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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 fieldwork
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
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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 theorists,
students develop a range of analytical
skills that enable them to think critically
about the arts and artistic experience.
Main topics to be addressed include
understanding the nature of aesthetic
experience, the "essence" or defining
characteristics of the work of art,
artistic creativity and genius, and our
understanding of aesthetic concepts
such as beauty, horror, tragedy, and the
sublime. Throughout these
investigations, close attention will be
paid to the question of how our