The Degree Project involves a semester of guided, but essentially independent study to test the student's ability to design and successfully complete a substantial, comprehensive body of work. A Degree Project Proposal is submitted at the end of Wintersession in February. Each senior's body of work is ultimately presented in a Printmaking Degree Project Exhibition in the Woods-Gerry Gallery at the end of the semester. In addition, this course works in tandem with last semester's Senior Degree Project: Seminar topics. Accordingly, a Degree Project Final Folder is also submitted containing, DP Proposal, Final Statement, Resume, Artist Statement, and images of Degree Project work. It is important to note that the Printmaking Degree Project follows grant procedure, thus, its potential value to the graduated senior with a Printmaking BFA degree in the professional realm.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00

Enrollment is limited to Senior Printmaking Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Printmaking

This course provides the printmaking major the opportunity to work closely with Printmaking faculty on a concentrated and advanced basis beyond study in a print elective course. Focus on the development of printmaking related work prior to the Degree Project, relying primarily on individual and group critiques, will culminate in the Degree Project Proposal-foundation for both the Written Thesis and Degree Project body of work that is the focus of Spring Semester for senior printmakers.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00

Major Requirement | BFA Printmaking

Advanced Physical Computation is a research-driven studio exploring these questions through the design and construction of computational systems that move, behave, and respond within the physical world. Technical research will serve as a foundation for broader investigations into autonomy, agency, adaptation, emergence, and the increasingly unstable boundaries between machines and living systems.

Building on prior experience with microcontrollers, electronics, sensing, and basic actuation, students will investigate advanced approaches to motion including motor control, mechanical transmission, kinetic mechanisms, feedback systems, coordinated actuation, and alternative forms of movement. Through readings, case studies, technical demonstrations, and independent research, students will situate these experiments within contemporary art, robotics, biology, and emerging technologies.

The course considers how computation can become embedded within an artwork’s physical form, movement, and material logic, rather than functioning as an interface added to an object. Through iterative experimentation, students will develop increasingly sophisticated prototypes, culminating in a substantial independent project that advances both their technical and research practices.

This course is open to juniors and above from all majors and requires prior completion of Introduction to Physical Computation or equivalent experience in physical computing.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $250.00

Elective

This class builds over two semesters, and works in concert with Senior Collection Development. As students begin to develop their thesis Collection, they will uncover what motivates them, what they aspire to in the context of their work and creative practice, as well as what they stand for in the world. The class fosters research, invests in the emotional experience of clothing: how it makes the wearer feel, where it comes from, who it serves. Communication is at the heart of the process, and moves between the visual, written, and the spoken word. Writing prompts are used to bridge thinking and making and students learn to articulate their creative process while developing a distinctive design language and identity. As students explore approaches to fashion/clothing as an embodied discipline, they investigate the sense orientated potential for their designs. Classes are navigated through group work, tutorial-based sessions, cross-disciplinary prompts and critiques.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Senior Apparel Design Students. 

Major Requirement | BFA Apparel Design

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

These studios, two of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Note: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture