Fundamental appreciation for, and mastery of, the artistic and technical nature of the medium is required. Emphasis on actual production of work in the medium chosen by the student is required. Fundamental appreciation for the history of the medium and the major aesthetic and social theories pertaining to its role in society and culture is required. Communication Skills Graduates are expected to write well, speak articulately, and listen to others. These media are collaborative, and students must be able to work well with groups.
Students make formal proposals and presentations.
The curriculum in each of the options requires that students progress to take artistic and technical responsibility for the production of work in the medium chosen. The understanding of how value and meaning are expressed in each of the media is required. Critical and analytical skills are required to enable the student to understand critically the work in which he or she has engaged. Each of the media presents the student with myriad critical, artistic, and technical choices, among which he or she must select. The required courses in each of the MTA options, MTA 472 and MTA 473 respectively, mandate the completion of an acceptable project, projects, or portfolio deemed to be of sufficient quality to demonstrate a fundamental mastery of the medium in which the student is working.