27.1.1GRADUATE FACULTY
Gold/Smith, Susan; B.A., M.A. (Wayne State)—1970.
Baxter, Iain; R.C.A., B.Sc., M.Ed. (Idaho), M.F.A. (Washington State) - 1988.
DeAngelis, Joseph R.; B.F.A. (Rhode Island School of Design), M.F.A. (Syracuse)—1969.
Dingler, Daniel W.; B.F.A. (Layton School of Art), M.F.A. (Cranbrook Academy of Art)—1971.
Bélanger, Sylvie; Bacc. Spec. (Montreal), Ed. Cert. (Quebec), B.F.A. (Concordia), M.F.A. (York)—1989.
The program provides two years of advanced training for creative development in the student's chosen field of specialization. This would include the refinement of technical and manipulative skills, but with special concern for the interrelationship between technique and creative statement. Fields of specialization within the M.F.A. program are Painting/Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Multi-Media.
Students with a B.F.A. degree from the University of Windsor are encouraged to seek their Master's degree elsewhere.
In addition to the requirements set forth in 1.3 and 1.6.1 for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, applicants for admission to the Master of Fine Arts program must satisfy the following particular requirements:
(a) have an honours B.A. with a major in Visual Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from an approved college or university; an applicant with a general B.A. with a major in Visual Arts may be admitted with the stipulation that deficiencies will be made up;
(b) present twenty slides of recent work for evaluation by the departmental graduate acceptance committee;
(c) have attained at least a B standing in undergraduate art courses;
(d) have six courses in art history;
(e) present transcripts of all university- and/or college-level work to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research;
(f) present three letters of recommendation.
2) An applicant who has graduated from a recognized professional institution may be required to apply for entry into a special program prerequisite to admission into the M.F.A. program.
3) Students who are deficient in any of these requirements may be asked to register in appropriate undergraduate courses in order to satisfy the requirements.
4) Applications for admission to the Master of Fine Arts program should be complete by February 15 for Fall admission; applications reaching the Office of Graduate Studies after that date may not be considered.
1) Ten to twelve courses are required including Thesis (27-797):
(a) four courses in a studio area of concentration;
(b) two to four additional courses which may be taken within or outside the School of Visual Arts;
(c) one seminar on contemporary issues (28-660);
(d) one Art History Seminar (28-656) or Directed Individual Studies course (28-600);
(e) Graduate Seminar (27-596);
(f) In the second term of their first year, students must participate in a first year M.F.A. group exhibition. This exhibition will be evaluated by faculty members to determine the advisability of a student continuing in the program.
2) Thesis: The thesis will consist of an exhibition of a body of original creative works within the candidate's field of concentration. The thesis will be planned with, and executed under the direction of the candidate's principal faculty advisor. This final exhibition should be regarded as the equivalent of the scholarly thesis of an academic discipline.
3) Committees:
(a) Guidance Committee: Each student will choose a guidance committee, approved by the School's Graduate Program Committee, at the beginning of the second term of his or her Master's program. This committee will meet with the student periodically throughout the time required to complete the M.F.A. program and to assess his/her work and progress through the program.
(b) Thesis Defence Committee: This committee will assess the student's thesis exhibition, conduct the oral examination, decide if the M.F.A. degree should be awarded and determine the thesis grade. The thesis committee will be constituted as follows: a member of the graduate faculty appointed by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research serving as a non-voting chair, the student's principal advisor and two additional faculty members, one of whom will not have been a member of the student's guidance committee. In addition a professional artist or artist-educator not from the University of Windsor or the Windsor area will be chosen as an external member of the committee. The student will choose the last three members of this committee with the approval of the School's Graduate Program Committee and subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.
4) Examination and Thesis Requirements:
(a) a solo exhibition of the completed creative thesis acceptable to the student's thesis committee;
(b) a written and photographic documentation of the thesis to be retained by the School of Visual Arts;
(c) a formal oral defense of the thesis before the student's thesis committee.
5) Residence Requirements: The M.F.A. program will require a minimum of two academic years (four terms).
Transfer credits will be evaluated and may be accepted.
Work on an M.F.A degree should ordinarily be completed within three consecutive years after a student's enrolment.
All graduate studio courses are directed individual studies courses. Projects will be planned and carried out in conjunction with a faculty supervisor.
Directed individual studio projects for sculpture majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for sculpture majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for sculpture majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for sculpture majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for painting/drawing majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for painting/drawing majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for painting/drawing majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for painting/drawing majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for printmaking majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for printmaking majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for printmaking majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for printmaking majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for multi-media majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for multi-media majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for multi-media majors only.
Directed individual studio projects for multi-media majors only.
Introduction to course preparation and studio teaching practices.
Continuation of 27-580, with emphasis on studio teaching experience. (Prerequisite: 27-580 and approval of the Director of the School.)
The Graduate Seminar will meet weekly each term and will provide a forum for peer critiques and critical discussion of students' work and the issues arising from that discussion. The Seminar will also be the venue for developing the written statement required for presentation to the student's thesis defence committee and as part of the oral examination. It must be taken in each term. A grade will be assigned only at the completion of the final term.
Directed individual studio work outside the student's major. (May be repeated for credit.)
The specific topics in the Directed Individual Studies in art history and the Art History Seminar will vary from year to year, depending upon the interests and needs of professors and students. All courses are three hours a week unless otherwise indicated.
This course involves examination of a particular problem in a specific area of interest in which a paper will be required. (May be repeated for credit with permission of the School.)
A proseminar course based on group encounters with particular studies in the history of art, which will be considered by means of readings, discussions, papers and museum trips. (May be repeated for credit with permission of the School.)
Current issues in art criticism and theory will be considered through reading, discussions, museum trips, guest lectures and research papers culminating in a seminar presentation by individual students on specific issues.