Thielke said the ArtS major is time consuming now under quarters. In order to build a baccalaureate program in the fine arts, they need to offer a broad range of courses. The discipline must offer courses with fewer credits in order to offer all the experiences they need. Whelan wondered if a 3-credit ArtS course would be recognized as being more work than normal. Farrell said students have asked to have the studio open 24 hours of the day.
Students spend a lot of time fixing problems with their end products.
He would be concerned if the expectation is more than that in order to make it through the class. Farrell said the expectation under semesters would be no greater than it was under quarters. Schuman thought it was impossible to measure the average time spent in studio work for ArtS students. The time would be different for each project and each student. He is not worried if students spend 20 hours, but it they spend 25 hours to get through the course, that is not fair to the students.