4 courses with the subject SA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SA 4001 Senior Studio Arts Seminar: Contemporary Issues3
Through seminar-style discussions and presentations from visiting speakers, students explore issues that inform contemporary art practices. Readings introduce students to crucial dialogs in contemporary theory and criticism, including social and identity constructions, political perspectives, and analytical models that address the diversity of contemporary creative activity. Visiting artists, critics, historians or curators provide students with a range of viewpoints, and students pursue independent research into topics that reflect their individual areas of interest. Fulfills: Senior Studio Arts Seminar Elective Capstone Requirement (Painting, Photo/Video/Film, Printmaking, and Sculpture students); Senior Capstone option (Art Education, GTP, Interdisciplinary Arts and WVN students)
SA 4051 Senior Studio Arts Seminar: Professional Practices for Artists3
Students prepare for opportunities after graduation with a range of real-world projects in support of their desired careers. Students will actively engage in the development of professional materials and identify their professional/ personal goals and articulate strategies to achieve those objectives. The course primarily focuses on cultivating skills in researching and identifying opportunities and creating professional materials. Projects include proposal writing and grant application; websites and eCommerce platforms, digital portfolio and professional documents and resumes through specific assignments. The professional projects and materials of each student are shared/presented at intervals throughout the semester for critique, review, and feedback.Visiting artists and other professionals may present topics including studio practice in individual and community spaces, public art, working with commercial galleries, non-profit organizations, curatorial opportunities and operation, post-graduation educational opportunities and benefits, residency, grant applications, and general and business practices. The course is offered as one of the seminar courses to be taken along with Thesis Project I or II and will be complementary to the independent studio experience. Fulfills: Senior Studio Arts Seminar Elective Capstone Requirement (Painting, Photo/Video/Film, Printmaking, and Sculpture students); Senior Capstone option (Art Education, GTP, Interdisciplinary Arts and WVN students)
Thesis Project I (3cr.) is a required capstone course. Students may concentrate on self-defined independent projects on painting, photography/ video/ film, printmaking, sculpture, interdisciplinary arts, book arts, animation, or any other media appropriate to meet their goals and objectives. This course is expected to be taken along with a seminar to foster a comprehensive capstone experience. It is an independent studio course where each student meets weekly with their chosen faculty advisor as they develop a substantial body of work that reflects studio engagement and relevant research. Faculty review panels meet with each student twice during the semester to discuss the student’s work and progress. The course also involves group interactions and critiques, basic professional development practices, engagement with visiting artists, and presentations. Fulfills: Senior Studio Arts Thesis Project I Capstone Requirement (Painting, Photo/Video/Film, Printmaking, and Sculpture students); Senior Capstone option (Art Education, GTP, Interdisciplinary Arts and WVN students) Page 88 of 91
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SA 4151 Senior Studio Arts Thesis Project II3
Thesis Project II (3cr.) is a required capstone course in the second semester. Students may concentrate on self- defined independent projects on painting, photography/ video/ film, printmaking, sculpture, interdisciplinary arts, book arts, animation, or any other combination of media appropriate to meet their goals and objectives. This course is expected to be taken alongside a second option of the seminar with an approved 300/400 level course to foster a comprehensive capstone experience. It is an independent studio course where each student meets weekly with their chosen faculty advisor as they develop a substantial body of work that reflects studio engagement and relevant research. Faculty review panels meet with each student twice during the semester to discuss the student’s work and progress. The course involves group interactions and critiques, basic professional development practices, engagement with visiting artists, and presentations. Students in Thesis Project II are required to stage a self-curated collaborative exhibition or other public presentation of the work in thesis exhibition/ presentation in the college galleries or available venues. Thesis Project II demands rigor and commitment as students are expected to respond to their explorations in Thesis Project I with the body of work that transpired in their thesis presentation. Students enrolled in Thesis Project I reapply for this final capstone course by presenting their studio work and thesis proposal in the second review panel during Thesis Project I. Fulfills: Senior Studio Arts Thesis Project II Capstone Requirement (Painting, Photo/Video/Film, Printmaking, and Sculpture students); Senior Capstone option (Art Education, GTP, Interdisciplinary Arts and WVN students) Page 89 of 91
