In a Directed Study, the faculty member follows a specific course syllabus. ART 510 Major Graduate Studio nine credits Continuation of ART 509. ART 511 Major Graduate Studio three credits Continuation of ART 510. The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F. ART 515 Writing Seminar three credits Organizational tools for thesis preparation are suggested, and theses of recent graduates and other writings are analyzed in terms of content and style.
Writing begins with a revision of the thesis proposal as the introduction to the thesis.
A preliminary draft of the thesis is prepared by the end of the semester. Significant class time is devoted to group critiques of student writing. The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. The works of a few major philosophers will be compared to demonstrate alternative points of view. On Creativity three credits Basic patterns of conscious and unconscious information processing underlying artistic, humanistic, and scientific inspiration, discovery, and invention.