Senior Project Seminar

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The Senior Project seminar is a three-credit course offered in the fall semester as a requirement for graduating majors in studio art. The purpose of the seminar is three-fold: to provide practical knowledge needed to begin a career as a professional artist, to offer a foundation in contemporary art and art theory, and to prepare students for their thesis art project and Senior Exhibition. The lecture and discussion-based course includes several writing assignments, culminating in a research paper. This course includes weekly lectures and discussions, guest speakers and field trips, readings, group critique and written assignments. Students will gain a better understanding of their place in the art world, the opportunities and challenges facing artists, and the resources and tools available to them. As this course serves as the writing requirement for art majors, we will explore art writing in depth specifically as it relates to your art-making practice and the broader field of art writing in general. Finally, the course will prepare students for their thesis, the Senior Art Exhibition in the de la Cruz Gallery next spring.