Total credits required for a Critical Studies concentration: 15.0
To successfully complete the Critical Studies concentration, studies must 15.0 credits in one of the three categories: History, Theory, or Criticism/Practice.
The following reflects the requirements for students entering in the 2019-20 academic year.
HISTORY |
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| COURSE TITLE |
COURSE # |
CREDITS |
| Complete 15.0 credits from the following courses: |
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| History of Photography | AH 332 | 3.0 |
| Baroque Art in Italy | AH 336 | 3.0 |
| Islamic Art & Architecture | AH 340 | 3.0 |
| History of Graphic Design | AH 341 | 3.0 |
| Art History and Its Methods | 345-TH | 3.0 |
| Medieval Art & Architecture | AH 348 | 3.0 |
| History of Modern Design | AH 358 | 3.0 |
| History of Africana Art | AH 360 | 3.0 |
| Problems in Contemporary Art | AH 370 | 3.0 |
| History of Film | AH 390 | 3.0 |
| Twentieth Century Latin American Art | AH 403 | 3.0 |
| Aspects of Contemporary Art | AH 412 | 3.0 |
| Modern/Contemporary Chinese Art | AH 419 | 3.0 |
| The Artist's Studio: Renaissance - Today | AH 424 | 3.0 |
| Race, Space and Place | AH 453 | 3.0 |
| Gods, Graves, and Scholars | AH 458 | 3.0 |
| Seeing After Freedom | AH 462 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Asia thru Postcolonial | AH 464 | 3.0 |
| Visual Culture of 9/11 | AH 467 | 3.0 |
| Women in the History of Art | AH 472 | 3.0 |
| Making Medieval Books | AH 5430 | 3.0 |
| Postwar Italian Cinema | AH 5545 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Survey of Contemporary Art, Design, and Theory | AH 5582 | 3.0 |
| Using Critical Theory | CRT 5500 | 3.0 |
| Crisis Century I | CRT 5524 | 3.0 |
| Crisis Century II | CRT 5525 | 3.0 |
| Reading Literature for Artistic Inspiration | CRT 5580 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Colloquium | CRST 5650 | 3.0 |
| Critical Seminar I | ILP 5500 | 3.0 |
| Critical Seminar II | ILP 5550 | 3.0 |
| Trans/Feminism | LIT 330-TH | 3.0 |
| Masculinity | LIT 361-TH | 3.0 |
| Queer Literature and Theory | LIT 368-TH | 3.0 |
| Environmental Literature | LIT 442 | 3.0 |
| Stories and Images from Latin America | LIT 485 | 3.0 |
| Gender in Film | MCLT 412 | 3.0 |
| Religion and American Consumerism | RELG 369-TH | 3.0 |
THEORY |
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| COURSE TITLE | COURSE # | CREDITS |
| Complete 15.0 credits from the following courses: | ||
| Contemporary Architectural Criticism | AH 379-TH | 3.0 |
| Race, Space and Place | AH 453 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Asia through Postcolonialism | AH 464 | 3.0 |
| Design Theory and Practice | CRT 5402 | 3.0 |
| Using Critical Theory | CRT 5500 | 3.0 |
| Aesthetics & Critical Theory 1 | CRST 5504 | 3.0 |
| Aesthetics & Critical Theory 2 | CRST 5550 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Colloquium | CRST 5650 | 3.0 |
| Critical Race Theory | HMST 315-TH | 3.0 |
| Queer Literature and Theory | LIT 368-TH | 3.0 |
| Media Ethics | MCLT 317-TH | 3.0 |
| Performance Studies and Cyber Theory | MCLT 388-TH | 3.0 |
| Avant-Garde Film | MCLT 415 | 3.0 |
| Infinity and the Sublime | PHIL 352-TH | 3.0 |
| Bioethics | PHIL 353-TH | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Political Philosophy | PHIL 371-TH | 3.0 |
| Animal Magic | PHIL 385 | 3.0 |
| Activism and Social Theory | SSCI 345-TH | 3.0 |
CRITICISM/PRACTICE |
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| COURSE TITLE | COURSE # | CREDITS |
| Complete 15.0 credits of the following courses: | ||
| Archive/Museum/Gallery | AH 395 | 3.0 |
| Exhibition Development Seminar | AH 405 | 3.0 |
| Intermediate Poetry Workshop | CWRT 326 | 3.0 |
| Writing the Short Film | CWRT 347 | 3.0 |
| Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop | CWRT 365 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Creative Writing: Literary Fiction | CWRT 403 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Creative Writing: Writing History | CWRT 468 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Writing: Curating Ideas | CWRT 5017 | 3.0 |
| Reading and Writing Graphic Narratives | CWRT 5410 | 3.0 |
| Creative Writing for Illustrators | CWRT 5510 | 3.0 |
| Talk About Art, Design and Media | CWRT 5513 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Screenwriting | CWRT 5522 | 3.0 |
| Finding Words: The Artist Statement | CWRT 5559 | 3.0 |
| Design/Writing/Research | CRT 5574 | 3.0 |
| Thesis Writing | CRT 5619 | 3.0 |
| Intercultural Practices | CP 5800 | 3.0 |
| Graduate Seminar in Curatorial Practice | CP 6100 | 3.0 |
| Critical Seminar II | ILP 5550 | 3.0 |
| Publishing Culture | HMST 5600 | 3.0 |
| Philosophy and Pedagogy | ED 5533 | 3.0 |