Graduate Programs in Arts & Humanities
Faculty
Professors: Charles R. Bambach, Richard Brettell, David F. Channell,
Milton A. Cohen, Fred
Curchack, R. David Edmunds, Ming Dong Gu, Dennis
M. Kratz, Thomas Linehan, Enric Madriguera, Adrienne L. McLean, Mihai Nadin, Zsuzsanna Ozsvath, John J. Pomara, Stephen G. Rabe, Tim Redman, R. Clay
Reynolds, Thomas Riccio, Robert X. Rodriguez, Rainer Schulte, Theresa M. Towner,
Frederick Turner, Marilyn Waligore
Associate Professors: J. Michael Farmer, Pamela Gossin,
Midori Kitagawa, Shelley Lane, Patricia Michaelson, Venus
O. Reese, Nils Roemer, Erin A. Smith, Dean Terry, Daniel Wickberg,
Michael Wilson
Assistant Professors: Matt Bondurant, Susan Briante,
Matthew Brown, Sean Cotter, Frank DuFour, Monica Evans, Eric Farrar, Todd Fechter, Jonathan Frome, Shari Goldberg, John Gooch, Charles Hatfield, Jessica Murphy,Cihan Muslu, Michelle
Nickerson, Peter Park, David Parry, Monica Rankin, Natalie Ring, Mark Rosen,
Eric Schlereth, Charissa Terranova, Marjorie Zielke
Senior Lecturers: Bruce Barnes, Lisa Bell, Kelly P. Durbin, Maria Engen,
Kathryn C. Evans, Dianne Goode, Michele Hanlon, Peter Ingrao, Janet Johnson,
Thomas Lambert, Kathy Lingo, Mary Medrick, Greg L. Metz,
Chris Ryan, Monica M. Saba, Jeffrey Schulze, Betty Wiesepape, MaryAnn Young
Emeritus Professors: Joan Chandler, Esteban R. Egea,
S. Michael Simpson, Gerald L. Soliday, Deborah Stott
Objectives
The School of Arts and Humanities is
committed to interdisciplinary programs that investigate the linkages between
the arts and the humanities by fusing critical with creative thinking,
theoretical with practical endeavors. Rather than identifying fixed
disciplinary areas, the program emphasizes the interrelationship of broad areas
of interest.
Within the Graduate Program in Arts
and Technology, most courses are offered under the rubric of Arts and
Technology (ATEC), but the degree plan also includes courses in Aesthetic
Studies (HUAS), History of Ideas (HUHI), and Studies in Literature (HUSL).
Within the Graduate Program in
Emerging Media and Communication, most courses are offered under the rubric of
Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC), but the degree plan also includes
courses in Arts and Technology (ATEC), Aesthetic Studies (HUAS), History of
Ideas (HUHI), and Studies in Literature (HUSL).
Within the Graduate Program in the
Humanities, most courses are offered within the three main areas of
concentration: Aesthetic Studies (HUAS), History of Ideas (HUHI), and Studies
in Literature (HUSL), and students seeking the M.A. or Ph.D. degrees in
humanities must take courses in all three areas. The fourth area and other
courses, including core courses required of all students, are offered under the
rubric Humanities (HUMA).
Within the Graduate Program in
History, most courses are offered within History (HIST) and History of Ideas
(HUHI) but students may also take courses in Aesthetic Studies (HUAS) and
Studies in Literature (HUSL).
Within the Graduate Program in Latin
American Studies, required courses are offered within Latin American Studies
(LATS) and elective courses are drawn from Aesthetic Studies (HUAS), History
(HIST), History of Ideas (HUHI), and Studies in Literature (HUSL).
All our graduate programs are
designed to provide students a flexible, interdisciplinary context within which
to pursue a program of study built on connections among specific courses and
the areas of concentration. Offerings include not only seminars stressing the
interpretation and criticism of specific works and issues but also ensembles,
studios, and workshops in which the activity of creation and/or performance
becomes the primary means of learning.
Facilities
The School of Arts & Humanities
provides specialized facilities for academic research and creative expression.
The Jonsson Building contains technologically rich environments for
studies in Rhetoric, Computer Graphics, Professional Communication, Musical
Instrument Digital Interface, and Art & Technology. The Visual Arts
Building houses a Media Room as well as studios for painting, photography,
sculpture, and other arts. Performance venues for drama and music include the
University Theatre and the Jonsson Performance Hall.
Admission
Requirements
The
University’s general admission requirements are discussed here.
Each application is considered on
its individual merits. Normally students applying for admission to the Graduate
Program in Arts and Technology should have a previous academic degree (B.A. or
B.S.) in an appropriate field (i.e., Art, Computer Science), a grade point
average of 3.3 (especially in upper-division undergraduate work), and evidence
of previous course work and/or expertise in the creative arts and digital
technology.
Normally students applying for
admission to the Graduate Program in Emerging Media and Communication should
have a previous academic degree (B.A. or B.S.) in an appropriate field (i.e.,
Art, Computer Science, Communication), a grade point average of 3.3 (especially
in upper-division undergraduate work), and evidence of previous course work
and/or expertise in the creative arts, communications, and/or digital
technology.
Normally students applying for
admission to the Graduate Program in Humanities should have previous academic
degrees (B.A. or M.A.) in arts and humanities fields and a grade point average
of 3.3 (especially in upper-division undergraduate or graduate work).
Normally students applying for
admission to the Graduate Program in History should have a previous degree
(B.A. or B.S.) in history or related disciplines and a grade point average of
3.3 (especially in upper-division undergraduate work).
Normally students applying for
admission to the Graduate Program in Latin American Studies should have a
previous degree (B.A. or B.S.) in arts and humanities fields, demonstrated
interest and experience in Latin American studies and a grade point average of
3.3 (especially in upper-division undergraduate work).
The School of Arts and Humanities
does not require the Graduate Record Examination for admission to graduate
programs.
Full-time
and Part-time Students
Students can pursue the graduate
degrees in humanities on a full- or part-time basis. Full-time students
normally register for nine or more semester hours per term. The school takes
care to accommodate part-time study by scheduling both day and night classes,
thus allowing students flexibility in organizing individual schedules.
Degree
Requirements
The
University’s general degree requirements are discussed here.
The approach to graduate education
in the School of Arts and Humanities is flexible. Within the specific degree
requirements listed below, each student plans a program of studies in
consultation with an assigned faculty adviser.
Courses meeting degree requirements
are normally chosen from the core courses and the areas of concentration within
the School of Arts and Humanities. To have courses taken outside the school
applied to one of its degrees, students must seek prior approval from the
School’s Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. They may also petition to have
appropriate transfer courses applied to reduce the required number of hours for
a degree at U.T. Dallas. The School’s Associate Dean for Graduate Studies may
require students with background deficiencies in interdisciplinary work to take
additional courses at the undergraduate or graduate level to remedy those
deficiencies.
Active involvement in the process of
artistic creation and performance is basic to the design of the Aesthetic
Studies area of concentration. Therefore, students working in the Graduate
Program in the Humanities at the M.A. level with an emphasis on Aesthetic
Studies are required to take at least one ensemble/workshop, and those working
toward a Ph.D. with an emphasis on this area are required to take at least one
additional ensemble/workshop. Students undertaking creative projects for
master’s portfolios or doctoral dissertations must demonstrate their competency
as artists by including in their degree plans a minimum number of studios,
ensembles, or workshops related to a proposed medium: two for the M.A. and four
for the Ph.D.
Research
The research interests of the
faculty reflect the interdisciplinary mission of the School. In addition to the
research activities of individual faculty, six centers and institutes that
promote interdisciplinary research are located within the School: The Center
for Translation Studies; the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies; the
Confucius Institute; the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering; the
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Museums, and the Center for Values in
Medicine, Science and Technology. Since the School combines the Humanities and
the Arts, many faculty
are engaged in the creation and performance of artistic works in music, drama,
literature and the visual arts.