Art

Chair: David Sebberson
Telephone: 320-308-4717

FAX: 320-308-2232
101 Kiehl Visual Arts Center
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Lisa Rarick, Administrative Assistant, lrarick@stcloudstate.edu, ext. - 4283


The program introduces students to the Visual Arts, provides preparation for the studio artist or graphic designer, prepares artists/teachers to teach art, and acquaints students with the history of art and its function.
Major/Minor: Art, Art history
Minor only: Graphic design

Mission Statement:

• To foster and facilitate the development of individual excellence in a creative and supportive environment ofr undergraduate and graduate students in the visual arts, graphic design, mulit-media, art education and art history programs
• To prepare students for work in their field and in the global realm by integrating critical thinking with the process of making art and to increase intellectual curiosity and literacy in the visual arts through reading and writing about diverse topics in art history.
• To implement new ideas and technologies with traditional discipline approaches for the professional preparation of art educators, art historians, graphic designers and visual artists.
• To prepare students for future employment by developing external relationships, interdisciplinary collaboration and the ability to adapt to new technologies and changing work environments.
• To cultivate and promote a life-long commitment to, understanding of and involvement in the visual arts and humanities through general education offerings and promoting the visual arts in the campus community.
• To prepare elementary education teachers with an understanding of art history ad the creative visual process.
  
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Communication Sciences and Disorders
Chair: Monica Devers
Telephone: 320-308-4172
A216 Education Building
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Office Manager: Elaine Taufen, ektaufen@stcloudstate.edu, ext. - 2092
Undergraduate degrees are offered at a pre-professional level.

Major/Minor: Communication disorders

Communication Sciences and Disorders Department Mission Statement

MISSION
The mission of the Communication Disorders department is to educate individuals in the knowledge and skills necessary to be competent and ethical speech, language and hearing professionals, and to increase awareness of and advocate for people with communication differences and disorders.

SCOPE OF PROGRAM
The Communication Disorders undergraduate and graduate curricula focus on basic communication sciences, typical communication development, communication differences and disorders, and swallowing disorders. The curriculum focuses on students learning the skills to assess and treat individuals with disorders of communication and swallowing disorders. The goal of the degree programs in Communication Disorders is to provide students with a solid knowledge base on which to build their professional and clinical skills to work with people across the life span from culturally/linguistic diverse backgrounds with various types and severities of communication and/or related disorders, differences, and disabilities.Updated November 2004

GOALS OF THE PROGRAM
Academic
The academic goals of our training program focus on students learning to:
1. describe the biological, neurological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, linguistic and cultural bases of basic human communication and swallowing;
2. explain the major theoretical accounts regarding the typical acquisition and development of speech, language, and hearing; and the relationship of cognitive development to communication acquisition and development and swallowing.
3. describe and explain the characteristics and etiologies of
¬ articulation
¬ fluency
¬ voice and resonance, including respiration and phonation
¬ receptive and expressive language
¬ hearing, including the impact on speech and language
¬ swallowing
¬ cognitive aspects of communication
¬ social aspects of communication
¬ communication modalities
4. describe the principles, materials and methods of assessment for people with communication and swallowing differences and disorders;
5. list methods of prevention for communication and swallowing differences and disorders;
6. describe principles and methods of intervention for people with communication and swallowing disorders;
7. explain the processes used in research and the integration of research principles into evidence-based clinical practice
8. explain the certification process, specialty recognition, licensure and professional credentials
9. describe the standards of ethical conduct
10. demonstrate oral and written language competency

 

St. Cloud State University
Department of Communication Disorders

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Communication Studies

 

Chair: Roseanna Ross
Telephone: 320-308-2217
129 Mathematics and Science Center
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498

 

 

Secretaries: Nancy Michael, nkmichael@stcloudstate.edu, ext. - 2216
Gloria M. Lenzen, Academic Assistant, gmlenzen@stcloudstate.edu, ext. - 3210
The program extends the knowledge, appreciation, and skills that lead to effective communication. Curriculum is open to all students and is designed to complement and integrate most programs of study.
Major/Minor: Speech communication, Speech-interdepartmental

CMST COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP & DEPARTMENT SERVICE – 2005-2006
(* indicates chair)

Department Committees for 2005-2006
Curriculum and Academic Policies (CAP) elected: Jeff Ringer (1 year remaining), *Paula Tompkins (1 year remaining), Jeff Bineham, (1 year term), Wendy Bjorklund (2 year term), Scott Wells (2 year term).
Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) elected 1 year terms: Marge Pryately, Pam Secklin, Tami, Spry, Erika Vora, *Dan Wildeson.
Assessment: Pucel (192 Director), *Wendy Bjorklund (2 year term), Bassey Eyo (2 year term), David Warne (2 year term), Julie Mactaggart (1 year term).
Equipment: Debra Japp, Julie Mactaggart, Jeff Ringer (no chair selected).
Library: Beth Dudash, Debra Japp, Marla Kanengieter (no chair selected).
Scholarship: Marla Kanengieter, *Eddah Mutua Kombo, *Scott Wells (co-chairs)
Sunshine: Denee Janda, Beth Dudash, *Julie Lynch, Jennifer Tuder
Community and Student Relations Advisory: Ross* (dept. chair), Bassey Eyo, Denee Janda, Jennifer Senchea, Suzanne Stangl-Erkens.
Administrative Committee: Diana Leither, Nancy Michael, Roseanna Ross (and other faculty consulted as needed depending on the issue)
Collegial Conversations Coordinators: Wendy Bjorklund, Jennifer Senchea, Jennifer Tuder

DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES:
Faculty Association Reps (elected): Open position (1 year remaining), David Warne (2 year term), Scott Wells (2 year term).
FAH Curriculum Committee Rep: (from CAP) : Scott Wells
FAH Awards Committee: Paula Tompkins
Teaching Center Liaison: Marge Pryately
Seinan Gakuin Liaison: Marge Pryately

ADVISING POSITIONS:
(Full time probationary and NTT faculty, in their second year, do general student advising unless
otherwise specified):
Career Adviser: Eyo
Comm Club Advisers: Dudash, Warne
Lambda Pi Eta Adviser: Jennifer Senchea
Prospective Graduate Student Adviser: Secklin
Transfer Adviser: Japp
Communication Arts and Literature Adviser: Litterst
BES Adviser: Ross
Intercultural Minor Advisors: Pryately, Vora
Undergraduate Advising Center: WarneDIRECTORS/COORDINATORS:
Director of 192: Pucel (05-08)
Director of Forensics: Wells
Director of Internships: Pryately (‘03-‘06); Pryately (‘06-‘09)
Director of PLA’yers: Spry
Director of Speech Anxiety Reduction Program: Pucel
Coordinator PSI: Japp
Web Page Managers: *Denee Janda, *Julie Lynch, Paula TompkinsOTHER:
Undergraduate Curriculum Ad Hoc: Bjorklund, Tuder
Graduate Program Ad Hoc: Pryately, Ringer, Tompkins
Riverview Move Ad Hoc: Kanengieter, Michael, Pucel, *Ross, Spry
Commencement Marchers: Eyo, Warne (fall); Bineham, Kanengieter (spring)
Commencement Announcers: Ross (fall); Secklin, Wildeson (spring)
Alnwick Directing: Ross (summer 06); Bineham (fall 06); Hyde (spring 07)FACULTY ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES (as listed on web page, 11/05):
Faculty Association Committees:
Academic Affairs – Dan Wildeson
Budget Review – Debra Japp
Faculty Research Grants – Debra Japp
General Education - Judy Litterst
Government Relations – Dave Warne
International Studies – Roseanna Ross
Professional Development – Marla KanengieterIFO Committees:
Adjunct/Fixed Term Task Force – Debra Japp
Government Relations – Dave Warne
Mediation Coordinating – Jeff Ringer, Roseanna RossSCSU Administration Faculty Association Committee:
Assessment Steering – Judy Litterst
Atwood Center Council – Bruce Hyde (TFSD)
Cultural Diversity – Tami Spry
Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory - Joanna Pucel
First Year Experience Advisory Board – Marla Kanengieter
Strategic Planning – Judy Litterst (General Ed)

Communication Studies Mission and Goals

Mission Statement:

We are a community of scholars who participate in the creation, discovery, and dissemination of knowledge about communication. We are committed to communication as central to self and community. We demonstrate that commitment in the following ways:

Goals:

• We strive to educate students in the theories and principles of human communication so they become competent and responsible communicators and critical thinkers.
• We strive to create a working environment within the department that respects the tensions between individual professional pursuits and departmental needs and goals.
• We strive to shape and respond to the needs of the campus, community, and society through exchanges of expertise and promotion of the discipline.
• We strive to convey how our discipline addresses the need for understanding diverse ideas and cultural experiences.

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English
Chair: Robert Inkster
Telephone: 320-308-4939
106 Riverview Building
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Secretaries: Carol Fish, cfish@stcloudstate.edu, ext. - 3779
Barbara Gammon, bgammon@stcloudstate.edu, ext. -3829
Susan Gill, sgill@stcloudstate.edu, ext -3062

The program helps students in reading, writing and thinking skills, helps English majors and minors develop a critical appreciation for literature, prepares English majors and minors for teaching and non-teaching careers, provides courses in expository and creative writing, teaches remedial courses for native speakers with language difficulties, and provides special courses for international students.

Major/Minor: English
Minor only: Creative writing

English Department Mission Statement

Dedicated to the study and practice of the diverse uses of the English language in its written forms, the English Department devotes its energies and its teaching to English studies as understood in its broadest and richest sense, including the following areas of study and research: the rich heritage of literature written in English, the philosophy and practice of rhetoric and composition, English education, linguistics, and teaching English as a second language (TESL).

To further this mission, the goals of the English Department are:

• To prepare students to think, read, and write critically and creatively and from a variety of perspectives so that they are prepared for life-long learning and the challenges of a diverse, global economy which calls for transferable employment skills
• To encourage the development of students' imaginative vision and to enrich their lives by providing instruction in the European literary tradition, with emphasis in British and American literature, and in the literatures of non-Western cultures, women, and people of color
• To prepare students for the information technology age by teaching them to use reflectively and effectively a variety of communication technologies
• To prepare undergraduate and graduate students for a variety of careers and graduate programs by offering instruction and certification in English language and literature, professional writing, English education and TESL; internships in public and private organizations; and practical experience in tutoring
• To prepare graduate students for college-level teaching by offering instruction and practical experience through internships and assistantships in first-year English (at university, community college, and technical college sites), writing center tutorial consulting, TESL, and the Intensive English Center
• To advise undergraduate and graduate students for academic and career success
• To support writing as a mode of learning across the University by providing a writing center and serving as a resource for other departments and units which offer upper-level writing
• To facilitate connections between the Department and the community at large through evening scheduling; internships in the private and public sector; public school workshops, the "school to work" program, and teacher education program; the Mississippi River Creative Writing Workshop in Poetry and Fiction; the Intensive English Center; and resources such as Literacy Education Online (LEO) and the Grammar Hotline
• To support student and faculty professional development activities
• To support life-long learning through attention to the critical and creative reading, writing, and interpretation skills necessary for the development of responsible citizens and for improved quality of life

Approved May 1, 1997

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Foreign Languages and Literature
Chair: interim Shawn Cecilia Jarvis, jarvis@stcloudstate.edu fall 07

permanent Michael Hasbrouck <mhasbrouck@stcloudstate.edu>
Telephone: 320-308-4141
FAX: 320-308-2002
Lawrence Hall 113
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Secretary: Judy Meemken, ext - 3983, jmeemken@stcloudstate.edu; Luanne Cedergren, ext - 4141, lcedergren@stcloudstate.edu
The program prepares students to live in a multilingual world with success in business and professional life.

Major/Minor: French, German, Spanish
Minor only: Foreign Languages, Russian language, literature, and culture

Other Langugae programs in MnSCU Retired faculty since 1996

Foreign Languages and Literatures' Department Mission Statement

Mission: The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures works to provide students with outstanding language preparation for future language studies, as well as for careers in business, teaching, and other enterprises where international awareness and language proficiency are important. We serve a significant role in promoting cultural diversity at SCSU and advancing external relationships with campuses and institutions of higher learning around the world. We sponsor and promote outreach and support toschools in the community and the state. Each language section has certified oral proficiency testers on staff for the assessment of student learning.

To further our mission, the goals of the Department are:

• to promote an environment that respects difference;
  
• to offer excellent language preparation;
  
• to broaden students' cultural horizons;
  
• to prepare students for teaching languages and literatures;
  
• to prepare students for careers where international awareness and proficiency will serve them well;
  
• to support other degree programs where language skills are important;
  
• to acquaint students with non-English cultures, literatures, and societies;
  
• to facilitate connections between the Department and the greater community through cultural events (music festivals, poetry readings, lectures, etc.);
  
• to assess proficiency acccording to ACTFL standards;
  
• to model scholarship and commitment to language studies for our students;
  
• to foster cultural awareness in our students and the campus community;
  
• to support and nurture study abroad opportunities;
  
• to develop overseas internship options for the campus.
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Mass Communications

University-wide web-page with latest infos about Mass Comm
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/masscommunications/masscomments/

Chair: Mark Mills <mmills@STCLOUDSTATE.EDU>
Telephone: 320-308-4202
FAX: 320-654-5337
125 Stewart Hall
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Secretaries:
Jane Eckhoff, 308-3293
Ms Elaine Moran, 308-2790, emoran@stcloudstate.edu

The program is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) and includes advertising,
broadcasting, news editorial and public relations.
Major/Minor: Mass communications

I. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION
• Maintain national recognition as an accredited program by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
• Reduce attrition
• Ensure quality programs
STRATEGIES:
• Maintain current department resources for faculty, staff and equipment.
• Assess all sequences to ensure quality.
• Write and implement a graduate program accreditation plan.
• Evaluate core curriculum in each of undergraduate sequences (advertising, broadcast, public relations and news editorial). Propose curricular changes and improvements, as needed to meet media industry and accreditation requirements.
II. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND JUSTICE
• Emphasize diversity as a foundation of our department culture.
STRATEGIES:
• Increase enrollment of minority students.
• Increase hiring of minority faculty.
III. Service to the Community
Maintain critical service contributions of university media; UTVS, Husky Athletic Programming,, KVSC and University Chronicle.
• Restructure student advising process.
• Maintain community outreach activities.
STRATEGIES:
Support Mass Communications Dept. /SBDC partnership which has produced over fifty local advertising campaigns for central Minnesota small businesses.
Maintain faculty support for advising university media organizations.
Continue and enhance symbiotic relationship with community media providers to produce university sports coverage.
Restructure advising of pre-majors and majors.
Discuss and implement a new advising system. Possible alternatives for this new system include: developing an advising day each semester, staffing an advising center and/or implementing a system in which all faculty equally share the departmental advising load.
IV. TECHNOLOGY
To provide faculty and student access to state of the art information/media technology across all mass media disciplines.
STRATEGIES:
• Assess access to current information/media technology across all mass media disciplines.
• Develop a funding plan that consists of existing university funding, college funding and external funding to meet current and future information/media technology needs.
V. EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Maintain and expand awareness of the strengths of the Department of Mass Communications with key internal and external audiences.
Write and execute a PR plan for the Department of Mass Communications.
• Support faculty governance/ shared decision making structure of SCSU.
• Maintain and expand presence/.visibility of the Department of Mass Communications in the Faculty Senate and other university wide and college committees.

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Music http://www.stcloudstate.edu/music/atscsu.asp

Band on You tube.

Chair: Mark Springer (2007-08 on sabbatical; elected interim chair Terry Vermillion <tvermillion@stcloudstate.edu>)
Telephone: 320-308-3223
FAX: 320-308-2902
238 Performing Arts Center
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Secretaries: Janelle Pederson ext-3224, jpederson@stcloudstate.edu
Dani Andersen ext-3295, dandersen@stcloudstate.edu
The program offers concentrations in performance, musicianship, and music education.
Major/Minor: Music

 

Mission Statement

The Department of Music is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The functions of the department are:

• to offer a variety of curricula to develop awareness of the unique asthetic experience of organized sound;
• to prepare teachers, performers, composers and researchers of music
• to contribute to the musical life of the university, community, state and nation

We believe that

• learning about and experiencing music is a fundamental process of human discovery
• music allows us to transcend our daily existence in order to experience life more meaningfully
• our department, college, and universtiy should advance music in its diversity as an art form and discipline
• our department, college, and university should prepare comprehensive musicians, able to perform, create, analyze, and teach this art form and discipline

Our goal is to offer a high quality, balanced, and comprehensive music program

-- As a comprehensive music department, we serve:

• students with a career interest in music.
• students who wish to onhance their University education by performing, studying, and experiencing music.
• students from other departments with interdisciplinary and professional needs in music.
• the University, the community, and the region

-- We serve these constituents by providing:

• skills to succeed in a variety of professional pursuits.
• a foundation for lifelong learning.
• experiences to develop understanding of diverse cultural traditions.
• cultural resources to the University, the community, and the region

-- We accomplish this service by offering:

• academically rigerous degree programs that develop a variety of professional skills.
• high quality performance instruction.
• a variety of quality experiences in performing, creating, analyzing, and teaching music.
• experiences using current technology in the creation and pedagogy of music.
• educational opportunities for all interested students at SCSU.
• experiences encouraging interaction among students, faculty, and community.

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Philosophy
The department moved from Brown Hall to 3rd floor Centennial Hall in July 2007.

 

Chair: Carla Johnson <cajohnson@stcloudstate.edu>

Telephone: 320-308-4110
FAX: 320-308-2090
Centennial Hall 365i
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Office Manager: Barbara Seefeldt, ext- 2234 bseefeldt@stcloudstate.edu
Program studies deal with human concerns: how to live and act well, the existence of God, the nature of knowledge, and the nature of reality.
Major/ Minor: Philosophy
Religious Studies; Director: Jordan Curnutt
Telephone: 320-308-4114
The program examines cultural significance of various aspects of religious beliefs, practices, and organization.
Minor only: Religious Studies

Rev1204
Department of Philosophy Mission Statement
The Philosophy Department is committed to the mission of St. Cloud State University as a liberal academic institution. We seek to promote critical thinking, a greater self-understanding (in the form of encouraging students to develop their own views and gain an awareness of their intellectual heritage), and intellectual integrity (including respect for others and their viewpoints). Many of the skills instilled by the study of philosophy, such as analytical thinking, clarity, abstract thinking, and writing skills, are useful in preparing students for the workplace as well as for academics. But we believe that Socrates' ideal of The Examined Life is the foundation on which a liberal education is to be constructed. The spirit of inquiry into ourselves, our human condition, and our relationship to the rest of the world will serve all students well in developing life-long learning habits and a mature understanding of themselves and their responsibilities as persons and citizens. Department of Philosophy Vision Statement
We envision our department as a community of scholars unified in a commitment to intellectual inquiry and integrity, both for the pursuit of truth and to serve as a model for students. In practice this would require enough faculty to fulfill teaching responsibilities to our major/minor programs, to general education and for service to other programs, and to do so by teaching three courses per semester rather than four (the current load, which is inhumane and detrimental both to developing research interests and to morale). It would also require attracting and retaining sufficient numbers of high-quality students to make it possible for all our faculty to teach major/minor courses in their areas of expertise and interest. There has been some interest among students as well as faculty in developing an M.A. program, perhaps in applied ethics, in addition to our major/minor programs, and such an expansion would benefit our students as well as our faculty. Such a program could be partially aimed at providing teachers of two-year institutions with the expertise to teach high-demand courses, such as P194 and P212, which could in turn take some of the pressure off our department. At the same time it would give the teachers at these institutions an opportunity to obtain the kind of certification that may help them get promotion. Ideally, in addition to serving these more immediate constituents, the department could serve and edify the larger community and students generally by bringing speakers to campus, hosting lecture series, and organizing workshops that link philosophy to broader social and intellectual concerns. The philosophy department is also a natural locus for fostering and facilitating interdisciplinarity on campus, which we currently do to some extent particularly in our service to other programs, but which could be expanded.Philosophy Program Learning Objectives
Many of these objectives are arguably useful as means to further purposes outside philosophy. However, we believe that they are also valuable in and of themselves, and should be encouraged in all students, and, indeed, in all human beings.
A: Coherent comprehension of content
1. Students will explain views of the major philosophers of the main historical
periods: Ancient/Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary, and/or describe
relationships (such as distinctions, similarities, indebtedness, and other
connections) among them.
2. Students will explain representative basic metaphysical issues and theories.
3. Students will explain representative major epistemological issues and theories.
4. Students will explain representative fundamental concepts of logic.
5. Students will explain representative major issues and theories in ethics.

B: Thinking skills that philosophy is particularly suited to developing
1. Students will analyze concepts, arguments, issues, theories, and/or views.
2. Students will critically evaluate concepts, arguments, issues, theories, and/or views.
3. Students will theorize using abstract concepts.

C: Attitudes
1. Students will value self-understanding and the examination of one’s life.
2. Students will gain a reflective habit of mind.
3. Students will increase their love of learning.
4. Students will exhibit intellectual integrity.Departmental Goals

A. The Philosophy Department will provide high quality services to SCSU students. This is understood as including, but not limited to, the following:
-Achieving high quality in the Core 4 requirement (P194 Critical Reasoning); i.e., achieving
a high level of student learning.
-Providing a broad and appropriate range of General Education electives.
-Achieving high quality in our Major/Minor/BES Programs; i.e., achieving a high level of
student learning in these programs, and providing an adequate range of high-quality
courses in an appropriate program structure.
-Achieving high quality in the Programs housed in the Philosophy Department (Religious
Studies and Jewish Studies); i.e., achieving a high level of student learning in these programs, and providing an adequate range of high-quality courses in an
appropriate program structure.
-Using the following contractual obligation in hiring and evaluation procedures: "For
teaching faculty, effective teaching shall be the principle proportion of the five criteria
considered in evaluation" (IFO/MnSCU Master Agreement 2001-03, Appendix G-126).
- Consistently using and improving assessment instruments at the General Education and
Program levels.
-Implementing a strategy for mentoring students in the program, from recruiting, to
advising them in the program and about philosophy, to helping place them in
graduate schools.

B. The Philosophy Department will have a high quality environment in which to work. This is understood as including, but not limited to, the following:
-Supporting and encouraging one another's ongoing efforts to improve teaching skills and
successfully engage in scholarly activities.
-Mentoring one another as move through the process of retention, tenure and promotion.
-Monitoring equity with respect to the distribution of departmental work and correcting
imbalances.
-Creating and maintaining an atmosphere in which all members of the department,
including staff, can work effectively, efficiently, and under a minimum level of stress.
-Maintaining an adequate number of employees in our department to successfully perform
our duties and achieve our goals.

C. The Philosophy Department will provide high quality services to the University and the community. This is understood as including, but not limited to, the following:
-Adjusting programs and course offerings in response to changing institutional and social
needs, as well a the needs of other disciplines.
-Having all members of the department participate in the governance structures of the
institution, i.e., do a reasonable share of the university's committee work.
-Increasing philosophical reflection beyond the boundaries of our department and our
classrooms by sponsoring public presentations, participating in campus and
community conversations, etc.

 

 

 

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Theatre and Film Studies
Chair: Eva Honegger <eehonegger@stcloudstate.edu>
Telephone: 320-308-3229
106a Performing Arts Center
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Secretary:Linda Quinlan, ext- 3229, lquinlan@stcloudstate.edu, PA 202

SCSU Department of Theatre, Film Studies and Dance
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Mission
Students in the Dept. of Theatre, Film Studies and Dance receive a comprehensive education in their chosen field of study. Faculty in the programs take the approach that these disciplines are artistic, and seek to balance academic theory with practical applications and/or performance. Therefore students in the programs learn history, criticism and theory, as well as participate creatively in the various art forms. Majors and minors receive a well-rounded educational experience.-SCSU THEATRE PROGRAM
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Mission
The SCSU theatre program provides a fundamental education in all major aspects of theatre as well as certain allied fields.
Vision
We believe in seeking a balance between academic theory and practical applications. Therefore, students in our program learn history, criticism, and theory, as well as participate in theatrical productions. Faculty members divide their time between their primary responsibility of classroom teaching, and their creative research, student development and service responsibilities, in accordance with the expectations of the university. St. Cloud State University is committed to the liberal arts, and consistent with that, the program seeks to give its majors and all its students a well-rounded educational experience.
The theatre is a medium of art and communication that is continually altering as it reflects the age in which it exists. Therefore, it is the aim of the program to provide a curriculum that is not only rooted in the traditional fundamentals of the theatre art, but also incorporates the latest theoretical and practical discoveries and developments of our time.
Goals
1. Using the process of theatre, students will demonstrate the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze a problem, and to create and implement a successful solution.
2. Using the process of theatre, students will demonstrate the ability to communicate successfully about ideas, both orally and in writing, and in a manner appropriate to the relevant audience.
3. Students will build an appreciation and respect for all the theatre crafts.
4. Students will demonstrate a fundamental grounding in theatre theory and practice.

Major/Minor: Theatre
Major/Minor: Film studies (Fall 05 newsletter)

Recommended advising plan for Students of TFSD.

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