Courses of Study 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art
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In the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning .
Course Offerings
Faculty
I. Dadi, chair (224 Tjaden Hall, (607) 255-6730 or 255-3558); J. Locey, director of undergradute studies; M. Ashkin, R. Bertoia, T. McGrain; E. Meyer, G. Page, M. Park, B. Perlus, J. Rickard, W. S. Taft, and visiting artists and critics.
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Undergraduate Program
The undergraduate curriculum in art, leading to the degree of bachelor of fine arts, provides an opportunity for the student to combine a general liberal studies education with the studio practice required for a professional degree. During the first four semesters, all students follow a common course of study designed to provide a broad introduction to the arts and a basis for the intensive studio experience of the last two years. Students are encouraged to work across disciplines focusing on an intellectually rigorous independent practice. The sophomore and junior years include semester programs in New York City and Rome, Italy to experience professional and global art worlds. The final year is focused on the development of a visual thesis.
Art courses occupy one-half of the student’s time during the four years at Cornell; the remaining time is devoted to a diversified program of academic subjects with a generous provision for electives.
All members of the faculty in the Department of Art are practicing, exhibiting artists, whose work represents a broad range of expression. Dual-Degree Option
The five-year dual-degree program allows students to earn the bachelor of fine arts degree as well as a bachelor of arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, or a bachelor of science degree from the College of Engineering or the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology. Students apply to the dual-degree program during their sophomore year. Once admitted, they are assigned an advisor in each college to assist with course planning and graduation requirements. Dual-degree candidates must satisfy all requirements for both degrees and a minimum of 160 academic credits. At least 63 of the total credits must come from courses offered in the Department of Art. It is expected that a dual-degree candidate will complete the Thesis I (ART 4001 ) and II (ART 4002 ) requirements for the BFA degree during the fifth year. AAP NYC
The AAP NYC center, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, provides a dynamic site from which to explore the many trajectories of contemporary art and visual culture. New York City’s vast and diverse offerings of extraordinary museums and galleries, countless studios, dynamic public art, and cultural sites and organizations offer exceptional opportunities for students to learn first-hand about the production and presentation of art.
Scheduled annually, the spring AAP NYC art semester is a collaboratively developed and conceptually linked plan of study with studio and theory courses and internships that utilize the remarkable resources of the city. Faculty members include practicing artists, theorists, critics, and curators.
Within the context of AAP NYC’s course offerings and immersive exposure to contemporary art and artists, students explore their possible future pathways as professionals within the arts. Each student has access to studio space for the term and shares the facilities and some courses with undergraduate architecture students.
Students must register as full-time students and are required to enroll in ART 3003: New York City Studio , ART 3103: New York City Seminar , and ART 3903: NYC Professional Practice . Students are also required to undertake an approximately two day-per-week professional placement at one of many prestigious New York City art institutions, galleries, museums, auction houses, or artist studios. The placements (usually unpaid) give students the opportunity to experience the day-to-day operations of a dynamic and professional arts organization, while learning new skills and building work experience.
The ART 3003 studio counts toward one 3000-level elective art studio and students typically additionally enroll in site-based courses in art history, architecture history, and contemporary art. A listing of NYC-based Art courses is included in the Art course offerings. Please note that offerings vary by semester and year. Eligibility Requirements:
The AAP NYC semester is planned for art majors in their sophomore year, but students at other levels may participate. Early in the freshmen year, students work closely with the Director of Undergraduate Studies within the Department of Art to plan for both the department’s NYC semester and the Rome junior-year semester.
Students in good academic standing who have completed the requirements of the first three semesters of the BFA curriculum are eligible for participation in AAP NYC. Students are admitted to the program by application and review of their academic record.
Application is made by March 30 of the freshmen year to the AAP NYC program office. For additional information, visit the AAP NYC website at aap.cornell.edu/nyc/index.cfm. Cornell in Rome
The studio art component of the Cornell in Rome program, housed in Palazzo Lazzaroni, draws upon the immense historical and cultural resources of Rome, and its museums, art, and architecture. It provides an experience unparalleled for artistic, intellectual, and personal growth.
The program offers close individual instruction and studios that are structured but flexible enough to accommodate personal interests. Students are given the freedom to generate their own ideas and may work in any medium that compels them to investigate their personal relationship to Rome. Student projects include paintings, photo essays, collages, performance installation, sculptures, drawings, and books. Additionally, students intern two days per week at local galleries, museums, arts organizations, or artist studios gaining professional, international work experience and exposure to emerging and world-class international artists.
Resident artists visit the program and give lectures and critiques. Day trips to the studios of Rome-based artists and artisans provide further stimulation. Visitors from the various academies in Rome give student artists contact with their contemporaries and with those representing international art movements. An extensive and varied field-trip program balances great historic collections with modern and contemporary art, and the best of Italy’s notable cities, towns, and landscapes.
Each student has access to studio space for the term and shares the palazzo and many facilities and courses with undergraduate architecture and urban studies students, as well as visitors from other colleges and universities. Cornell in Rome participants frequently exhibit in professional galleries and art spaces locally.
Students must register as full-time students and are required to enroll in ART 3001 which counts toward one 3000-level elective art studio. Internship placements are optional. Students typically additionally enroll in site-based courses in art history, architecture history, contemporary art, and Italian. A listing of Rome-based Art courses is included in the Art course offerings. Please note that offerings vary by semester and year. Eligibility Requirements:
Students in good academic standing who have completed the requirements of the first two years of the BFA curriculum are eligible for participation in Cornell in Rome. Students are admitted to the program by application and review of their academic record.
Students may enroll in the first or second semester of their junior year or for the full academic year. Under special circumstances, seniors also may attend Cornell in Rome. Serious studio art students from outside Cornell also are encouraged to apply and are admitted on the basis of a portfolio and their academic record.
Application for Cornell students is made by November 1 of the preceding year to the Cornell in Rome program office. For additional information, visit the Cornell in Rome website at www.aap.cornell.edu/rome. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Requirements
Curriculum:
Students are expected to take an average course load of 16-18 credits per semester. Students must be enrolled in a minimum of one and not more than three studio courses in any one semester. By the end of the second year, students must have completed an introductory course in each of the areas of digital media, drawing, painting, photography, print media, and sculpture. Any deviation from the standard curriculum must be petitioned to the department before the act.
Students matriculating in Fall 2011 should follow this curriculum: First Year: Fall Semester
First Year: Spring Semester
Second Year: Fall Semester
- 3000-level required art studio (4 credits)
- Out-of-college elective (3 credits)
- Art History (4 credits)
Second Year: Spring Semester (Ithaca)
Second Year: Spring Semester (AAP NYC)
Third Year: Fall Semester (Ithaca)
Third Year: Fall Semester (Cornell in Rome)
Third Year: Spring Semester (Ithaca)
- 3000-level elective art studio (4 credits)
- Art History (4 credits)
- Out-of-college elective (4 credits)
- In/Out-of-college elective (4 credits)
Third Year: Spring Semester (Cornell in Rome)
Fourth Year: Fall Semester
Fourth Year: Spring Semester
Total Academic Credits: 130
Credit and Distribution Requirements
The BFA degree requires 130 academic credits. A minimum of 63 credits are taken in the Department of Art. Studio Practice: 60 credits
- All 2000-level art studios (24 credits)
- 3 of 6 3000-level required art studios (12 credits)
- 2 additional 3000-level elective art studios (8 credits)
- ART 4000 , 4001 , 4002 (16 credits)
First-Year Writing Seminars: 6 credits
Out-of-College Electives: 26 credits
* See list of approved MQR and PBS courses.
** Students must successfully complete 6 courses of 3 or more credits each in the humanities and social sciences with no more than three courses in the same academic department. The six categories of courses fulfilling the distribution requirements in humanities and social sciences are: Cultural Analysis (CA), Foreign Language (FL), Historical Analysis (HA), Literature and the Arts (LA), Knowledge, Cognition, and Moral Reasoning (KCM), and Social and Behavioral Analysis (SBA). The 6 courses must be completed from at least 4 of these 6 categories. If a course has been classified as humanities or social sciences, the designation will be included in the course description. See descriptions of humanities and social sciences categories. In/Out-of-College Electives: 8 credits
Total Academic Credits: 130
Additional Undergraduate Policies
Transfer Credit:
The general college transfer credit policies listed under Policies and Procedures - AR apply to all transfer coursework. All transfer coursework must be evaluated and approved by the designated Cornell faculty member in the appropriate subject area. Credit can be applied toward elective requirements through an approved AAP Transfer Credit Request form. Credit can be applied toward specific degree requirements through an approved Art Course Equivalency Request form. It is the student’s responsibility to complete the request forms and supply all required documentation to the AAP Registrar. Incoming transfer students are required to meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the AAP Registrar during orientation to ensure a timely transfer of credit. Current students wishing to complete transfer credit during summer or winter sessions or while on an approved leave from Cornell should consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies and AAP Registrar prior to enrolling in courses.
Students who transfer into the BFA program must complete a minimum of four semesters in residence and a minimum of 60 academic credits at Cornell, taking 30 of the 60 credits in the Department of Art. A transfer credit evaluation is prepared for each transfer student entering the BFA program. To receive credit, course descriptions, syllabi, and a portfolio may be required. The student is responsible for providing this documentation to the AAP Registrar and/or the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Residency Requirement:
A candidate for the BFA degree at Cornell is required to spend the last two semesters of candidacy in residence in Ithaca. Guidelines for Independent Study:
A BFA student who wishes to undertake an independent study (independent studio, directed readings, directed research ) must have completed two years of the BFA curriculum, including all first- and second-year studios, and must be in good academic standing. Out-of-department students may be exempt from the studio sequence requirement at the discretion of the supervising professor. Independent studies must be petitioned in advance to count toward required studio courses. Credit hours are variable up to a maximum of 4. The MFA Program
The master of fine arts program requires four semesters of full-time study, equal to a minimum of 60 credits. Graduate work done elsewhere or in the summer session is not applicable to the MFA degree. The curriculum leading to the master’s degree is flexible to accommodate the needs of the individual student and to enable the student to partake of the greater Cornell community. The ratio of graduate faculty to students allows an exceptional opportunity for individual mentoring. Graduate students are provided individual studios and have extended access to studios and labs.
Graduate students in art may enroll in courses in any field of study offered at the university. Fifteen credits are required in each semester; of these, 9 credits are in studio work, and 3 credits are in graduate seminar. Students are required to take at least 12 credits of academic work outside the Department of Art during their four semesters in residence. Candidates for the master of fine arts degree must have completed 18 credits in the history of art in the course of their graduate and/or undergraduate study. Prior undergraduate art history course work may apply toward this requirement and will be evaluated by the director of graduate studies. Any remaining credit toward this requirement must be taken at Cornell. Every MFA candidate must prepare a written statement, offer a thesis exhibition of studio work completed during residency, and give an oral defense of the written statement and visual thesis. Gallery space is provided for a one-week solo thesis exhibition during the final spring semester. Approved Course Listings for BFA Distribution Requirements
The following courses have been approved to satisfy the BFA distribution requirements. Please note that course offerings vary by semester and year. Students should consult the Course Roster to determine which courses will be offered in a given semester. Course Listings: Theory and Criticism
Course Listings: Art History
Modern Art History Courses:
Non-Western Art History Courses:
Elective Art History Courses:
Course Listings: MQR and PBS
Physical/Biological Sciences and Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Requirement and Courses:
Students are required to successfully complete two courses of 3 or more credits each under the categories Physical and Biological Sciences (PBS) and Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MQR). Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning List:
Applied Economics and Management:
City and Regional Planning:
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology:
Industrial and Labor Relations:
Mathematics:
All 3- or 4-credit courses except: Policy Analysis and Management:
Physical and Biological Sciences Primary List
(The courses listed individually are all cross-listed in an Arts and Sciences science department.) Applied and Engineering Physics:
Astronomy:
All 3- or 4-credit courses except: Biological Sciences:
All 3- or 4-credit courses except: Biological and Environmental Engineering:
Chemistry and Chemical Biology:
All 3- or 4-credit courses. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:
All 3- or 4-credit courses except: Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies:
Physics:
All 3- or 4-credit courses. Science and Technology Studies:
Physical and Biological Sciences Supplementary List:
Students may select additional science courses from the following list: Applied and Engineering Physics:
Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Definition of Humanities and Social Sciences Categories:
Cultural Analysis (CA)
Courses in this area study human life in particular cultural contexts through interpretive analysis of individual behavior, discourse, and social practice. Topics include belief systems (science, medicine, religion), expressive arts and symbolic behavior (visual arts, performance, poetry, myth, narrative, ritual), identity (nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality), social groups and institutions (family, market, community), power and politics (states, colonialism, inequality). Foreign Language (FL)
Courses in this area are offered by the following departments: Africana Studies and Research Center (AS&RC – language only), Asian Studies (BENGL, BURM, CHIN, HINDI, INDO, JAPAN, KHMER, KOREA, SANSK, TAG, THAI, and VIET), Classics (CLASS – language only), German Studies (GERST – language only, DUTCH, and SWED), Linguistics (LING – languages only), Near Eastern Studies (NES - languages only), Romance Studies (CATAL, FRROM, ITALA, PORT, QUECH, and SPANR), and Russian Studies(RUSSA, HUNGR, POLSH, SEBCR, and UKRAN). Historical Analysis (HA)
Courses in this group interpret continuities and changes—political, social, economic, diplomatic, religious, intellectual, artistic, scientific—through time. The focus may be on groups of people, dominant or subordinate, a specific country or region, an event, a process, or a time period. Knowledge, Cognition, and Moral Reasoning (KCM)
Offerings in this area investigate the bases of human knowledge in its broadest sense, ranging from cognitive faculties shared by humans and animals such as perception, to abstract reasoning, to the ability to form and justify moral judgments. Courses investigating the sources, structure, and limits of cognition may use the methodologies of science, cognitive psychology, linguistics, or philosophy. Courses focusing on moral reasoning explore ways of reflecting on ethical questions that concern the nature of justice, the good life, or human values in general. Literature and the Arts (LA)
Offerings in this area explore literature and the arts in two different but related ways. Some courses focus on the critical study of artworks and on their history, aesthetics, and theory. These courses develop skills of reading, observing, and hearing and encourage reflection on such experiences; many investigate the interplay among individual achievement, artistic tradition, and historical context. Other courses are devoted to the production and performance of artworks (in creative writing, performing arts, and media such as film and video). These courses emphasize the interaction among technical mastery, cognitive knowledge, and creative imagination. Social and Behavioral Analysis (SBA)
Courses in this area examine human life in its social context through the use of social scientific methods, often including hypothesis testing, scientific sampling techniques, and statistical analysis. Topics studied range from the thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes of individuals to interpersonal relations between individuals (e.g., in friendship, love, conflict) to larger social organizations (e.g., the family, society, religious or educational or civic institutions, the economy, government) to the relationships and conflicts among groups or individuals (e.g., discrimination, inequality, prejudice, stigmas, conflict resolution). Please note that CRP 1100 (The American City) and CRP 1101 (Global City) satisfy SBA. Course Information:
Course offerings may vary by semester and year. Students should consult the Course Roster to determine which courses will be offered in a given semester.
Fees are charged for most Art studio courses and vary depending on the course. See the specific course description for course fees. In addition, Art students should expect to spend a minimum of $1,000.00 and up to $3,000.00 for expendable supplies each academic year, depending on academic level, courses selected, and projects chosen.
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