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S.87-39
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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Senate ?
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Faculty of Arts
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DATE:
Centre for the Arts
Reference: SCUS 87-42
SCAP 87-48
J.W.G. lvany,
Chair, SCAP
Nov.19, 1987
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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate
Committee on Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
MOTION: "That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.87-39
the establishment of a Major in Visual Art with
the necessary studio instruction to be provided
through a cooperative relationship with The
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, and
including the following
New
courses:
FPA
2623*
Specialized
Studio
Techniques
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FPA
2633*
Specialized
Studio
Techniques II
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FPA
2643*
Specialized
Studio
Techniques ?
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FPA
2653*
Specialized
Studio
Techniques IV *
EPA
461-5
Theory & Practice
of Contemporary Art
and Revision to existing EPA 460-5"
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Offered through cooperation with The Emily Carr College of Art &
Design
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Proposal for
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a Major Program in Visual Art
This is a proposal that the Centre for the Arts at Simon Fraser University
introduce a major program in visual art. The proposed program is very
similar in its general outline and approach to the major program that was
approved by Senate in January, 1982 and eventually by the Universities
Council, except that in this proposal the necessary additional studio
instruction will be provided through a cooperative relationship with The
Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
1. Background
The Visual Art major as proposed in 1981 built on the distinctive
features of the visual art program, particularly its combination of theory and
practice in an interdisciplinary context. This combination had been realized
through a series of open studio courses, in which students are free to
experiment in a variety of visual art media, and accompanying critical
seminars. It was understood, however, that a major program should require
some increase in focus on specific studio disciplines, such as painting and
sculpture. To this end, the original major proposal included a small number
of courses in drawing, painting, sculpture and photography as well as an
extension of the existing studio/seminar combination into the fourth year of
the program.
The original major as approved seemed modest enough and required
only a relatively small increase in resources. The Universities Council agreed
that there was a place for a small and distinctive program of this type
despite the existence of major programs at the other two universities and
the availability of other fine arts programs in the Province. Even though the
program was approved at all levels, however, the necessary incremental
funding was not forthcoming. Instead, along with all other programs in the
Centre for the Arts, the visual art program was obliged to rationalize and
streamline its offerings as part of the mandated budget cut to the Centre that
was announced in the Fall of 1984. Now taking the form of a visual art
concentration within the Fine and Performing Arts Major, the visual art
program continues to foster critically aware practice. It attracts some
excellent students, but the limitation of faculty numbers and studio
resources have made it less appealing to potential students than it might be.
Last Fall, the recently appointed president of the Emily Carr College of
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Art and Design, Alan Barkley, approached representatives of the Centre to
explore the possibilities for developing a more cooperative relationship.
Officials at Emily Carr have for some time expressed an interest in securing
degree granting status for the College and at various times in the past have
discussed the prospects for institutional cooperation. Discussions on this
occasion led to the possibility that if Emily Cart could receive approval to
offer a BFA degree, an appropriate component of that degree might be the
requirement of a year of regular academic courses at SFU, possibly in the
form of the Certificate in Liberal Arts. In order to enhance the prospects of
such an arrangement, and also to further open the College to a variety of
student interests and influences, College officials were willing to receive
some of our visual art students at Emily Cart, where they would have access
to facilities and a breadth of instruction not available to them at SFU. In this
context, the idea arose that SFU might utilize this opportunity in a
programmatic way by implementing a major program
Some practical measures have already arisen from these inter-
institutional discussions. We have been able to increase our planned
offerings of introductory art history courses by sharing resources with Emily
Cart. Emily Carts request for degree granting status, which would require a
substantial change in their institutional place within the provincial
educational system, has not yet had a favorable outcome and may at some
time be subject to formal comment by this university. Whatever the
eventual outcome of this request, however, both the Centre for the Arts and
Emily Carr are willing to move forward at this time with the cooperation that
would make an SFU visual art major possible.
As one of four major independent art schools in Canada, The Emily
Carr College of Art and Design offers a wide variety of courses in two
dimensional and three dimensional fine art forms, in visual media and in
design. Drawing its student body both from high school graduates and more
mature students with strong interest and aptitude in the visual arts, its four
year diploma programs rest on a foundation year required of all beginning
students. Its teaching complement includes a substantial number of regular
faculty, which it augments regularly with part-time instructors. Several of
its regular faculty have taught at Simon Fraser from time to time on a
sessional basis. It has well developed facilities on Granville Island, that in
some art areas represent a very substantial capital investment in fine art
teaching. More information on the College and on its academic procedures is
included in Appendix A.
Under the proposed program, Simon Fraser visual arts majors will be
able to obtain a limited amount of Simon Fraser University credit by
participating in studio courses at Emily Cart. The particular studio course to
which each student is admitted will be chosen for its appropriateness to that
student's needs, interests and abilities. Each such placement will be
considered in relation to that student's plan of studies within the Simon
Fraser program, the intention being to provide the student with specialized
instruction in studio techniques not otherwise available through Simon
Fraser. Because Emily Cart has a wide variety of studio offerings, SFU
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students will have access to a much richer set of opportunities for specialized
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study than would have been possible under the previously approved major.
Because the amount of such work for which SFU credit is available is limited,
however, the institutional identity of the program will remain clear.
Admission to Emily Carr courses and course sections, work load in relation to
credit received, and grading practices will be monitored by an inter-
institutional faculty committee.
2. The Program
The proposed major would involve the creation of five new courses,
four of which will be taught through the cooperation of Emily Cart. A sixth,
existing course, would be substantially altered to permit the utilization of
Emily Cart resources and to release teaching time for the other new course.
With only minor further adjustments, a major program very similar to the
previously approved major can be introduced, and the visual art
concentration within the FPA. major can be retained.
Students must complete 34 credit hours in designated courses, including
all of:
FPA 160-3 Introductory Studio in Visual Art I
161-3
Introductory Studio in Visual Art II
162-2
Introductory Drawing
166-3
Introduction to the History of Art
167-3
Introduction to the History of Modern Art.
260-3
Studio in Visual Art I
261-3
Studio in Visual Art II
267-2
Introduction to Critical Theory
plus 3 of:
FPA. ?
163-3
Spatial Presentation
233-3
Video Production
262-3
Specialized Studio Techniques!
*263.3
Specialized Studio Techniques II
264-3
Specialized Studio Techniques III
*265.3
Specialized Studio Techniques IV
plus one 100-level studio course in another art area within the Centre for
the Arts.
* New courses, with the common calendar description as follows:
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"This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring technical
skills within a specific visual art medium and to increase the students
awareness of the potentials of that medium. This course will be undertaken
through arrangement with the Emily Carr College of Art and Design. Upon
admission to the course, the student will be assigned to a specific painting,
sculpture, photography, or other studio course at Emily Cart, in accordance
with that students competence and interests. Only declared visual art
majors may enrol in this course.
Students must complete 30 credit hours as designated courses below:
all of:
FPA. 360-3 Studio in Visual Art III
361-3 Studio in Visual Art IV
366-2 Problems in Visual Art I
367-2 Problems in Visual Art II
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4605 Directed Studio in Visual Art
*4615 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art
plus two of:
FPA. 310-5 The Arts in Context: The Renaissance
312-5 The Arts in Context: Baroque and Enlightenment
313-5 The Arts in Context: Romanticism
314-5 The Arts in Context: Modernism
315-5 The Arts in Context: The Contemporary Period
Revised course title and description. This course will be essentially the
same as the present 460, Studio in Visual Art V, except that it will be taught
in a directed studies format and may involve advanced studio instruction at
Emily Cart. Calendar Description:
"This
course permits students to work
independently in an open studio situation. Students propose an independent
program of work in the media of their choice at the beginning of the
semester and develop it in critical dialogue with the instructor(s). By
arrangement, the studio work for this course may be undertaken at the
Emily Carr College of Art and Design."
New Course, continuing the studio/seminar combination from the 300-
level, but in a single 5 credit course. Calendar Description: "This course
permits students completing the major to work in an open and critical studio
situation. The studio work is accompanied by a seminar component in which
the students work is related to theoretical issues in contemporary art-
making. Students will be required to present a research paper developed in
connection with their own art practice."
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3. Relation to major proposal previously approved:
The utilization of Emily Carr courses within this proposal, together
with some changes that have occurred in the Centres curriculum since 1982,
when the previous proposal was approved, necessitate some departures
from the earlier plan. In particular, there is a somewhat greater
concentration of studio work at the lower division, and a compensating
reduction in the hours required at the upper division The substance and
overall balance of the two proposals, however, is very similar. The earlier
proposal required 33 hours at the lower division, including 21 hours of
studio (including one cross-disciplinary studio) and 12 hours of
history/theory. At the upper division the 26 specified hours of the 32
required included 14 hours of studio and 12 hours of history/theory. This
created an overall balance of 35-43 hours of studio and at least 24 hours of
visual art history or theory. in the current proposal, the 34 required lower
division hours include 26 hours of studio (including one cross-disciplinary
studio) and 8 hours of history/theory. The upper division specifies 30 hours,
including the equivalent of 14 hours of studio and 16 hours of theory. The
overall balance is 40 hours of studio and 24 hours of history or theory. This
compares with the current dance majors requirement of at least 42 hours of
studio work. Overall, the proposed major controls 64 credit hours, exactly
the same as the current dance major program. The previously approved
major controlled 65 hours An extract from the relevant Senate paper is
attached as Appendix B
4. Relations with Emily Carr:
Implementation of this program is subject to the approval of the
governing bodies of Emily Carr as well as of Simon Fraser. Under the
planned arrangement Emily Carr would promise its cooperation in placing a
limited number of our students in appropriate studio sections. Discussions
with Emily Carr officials indicate that the three first year studio courses
required in the first year of the major would be taken as the equivalent of
Emily Carrs foundation year for the purposes of entry into intermediate and
advanced courses. The number of majors admitted to the program may be.
constrained by the number of students that can be placed at Emily Carr.
However, from detailed discussions with Emily Carr officials, it appears that
a satisfactory number of course places can be made available, provided that
the work of SFU students is distributed across a range of studio options.
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Emily Carr officials would undertake to assist, if necessary, in winding down
the program with as little harm as possible to students in progress.
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The appropriate placement and monitoring of our students in Emily
Carr studio courses will be the subject of ongoing
consultations
between the
two institutions. The formal mechanism for this purpose will be a six person
consulting committee.
The
SFU membership will include a visual art faculty
member, another faculty member appointed by the Director of the Centre for
the Arts, and a faculty member outside the Centre for the Arts appointed by
the Dean of Arts. Among other tasks, this committee will be charged to
insure that adequate standards of studio instruction and evaluation are
maintained in any courses for which SFU students are to receive SFU credit.
As in any SFU course, the department chair will have the responsibility of
validating grades awarded.
5. Funding and Enrollments
The Simon Fraser courses as set out above can be offered by the
present authorized complement of 3 full-time visual art faculty, plus
sessional support for art history, as at present. Optimally, but not as an
essential matter, one additional studio sessional would be made available
each spring semester to relieve some of the pressure on faculty who are
guiding the work of senior students. With this overall complement the
visual art program can offer an adequate number of first year studio
sections and maintain single sections of the studio and seminar sequence
from the second year forward.
Funding our students at Emily Carr should not prove difficult. It is
suggested that students pay normal SFU tuition for all SFU courses together
with any established laboratory fees. On an annual basis Emily Carr should
then receive from our Finance Office the appropriate tuition fees according to
their (somewhat lower) scale for the course places they have made available
to our students. There is a precedent for this inter-institutional payment
scheme in our present China exchange program.
It should be clear that SFUs ability to offer a major of equal strength
to that previously approved, but without major new funding, will depend
upon ongoing cooperation with Emily Carr. Actual enrollments permitted in
the program may therefore be governed by resource
constraints
at either
institution. In any event, the program will be small; it is not anticipated that
more than 10 students will be active in each of the second through fourth
years of the program of study. Because the current program of a visual art
concentration within an FPA major will remain in place, enrollment in the
major can be limited as necessary.
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6. Proposed Calendar Entry
Visual Art Major Program
Within the interdisciplinary context of the Centre for the Arts, the visual art
major program combines intensive practical experience with the study of
critical approaches
to modern art, and the study of traditional forms in
relation to the present. Studio courses at Simon Fraser allow comparison of a
variety of contemporary forms including painting, video,
performance art
and sculpture, and are accompanied through much of the program by critical
seminars that encourage reflection on contemporary work in the
context of
modern art theory. This understanding is also extended historically through
the art history
and "Arts in Context' requirements. In addition, students in
the major program take some further instruction in specialized studio
techniques at The Emily Carr College of Art and Design. In cooperation with
Emily Carr College, this work is chosen as the most appropriate to further the
individual student's skills and specific interests.
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Lower Division;
Students must complete 34 credit hours in designated courses, including
all of:
FPA 160-3
Introductory Studio in Visual Art I
161-3
Introductory Studio in Visual Art
II
162-2 Introductory Drawing
166-3
Introduction to
the History of Art
167-3
Introduction to the History of Modern
Art.
260-3 Studio in Visual Art I
261-3
Studio in Visual Art 11
267-2
Introduction to Critical Theory
Plus 3 of:
FPA.
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163-3
Spatial
Presentation
233-3
Video Production
262-3
Specialized Studio Techniques I
263-3
Specialized Studio Techniques
II
264-3
Specialized Studio Techniques
III
265-3
Specialized Studio Techniques
IV
plus one 100-level
studio course in another art area within the Centre for
the
Arts.
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Division
Students must complete 30 credit hours as designated below:
all of:
FPA. ?
360-3
Studio in Visual Art 111
361-3
Studio in Visual Art IV
366-2
Problems in Visual Art I
367-2
Problems in Visual Art 11
460-5
Directed Studio in Visual Art
461-5
Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art
plus two of:
FPA.
310-5
The Arts in Context: The Renaissance
312-5
The Arts in Context: Baroque and Enlightenment
313-5 The Arts in Context: Romanticism
314-5
The Arts in Context: Modernism
315-5
The Arts in Context: The Contemporary Period
In addition to the above requirements, students are encouraged to take
courses in other arts within the Centre for the Arts and arts-related courses
outside the Centre. A list of recommended courses is available in the Centre
offices.
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APPENDIX A
EMILY CARR COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
The Emily Carr College of Art and Design received its new name,
independence, and a provincial mandate in 1979 when it emerged from the
Vancouver School of Art and its administrative relationship with the
Vancouver Community College.
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Unique in the system of colleges and------
institutes, Emily Carr College is the only four-year institution as well
as the only art and design institution in the province.
The main campus on Granville Island provides full-time and part-
time study opportunities for over 1,700 students, while satellite
campuses in Prince George and Nelson provide the College's first year to
students unable to relocate to the lower mainland.
The College offers two diplomas, in Fine Art and Design respec-
tively, and nine majors in painting, photography, film and video, anima-
tion, graphic design, printmaking, interdisciplinary studies, two-
dimensional studies, three-dimensional studies. Students complete a
first year Foundation' Program which consists of both studio and art
history -courses prior to selection of and admission to specific areas
within the College.
The standard credit unit is a four-credit unit that is equal to
three hours of instruction. Students may take up to 20 credits per term
and 160 credits are required for graduation with a Diploma in Fine Art
and 200 credits for the Diploma in Design. All programs require 20
credits of art history and non-studio work. The College operates under
a semester system of 15 weeks in the Fall and in the Spring plus a
six-week summer semester.
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Letter grades are used and a grade-point
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average of 2.5 must be sustained.
Admission to the College is based on successful completion of
grade 12 and a portfolio submission. Eighty-five percent of our students
are from British Columbia but only 20% come directly from high school;
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the majority of the students have been out of high school for at least
two years and many have post-secondary university or college education
prior to applying for admission here.
The College has a complement of 36 faculty on continuing appoint-
ment and hires between 25 and 30 part-time and full-time instructors on
sessional contract each semester. While the Master of Fine Arts has
become the standard, accepted terminal degree for professors and
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instruc-tors teaching studio courses, it is a relatively new degree for Canada
and all unsi vers:i ty art (IepartmenLs across the country have on faculty a
mix of those with and without that degree. Imily Carr College compares
most favourably with the norm. In fact, since 1980,
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out of eight
new academic appointments have been made to those
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ft the appropriate
post-graduate degree. Faculty contact hours as well as expectations and
provisions for research and professional practice are similar to those
of university art departments.
The College is in a relatively new building located in downtown
Vancouver. Students have access to their studios after class hours and
the College stays open till 2:00 a.m. Special workshops and facilities
include three graphic computer classrooms, film and video studios and
editing rooms, black and white and colour photography labs, sculpture
facilities for working in most materials, printmaking studios equipped
for lithograhy, intaglio, and silkscreen, in addition to a library with
a specialized collection in contemporary fine art, and a slide library.
The College also supports the Charles H. Scott Gallery with a year-round
art and design exhibition program. Emily Carr College has national and
international exchange agreements for students with Hokkaido College of
Art and Design in Japan, Alberta College of Art, Ontario College of Art,
and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada. In addition, the
College maintains a
Florence
studio for short-term summer courses in
printmaking, painting and photography, available to our students as well
as to those from the institutions with which we are affiliated.
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proval
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Chairman, SCUS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
o. Calendar Information ?
Department
Centre for the Arts
Abbreviation Code:
FPA, ?
Course Number:
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262
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Credit Hours:
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3
Vector:
0-0-6
Title of Course: ?
Specialized Studio Techniques I
Calendar Description of Course:
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attached.
Nature of Course
Studio
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
FPA. 160, 161, 162
and permission
of the Department.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: ?
none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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twice a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? 88-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
Faculty of Emily Carr College of Art and Design
' Objectives of the Course
This
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course will make available to the student instruction in a
specific visual art medium, not otherwise obtainable at Simon Fraser,
through the facilities of Emily Carr. See attached statement for
262, 263, 264
and 265.
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff ?
Provided by Emily Carr College of
Art and Design
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
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tach course outline).
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Chairman, SCUS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Department Centre for the Arts
Abbreviation Code:
FPA, ?
Course Number: ?
263__- ?
Credit Hour
r:1O
Title of Course: ?
Specialized Studio Techniques II
Calendar Description of Course:
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attached.
Nature of Course Studio
Prerequisites (or special instructions): FPA. 16.0, 161, 162 and permission
of the Department.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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twice a year
Semester
in
which the course will first be offered? 88-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? Faculty of Emily Carr College of Art and Design
3.
Objectives of the Course
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This course will make available to the student instruction in a
specific visual art medium, not otherwise obtainable at Simon Fraser,
through the facilities of Emily Carr. See attached statement for
262, 263, 264 and 265.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff ?
Provided by Emily Carr College of
Art and Design
1. Calendar Information
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:________________________
4i7
Der nt Chairman
Attach
SCUS 73-34b:-
course outline).
(When completing this form,, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
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Arts 78-3
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES ?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department Centre for the Arts
Abbreviation Code: -
FPA. ?
Course Number:
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264
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Credit Hours: ?
3
Vector:
0-0-6
Title of Course:
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Specialized Studio Techniques III
Calendar Description of Course:
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attached.
Nature of Course Studio
Prerequisites (or special instructions): FPA. 160, 161, 162 and permission
of the Department.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none
2.
Scheduling
How frequently, will the course be offered?
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twice a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? 88-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? Faculty of Emily Carr College of Art and Design
.
Objectives of the Course
This course will make available to the student instruction in a
specific visual art medium, not otherwise obtainable at Simon Fraser,
through the facilities of Emily Carr. See attached statement for
262, 263, 264 and 265.
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff ?
Provided by Emily Carr College of
Art and Design
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:_____________
Department Chairman
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Chairman, SCUS
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73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum
SCUS
73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
I. Calendar Information ?
Department Centre for the
Arts
Abbreviation Code:
FPA, ?
Course Number: ?
265 ?
Credit Hours: ?
3 Vector:
Title of Course: ?
Specialized Studio Techniques IV
Calendar Description of Course:
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attached.
Nature of Course Studio
Prerequisites (or special instructions): FPA. 160, 161, 162 and permission
of the Department.
What course (courses), If
any, Is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the
course be offered?
twice a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? 88-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? Faculty of Emily Carr College of Art and Design
3.
Objectives of the Course
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V .
This course will make available to the student instruction in a
specific visual art medium, not otherwise obtainable at Simon Fraser,
through the facilities of Emily Carr. See attached statement for
262, 263, 264 and 265.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff ?
Provided by Emily Carr College of
Art and Design
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:__________
Oepartment Chairman
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
Arts 78-3
Calendar description and statement for new courses FPA. 261, 263, 264, and
265.
Calendar description:
"This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring technical
skills within a specific visual art medium and to increase the students
awareness of the potentials of that medium. This course will be undertaken
through arrangement with the Emily Cart College of Art and Design. Upon
admission to the course, the student will be assigned to a specific painting,
sculpture, photography, or other studio course at Emily Cart, in accordance
with that students competence and interests. Only declared visual art
majors may enrol in this course."
Statement:
These four 3 credit hour courses are the mechanism through which
SFU students will have assigned access to specialized instruction in Emily
Cart studio courses. Some second and third year studios at Emily Carr are
intensive courses, equivalent to 6 SFU credit hours. SFU students will derive
credit for two of these courses in relation to these intensive studios. By
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taking all four courses, a student will be able to complete the entire second
year in one of the Emily Carr studio streams, and be eligible for entry into
advanced studio work. A student with a strong interest in sculpture, for
instance, might take all of the following Emily Cart courses; "Introduction to
3-D," "Intermediate 3-D," "Introduction to Metal Processes," and
"Intermediate Metal Processes. Another student might take a more limited
and diverse selection, such as "Crossover Photography (photography for
non-photography majors) and "Anatomical Drawing.' Other studio streams
and courses in which SFU students might be interested include painting,
photography, silkscreen, computer graphics, and possibly, for specific
creative purposes, some more specialized design studios such as typography
and reprographics.
Each student who declares a major in visual art at the end of the first
year of work at SFU, will be consulted about his or her plans for future work,
and on the basis of these plans will be counselled as to the most appropriate
studios. Students will not be enrolled in interdisciplinary or exploratory
studios at Emily Cart of a kind that might duplicate work in SFU studio
courses. See attached sample course outlines for further information about
possible course content.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Dc artment
Centre for the Arts
Abbreviation Code:
FPA ?
Course Number: 461
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Credit
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Hours:
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Title of Course: Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art
Calendar Description of Course:
This course permits students completing the major to
work in an open and critical studio situation. The studio work is accoiipanied by
a seminar cc
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nponent in which the student's work is related to theoretical issues in
contemporary art-making. Students will be required to present a research paper developed
in connection with their own art practice.
Nature of Course
Studio/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
EPA 460.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
Once a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
89-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? A.
Pamnsden and G. Snider.
3.
Objectives of the Course
This course is the culminating studio /seminar in the visual art major program.
Students will complete the body of work they have developed in the studio sequence
and will relate it critically to contemporary theory and practice.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5.
Approval
Date:
D
,
epartment Chairman
?
Dean ?
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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1. Calendar Information
Arts 78-3
FPA. 460-5
CHANGE OF TITLE AND CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
FROM FPA. 460-5 Studio in Visual Art V
This course permits students completing their program in Visual Art
to work in an open and critical interdisciplinary studio situation.
Students propose an independent program of work in the media of their
choice at the beginning of the semester and develop it in critical
dialogue with the instructor. (Studio)
Prerequisite: FPA. 361 and 367 and written permission of the
Department.
TO FPA. 460-5 Directed Studio in Visual Arts
This course permits students to work in an open studio situation.
Students propose an independent program of work in the media of
their choice at the beginning of the semester and develop it in
critical dialogue with the instructor(s). By arrangement, the
studio work for this course may be undertaken at the Emily Carr
College of Art and Design. (Studio)
• Prerequisite: FPA. 361 and 367 and written permission of the Department.
RATIONALE:
For visual art majors, this course will become the first of a two
semester fourth year studio sequence. It will be taken as a
directed studio under SFU Visual Art faculty, or, for qualified
students, it may be fulfilled through an advanced studio in an
appropriate medium at Emily Carr.
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