Senior Seminar A seminar that serves as a basis for and accompanies the student research project. An advisor will determine if the student is prepared to undertake the specific written thesis. Since film is a humanistic discipline, the students are also encouraged to take the supplementary courses in history, political science, literature, music, and theater. The Studio Art major provides students with a genuine opportunity to participate in the shaping of their education. At the basis of this program of study is a dependence on the students' own perceptions, decisions, and reactions.
Courses are available in many media and all involve direct experience in creative activity.
Studio courses aim at developing the techniques and visual sensibility necessary for working with various materials. An understanding and exploration of the meanings and ideas generated by the things we make, and an awareness of the satisfaction inherent in the process of the making are integral parts of the program. The Studio Art major is designed both for the student artist and the student interested in art. It teaches how to make art and an appreciation of how art is made. The department courses are conceived as an integral part of the liberal arts curriculum, and the studio major provides a solid basis for continuing work in graduate school and in art-related fields such as teaching, conservation, art therapy, publishing or exhibition design.