College of Liberal & Creative Arts  {SF State Bulletin 2012 - 2013}

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College of Liberal & Creative Arts

 

College Administrative Offices

Title Officer Office Telephone
Dean of the College Paul Sherwin HUM 484 338-1541
Associate Dean Susan Shimanoff HUM 484 338-1541
Associate Dean Todd Roehrman CA 251 405-4281
College Graduate Coordinator Susan Shimanoff HUM 484 338-1109

 

College Directory

Department/Program Chair/Director Office Telephone
American Studies Christina Ruotolo HUM 336 338-3127
Anthropology Peter Biella SCI 377 338-2046
Classics David Leitão HUM 377 338-2068
Communication Studies Joseph Tuman HUM 282 338-1597
Comparative and World Literature David Leitão HUM 377 338-2068
Creative Writing Maxine Chernoff HUM 380 338-1891
English Language and Literature Beverly Voloshin HUM 289 338-2264
Foreign Languages and Literatures Paola Cortes-Rocca HUM 475 338-1421
History Barbara Loomis SCI 276 338-1604
Humanities Saul Steier HUM 410 338-1830
International Relations Sanjoy Banerjee HSS 336 338-2654
Jewish Studies Fred Astren HUM 415 338-6075
Journalism Venise Wagner HUM 305 338-1689
Liberal Studies Cristina Ruotolo BH 238 338-6927
Museum Studies Edward Luby HUM 515 338-3163
Philosophy Anita Silvers HUM 388 338-1596
Political Science James Martel HSS 263 338-6212
Religious Studies Michael Sudduth HUM 388 338-1596
Technical and Professional Writing Susan Shiminoff (Interim) HUM 484 338-1541
Women and Gender Studies Jillian Sandell HUM 315 338-3065
Center/Institute Coordinator Office Telephone
American Language Institute Katharine Sherak HUM 101 338-1438
Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism Cristina Azocar HUM 307 338-7434
Center for Modern Greek Studies Martha Klironomos HUM 542 338-1074
Community Involvement Center Steven Cochrane HUM 136 338-1486
English Tutoring Center James Boyd HUM 291 338-1821
Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives Steve Dickison HUM 511 338-3401

School of the Arts

Department/Program Chair/Director Office Telephone
Art Gail Dawson FA 265 338-2176
Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Scott Patterson CA 133 338-1787
Cinema Daniel Bernardi FA 245 338-7612
Design and Industry Jane Veeder FA 317 338-1547
Music and Dance Dee Spencer CA 259 338-1566
Theatre Arts Lawrence Eilenberg FA 431 338-1884

 

College of Liberal & Creative Arts

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts offers undergraduate degrees in the following disciplines:

 

Bachelor of Arts

American Studies 03131

Anthropology 22021

Chinese 11071

Classics 15041

Communication Studies 06011

Comparative Literature 15031

English 15011

Concentrations in:

  • Creative Writing 15071
  • English Education 15011
  • Literature 15021
  • Linguistics 15051
  • Individual Major 15011

French 11021

German 11031

History 22051

Concentration in Honors Program

Humanities 15991

International Relations 22101

Italian 11041

Japanese 11081

Journalism 06021

Concentrations in:

  • Photojournalism
  • Print and Online Journalism

Liberal Studies 49012

Modern Jewish Studies 15102

Philosophy 15091

Philosophy and Religion 15992

Political Science 22071

Spanish 11051

Technical and Professional Writing 15997

Women and Gender Studies 22990

 

Undergraduate Certificates

Conflict Resolution

Technical and Professional Writing

 

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts offers the following graduate degrees:

 

Master of Arts

Anthropology 22021

Chinese 11071

Classics 15041

Communication Studies 06011

Comparative Literature 15031

English

Concentrations in:

  • Composition 15013
  • Creative Writing 15071
  • Linguistics 15051
  • Literature 15021
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 15081

French 11021

German 11031

History 22051

Humanities 15991

International Relations 22101

Italian 11041

Japanese 11081

Museum Studies 49036

Philosophy 15091

Political Science 22071

Spanish 11051

Women and Gender Studies 22990

 

Master of Fine Arts

Creative Writing 15071

 

Graduate Certificates

Immigrant Literacies (English Department)

Jewish Community Studies (Jewish Studies Program)

Teaching of Composition (English Department)

Teaching Post-secondary Reading (English Department)

 

The School of the Arts

Undergraduate majors and minors provide a broad introduction to the various media arts, performing arts and visual arts. Graduate programs stress a greater development of individual direction and focus, leading to significant professional-level creative and/or scholarly works.

 

Undergraduate Studies

The School of the Arts offers the following undergraduate degrees:

 

Bachelor of Arts

Art 10021

Concentrations in:

  • Art Education
  • Art History
  • Studio Art
  • Art History and Studio Art

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts 06051

Cinema 10101

Dance 10081

Drama 10071

Industrial Arts 08393

Music 10051

 

Bachelor of Music 10041

 

Bachelor of Science

Industrial Design 08391

Concentrations in:

  • Product Design and Development
  • Industrial Technology

Visual Communication Design 06012

 

The School of the Arts offers the following graduate degrees:

 

Master of Arts

Art 10021

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts 06051

Cinema Studies 10101

Drama 10071

Industrial Arts 08393

Music 10051

 

Master of Fine Arts

Art 10022

Cinema 10102

Theatre Arts

Concentration in Design/Technical Production 10072

 

Master of Music 10041

 

Mission/Goals

The liberal and creative arts explore the identities, ethics, aspirations, arguments, and imaginations of individuals and societies through myth, literature, language, philosophy, religion, public and private discourse, cultural artifacts, and the symbolic systems by which ideas and feelings are communicated. Disciplines in the humanities ask and address fundamental questions of existence, value, aesthetics, and expression. What is an ethical human being? How can we balance individual freedom and civic responsibility? How do different cultures define beauty, morality, truth, and other concepts? How do human beings use language and other symbolic forms to communicate and celebrate thoughts, emotions, endeavors? The humanities are dedicated to exploring multiple answers to these questions, to engaging the imagination and creativity, to increasing civic and global responsibility, to cultivating moral action, and to equipping people with the communication skills needed to express the best of what it means to be human. Today's life is complex, constantly challenging. The times need women and men who can think, reason, and communicate clearly; who understand moral and ethical distinctions; and who have a sense of both the continuity and the changing values of the human community.

 

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts consists of the departments of Classics, Communication Studies, Comparative and World Literature, Creative Writing, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Humanities, Journalism, Philosophy, and Women and Gender Studies; and individual programs in Ethical Issues in Science and Technology, Jewish Studies, Museum Studies, Religious Studies, and Technical and Professional Writing. It jointly offers the American Studies program, Global Peace Studies, and a Certificate in Conflict Resolution with the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. The college also houses a number of special centers, institutes, facilities, and The School of the Arts.

 

As the student examines this Bulletin, s/he will discover that a number of courses not only relate to one another but also cut across departmental lines. S/he can choose a major within one department; or by inquiring in the Advising Center, s/he can devise an individual cross-disciplinary program of study based on individual special interests.

 

Pre-law Program

No specific major is required for admission to a school of law. A usual requirement for admission is that the student must have been granted a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Some law schools, however, have alternative plans. The student should consult the catalogs of the schools of law to which he/she expects to apply for admission. Since law schools generally expect their students to have a broad foundation in the humanities and social sciences, selection of a major in these areas is recommended. The College of Liberal & Creative Arts provides an advising service for pre-legal students majoring in one of the humanities; please contact Professor Larry Medcalf, Communications Studies Department; Professor Joe Tuman, Communications Studies Department; Assistant Professor Carlos Montemayor, Philosophy Department; or Professor M. Shelley Wilcox, Philosophy Department. Pre-law students may pursue the Philosophy and Law emphasis in the Philosophy Department or upon advisement construct an individual interdisciplinary pre-law major in the humanities. The Department of Political Science provides a similar advising service for students majoring in one of the behavioral and social sciences. Pre-law students not majoring in either of these colleges may consult either advising service.

 

Pre-teaching Programs

Many students decide at some point during their undergraduate major that they would like to consider teaching in the public schools. In most cases, the requirements for the major must be adjusted to accommodate an Approved Single Subject Matter Preparation Program, those courses in a single subject that are required for entrance into teaching credential programs at this and other universities. A list of the courses required for teacher preparation in various subjects is available in department offices, as well as in the Credential Bulletin published by the Graduate College of Education. Students who are considering teaching as a career are urged to contact the department's credential adviser early in their planning, in order to identify the specific courses that satisfy requirements for both the major and the Subject Matter Preparation Program, and to arrange for assessment of subject matter competency. The credential adviser will also inform them about other pre-teaching requirements that they may wish to fulfill before graduation.

 

The School of the Arts

Resources and Facilities

The school occupies two buildings devoted to creative arts purposes. Many of the spaces in these buildings are of special design to meet the needs of the college's programs. There are five performing arts auditoria, including McKenna Theatre (seats 701, with proscenium stage, orchestra pit, fly system and 35mm projection and video system), Knuth Hall (seats 322), Little Theatre (seats 253), Studio Theatre (seats 78, with thrust stage), and the Brown Bag Theatre (seats 55, black box design). The film and video Coppola Theatre seats 146.

 

The Art programs include the 3,200 sq. ft Art Gallery with rear projection screen and curatorial rooms and the new Martin Wong Gallery. The department houses a slide library of over 100,000 slides and a printmaking archive of 500 works.

 

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts programs have access to cable radio KSFS, San Francisco cable TV Channel 27, three TV studios, a radio studio, a sound recording studio and digital video editing and interactive media laboratories.

 

Cinema programs feature a shooting stage, four sound studios, animation studio, twenty-five editing rooms, multimedia production areas, and a media study center.

 

Design and Industry facilities include digital laboratories for graphic design, interactive media, CAD, 3-D surface and solid-modeling computer graphics, and computer-aided manufacturing/rapid-prototyping.

 

Music and Dance has dedicated large and small ensemble rehearsal spaces, three piano laboratories, a large number of practice rooms, an electronic music laboratory, and a dance studio with projection booth and foldout seating.

 

The Theatre department, in addition to four theatres, includes a scene and paint shop, costume shop, properties shop, lighting laboratory, and sound design laboratory.

 

The school supervises the computer laboratory used by classes throughout the school.

 

For information on the School of the Arts productions, exhibits, and symposia, refer to the Performing, Visual, and Media Arts section of this Bulletin or go to http://creativearts.sfsu.edu.

 

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