Graduate Bulletin
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1996-1997
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Art
In the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Office: Art 505
Telephone: (619) 594-6511
Fax: (619) 594-1217
Fredrick J. Orth, M.F.A., Professor of Art, Director of School
Joan F. Austin, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Richard J. Baker, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Walter E. Cotten, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Jesus Y. Dominguez, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Janet B. Esser, Ph.D., Professor of Art
Arline M. Fisch, M.A., Professor of Art
Joanne Hayakawa, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Allan W. Miller, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Eugene Ray, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Ida K. Rigby, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Graduate Adviser,
Art History
Gail C. Roberts-Fields, M.A., Professor of Art
John J. Rogers, M.S., Professor of Art
Helen Z. Shirk, M.F.A., Professor of Art
Richard A. Burkett, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art, Graduate Coordinator, Studio Arts
Janet L. Cooling, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art
Gerald C. Dumlao, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art
Robert A. Mansfield, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art
Susan C. Merritt, M.A., Associate Professor of Art
Kerry Ann Nelson, M.S., Associate Professor of Art
Tina Marie Yapelli, M.A., Associate Professor of Art
Jo-Anne Berelowitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art
Wendy L. Maruyama, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Art
Eric R. Moaney, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Art
Kotaro Nakamura, M.A., Assistant Professor of Art
Graduate teaching associate positions in art are available to a limited number of qualified students. Application blanks and additional information may be secured from the director of the school.
The School of Art, Design and Art History, in the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, offers graduate study leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree in art and the Master of Arts degree in art. The objectives of the graduate program in all areas of specialization are to provide the essential education, technical training and creative experience necessary for professional activity or college-level teaching in the visual arts.
The Master of Arts degree is a 30-unit graduate program requiring one to two years to complete. The M.A. degree in studio arts is designed to prepare students for proficient and successful practice as professional artists and is offered in the following areas: applied design, environmental design, graphic design, interior design, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. The M.A. degree with an emphasis in art history is designed to prepare students for professional positions in galleries and museums and for doctoral degree programs.
The Master of Fine Arts degree requires an additional 30 units in the area of specialization and professional seminars, with the expectation that the student will achieve a higher level of excellence and distinction in the chosen area of specialization. The M.F.A. degree requires 60 units and can be completed in three years. The degree is offered in applied design, environmental design, graphic design, painting, printmaking, and sculpture.
The Art building has expansive facilities offering the student excellent studio space and equipment. In addition, the San Diego Museum of Art, the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, the Putnam Foundation collection in the Timken Gallery, and the Museum of Man in Balboa Park offer valuable original materials as well as specialized libraries for research. There are also numerous community college galleries and commercial galleries with a wide variety of offerings.
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Art
All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the University with classified graduate standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin. In general, the student must have completed a bachelor's degree in studio art or the equivalent from an accredited institution, including twelve units of art history, six units of which comprise a survey of the history of Western art. A grade point average of 3.25 or better in upper division art courses is required.
Students must also be able to show that they are adequately advanced to carry out projects which measure up to graduate standards. This requirement will be measured by a formal presentation of a portfolio of work to the graduate faculty in the area of emphasis.
Students seeking admission for the fall semester must submit graduate review applications and portfolios to the graduate coordinator by March 1. Applications and portfolios for the spring semester are due October 1.
In addition to meeting the requirements for advancement to candidacy as described in Part Two of this bulletin, all students must have (1) completed a minimum of 30 units on the official program with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 [B]; and (2) been reviewed by the graduate faculty of the emphasis area and received approval of an acceptable body of graduate work completed since classified standing fulfilling the requirements of the area of emphasis.
Candidates for the M.F.A., in addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing, must complete a 60-unit graduate program which includes a minimum of 45 units at the 600- and 700-level. Art 694, 760, 791, and 792 are required. Normally, a student will focus on one of the studio art fields (applied design, painting, environmental design, graphic design, sculpture, and printmaking). With approval of the Director and graduate coordinator a student may focus on a program of study combining two studio art fields. Six units must be included in art history, art criticism, and aesthetics courses. Nine units must be included on the program from studio electives outside the area of emphasis or electives in other departments. Art 799A, Thesis must be included on the program. In addition, there will be an oral examination of each candidate by the graduate faculty of the School of Art, Design and Art History. This examination will occur at the time of the candidate's master's exhibition, and will encompass an in-depth discussion of the candidate's thesis project.
No more than 15 units of graduate work may be transferred from another institution. Requests for more than six units must be approved by a committee of representatives from the area of emphasis. Applicants holding an M.A. degree in studio art from an accredited institution may transfer up to 30 units upon review and recommendation of the faculty in the area of emphasis, and approval of the graduate coordinator of the School of Art, Design and Art History. Candidates must be prepared to spend at least two semesters (24 units) in residence as full-time students. Coursework taken as a graduate student to fulfill undergraduate deficiencies may not be used to satisfy any unit requirement for the M.F.A. degree program. A 3.0 grade point average must be maintained at all times. Continuation in the program will be determined by a review of each candidate by the graduate faculty in the emphasis area. This review will be held upon completion of 30 units in the M.F.A. program, or at any time upon request of the graduate coordinator.
Master of Arts Degree in Art
All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the University with classified graduate standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin. In general, students must have completed an undergraduate major in art with a minimum of 24 upper division units, including two semesters of work in the general history of art, before they will be permitted to enter the graduate program. Students must also be able to show that they are adequately advanced to carry out projects which measure up to graduate standards. In studio areas this requirement will be measured by a formal presentation (the Graduate Review) to the emphasis area faculty of a portfolio of examples of the candidate's undergraduate or postbaccalaureate work. The range should be great enough to give the committee a knowledge of the candidate's strengths and weaknesses. A statement of the candidate's objectives in the graduate program should accompany this presentation. If it is determined that the student is capable of doing graduate art work, he/she may be permitted to begin such work even though he/she has not completed an appropriate undergraduate major in art. Those students whose work is insufficiently advanced for classified graduate standing may enroll for courses with postbaccalaureate unclassified standing, under guidance from the school, in order to meet the standard requirements. Students seeking admission for the fall semester must submit graduate review applications and port-folios to the graduate coordinator by March 1. Applications and portfolios for the spring semester are due October 1.
In addition to meeting the requirements for admission to the University, students wishing to be admitted to the art history graduate program with a classified graduate standing must complete the equivalent of the graduation requirements as specified in the current General Catalog (a minimum of 39 units of art history to include Art 593), with a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 units attempted.
Students who do not meet the requirements for admission to the graduate program in art history but meet the requirements for graduate admission to the University, may, at the discretion of the art history faculty, be accepted with postbaccalaureate unclassified standing.
Art history applications, obtainable from the graduate coordinator, are due on March 1 or October 1 for the following semester and should be accompanied by transcripts of all under-graduate or postbaccalaureate work.
In addition to meeting the requirements for advancement to candidacy as described in Part Two of this bulletin, all students will be required to pass a comprehensive examination covering the fields of history of art of western civilization, the principles of art appreciation, and the techniques and materials of the artist, or to have completed a year course in the history of art of Western civilization and six undergraduate units of art history.
Students with a concentration in studio arts must have: (1) completed at least 12 units listed on his/her official program with a minimum grade point of 3.0 (B); and (2) been reviewed by the tenured and tenure-track faculty of the emphasis area and received approval of an acceptable body of graduate work completed since classified standing fulfilling the requirements of the area of specialization.
Classified graduate students working for the Master of Arts degree with a concentration in art history must pass a comprehensive examination in art history (Western and non-Western) no later than the second semester as classified graduate students before advancement to candidacy. Classified graduates should contact the graduate adviser to sign up for the comprehensive examination and to discuss their individual graduate programs before their third week of the first semester.
Before advancement to candidacy graduate students in art history must have completed three semesters of college level French or German or with consent of art history faculty, a language necessary for thesis research. Alternatively, with the consent of the graduate adviser, students may demonstrate a reading knowledge of the appropriate language by passing either the Graduate School Foreign Language Examination, (the French MLA examination is given by the Test Office during the beginning of each semester; contact the School of Art, Design and Art History for permission to take the examination) or under exceptional circumstances a reading proficiency examination administered by the art history area. The language requirement must be met before the add/drop date of the student's first semester as a classified graduate student, or the student must enroll for appropriate language courses.
In addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing and the basic requirements for the master's degree as described in Part Two of this bulletin, all students must complete a graduate program of a minimum of 30 units which includes at least 24 units in art from courses listed below as acceptable on master's degree programs in art, of which at least 16 units must be in 600- and 700-numbered courses.
Those electing studio arts must complete a minimum of 18 units in the area of specialization. One course in the Art 760 or 770 series, Art 694, and Art 799A are required. Not more than a total of six units in Art 798 will be accepted. A creative project accompanied by a written report is required as fulfillment of Art 799A. In conjunction with this project, each candidate for the degree must present an exhibition of representative graduate work.
Those electing art history must complete at least 18 units from the 600- and 700-numbered courses in art history to include Art 799A, selected in consultation with the art history adviser. Students may select up to 12 units of 500-level courses in art, nine units of which must be in art history and approved by the graduate adviser. A written thesis is required as fulfillment of Art 799A. Master's candidates in art history will also be required to give an open lecture on their thesis subject, to be scheduled with the approval of the thesis chair.
The thesis required for the Master of Arts degree in art history is a written document; the project required for the Master of Arts degree with a concentration in studio arts and the Master of Fine Arts degree is an original body of work of creative art accompanied by a written report. All theses and written reports accepted in satisfaction of a requirement for the master's degree are cataloged and accessioned in the library. Color slides of the project must be provided by the candidate and are retained in the slide library. One copy of art history theses must be given to the School of Art, Design and Art History.
