1. Identify
the following:
a. College -
b. Department/Program Area - ART DEPARTMENT/MASTER OF
ARTS IN ART
c. Contact Persons - JUDITH BETTELHEIM, SYLVIA S. WALTERS
2.
Proposed Changes and Rationale
a. Define specialization in the "Art of Asia"
b. Define specialization in "Art of the
Spanish-speaking World (including
A wide range of
courses in both areas of study already exists. The department wishes to
formalize these courses by grouping them into clusters for informational
purposes for prospective students.
A search for a
tenure-track art historian to teach in the area of Asian Art History was
approved for the 2003-04 academic year. Dr. Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, a specialist in Asian Art, was hired Fall 2003 and is now teaching courses in this area. Courses
related to the Spanish-speaking world are being offered by Professors J. Bettelheim and R. Mann.
c. Add
one new core course (Art 703 Art History Research Applications) to the curriculum and reduce the
required elective options from 6 to 3 units total. The
number of units required to graduate would remain the same.
The new course
(Art 703 Art History Research Applications) is a prerequisite for ART 898. In this seminar, students will develop
research and writing skills specifically applicable to the preparation of a
thesis paper. A rough draft of the
thesis paper would be prepared as part of the course requirements.
This request for
change is based on the fact that requiring our students to produce an MA thesis
independently of a structured seminar situation has led the majority of our
students to take three to five semesters, or more, to complete the current
thesis requirement which is described in the program to take one to two
semesters. We believe that a dedicated
seminar in thesis preparation will enable students to graduate in a more timely
fashion, will relieve some of the burden of extended advising and thesis supervision
that the faculty is now assuming, and will enable the department to accept and
work with a more regular flow of students into the program.
3. How
will Changes Affect Enrollment patterns, FTE and Resources
These proposed
changes will only affect the numbers of students entering the program as
described above. We currently have ten
students in the M.A. program; the addition of another tenure-track position in
art history will enable us to expand modestly.
We anticipate an intensified recruitment program to familiarize
potential applicants with new area of focus in the Art of Asia.
4.
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MASTER OF ARTS IN ART
This program
leads to an M.A. in Art with an Emphasis in Art History. The degree is intended to prepare students
for Ph.D. programs in art history and for careers in community art programs,
galleries, auction houses and museums.
The curriculum culminates in a thesis with a focus in one of the
following areas of specialization:
Western Art: Renaissance through Contemporary
(including Feminist/Women's
studies
in Art)
The Art of Africa and the African diaspora,
the
The Art of
Art of the
Spanish-speaking World (including
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Program
ART 700 Seminar in Art theory 3
units
ART 701 Art History: Images and Meaning 3
units
ART 702 Methods in Art History 3
units
ART 703 Seminar in Art History Research
Applications 3 units
Upper Division
(300 level or above) and graduate art history courses
by
advisement 12
units
Electives (may
include art history) 3
units
ART 898 Master's Thesis 3 units
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Minimum
total 30 units
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COURSE ADDENDUM
Western Art:
Renaissance through Contemporary (including Feminist/Women's
studies
in Art)
Art 303 The Artist in the 20-21st
Centuries
Art 403 Queer Art History
Art 405 Art, Literature and Power in the Renaissance
Art 406 Renaissance Art
Art 408 Baroque and Rococo Art
Art 501 Western Art:
Special Areas
Art 506 American Painting & Sculpture: 1940-present
Art 602 Methods in Art History
Art 852 Directed Experience in Art Education
Art 853 Directed Experience in Museum
Education
Art 897 Research Projects in Art
Art
899 Special Study
The Art of
Africa and the African diaspora, the
Art 500 Pre-Hispanic Art of
Art 503 Pacific, Native North American, and
Art 508 African Art History
Art 602 Methods
in Art History
Art 852 Directed Experience in Art Education
Art 853 Directed Experience in Museum
Education
Art 897 Research Projects in Art
Art
899 Special Study
The Art of
Art 502 Asian Art: Special
Areas
Art 504 The Art and Architecture of Islam (in process of approval)
Art 507 The Art of
Art 602 Methods in Art History
Art 852 Directed Experience in Art Education
Art 853 Directed Experience in Museum
Education
Art 897 Research Projects in Art
Art
899 Special Study
Art of the
Spanish-speaking World (including
Art 500 Pre-Hispanic Art of
Art 501 Western Art:
Special Areas
Art
503 Pacific, Native North
American, and
Art
602 Methods in Art History
Art
852 Directed Experience in Art
Education
Art 853 Directed Experience in Museum
Education
Art 897 Research Projects in Art
Art
899 Special Study