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Landscape Tradition, Photo-based Installation Art, Mural
Painting, Public Art, Artist's Books, Sports Photography,
Fashion Photography. Prerequisites may be necessary for
certain offerings.
FA 311 Women in the Visual Arts: 1960’s - Today
3 credits (AS)
The development of modern and contemporary art has
been dominated by fundamental, revolutionary
movements and varied themes, both theoretical and
practical. This course looks at a number of the important
achievements of individual women artists, collaborative
groups, art historians, and theorists who have and
continue to present enormous shifts in aesthetic practice
and cultural politics. A survey through slides, film,
theoretical readings, and discussion will announce the
diverse voices of women artists from the Americas,
Europe, Asia, and Africa from modernism through
today’s post-modernist age. It is intended that students
will emerge from the course with a clearer understanding
of theoretical writings and documents from the 60’s
forward, and the contributions connected with
independent women artists, collaborative groups and
projects. Images and ideas will announce how a number
of artists responded to issues in mainstream culture.
Through intense examination, critical interrogation, and
the production of forms, these artists not only resonated a
shaking up of art and culture, but also helped define it.
(Offered on a rotating basis)
FA 325 Cinema Studies
3 credits (AS)
A critical study of cinema as an evolving art form, this
course concentrates on film as cultural text. Students view
and discuss films and prepare written analyses on the
artistic technique and cultural impact of film as a narrative
form. (Offered alternate spring terms) Prerequisite: EN
201 Academic Writing II
FA 366 Advanced Acting Workshop
3 credits (AS)
This course is a continuation of skills introduced to
students in the Acting Workshop. Students work closely
with the instructor to explore and develop advanced role
and scene interpretation skills, as well as to further
improve their communication skills in performance. Class
includes lecture and workshop. (Offered fall and spring
terms) Prerequisite: FA 165 Acting Workshop
FA 371 Research Topics in the Visual Arts I
3 credits (AS)
This "stacked" course allows students to do advanced
work in selected Studio Art, Photography and Fashion
Studies courses. During the junior year, Studio Art and
Photography majors must take either FA 371 or FA 372,
and students may take both. (Offered fall term)
FA 372 Research Topics in the Visual Arts II
3 credits (AS)
This "stacked" course allows students to do advanced
work in selected Studio Art, Photography and Fashion
Studies courses. During the junior year, Studio Art and
Photography majors must take either FA 371 or FA 372,
and students may take both. (Offered spring term)
FA 373 Research in the
Performing Arts I
3 credits (AS)
Students are assigned an advanced dramatic text around
which are designed dramaturgical research and scholarship
projects. The subject matter is explored as text and as
performance, with some emphasis on drama and
performance theories. Research methods and materials are
examined. During most semesters, research is linked to a
current or upcoming production. Those enrolled in FA
473 are assigned additional and more complex research
work. This course does not require performance. (Offered
alternate years)
FA 385 Internship I
6 credits (CS)
Internships consist of off-campus field-work based on a
learning contract signed by the student, agency supervisor
and faculty director. The student participates in internship
seminar meetings and an annual group presentation of
internship experiences. A written evaluation of the
experience is required of the student and agency. The
student develops a final report that synthesizes the
internship and academic activities (Arranged)
Prerequisites: CM 301 Speech and Rhetoric, SB 234 Social
Psychology
FA 401 Contemporary Developments in the Arts
3 credits (AS)
This course addresses the major theories, concerns,
processes and trends that have shaped the arts since 1980.
A thematic approach emphasizes the many points of
connection among the visual arts, literature, theater, music
and dance. Students have numerous opportunities to put
these theories into practice through in-class exercises,
formal workshops, and creative projects. Prerequisite: SA
111 Drawing I or SA 131 Design I, SA 132 Structuring
Human Space or permission of instructor
FA 405 The Arts in the Community
3 credits (AS)
Focusing on where art is made and how it is presented to
the public, this course examines the mission and
operation of the cultural organizations in the United
States from the 1950s to the present. This course explores
the role of the audience, its values and relationship to the
arts. Students also examine the implications of aesthetics
on politics and politics on aesthetics.
FA 408 Aesthetics: Philosophy
of the Arts
3 credits (AS)
This course examines key problems and themes in the
philosophical discipline of aesthetics. Through the close
reading of primary sources by noted philosophers and
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