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INSTITUTE FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES IN THE VISUAL ARTS

 
Course of Study

                                     Year One
Semester One
Dates
Location
Credits
 701
Seminar I: The Twentieth Century: Art in Theory
Late May - Mid-June
Italy
5
 
Reading Period
Early August - Late August
Online
0
 702
Seminar II: Art in Theory Revisited
Early Sept. - Mid-Dec.
Online
5
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Semester Two
 703.1
Seminar III, Part 1: New York Intensive
First Week in January
NYC
1
 703.2
Seminar III, Part 2: The Subject and Object of Art
Mid-January - Late April
Online
4
 704
Independent Study I
Mid-January - Late April
Online
5
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                         Year Two
Semester One
 801.1
Seminar IV, Part 1: The Kant/Hegel Divide
Early June - Mid-June
Italy
1
 801.2
Seminar IV, Part 2:
Form, Being, Ideology: Where Are We Now?
Early Sept. - Mid-Dec.
Online
4
 802
Independent Study II
Early Sept. - Mid-Dec.
Online
5
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Semester Two
 803.1
Seminar V, Part 1: New York Intensive
First Week in January
NYC
1
 803.2
Seminar V, Part 2: Toward an Ethico-Aesthetics
Mid-January -  Late April
Online
4
 804
Independent Study III
Mid-January -  Late April
Online
5
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                         Year Three
Semester One
 901.1
Directed Reading I, Part 1: Word & Image Readings
Mid-June - Mid-July
Online
0
 901.2
Directed Reading I, Part 2: Word & Image Seminar
Mid-July - Late July
Brown U.
1
 902.1
Seminar VI, Part 1: Pre-Dissertation Orientation
Mid-July - Late July
Brown U.
1
 902.2
Seminar VI, Part 2:
Launching the Dissertation: Topic, Outline, Bibliography
Early Sept. - Mid-Dec.
Online
4
 901.3
Directed Reading I, Part 3:
Foundational Readings: Plato to Kristeva
Early Sept. - Mid-Dec.
Online
4
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Semester Two
 903
Directed Reading II:
Contemporary Readings: Cage to Bourriaud
Mid-January -  Late April
Online
5
 904
Seminar VII: Dissertation:
Work Planning, Sustainable Research, First Chapters
Mid-January -  Late April
Online
5
                     Total Credits: 60
                         Dissertation
To receive the PhD degree, in addition to completing the three-year, 60 credit Course of Study, candidates are required to pass the oral and written qualifying exams at the end of the third year and successfully complete and defend the dissertation. The dissertation is submitted within two years following completion of the Course of Study. Extensions may be granted upon application to the Dissertation Committee.