DES 498R

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Directed Studies

Design College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Students will be able to meet regularly with a professor or mentor throughout the course of the semester to complete a project of their own choosing.

When Taught

Fall, Winter, Spring

Fixed/Max

2

Fixed

2

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Instructor add code required; students should meet with their mentor and propose a self-directed, mentored project to work on during the semester in which they take this class.

Recommended

It is recommended that students complete most of their required major coursework before taking this class. This class should ideally be taken during the final year before graduation.

Title

Design Project

Learning Outcome

Students will design a major visual artifact (or series of artifacts or experience) that demonstrate synthesis and mastery of their other coursework and establish a rhetorically compelling relationship between the content and format of their work.

Title

Ideas, Critique, Mentorship

Learning Outcome

Students will develop ideas in consultation, critique, and individual mentorship with a faculty mentor