Rachel Schreiber | courses

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MASTER'S PROJECT 1: VISCR614
California College of the Arts, Fall 2007
Tuesdays 12pm–3pm, SF Campus

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Master's Project is the capstone of the program. Students apply their advanced knowledge of visual culture and facility in visual criticism to an individual research/creative topic. Students develop idea and proposal for Master's Project manuscript, and conduct extensive research. Students meet bi-weekly in a group setting with the professor to present and discuss evolving ideas. Students present a paper in the VCS symposium on April 5, and publish an essay in Sightlines, the program's yearly publication. The final and completed thesis is reviewed by the student's thesis committee in mid-April.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course emphasizes the following learning outcomes:

• Visual Literacy
  Students will learn to analyze, interpret, and explain images.
• Interdisciplinarity
  Within students' own work as well as through critiquing the work of their peers, students will learn about the methods and concerns of a range of disciplines.
• Professional development
  Students will learn to write a prospectus, to present their work within the context of conference or symposium, and to prepare a piece of original writing for publication.
• Methods of Critical Analysis
  Proficiency in manners of engaged, rigorous, and careful evaluation, interpretation, and explication of both the students' own topics as well as the topics of their peers will be emphasized.
• Research Skills
  The producion of the thesis project will involve students in a research-intensive process.
• Written and Verbal Communication
  Students will focus on presenting their ideas in their writing, as well as in presentations of their work that include visual components.