AED 530 - Graduate Studio/Seminar

3 credits
Art studio and seminar study in either an individualized or a studio-course format. The student may work in any medium providing that s/he has shown a sufficient portfolio of work indicating promise and/or experience in that medium. The student will develop expertise in aesthetic and studio techniques as well as investigate the practical application of studio concepts within the classroom curriculum. The studio experience includes regualrly scheduled group seminar meetings and critiques at least five times per semester in addition to individualized consultations and critiques with AED 530 faculty. This studio/seminar may be taken for a maximum of 2 times totaling 6 credits. Students will be required to attend and fulfill the studio course as well as the AED 530 group critiques in fulfillment of AED graduate credit.

Students follow one of two formats: (a) An individualized, self-directed proposal of studio and seminar study will be made to the AED 530 instructor of a series of visual work or (b) students wishing to study in a particular studio course other than graduate level studios or AED 530 to gain expertise in a medium may enroll in a combined studio section with the AED 530 Studio, with permission of the MAE Graduate Director and the studio faculty to fulfill the studio requirement. The MAE Graduate Director will have the courses listed at the Registrar after paperwork with appropriate faculty signatures is submitted. For example, students will register under AED 530/Printmaking.

  Not open to BFA students.