May 11, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Graduate Courses


A list of graduate courses in alphabetical order.

 
  
  • ANTH 508 - Peoples and Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia


    Introduction to the social and cultural diversity of mainland Southeast Asia–Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Emphasis on the area’s geography, history, kinship and social organization, religious beliefs (especially Theravada Buddhism), ethnic diversity, and contemporary problems.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 509 - Cultures and Societies of the Middle East


    Studies the peoples and societies of the Middle East and North Africa from an anthropological perspective. Explores problems of cross-cultural examination and the role of anthropology in the formation of the idea of the “Middle East” as an area of study. Examines and problematizes key themes commonly linked with the region, such as tribe and state, family and kinship, gender and sexuality, honor and shame, tradition and modernity, and religion and secularism. Includes ethnographies based on field work in the region, contemporary news reports, and films.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 510 - Environmental Archaeology


    Introduction to methods and theories relevant to analysis and interpretation of past human-environment interactions, by examination of historical and current theoretical literature.  Emphases on outlining the kind of environmental data that survives in the archeological record (geological, botanical, faunal, chemical), recovery and analytical methods, and inferences made from these data to understand human-environment dynamics. Topical themes include the use of archeological sites as paleoenvironmental archives, plant and animal domestication, human impacts on ancient environments, and cultural collapse/resilience.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 511 - Settlement of the Americas


    Introduction to initial human settlement of the western hemisphere.  Major themes include: Chronology and migration routes of early settlement; important archeological sites in North, Central, and South America, environmental and landscape change, human impacts on environments, theories of human biogeography (migration and colonization), and current methods accelerating the pace of discoveries.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 512 - Ancient North America


    Survey of ancient peoples and archaeological cultures throughout North America with attention to their lifeways, artifacts, and natural settings.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 513 - Illinois Archaeology


    Examination of the current state of knowledge of Illinois archaeology. Recent archaeological discoveries in our state provide a much improved picture of prehistoric life here. Time covered is from the first arrival of people in what is now Illinois until the establishment of cities during the last century. Emphasis on the technology, natural setting, chronology, subsistence, population, settlement, and social structure for each archaeological tradition and time period.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 514 - Archaeology of Mesoamerica


    Descriptive and analytical examination of pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Central America.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 515 - Archaeology of the American Southwest


    Origins and diversification of prehistoric cultures in the Southwest.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 516 - Human Migration


    Examines key events in human development and landscape evolution that led to successful migrations. Compares human migration episodes in different times and places, and discusses questions related to why humans move, environmental constraints and opportunities to human movement, hominid species similarities and differences with respect to inhabited ranges and migration patterns, and the role of evolution and technological development.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 517 - Archaeology of South America


    Description and analysis of human occupation of the South American continent from its initial occupation to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores. Emphasis on interrelationships between areas; models purporting to explain sociopolitical evolution.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 518 - Applied Archaeology


    Detailed examination of the operational framework, methods, and techniques of applied archaeology and scrutiny of their rationales. Instruction in skills needed in the working environment of most of the archaeology that is done within the United States.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 521 - Social Organization


    Description of social systems, an exploration of the regularities and variations in the several facets of social structure emphasizing the interrelatedness of the parts of culture as a functioning entity.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 522 - Gender in Southeast Asia


    Detailed analysis of conceptions of gender across Southeast Asia. Review of theoretical approaches in gender studies and ethnographic material from the region.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 523 - Environmental Anthropology of the Middle East: Cultural and Political Economies


    Anthropological approaches to humans in their environments, particularly cultural ecology and political ecology, to examine the Middle East and North Africa. Study of the particular political systems, livelihoods, landscapes, and belief systems that have developed there.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 524 - Anthropology of Peace and Conflict Resolution


    A look at the anthropological and crosscultural literature on peace and conflict, including the debate over human nature and innate tendencies toward aggression and violence. Critical discussions on a wide range of theories drawing on political anthropology, the state, globalization, ethnicity and identity for analyzing conflict, looking especially at the role of culture, religion and indigenous forms of dispute management.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 525 - Environment and Anthropology


    Human adaptation to the natural environment, including interconnections between ideologies, social systems, economics, political structures, and ecology. Historical development of environmental studies in anthropology, particularly ecological anthropology, up through and including the emergence of political ecology and environmental anthropology. Topics include ecological adaptation of non-industrial societies, communal resources, world food and population, industrial food systems, contemporary environmentalism, and the relationship between science, policy and the state.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 526 - Political Anthropology


    An examination of politics and dynamically interactive power relations between global, regional, national and local cultural contexts. Discussion of how power relations are an aspect of all institutions and social relationships within a society. Presentation of theories on politics and power.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 527 - Economic Anthropology


    Analysis of economic behavior and institutions and how they articulate with other aspects of culture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 528 - Ritual and Myth


    In-depth examination of the approaches, theories, and methodologies in the anthropological study of ritual and myth. Topics include the feasibility of distinguishing ritual from nonritual both cross-culturally and within particular societies, most recent studies of ritual focusing on sacrifice, ritual as performative action, ritual symbolism, ritual function versus form, types of rituals, the study of myths, structural-symbolic analysis of sacred myths, phenomenological-symbolic analysis of myths, myths of origin and myths of death, relationship between myth and ritual. Ritual and myth also considered in relation to ideas about the maintenance of cosmological and sociopolitical systems.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 529 - International NGOs and Globalization


    Review of the history of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) particularly changes since the advent of neoliberal globalization beginning in the late 1980s that heralded an “NGO boom.” An ethnographic examination of the political roles of INGOs and challenges negotiating multiple relationships with communities, governments, and social movements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 532 - Nature and the Environment Across Cultures


    Investigation of the different ways people conceptualize nature and the environment across cultures. Focus on out-of-awareness cultural models, that is, intermediary mental organizations of meaning that stand between universal concepts and culturally bound realizations. Critical evaluation of a number of projects that attempt to use local and/or indigenous knowledge in managing the relationship between people, nature, and the environment is included.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 533 - Fundamentals of Cognitive Anthropology


    Examination of relationships between human mind and human culture. Critical analysis of major areas of cognitive anthropological research in kinship, ethnobiology, cultural models, distributed cognition, and spatial relationships. Consideration of the interface of contemporary cognitive anthropology and general cognitive science.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 535 - Space in Language and Culture


    Crosslisted as GEOG 535X. Exploration of how various languages express spatial relationships by using different parts of speech, how culture shapes ways of organizing and using space in daily and ritual behavior, and the mental organization of spatial knowledge, with emphasis on universal patterns that generate cultural and individual realizations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 538 - Cultural Models: The Language of Culture


    Cultural models as intermediary mental organizations of meaning that stand between universal concepts and culturally bound realizations. Origin of the concept in various disciplines such as anthropology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and cognitive psychology. Research on cultural models in various cultures.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 540 - Fossil Humans


    A survey of the human fossil record. Emphasis on interpretation of morphology and theory in human paleontology.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 541 - Sex and Gender in Primates


    Theories of the evolution of sex differences and associated gender roles in human and non-human primates including primate mating systems, sperm competition, mate choice, parental care, aggression, and cooperation.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 543 - Human Adaptation and Variation


    History of the concept of race; current approaches to human variability. Selective aspects of continuous and discontinuous traits: blood groups, hemoglobins, etc.; race and I.Q.; sex differences. Ecological influences on human variation.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 544 - Primate Ecology and Conservation


    Study of living non-human primates with an understanding of how primates have adapted to their environment and how this information is essential for conservation planning.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 545 - Primate Evolution


    Crosslisted as BIOS 535X. A survey of the primate fossil record, with an emphasis on adaptation and phylogeny.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 546 - The Human Skeleton


    Detailed study of human bones and teeth, including growth, sex identification, aging and stature estimation, and bone pathologies.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 547 - Primate Anatomy


    Detailed study of the skeletal anatomy of living primates including primate dental and skeletal adaptations, phylogeny, speciation, and biogeography. 

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 549 - Primates and Food


    Broad overview of primate nutritional ecology, examining both sides of an evolutionary process: how primate adaptations improve success in acquiring nutrients, and how plant adaptations discourage or encourage herbivory. Studies the chemical properties of food as well as primates’ anatomical, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to their food. Includes critical examination of dietary reconstructions in our own human ancestors, considering whether these are useful in understanding contemporary human dietary choices and adaptations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 550 - Ethics and Research Design in Anthropology


    Examination of ethical decision-making in anthropological procedures and an introduction to research designs and organizational skills in the practice of anthropology.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 551 - History and Theory of Anthropology


    Overview of the history of anthropological institutions and the historical development of anthropological concepts. Attention given to schools of thought and associated leading anthropologists in all major fields of anthropology.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 552 - Contemporary Culture Theory


    Examination of the development of anthropological culture theory starting with structuralism and moving on through symbolism to postmodernism. Focus on the writings of the major theorists.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 553 - Archaeological Theory


    Development of archaeological theory from the mid-19th century to the present. Connections of archaeological theory to major anthropological issues.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 554 - Uses and Abuses of Evolutionary Theory


    Review of the history of evolutionary theory, challenges to evolutionary theory, and the concept of biological determinism as applied to the human species. Examination of how contemporary anthropological research in human behavioral ecology and gene-culture evolution contributes to understanding human behavior.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 560 - Methods in Ethnography


    Theory and practice in methods of ethnographic research. Problems and techniques in participant observation, structured and nonstructured interviews, questionnaires, indirect measures, documentation, and recording. Ethics of ethnographic research. Not open for credit to students having credit in SOCI 677.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 561 - Methods in Archaeology


    Introduction to the analysis of ceramics, lithics, botanical remains, faunal remains, settlements, and other archaeological material. Emphasis on selecting techniques for analysis and interpreting analytical results.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 562 - Museum Methods


    Lectures and practical experience in various aspects of museum work; design and construction of museum exhibits in anthropology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 563 - Ethnohistory


    Approaches to locating, evaluating, and utilizing oral and written historical sources in ethnographic and anthropological investigations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 564 - Disasters without Borders


    Social construction of disasters with an emphasis on the disaster response and forces that contribute to the vulnerability of a community, nation, or region. Covers social policy, humanitarian aid, media coverage and a range of local, national, or global forces such as inequality, land tenure, social exclusion, and mass urbanization.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 565 - Medical Anthropology


    Survey of interactions between infectious and parasitic diseases, genetic predispositions, and specific cultural habits, attitudes, and beliefs. Includes cognitive systems as they relate to disease theory in various cultures and examples of folk medical practices and beliefs.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 566 - Resource Conflicts and Environmental Peacebuilding


    Interdisciplinary examination of resource conflict and environmental peacebuilding through case studies around the world. Investigates how different material, geographical, and sociopolitical factors exacerbate conflicts and provide opportunities for peacebuilding. Course materials include ethnographic books, scholarly articles, news reports, and films.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 567 - Applied Anthropology


    Uses of anthropological concepts, knowledge, and insights to maintain or change cultures and societies combined with a consideration of the ethical problems in programs of directed culture change.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 568 - Anthropology of Gender


    Survey of current theory and research on gender, sexuality, and representations of the body. Examination of debates about the significance of gender and sex in primate and human evolution, physical anthropology, and sociobiology. In seminar format, students also explore cross-cultural notions of gender and analyze the intersection of race/class/gender and the historical construction of sexuality and conceptions about “the body” in the sciences, the arts, ethnography, and popular culture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 569 - The Archaeology of Empires


    An archaeological perspective on the formation, character, and fall of ancient empires, including militarism, urbanism, state ideology, provincial life, infrastructure, social and ethnic relations, economic interactions, and collapse. The course is comparative, drawing from both Old World and New World empires.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 590 - Anthropological Research Training


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistic Anthropology
    Training and experience in field and/or laboratory research. Students will participate, under supervision, in basic research projects. Any lettered section may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Total credit may not exceed 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3-6
  
  • ANTH 591 - Current Topics in Anthropology


    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 592 - Proseminar in Anthropology


    Intensive seminar work on selected topics in anthropology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 593 - Anthropology Field Study


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistic Anthropology
    Directed field study or field school. Each topic may be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ANTH 596X - History and Social Science Instruction for Secondary and Middle Grades Educators


    Crosslisted as ECON 596X, GEOG 596X, HIST 596, POLS 596X, PSYC 596X, and SOCI 596X. Organization and presentation of materials for history and social science courses at the middle grades and secondary levels.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Admission to the history or social science secondary or middle grades educator licensure program and permission of the Department of History’s office of secondary educator licensure.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 610 - Archaeology and Prehistory


    Critical analysis of original works of major importance in the development and current state of archaeological methods and prehistory.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 611 - Archaeological Interpretations


    Detailed examination of theories and methods basic to cultural, temporal, and environmental interpretation of archaeological data. Relationships with other anthropological subdisciplines and with other sciences will be stressed.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 620 - Cultural and Social Anthropology


    Critical analysis of original works of major importance in the development and current state of cultural and social anthropology.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 621 - Advanced Topics in Southeast Asian Ethnology


    Intensive seminar on a selected topic of current interest regarding the ethnology of Southeast Asia. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 625 - Symbolic Anthropology


    Anthropological approaches to the role of symbols in culture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 626 - Latin American Peasants and Social Change


    Anthropological perspectives on rural economic structure and social change in Latin America, with emphasis on geographical regions from central Mexico to the Andes that have high proportions of indigenous peoples. Methodological emphasis on comparative historical analyses of agricultural systems, ethnic identity, peasant social movements, and the relationship between economy and culture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 627 - Southeast Asian Peasant Economy


    Anthropological perspectives on the nature of Southeast Asian peasant socioeconomic institutions. Comparative analysis of how political and economic policies have affected processes of change in both lowland and highland peasant cultures over time.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 628 - Religion and Cosmology in Southeast Asia


    Perspectives of cultural anthropology on the folk religions and world views of peoples of Southeast Asia. Comparative analysis of the impact of different religious and secular ideologies on everyday political and economic thought and behavior of common people in various urban and rural settings of the past and present.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 633 - Cognitive Anthropology


    Study of cognition through the formal semantic analysis of kinship systems, folk taxonomies, and other terminological networks with emphasis on how such analyses relate to nonlinguistic aspects of the cultures in which they are embedded.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 640 - Physical Anthropology


    Critical analysis of original works of major importance in the development and current state of physical anthropology.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 653 - Culture Theory


    Detailed examination of theories basic to studies of individual cultures and to cross-cultural comparison: structuralism, functionalism, cultural ecology, cultural evolution, network analysis, and other viewpoints.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 665 - Museum Practicum


    Work experience in an on-campus (NIU) museum, gallery, or collection. With permission it may be with another institution that contains related cultural or aesthetic objects and artifacts as long as the work is under the supervision of a member of a professional staff. Requires regular experience in day-to-day museum operations and completion of a major project arranged with the intern’s museum supervisor/museum studies faculty member. Minimum practicum time is 120 clock hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Completion of ART 565 or equivalent and one museum studies core course.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ANTH 679X - Cultural Perspectives on Human Development


    Crosslisted as EPS 679 and PSYC 679X. Cultural perspectives on parenting, home-school relations, psychological development, and education. Case materials drawn from western and non-western societies.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 680 - Graduate Internship in Anthropology


    Supervised internship off-campus in anthropology-related field, with graduate-level tasks. Minimum of 120 work hours per semester plus final paper/project. Complete proposals must be submitted for departmental approval a minimum of two weeks before beginning of the semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Admission to M.A. program in anthropology or consent of the department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANTH 690 - Independent Study in Anthropology


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistics
    Supervised readings or research in specialized areas, topics, or problems in anthropology. Any one course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Written permission of the department.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • ANTH 693 - Museum Internship


    Work experience at an off-campus museum or gallery under the supervision of a member of the professional museum staff. Requires regular experience in day-to-day museum operations and completion of a major project arranged with the intern’s museum supervisor and the NIU Museum Studies representative. May be repeated to a maximum of 2 credit hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or equivalent plus the museum studies core courses.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ANTH 699 - Master’s Thesis


    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ANTH 790 - Seminar in Anthropology


    A. Cultural Anthropology
    B. Ethnology
    C. Archaeology
    D. Physical Anthropology
    E. Ethnohistory
    J. Linguistics
    Intensive study of a specific area, topic, or problem of the indicated subdiscipline. Any one course may be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 565 - Introduction to Museum Studies


    Survey of the history and philosophy of museums and museum typology. Overview of the purposes, structure, and operations of museums with attention to current issues and practices relating to ethics, collections, exhibitions, and education. Lectures, discussion, museum field trips, museum practicum. Research project.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 600 - Art Pedagogy: Theory and Practice


    Exploration of the theory and practice of the School of Art and Design Foundations curriculum and pedagogy through lectures, classroom observation, and readings. Designed to provide graduate students with the basic skills needed for effective teaching in the School of Art and Design Foundations program. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 semester hours.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ART 625 - Museums: Gender, Race, and Class


    Crosslisted as WGST 625X. Interdisciplinary multicultural study of museum theory and practice as it pertains to diversity of race, class, and gender. A case study approach will be used.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 654 - Museum Administration


    Theory and practice of museum administration focusing on governance, legal issues, fund raising, financial and personnel management, planning, public relations, security, and physical facilities. Lectures, case studies, and discussion.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 655 - Museum Exhibitions and Interpretation


    Theory and practices of exhibition planning, design, installation, and evaluation with emphasis on the interpretative function of exhibitions through labels, brochures, AV, and interactive devices. Lectures, practicum, exhibit critiques, class projects, and museum visits. Culminates in an exhibition by the class in an NIU gallery/museum.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 656 - Advanced Curatorial Practice


    Advanced theories, practices, and current issues affecting museum curatorial practice. Lectures, case studies, museum visits, and museum practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 657 - Museum Education


    History, philosophy, and practice of museum education. Study and practical application through class projects and practicum of planning and implementing public programming, tour techniques, museum-school services, and development and evaluation of educational materials and outreach programs. Lectures, individual projects, observation in museums, and practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 658 - Preventive Conservation Seminar


    For new and current museum professionals, introduction to preventive conservation as a holistic doctrine for the 21st century museum environment. Lecture and discussion, focus on the necessity for the museum to adopt the preventive conservation doctrine, address preventive conservation strategies, and discuss approaches to permanently and positively involve all museum workers in the process. This course does not teach conservation theory and/or practice.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 665 - Museum Practicum


    Work experience in an NIU museum, gallery, or collection of related cultural or aesthetic objects and artifacts under the supervision of a member of the professional staff. Requires regular experience in day-to-day museum operations and completion of a major project arranged with intern’s museum supervisor/museum studies faculty member. Minimum practicum time is 120 clock hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: ART 565 or equivalent and one Museum Studies core course.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ART 680 - Seminar


    Discussion of historical and contemporary issues in the arts. Topics announced. May be repeated.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 689 - Topics in Art


    Concentrated study in art. Studio, lecture and discussion, or field trip. Topics announced. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours as elective credit to be applied toward an advanced degree with school approval. May not be substituted for art history or seminar.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ART 690 - Independent Study


    Work on individual problems in student’s chosen field. May be repeated. Multiple sections may be taken within the same semester.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school and instructor.

    Credits: 1-9
  
  • ART 699 - One-Person Exhibition or Presentation and Documentation for the M.A. Studio Degree


    Credits: 1-3
  
  • ART 765 - Museum Internship


    Work experience in a museum, gallery, arts center, or other approved institution with collection(s) of related cultural or aesthetic objects and artifacts under the supervision of a member of the professional staff. Requires regular experience in day-to-day museum operations and completion of a major project arranged with the intern’s museum supervisor and a museum studies faculty member. Minimum contact time is 120 clock hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Completion of ART 655 or ANTH 562; or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 780 - Teaching Art at the College Level: Internship


    Teaching art at the college level under the supervision of a master teacher.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • ART 799 - One-Person Exhibition or Presentation and Documentation for the M.F.A. in Art and Design Degree


    Credits: 1-3
  
  • ARTD 509 - Advanced Interactivity


    Advanced studies in interactive art with emphasis on structured and individual projects. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 510 - Studies in Interactive Media


    Exploration in interactive art with emphasis on individual projects. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 520 - Design Field Experience


    A. Time Arts
    C. Visual Communication
    D. Photography
    Cooperative work experience for design students. Cooperatively supervised professional practice with selected and/or approved design firms to provide a learning experience complementary to the student’s area of study in design. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Approval of the faculty field experience adviser in the design student’s area of study.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ARTD 573 - Advanced Animation


    Intensive work in animation using 2-D and/or 3-D techniques with emphasis on individual projects. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 609 - New Media Design I


    Selected problems in design with emphasis on computer-aided design. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3, 6, or 9
  
  • ARTD 610 - Design


    Selected problems in design. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 611 - Visual Communication


    Advanced problems in visual communication. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3 or 6
  
  • ARTD 612 - Studies in Design


    Varied topics in design. Studio, lecture, and discussion or field trip. Topics announced. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 613 - Photography I


    Advanced work in photography with emphasis on experimentation and development of an individual approach. May be repeated. Students may enroll in two separate sections concurrently.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3 or 6
  
  • ARTD 666 - Time Arts I


    A. Animation
    B. Video Art
    C. Interactivity
    D. Intermedia Arts
    Advanced study in media arts with emphasis on individual approaches and independent research. Students may enroll in one, two, or three of the above listed subject areas concurrently, for 3, 6, or 9 credit hours in one of these subject areas, or any combination thereof. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.A. or M.F.A. degree program, or consent of school.

    Credits: 3, 6, or 9
  
  • ARTD 675 - Time Arts: Special Topics


    Concentrated study in time arts and electronic media. Topics announced. May be repeated.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARTD 709 - New Media Design II


    Advanced research problems in computer-aided design. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.F.A. degree program or consent of school.

    Credits: 3, 6, or 9
  
  • ARTD 712 - Research and Visual Communication


    Research in specialized laboratory problems. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.F.A. degree program or consent of school.

    Credits: 3 or 6
  
  • ARTD 713 - Photography II


    Investigation of creative problems in photography through extended independent study. May be repeated. Students may enroll in two separate sections concurrently.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Acceptance into M.F.A. degree program or consent of school.

    Credits: 3 or 6
 

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