Comments on: My MFA Schedule http://weaver.net/MFA Online MFA at the Academy of Art University Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Joanne http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Joanne Tue, 17 May 2011 06:59:42 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-386 Hi David, I appreciate your blog! I took two semesters of online MFA advertising and loved all my classes. Crossing Borders (Art and Culture) is also a really good one. However, I had to drop the degree because it was getting too pricey and I feel that I would like to work on a MFA Photography instead. Any thoughts? Hi David,

I appreciate your blog! I took two semesters of online MFA advertising and loved all my classes. Crossing Borders (Art and Culture) is also a really good one.

However, I had to drop the degree because it was getting too pricey and I feel that I would like to work on a MFA Photography instead. Any thoughts?

]]> By: David Weaver http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-367 David Weaver Tue, 10 May 2011 16:42:50 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-367 Hi Susan, Congrats on going to AAU I'm sure you will love some and hate some of the time here. The GS courses I've taken have been really easy. The exception is GS625 History of Photography which is a department specific class and one of the best courses I've taken at AAU. What makes or breaks a course is the instructor. Overall I really like my classes. Crossing Borders was a very solid class. I had Teddy Goldsworthy-Hanner as an instructor. She is a successful practicing artist and has been teaching at AAU for over 12 years. She teaches in-person and online. I can recommend her. If this is your first semester at AAU I'd recommend you find out which section she is teaching and get into that one. I'm sure there are other qualified people that may even be better but I was highly satisfied with her. I took it as a Intersession. Basically, one module every day. I just finishing up on "Art and Ideology" and it has been a really boring and long and unchallenging class. Doing a GS class in a shorter amount of time will make it less boring. The workload in the Intersession class and the full semester class were identical. Read Module content and supplemental media. Write and respond to the discussion topic or topics. Generally just one topic per module. Write a midterm. Short. 2-3 pages. The writing should relate to a piece of your artwork. Write a final. Short. 2-3 pages. ditto... I work full-time for myself, have a part-time job to pay for this and I find that I still could dedicate 3-4 hours to every module. I just wrote a short review of my other GS class here: <a href="http://weaver.net/MFA/2011/05/not-masters-enough/" rel="nofollow">http://weaver.net/MFA/2011/05/not-masters-enough/ </a> Good Luck! Hi Susan,
Congrats on going to AAU I’m sure you will love some and hate some of the time here. The GS courses I’ve taken have been really easy. The exception is GS625 History of Photography which is a department specific class and one of the best courses I’ve taken at AAU. What makes or breaks a course is the instructor. Overall I really like my classes.
Crossing Borders was a very solid class. I had Teddy Goldsworthy-Hanner as an instructor. She is a successful practicing artist and has been teaching at AAU for over 12 years. She teaches in-person and online. I can recommend her. If this is your first semester at AAU I’d recommend you find out which section she is teaching and get into that one. I’m sure there are other qualified people that may even be better but I was highly satisfied with her.
I took it as a Intersession. Basically, one module every day. I just finishing up on “Art and Ideology” and it has been a really boring and long and unchallenging class. Doing a GS class in a shorter amount of time will make it less boring.
The workload in the Intersession class and the full semester class were identical.
Read Module content and supplemental media.
Write and respond to the discussion topic or topics. Generally just one topic per module.
Write a midterm. Short. 2-3 pages. The writing should relate to a piece of your artwork.
Write a final. Short. 2-3 pages. ditto…

I work full-time for myself, have a part-time job to pay for this and I find that I still could dedicate 3-4 hours to every module.
I just wrote a short review of my other GS class here: http://weaver.net/MFA/2011/05/not-masters-enough/

Good Luck!

]]> By: susan o http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-366 susan o Tue, 10 May 2011 00:39:49 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-366 Btw, love your Aimee Mann photo! Btw, love your Aimee Mann photo!

]]> By: susan o http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-365 susan o Tue, 10 May 2011 00:39:25 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-365 Hi David, i have just enrolled in a graduate studies program at AAU. I am taking “Crossing Borders: Arts & Culture in a Global Society” this summer online. It will be accelerated, but not to the degree of the intercession course that you took. Anyway, how was the workload? Mostly reading? Many papers? conceptual or factual? Also, do you have any experience with studio classes yet? I am wondering how well they are executed. Thanks for your time! Susan O Hi David,
i have just enrolled in a graduate studies program at AAU. I am taking “Crossing Borders: Arts & Culture in a Global Society” this summer online. It will be accelerated, but not to the degree of the intercession course that you took. Anyway, how was the workload? Mostly reading? Many papers? conceptual or factual? Also, do you have any experience with studio classes yet? I am wondering how well they are executed. Thanks for your time! Susan O

]]> By: David Weaver http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-194 David Weaver Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:55:34 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-194 Hi Natalie, You know I responded to you personally. I encourage anyone to contact me directly or via post responses. I'm happy to share my experiences bot good and bad at AAU. Cheers, David Hi Natalie,
You know I responded to you personally. I encourage anyone to contact me directly or via post responses. I’m happy to share my experiences bot good and bad at AAU.

Cheers,
David

]]> By: ncrabtree http://weaver.net/MFA/my-mfa-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-110 ncrabtree Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:36:03 +0000 http://weaver.net/MFA/?page_id=153#comment-110 Hi David, Thank you for posting your experience! As a prospective AAU online student, it is helpful to hear about your adventures in the graduate program. I am curious about your opinion of the workload as well as the instructional quality of the online videos, assignments and faculty. To get into the summer courses, I need to apply by April 1st. I was impressed by the website and the promotional video that AAU sent me in the mail. I am interested in their game design program, and hoped to connect with other online students before I commit. Any advice will be welcome. Cheers, Natalie Hi David,

Thank you for posting your experience! As a prospective AAU online student, it is helpful to hear about your adventures in the graduate program. I am curious about your opinion of the workload as well as the instructional quality of the online videos, assignments and faculty. To get into the summer courses, I need to apply by April 1st. I was impressed by the website and the promotional video that AAU sent me in the mail. I am interested in their game design program, and hoped to connect with other online students before I commit.

Any advice will be welcome.

Cheers,
Natalie

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