ARTS 418
Senior Seminar Spring 2015
Division I
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The purpose of the Senior Seminar is to strengthen ideas, develop formal skills and practice critical analysis while creating a body of artwork, the best of which will be exhibited at WCMA. Students may work in any medium in which they have developed a high degree of proficiency. At the beginning of the class, each student defines his/her project as s/he strives to find their individual voice. The class will meet in large and small groups throughout the semester for critique and discussion. This course is for students who have the ideas and discipline to work independently; participants are expected to be highly motivated and to be exceptionally engaged in the class discourse. Senior Art majors who wish to pursue a more structured course are encouraged to take a second 300-level tutorial instead of 418. Students are responsible for buying their own materials. Evaluation is based on the following: consistency of effort, the quality of analysis in critique, the quality of the portfolio at midterm and of the final portfolio. Students need to schedule a meeting with the instructor to occur over WS. Any student who is off campus during WS, should schedule the meeting for the end of the fall semester. Students will receive a reminder about the meetings but should a student fail to schedule a meeting, s/he jeopardizes admission to the seminar.
The Class: Format: One full class meeting Monday nights, at least one lunch meeting per week and small group meetings as needed throughout the semester
Limit: none
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation is based on the following: consistency of effort, the quality of analysis in critique, the quality of the portfolio at midterm and the quality of the final portfolio
Prerequisites: Studio Art major; permission of the instructor is required for History and Practice majors
Unit Notes: no student will be accepted into an independent study project unless he/she has completed two 200-level ARTS courses and one 300-level ARTS tutorial
Materials/Lab Fee: no lab fee, students are responsible for purchasing supplies
Distributions: Division I

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