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A&C 5670 GROUP STUDIO PRACTICE 1–3Group studio practice involves any of a variety of coursesthat address the formal, technical, and experiential aspectsof art-making. Varying courses exploring the transpersonalaspects of drawing, painting, multi-media, installation, andperformance are offered. Other courses may be offered basedon student interest. This course may be retaken for additionalcredit.A&C 5675 ARTISTS’ RESOURCES: CAREER PATHWAYS 3Students examine the skills and practices necessary forartists to apply creative work to society and marketplace.Grants, galleries, teaching, and other career-related issues arediscussed. Resources for the pursuit of appropriate avenuesof professional development are examined in depth.A&C 5800 STUDIO CRITIQUE SEMINAR 3The Studio Critique Seminar allows students an ongoingcritical dialogue with their peers under the supervision ofan experienced artist. Students present original artwork tothe group and receive in-depth responses regarding issuesof technical and formal resolution as well as more profoundinsight into issues of meaning and culture. Students workto develop critical awareness and a sense of communityas well as fostering the development of language for theexamination of issues critical to a fully functioning artist. Thecourse is repeated eight times, with the possibility of differentinstructors and seminar members each time.A&C 5805 MFA REVIEW: FINAL 1In the final quarter of enrollment in the MFA program(completion of 83 units), a review is required to ensure thecandidate’s completion of a body of original artwork thatmeets the department’s standards for technical resolution,academic insight, and authentic personal expression. Thecandidate submits the finished artist’s statement as a definitiveassertion of his or her personal philosophy of art and artisticambition.A&C 5982 MFA: FINAL PROJECT B 2This project is the second part of a two-quarter sequencerequired to complete the MFA in Studio Arts. Final ProjectB consists of individual meetings with a faculty advisor tocomplete the final draft of the MFA Corollary Statement(see above). The Final Exhibition is mounted during FinalProject B. The final version of the corollary statement is alsopresented for approval by the Final Review Committee whichmeets with the student to offer final comments and critique.A&C 5988 TRANSFORMATIVE ARTS: FINAL PROJECT A 2The project is the required first of a two-part sequenceto complete the MA in Transformative Arts. It consists ofindividual meetings with a faculty advisor that initiates thefinal paper and completes the student’s experience in theprogram. A final review of the students’ artwork and a firstdraft of the final paper is also required. Final Project Asupports the student’s integration and resolution of the issuesof personal inquiry, creative self-expression, communityinvolvement and transformation as integral aspects of thecreative journey.A&C 5989 TRANSFORMATIVE ARTS: FINAL PROJECT B 2This project is the second part of a two-quarter sequence tocomplete the MA in Transformative Arts. Final Project B consistsof continued individual meetings with a faculty advisorto finish the Final Paper which completes the student’sexperience in the program. This portion focuses on thefinalization and approval by Faculty Review Committee of thefinal paper. It is also a period in which issues of career andpersonal growth are considered deeply.A&C 5995 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ARTS AND CONSCIOUSNESS 1–6To be arranged with consent of instructor and approval of thedepartment chair and dean. May be repeated for credit with achange of topic.A&C 5900 TOPICS IN ARTS AND CONSCIOUSNESS 1–3Topics in arts and consciousness vary and may be repeatedfor credit with a change in topic.A&C 5981 MFA: FINAL PROJECT A 2This project is the first part of a two-quarter sequence tocomplete the MFA in Studio Arts. Final Project A consists ofindividual meetings with a faculty advisor to complete thefirst draft of the MFA Corollary Statement, an integral aspectof the final exhibition, offering a clear academic and artisticcontext for the artwork being exhibited. The preliminarydraft of the statement is submitted to the Faculty ReviewCommittee at the final review. In this review, the originalartwork which will be the core of the final exhibition is alsopresented for faculty input. The student then works with theFinal Project Advisor to integrate the comments of faculty intothe final version of the exhibition and corollary statement, tobe refined and completed in the next quarter.SCHOOL OF HOLISTIC STUDIES 143