Re-thinking Texas Art
Foundations
“Transfer-of-Credit policies of the Coordinating Board
have been developed in compliance with Section 61.051(g) of the
Texas Education Code to facilitate the transfer of credit from a
Texas Public junior (community) college to a university. The first
transfer-of- credit policies were adopted by the Board in 1967. In
1979, a series of studies was initiated to bring the old policies
up to date and develop new ones in those cases where there was a
need.
“The extensive work carried out by the study committee for the Visual
Arts resulted in a sound transfer policy under which students can transfer
selected courses applicable to the bachelor's degree requirements in
most institutions. The transfer curriculum also provides an excellent
planning document for the first two years of the degree program.” *
* Forrest E. Ward, Program Director, Coordinating Board, Texas College
and University.
The Transfer Curriculum in Visual Arts. Adopted by the Coordinating
Board Texas College and University System, January 29, 1982 . Printed
and distributed by TASA.
In keeping with the founding mandate from the Texas Coordinating Board,
TASA has continued to review and revise the transfer curriculum for
visual arts courses in Texas . The Common Course Numbering System On-Line
Matrix, based on 2003-2004 Catalogues, was used to compile a roster
of courses being taught in lower and upper division programs in Texas.**
It became evident to the TASA Curriculum Committee that some of the
courses previously taught at the freshman and sophomore levels are
now being taught at the junior and/or senior levels at some institutions.
The Committee and guests will present information at the 2006 Conference
in April through the presentation of answers to frequently asked questions
about issues relating to:
1. The transfer of “foundation art” courses;
2. The impact of hypothetical recommendations for program revision
for both lower and upper division programs;
3. Information relating to a national/international survey on Foundations
in Art from the national organization Foundations in Art: Theory in
Education (FATE);
4. The strategies for the dissemination of information about the issues.
5. Brief question and answer period from the conference participants.
Some questions to be addressed include:
What is meant by a foundation in art?
Is there an art foundation as initially presented through the TASA
Transfer Curriculum in Art?
How has recent changes in courses moved from the lower division to
the upper division impacted the students and programs in the lower
division?
How would courses moved from the upper division to the lower division
impact universities programs and students?
Is it possible to have a broad-based art foundation in Texas ?
Is adopting a Field of Study an answer?
Do studio courses meet the criteria set by the CB for the Visual/Performing
Arts Core requirement?
The Committee welcomes further questions from TASA
members. Please send questions to any of the following Committee
members:
Eduardo Aguilar: EDUARDO.AGUILAR@tccd.edu
Dixon
Bennett: Dixon.Bennett@sjcd.edu
Karmien
Bowman: KARMIEN.BOWMAN@tccd.edu
Linda
Fawcett: lfawcett@hsutx.edu
Brian
Row: BR01@txstate.edu
Cathie
Tyler: ctyler@parisjc.edu
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