These workshops involve integration of technology and design. This course meets 4 times per semester and prepares all entering students to become active participants in the BAC's concurrent academic and practice curriculums and to join the design profession. The course includes readings, lectures, discussions, visits to area firms, and independent projects. Students receive academic and practice curriculum credit for successful completion of both semesters of this course. This course introduces students to current and historical design theories.
Students learn logic, conceptual analysis, and critical thinking.
Students also address theoretical constructs in weekly writing assignments and discussions where they will apply deductive and inductive modes of analysis. They are asked to think critically about how theory influences design and how they may apply this approach to their future master's Thesis projects. At this review, a student's portfolio documents educational progress to date through both academic and practice curriculums and includes independent work. Students who fail the review are required to see an advisor and to enroll in a remedial SuperStudio. Students may submit a maximum of three times.