College of Mount St. Joseph                   Course # & Section & credit hours  _Art 395 01__    

 

Department of Art                                            Sem.      S1                  Year         11   _

 

 

 Course Name:            Pre-Thesis                                                                  

                       

                                Syllabus

 

Prerequisites:                        Art 304A Sculpture Workshop: Figure; Art 304B Sculpture Workshop: Mixed Media; or

                                    other sculpture experience

 

Instructor:                 Professor Daniel E. Mader

                                    Office:  Art 205A, Ziv Art Building

                                    E:         dan_mader@mail.msj.edu

                                    F:         513 244 4942

                                    W:        http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/maderd

                                    T:         513 244 4317

 

Course Meets:           TBA.

 

Suggested Text:         A. Williams.  The Sculpture Reference: Illustrated. Gulfport: Sculpture Books Publishing, 2005.

 

Reference:

 

            200 Years of American Sculpture, 1976

            A Century of Modern Sculpture, 1987

           A. Williams Sculpture: Technique, Form and Content. Worcester: Davis, 1995.

            C. HallŐs Soft Sculpture, 1981

            C. RubinsteinŐs American Women Sculptors, 1990

            D. ReynoldsŐ Masters of American Sculpture, 1993

            Environmental Art by A.R.E.A. (video)

            J. KoplosŐ Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, 1991

            J. U. KellyŐs The Sculptural Idea, 1974

            Neon (video)

            R. ColemanŐs Sculpture, 3rd Ed., 1990

            W. VerhelstŐs Sculpture:  Tools, Materials, Techniques, 1987

           

Course Description:

 

Individual guidance developing concepts, selecting materials, and exploring techniques to be later used in completing thesis.

 

 

 

MSJ Undergraduate Learning Outcomes and Performance Indicators (LO/PIs)

 

The purpose of the Liberal Arts and Science curriculum at the Mount is to provide you with a broader academic context for your learning in and outside of your major.  It is to further provide you with a learning perspective for a lifetime of study in a diverse and complex world.  By graduation with your Baccalaureate Degree, you will demonstrate your comprehension in the areas below—the areas of your e-portfolio, in which you will archive examples of work.

 

Baccalaureate LOPIs

(Approved by CCEP on 04-03-07 and by Faculty Assembly on 04/10/07)

 

 

Communication

Write and speak effectively

  1. Speak using language appropriate to the audience
  2. Write using language appropriate to the audience
  3. Document sources properly
  4. Construct a message that is relevant to its purpose

 

Critical Thinking

Develop an appropriate response to a problem or question

  1. Describe the ambiguous nature of an issue
  2. Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information
  3. Utilize data to evaluate a problem or question
  4. Support a position with appropriate evidence

 

Sociocultural Relationships

Understand the nature of human cultures

  1. Describe the influence of cultural diversity within a society
  2. Identify bias within a culture
  3. Explain how religious values influence a society
  4. Describe causes of cultural change

 

Ethics

Understand ethical responsibility from the perspective of duty, consequences, or virtue

  1. Define your personal ethical responsibilities
  2. Describe your professional ethical responsibilities
  3. Explain how Catholic teaching emphasizes social justice and social responsibility
  4. Illustrate how values inform your ethical decisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interdisciplinarity

Solve a problem by integrating the perspectives of multiple disciplines

  1. State the views of multiple disciplines on an issue
  2. Compare views from multiple disciplines
  3. Create a solution to a problem by integrating the perspectives of multiple disciplines

 

 

Citizenship

Recognize your responsibility to the community and the world

  1. Define your responsibilities as a citizen of the local community
  2. Define your responsibilities as a citizen of the global community
  3. Describe the relationship between community and world issues
  4. Evaluate your own involvement as a citizen

 

 

First draft distributed to Faculty on 01/30/2007

Revised draft submitted to Faculty on 03/21/07

Revised and approved by CCEP on 04/03/2007

Approved by Faculty Assembly 04/10/07

 

Course Objectives within the framework of MSJ Undergraduate LO/PI:  (At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to):

 

 

1.     Demonstrate the ability to think critically through a semester of concept development, technique exploration, and reference research (Critical Thinking 1 – 4);

2.     Demonstrate the ability to think creatively after using visual problem solving necessary to complete a set of work preliminary to thesis (Communication 1 and 2; Critical Thinking 1 – 4);

3.     Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through exploratory record keeping, image making, and writing of a journal (Communication 1 and 2; Critical Thinking 1 – 4);

4.     Demonstrate the ability to express or respond to aesthetic qualities through completion of the studio goals and objectives, and discussion of the visual influences explored (Citizenship 1 and 4; Communication 1,2, and 4; Critical Thinking 1 – 4);

5.     Demonstrate knowledge of the central belief, practices and heritage of cultures other than their own, and integrate knowledge gained from two or more disciplines through student/instructor discussion (Citizenship 2 and 4; Interdisciplinarity 1 and 2; Sociological Relationships 3).

 

E-Portfolio

 

As part of college assessment process, you must keep an electronic file for each class and/or term with examples of your art/written work.  The visual pieces must be jpeg images taken with a digital camera. You are responsible for taking the images and storing them, until uploading them to your e-portfolio. You are responsible for maintaining your e-portfolio through your senior year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Methodology (Learning Strategies):

 

Discussion, email, jpeg images communication with instructor, and formal/informal consulting with other faculty and students

 

Special

 

From time to time you may be directed to special information for this class at

<  http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/maderd   >.

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Method of Evaluating Achievement of Outcomes:

 

The final grade will be based on the quality and quantity of the work produced.  The earned grade by the student for this course will be the collegeŐs grading system as published:

 

A     Excellent achievement of course objectives

B     High achievement of course objectives

C     Satisfactory achievement of course objectives

D     Minimal achievement of course objectives

F      Failure

 

 

Attendance Policy:

 

The student must stay in regular contact with the instructor, discussing and sharing concepts, images, and changes in the thesis process.  Ordinarily, a contact every two weeks minimum is expected. This is described in the Learning Agreement.

 

Academic Integrity:

 

When we use the information and language of others to enrich our reflection and research papers we must:

 

  1. tell the reader when we are quoting and indicate the source (person, book, article, etc.) of the quotation.
  2. tell the reader when we are paraphrasing and indicate the source (person, book, article, etc.) of that information

 

Quoting or paraphrasing the information and/or language of a course without naming the source is plagiarism.  Plagiarism is unacceptable in an academic institution and is subject to penalty.  Please consult the College Catalogue and the Student Handbook for additional information and policies regarding academic honesty.

 

Information about and/or link to drop dates for current semester :

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Information about and/or a link to policy on incompletes: 

Undergraduate: http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/undergraduate-catalog/academic-policies/grades.aspx    Graduate: http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/graduate-catalog/academic-policies/grades.aspx

Disability policy:

 

Students with documented disabilities are encouraged to speak to course faculty at the beginning of the semester.   In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the College of Mount St. Joseph provides academic adjustments and auxiliary aids for students with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit or restrict one or more of such major life activities as walking, seeing, hearing, or learning. Students with disabilities should contact Susan Brogden, the Director of Academic Support, to present documentation and develop individualized accommodation plans (244-4524/susan_brogden@mail.msj.edu, The Learning Center, Room 156 Seton). Additional information can be found at http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/disability-services.aspx

 

 

 

 

Suggested Materials to be Explored:  Students will explore many materials which interest them.  The range of acceptable materials is limited only by student interest/competency.

 

Potential Techniques to be Developed:  This selection is directly related to the selected material and the student craft and technical competency

 

NOTE:  Students are expected to perform appropriate to their level of experience. 

 

 

TENTATIVE SESSION PLAN:

 

Week 1     Plan for the semester; Learning Agreement complete

Week 3     Check-in

Week 5     Check-in

Week 7     Journal Due

Week 9     Check-in

Week 11   Check-in

Week 13   Check-in

Week 15   Discussion/Evaluation of thesis

 

 

PROBLEM FORMAT:

 

           

1.     Research, and thumbnail sketches and models are shared with Instructor.  They are examined and refined for execution

2.     Work plan is established.

3.     Purchase plan for material is established.

4.     Meeting plans with instructor are established

5.     Benchmark dates are set for journal, project completion, discussion, and evaluation.

 

 

        ** Late projects are not accepted! No post facto (after the fact) excuses are accepted.

 

 

 

 

REQUIREMENTS:

 

1.              No power tool may be used without signed waiver and student "checked-out" by instructor.

 

2.              Projects:  Must be worked on, and critiqued in studio as appropriate.  They should reflect outside studio time week to week.

 

3.              Completion of course necessitates the successful finishing of projects begun, no later than the final critique.  Intermediate critiques should reflect appropriate progress.

 

4.              Outside studio time:  academic policy holds that the student may expect up to 2 hrs. outside work for every credit hr. taken per week.  You are expected to spend 9 hours/week on sculpture reading, research travel/purchase of materials, and actual studio work.  For the 15 weeks of the semester, this equals 130 hours to qualify you for a minimal grade of "C".  A log sheet is provided for you to record time.  These tallied sheets will be examined on the discussion/evaluation day.

 

5.              Journal:  You are to keep a journal containing your reflections about the execution of your sculpture.  Journal entries should include, but are not limited to: research, concepts, planning, details and images.

 

6.              Photographs:  As part of your evaluation, you are to bring 4-6 black and white hard copy 8 x 10 inch photographs of your pieces that present them effectively using dramatic lighting.  These are due on that day and will not be accepted at any other time.

 

                       

MATERIALS:

 

            There is no fee for this course, unless the instructor makes purchases of materials for the student.