655 History and Theory of Interior Design II: Modern Tradition
670 Thesis Studio
Lecture Credits: 4, Prerequisites: 645
The thesis is a culminating interior design project requiring a comprehensive solution to a stated design problem of the student’s choice. This capstone experience involves advanced exploration of pertinent theoretical issues and is based on systematic research and analysis.
This seminar analyzes the modernist and avant-garde traditions in architecture and interior design. Emphasis is on the critical reading and in-class discussion of the major writings on modern design theory and criticism from the Gothic Revival and the Arts and Crafts to Free-Form Modernism. Students will develop research topics into a final paper dealing with the relationship between modern theory and practice.
656 Sociology of the Contemporary Environment Lecture Credits: 3, No prerequisites
This seminar explores the relationship of contemporary interior and architectural design and their subtle sociological and psychological effects on the general public. The changing environment is examined in relation to the resulting innate human response as it weighs the influences of technology, communication, workplace, and megastructures against the collective psyche.
660 Directed Thesis Research Studio Credits: 3, Prerequisites: 650
In consultation with faculty, students select challenging subjects that relate to issues in the world of design today. Each student conducts systematic research and analyzes ideas that become the foundation for the thesis (670).
665 History and Theory of Aesthetics
Studio Credits: 8, Prerequisites: 660
680 Independent Study Studio Credits: 2, Prerequisites: 506 or 650
This course option allows the experienced student with a 3.5 GPA or better and 30 completed credits to create an individual program of study with a faculty member. Students are required to present an outline of their intended study to the program director and OAA for approval prior to registration.
690 Advanced Internship Variable Credits: 2 or 3, Prerequisites: 618
This course offers elective academic credit for college-monitored work experience, and is open to students matriculated in the third year of the MFA-1 and the first year of the MFA-2 degree programs and who have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. It is designed to build on skills already learned in the classroom and to acquire new ones. Students have the opportunity to integrate theory and practice and, in doing so, gain professional experience. An internship for 3 credits consists of 240 hours of contact time at the job placement site. An internship for 2 credits consists of 160 hours of contact time at the job placement site. Grading is Pass/Fail only.
Lecture Credits: 3, No prerequisites
This seminar focuses on the history and theory of Aesthetics from the late 17th century writings of Claude Perrault to the Surrealist Manifestos of the 20th century. Writers covered include the Germans Baumgarten, Kant and Hegel; the French theorists Laugier, Boullée, and Breton; the English authors Hogarth, Wordsworth, Burke, Price, and Ruskin. Emphasis is on an analysis of major aesthetic categories (the Beautiful, the Sublime, the Picturesque, the Exotic, the Surreal) and their relationship to actual works of art and design, past and present.
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