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Art 245 HGD Assignments
Fall Semester, 2006
School of Art Design and Art History
Research
Paper Topics
Thesis Statement
Annotated
Bibliography
Specifications for Writing Research Papers
Research
Paper Grading
Unit
Test Essay Topics
Specifications
for Writing Unit Test Essays
Research
Paper Topics
Required
Reading:
Chapter One, “How to Write Academic Art Papers”
Writing for the Visual Arts
By Mashey Bernstein and George Yatchisin
Pearson Education
ISBN 0-13-022548-7
Research
Topics
A list of
research paper topics will be provided by the instructor. Select three
topics and submit in priority order on the due date.
Due Dates: See calendar
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Thesis
Statement
A
paragraph that identifies the central theme or idea of your research paper
and explains how you will go about developing your theme or idea.
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Annotated
Bibliography
A list of sources
that you will be using for your research paper with a sentence or two explaining
how each source will be useful to the writing of your paper.
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Specifications for Writing Research Papers
Research
papers must be typed and hard copy handed in unless otherwise
noted. Please follow
the directions below carefully when writing your papers to receive
full credit. Click here for a sample
PDF.
Number
of pages
Five (5) pages plus cover for undergraduate students (do not exceed five
pages). Ten (10) pages plus cover for graduate students (do not exceed
ten pages).
Cover
Include the following on the cover: title of paper, your name, course name, and date
the paper is turned in.
Margins
1-inch margins at top, bottom, left and right.
Type specifications
Type and double space using the following type specs: 12/24 Times [12-point
Times with 24 points of leading (or double line-spaced)].
Header
9-point header on each page 1/2-inch from the top of the page to include:
Your name (flush left), the title of the paper and page number (centered),
and HGD plus the date (flush right).
Images
Include images of the work about which you are writing with captions
on separate pages following the five (5) or ten (10) text pages. Do
not place images within the text pages. Images, footnotes, and endnotes
are in addition to the five (5) or ten (10) pages required.
Number and identify the images; for
example, “Figure 1: Armin Hofmann, logotype for the Basel Civic Theater,
1954.”
Reference the images in the text of your paper to show the relationship
of the
images to your writing: (figure 1).
Sources
At least five (5) sources must be used, three (3) of which must be reference books.
Other sources may include films or videos; interviews; articles in publications;
and viable websites. Note: Wikipedia is NOT a viable source.
Cite all sources. The SDSU Library also has a research
database of art periodicals available online at http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/databases/art.shtml.
Bibliography
Include a bibliography including all source materials. Use a standard
form and style for notes and bibliography in MLA Style. In
addition to Writing for the
Visual Arts by Mashey Bernstein and George Yatchisin,
here are other references on writing form and style:
- Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. 2nd edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985.
- Memering, Dean. The Prentice Hall Guide to Research Writing. 2nd edition. New Jeresy: Prentice Hall, 1989.
- Sayre, Henry M. Writing about Art. 3rd edition. Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.
MLA
Notation Example:
“French
capital was poured into the country to enable the Japanese to build
shipyards and iron-foundries and in return Japanese goods were imported
into France” (Battersby, 8).
Bibliography
Battersby,
Martin. Art Nouveau. Middlesex: Hamlyn Publishing Group,
1969.
Due Dates: See calendar
Late Paper Policy
Late papers will be received in the School’s Office (Room A-505)
only when they can be stamped by office personel with date of submittal.
Late papers will be penalized one full letter grade for each day
late (not each class but each day), including weekend days. Each day
ends at 5:00 PM.
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Research Paper Grading
A to A-
Papers that are well written, proofed and edited, spell checked and grammar
checked, and adhere to the specifications; contain a clear thesis statement
and
defend/support the thesis thoroughly; papers that evidence depth of research
and informed theoretical and contextual interpretation and analysis.
B+ to -B-
Papers that are well written, proofed and edited, spell checked and grammar
checked, and adhere to the specifications; papers that evidence research
(at
least 4 credible sources beyond the general information sources, such
as the
basic textbook, encyclopedia, and typical Internet sources) and present
background and biographical material on the designer/design firm, formal
analysis of and background material on the work.
C+ to C-
Papers that are well written, proofed and edited, spell checked and grammar
checked, and adhere to the specifications; that basically fulfill the
assignment.
No meaningful research beyond the general information sources, such as
the
basic textbook, encyclopedia, and typical Internet sources.
D+ to D-
Papers that are not well written, not proofed and edited, do not adhere
to the
specifications, and have not been spell checked and grammar checked.
Papers
that are acceptable but do not fulfill the assignment.
F
Papers that are not well written, not proofed and edited, do not adhere
to the
specifications, and have not been spell checked and grammar checked.
Papers
that are not complete, do not fulfill the assignment, and are otherwise
not
acceptable.
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Unit
Tests and Essay Topics
The chapters in Meggs'
History of Graphic Design are organized into the following five (5) parts:
Part I: The Prologue to Graphic Design; Part II: A Graphic Renaissance;
Part III: The Bridge to the Twentieth Century; Part IV: The Modernist
Era; and Part V: The Age of Information.
At the end
of each part, a test will be given in class. The test will include an
essay question. The essay topics will be assigned ahead of time and the
essay will be written outside of class and handed in on the day of the
test.
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Specifications
for Writing Unit Test Essays
Number
of pages
One (1) to two (2) pages. Do not exceed two pages. Papers that exceed
two pages will be graded down. No cover is required.
Margins
1-inch margins at top, bottom, left and right.
Type
specifications
Type and double space using the following type specs: 12/24 Times [12-point
Times with 24 points of leading (or double line-spaced)].
Header
9-point header on each page 1/2-inch from the top of the page to include:
Your name (flush left), the title of the paper and page number (centered),
and HGD plus the date (flush right).
Images
No images.
Sources
Meggs' History of Graphic Design. You may use other sources.
Be sure to cite all sources.
Tips
Include an introduction and thesis statement in the first paragraph.
The thesis statement will identify the central idea and how you will
go about presenting it. The body of the essay will support or evidence
your thesis. End with a conclusion which restates (not repeats) the
thesis. The essay questions may be of the "compare
and contrast" type. If so, it is useful to create a chart of
the information before you write the essay. This will help you organize
your content. Refer to Writing for the Visual Arts.
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