Syllabus, Spring 2011

Thesis I: Independent Investigations
EMS-590-02 / ARTH-590-02 / US-590-02

Thursdays, 4:15-7 LH 3

Instructor: Dale Carrico

Contact: dcarrico@sfai.edu

Blog: http://thesespieces.blogspot.com

Course Description:

This course marks the last stage in the fulfillment of the degree requirements for an MA in Exhibition and Museum Studies, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, and Urban Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. Students will participate in a host of writing and peer review workshops as well as intensive consultations with the instructor. The various assignments and their due dates are designed to shepherd you through the optimal timeline for completion of the sequence of requirements for your degree this term.

Provisional Schedule of Meetings

Week One -- January 20
Introductions

Reconnect with your Committees, incorporate feedback concerning 30pp. drafts completed by the end of last term.

Week Two -- January 27
Individual Meetings

Week Three -- February 3
Individual Meetings Continued

Week Four -- February 10
Peer Review of Latest Drafts

Week Five -- February 17
Peer Review of Latest Drafts

Final reviews should be scheduled by this point.

Week Six -- February 24
Optional Open Meetings -- problems in the final phase.

Week Seven -- March 3
Peer Review: Conclusions, Revisions

Week Eight -- March 10
Peer Review: Conclusions, Revisions

Week Nine -- March 17
Spring Break -- no class meeting.

Week Ten -- March 24
Individual Meetings (Finishing up, turning to Symposium)

Week Eleven -- March 31
Individual Meetings (Finishing up, turning to Symposium)

Week Twelve -- April 7
Filing Date is APRIL 8. Scheduling open office hours as desired.

Week Thirteen -- April 14
MFA Reviews -- no class. Possibly open hours will be available off-campus, depending on interest level.

Week Fourteen -- April 21
Presentations of Symposium Drafts

Week Fifteen -- April 28
Presentations of Symposium Drafts

Dress Rehearsal for Symposium to be scheduled some time around about here.

Tuesday, May 3: Symposium

Course Objectives:

One. Revise thesis 30 pp. draft in peer workshop and consultation with thesis instructor drafts to accommodate critiques by Committee Members.
Two. Schedule and complete final thesis Committee Review.
Three. Complete and submit thesis by April 8.
Four. Prepare and practice a fifteen minute talk presenting material from the thesis to be delivered May 3 at MA Thesis Symposium event.