Vcu arts program

Once submitted, application materials become the confidential property of VCUQatar. Applicants applying for transfer credit from a postsecondary institution must submit official transcripts of all institutions of higher education attended, as well as course descriptions, and a foreign credential evaluation by World Education Services. Test scores must be sent electronically by the testing center to VCUQatar. Additionally, students must submit a copy of their Student Test Score report.

Test scores may not be more than two years older than the date received at VCUQatar. All incoming students are required to take the mathematics placement test. Applicants whose grades do not qualify them for admission are recommended to the academic bridge program of the Qatar Foundation. Dual enrollment status is limited and highly competitive. Academically strong applicants who show promise of artistic talent may be admitted to the first-year incubator program, the pre-Art Foundation Program, at VCUQatar.

Upon successful completion of the Art Foundation Program, students move in to their major field of study. In addition to the courses in the major field of study, students at VCUQatar complete core course work within the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program, which provides academic breadth and depth through courses that promote comprehensive intellectual, cultural and social development.

Students who are academically strong and who are interested in enhanced learning and added intellectual stimulation may apply to become part of the VCUQatar Honors Program. VCUQatar students are required to complete internship course work for which university credit is offered.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts is an approved teacher preparation program that complies with state and national professional standards. The curriculum is further guided by the professional standards of the National Art Education Association. Graduates of the program are eligible for teacher licensure in pre-kindergarten through grade Most art education students enter the teaching profession and teach art in either elementary, middle or high school.

Others pursue further education to work as art consultants, art therapists, arts administrators, museum personnel, college instructors, and in other art-related business positions. Completion of the Art Foundation Program is a prerequisite for entry into all fine art and design departments. Students are required to submit their application and required portfolio here.

Typical application deadlines are November 1 for spring applicants and April 1 for fall applicants. Arts, concentration in art education. Home Search maps Transfer Maps.

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Foreign language requirements. The chairperson will review students designated with cautionary status each semester to determine continuation in the program. Students will be notified if they are placed on cautionary status. Synesthesia: Exploring Process Across Disciplines. Semester course; 4 studio hours. Enrollment is restricted to students in the School of the Arts and English majors or with permission of the instructor.

Intended for those with an active creative practice in visual, performing or literary arts, this course will investigate and reveal commonalities in the creative process for choreographers, visual artists and writers.

Ideas to be explored include the ways in which creative work embodies its own essence and meaning as well as the ways in which that essence and meaning are experienced by creators and viewers. Students will be exposed to a wide range of thinking on the creative process through readings, films and lectures. Students will engage in cognitive and embodied exercises across disciplines and complete creative assignments that bridge disciplines.

Students will workshop their creative endeavors together. Prerequisites: junior standing in the School of the Arts and permission of department chair. A practicum that provides students with valuable hands-on experience. Internship details are to be worked out and agreed upon by supervising professor, department chair and internship employer. A grade of PR will be assigned for an internship that extends past the grading period. Prerequisite: approval of the instructor.

Topical course offering a variety of subjects that are not offered as a part of the standard curriculum of any individual department within the School of the Arts. Semester course; studio hours. A studio on a selected issue, topic or skill in the fields of fine art and design.

Semester course; 6 studio and 2 lecture hours. Offered to Pre-Art Foundation designees only. A beginning studio course emphasizing the fundamental issues of art and design, such as meaning, context, content and parameters, structure, materials, means of construction, form, space, and light. As the primary studio offering in the Pre-Art Foundation year, this course stresses the development of values that will become a basis for students' actions as professional artists and designers. Introduces students to the values, habits, traditions and expectations of studio culture.

Addresses the processes and methods involved in the identification, development and realization of ideas and concepts. A beginning drawing course offering intense exposure to the basic skills of figure and perspective drawing. Traditional drawing media, the fundamentals of anatomy and the fundamentals of linear perspective are covered. Short course; variable hours. May not be repeated. Prerequisites: permission of the program director and instructor. A seminar or studio on a selected issue, topic or skill in the field of foundation studies.

VCU Bulletin Edition. Search Bulletin Search. Jody Symula Program lead arts. Learning outcomes Upon completing this program, students will know and know how to do the following: Students will acquire and apply knowledge of fundamental art and design techniques, concepts and approaches within their studio work. Students will be introduced to contemporary art and design concepts and begin to apply them in their studio work.