variations and clay body recipes for low and high range firing temperatures. Student‘s work will begin
to develop a more mature thematic focus by the end of the semester.
MFA 5334 Graduate Ceramics IV
This course in Ceramics will require a high level of traditional skills in building 3-Dimensional clay sculptural forms in
addition to traditional ceramic techniques such as throwing, and hand-building. The course will combine experimental
processes, glaze variations and clay body recipes for low and high range firing temperatures. Student‘s work will
exhibit a more mature thematic focus by the end of the semester.
MFA 5340 Expressionism and the Arts
This course will examine briefly the expressive aspects of the Hellenistic, Baroque, and Romantic eras, but will
emphasize the artistic movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries known as Expressionism.
Emphasis will be on the European and American Expressionists.
MFA 5341 Graduate Sculpture I
In this course, students will begin to learn how to translate drawings into 3-Dimensional media such as steel, bronze,
assemblage, found objects, wood, plaster, film, and installation including video and audio. Students will be expected to
continue their development of a high level of drawing skill and materials and methods of sculpture both subtractive and
additive techniques. All techniques used in this course and the resulting projects culminate towards each student‘s
thesis content
MFA 5342 Graduate Sculpture II
In this course, students will continue to learn how to translate drawings into 3-Dimensional media such as steel, bronze,
assemblage, found objects, wood, plaster, film, and installation including video and audio. Students will be expected to
continue their development of a high level of drawing skill and materials and methods of sculpture both subtractive and
additive techniques. All techniques used in this course and the resulting projects culminate towards each student‘s
thesis content.
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