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College of Humanities and Fine Arts College of Humanities and Fine Arts 204 South College Contact: Anthony Terrizzi Office: Arts & Sciences Advising Center E-24 Machmer Hall Phone: 545-2192 E-Mail: [email protected] http//www.umass.edu/artsci_advising Dean: Lee R. Edwards. Associate Dean: Harlan Sturm. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Ad- vising: Anthony Terrizzi. All departments in the College offer programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts. There are also programs leading to the Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), and to the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Studio Art, Design, and Dance. Students have great freedom in choosing a program of study and a major. However, a student may be admitted to the Art and Design majors through portfolio acceptance only, and to the Dance and Music majors only by audi- tion. The B.F.A. and B.Mus. programs require sequences of courses which can extend over seven or eight semesters. Likewise, the lan- guage majors require pre-major preparation which may take several semesters before com- mencing the major. Students who do not con- sider this in their course selection during their first year may have to use summer sessions or extra semesters to accommodate these se- quences. The Field The humanities focus on human creativity, endeavor, and culture. The imaginative and creative arts—literary and performing—derive from life, and teach about human behavior and constructs of social reality. The history of so- cial, political, and economic systems illumi- nates and shapes our present and future lives. Students in the College are expected to broaden their perspectives on individual and cultural expression within their own and other societ- ies, to understand the development and evolu- tion of the discipline of study in relation to the culture from which it emanates, and to learn the methods by which knowledge in the discipline is gained. Academic Advising Services All students in the College are encouraged to meet regularly with an academic adviser. Fac- ulty and staff advisers are available to assist 41 College of Humanities & Fine Arts students with questions or concerns they have ments of the major. These requirements do not Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Span- as they progress through their academic ca- apply to the Bachelor of Music, or to the Bach- ish. Students who have not yet completed the reers. This includes advice on course selection; elor of Fine Arts. Foreign Language requirement may not apply departmental, College and University require- their Pass/Fail option to foreign language ments; career guidance; assistance with aca- Arts and Sciences courses outside the Col- courses numbered below 240. demic problems; and referral information about lege: Students must complete two courses in other services. the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Students who are certified by the Disability Each department in the College has a chief and/or the College of Natural Sciences and Services Office as having a significant hearing undergraduate adviser who facilitates advising Mathematics. These two courses may carry a impairment that is seriously limiting to the to students concerning the major. Advising General Education designation, but must be auditory reception of language may fulfill the regarding College requirements, general aca- completed in addition to all courses applied to Foreign Language requirement either by dem- demic advising, and information concerning General Education requirements. The courses onstrating proficiency in American Sign Lan- other academic matters (e.g., repeat options, may not be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Stu- guage at the intermediate level, or by complet- repeat course substitutions, late course adds, dents may not apply to this requirement any ing two semesters (6 cr.) of foreign language, late course drops, academic discipline) and practicum, independent study, thesis, or intern- plus two courses (6 cr.) taught in English on the programs within the College are handled ship course, or any course below the 100 level. history, culture, or literature of non-English through the Arts and Sciences Advising Cen- Students may petition the undergraduate dean speaking countries or regions. These courses ter, in E-24 Machmer Hall. This office also to apply certain experimental, seminar and spe- must be in addition to courses used to fulfill the houses the College Records Office. cial topics courses (courses with numbers end- General Education requirements, and may not ing in 90, 91-95, or 97). be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. A list of courses that may be used in this manner is available Foreign Language: All students must demon- from the Arts and Sciences Advising Office. Career Opportunities strate proficiency in a foreign language at the intermediate level, by one of the following Students with a documented learning disabil- Humanities majors acquire a broad liberal arts methods: ity may submit a request for a foreign language background and communication skills, which a. Completion of a foreign language course at modification to the Foreign Language Com- are an excellent foundation for many fields of the fourth semester level (Intermediate II or mittee of Learning Disabilities Support Ser- employment and graduate study. Graduates of Intermediate Intensive courses numbered 240- vices (LDSS). For more detailed information the College have gone on to careers in teaching, 249). Intermediate II courses may be graded on about the petition process and required docu- journalism, social and community work, medi- a Pass/Fail basis. mentation, students should contact LDSS, tel. cine, law, technology, management, interna- b. Degree credit equivalent to such a course 545-4602. tional relations, television and radio broadcast- earned through an appropriate score on a Col- ing, corporate and technical communications, lege Board Foreign Language Test or a College and public relations. Graduates of the fine arts Board Advanced Placement Test. programs have also been successful visual and c. Proficiency demonstrated in a test designed performing artists. by a University of Massachusetts language Career and Field Experience Advising department, or a test administered and vali- Students are encouraged to explore the world dated by a local faculty member if the language beyond the University as early as possible in is not one offered by a department at the Uni- their education. The humanities majors are versity. flexible enough to accommodate international d. Satisfactory completion in high school of study, which is encouraged, and internships either a fourth-level foreign language course, and other learning opportunities outside the or of a third-level course in one language and a classroom. The Campus Career Network oper- second-level course in another language. ates the College of Humanities and Fine Arts e. Successful completion of one year in a high Career Planning and Field Experience Offices, school in which English is not the language of with offices in 262 and 264 Barlett Hall. Staff instruction. are available to help students make intelligent, f. Successful completion of a semester or year’s well-informed career choices, and to provide study abroad program that leads to foreign opportunities to obtain experience through in- language proficiency at the fourth semester ternships, cooperative education, and service (Intermediate II) level as approved by the ap- learning programs. propriate language department. Students who have not satisfied the Foreign Language requirement on admission to the College Requirements for College must select a foreign language course the B.A. each term in residence until the requirement has been satisfied. The University offers se- All students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts are quences that satisfy this requirement in the subject to College requirements in addition to following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, the University’s requirements and the require- German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, 42 Afro-American Studies Afro-American Studies 325 New Africa House A. 101 Introduction to Black Studies. POLSCI 341 Government and Politics of Cen- B. At least two courses in the Humanities group: tral America and the Caribbean Degree: Bachelor of Arts 111 Survey of African Art POLSCI 343 Government and Politics of East 112 Introduction to Clay and Plaster Africa Contact: Esther M. A. Terry 113 Aesthetics of Afro-American Art POLSCI 346 Government and Politics of West Office: 324 New Africa 151 Culture and Literature Africa Phone: 545-2751 155 Concepts in Afro-American Music I POSLCI 397 Comparative Politics of Cuba, 156 Concepts in Afro-American Music II Puerto Rico and Haiti Chair of Department: Associate Professor MUSIC 102 Afro-American Music SOCIOL 340 Race Relations Esther M.A. Terry. Associate Chair: Profes- MUSIC 103 History of Jazz SOCIOL 397 Martin Luther King Jr. and the sor Ernest Allen. Professors Bracey, Du Bois, Civil Rights Movement Richards, Shepp, Thelwell, Wolff; Associate C. At least two courses in the History and WOST 394 Black Feminist/Womanist Thought Professors Hill, Stevens, Strickland, Tracy; Social Science group: 132 Afro-American History, 1619-1860 III. Junior Year Writing Assistant Professor Sinha; Adjunct Profes- 365 Composition: Style and Organization sors Bowman, Chametzky, Higginson, Laurie, 133 Afro-American History, Civil War to 1954 Paynter, Skerrett, Wideman. 161 Introduction to Afro-American Political IV. Senior Thesis (6 cr.) Science All majors are required to write a six-credit ECON 144 Political Economy of Racism senior thesis or equivalent
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