For example, at present, identical subject matter is taught separately in the different disciplines. Consolidating sections and eliminating duplication may yield time that faculty can put to better use. In the classification of human activity, the disciplines in the college fall under the rubric of Visual Arts. The same subject matter is, on occasion, taught in two or more disciplines. Advanced students are sufficiently proficient in their discipline to make contributions to projects whose subject matter spans across two or more disciplines.
Students are often interested in knowing about related fields.
The School of Art offers minors in all its concentrations. Additional questions will, no doubt, emerge as we begin to grapple with these issues. We are well positioned to address these questions by combining the experience of long-time faculty with the innovative ideas of recent appointees. The timing could not be more propitious for sitting down together to explore opportunities for best preparing our students, and for best utilizing our common resources and faculty expertise. As creative people, we can find imaginative solutions that will raise art and design education at LSU to new heights.