| In the fall of 2002, the School of Art &
Design begins to phase in a new, intellectually challenging, media rich
curriculum. This new curriculum prepares graduates for a broad range of
future eventualities. It integrates art and design methodologies, interweaves
traditional techniques with contemporary technologies, bridges the personal
to the social, and engages the tremendous resources of the University and
the community. This rigorous program will also include international study
and internships and undergraduate student exhibitions. Career exploration
and planning start in the freshman year. |
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| Following are highlights of the new program:
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| FIRST AND SECOND YEAR
STUDIO REQUIREMENTS |
- An extensive series of media studios through which students are introduced
to a number of techniques and tools distributed throughout the extensive
facilities of the School
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- A sequence of conceptually-based studios in which ideas are the genesis
for studio assignments
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- A four semester sequence of drawing studios
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- A four-semester sequence of digital studios
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- Individual reviews for all students at the end of the second year
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| THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR
STUDIO REQUIREMENTS |
- An international semester with one of the School exchange affiliates
and/or internships and community-based projects
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- Individually-defined studio elective programs
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- A comprehensive, self-generated project with culminating public presentation
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- Individual reviews for all students at the end of the fourth year
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| ACADEMIC COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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- An academic component including courses in all of the following categories:
English Writing, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social sciences Analytical
Reasoning, Other Cultures, Global/Environmental Studies Critical Theory/Visual
Culture/Visual History
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- Weekly discussion sessions connected with lectures in the Visitors
Lecture Series
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| Details for this innovative program will
emerge during the 2001/2002 academic year. Watch this website for updates.
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