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Senior Projects
Course Objectives.
This
is the second of two courses designed to enable you to conceive, organize
and produce an original interdisciplinary research/art project. In Section
A rigorous examination of your ideas and your process for developing your
Senior Thesis Project was conducted and work began on research and construction
of your project. The major emphasis was on a cross disciplinary approach with
the computer serving as the central medium to which all other mediums were
integrated. In section B we will continue with this same emphasis on an interdisciplinary
approach. The form(s) that your project has taken should have included a range
media such as web sites, drawing, animation, performance, installation, sound,
etc. By the end of this course you will have completed your projects and given
the required final presentation.
Your
final presentation will be your primary focus this quarter. It is imperative
that you give your undivided attention to your thesis project. On the conceptual and aesthetic side, your research
and first drafts of your project must be completed. On the technical side,
construction should be well under way and you should begin testing and trouble
shooting all the components. The site of your final presentation should be
secured by the third day of class. It is imperative that you have all the
components of your project completed at least a week, if not more, before
they are to be installed/presented.
In this final quarter
your attention to the details of your thesis should be of the utmost importance.
You will continue to update your project website which will be used to present
the progress of your project several times during the quarter. The web site
must be kept up to date and contain essential information on your project,
specifically, current drafts of your written thesis, your research and writing,
an updated production schedule, the conceptual and aesthetic components of
your project, your actual process, your resources and technical
needs, your time frame for production, your presentation space and
relationship to your existing work and what you hope to achieve with the final
project.
Course
Evaluation:
20%
attendance & participation
20%
Hybrid Document/website for presentations
Introduction,
course overview
Review
of all student projects
Production
timelines discussed and updated.
Other
related anecdotal stories.
Due:
Updated website.
In-class
work, production timelines updated.
Individual
discussions with all students about projects.
Lecture
(Tony Allard)
“Public
Art: presenting your work to the public
In-class
work, production timelines updated.
Discussions
with individual students.
Visit
and trouble shoot sites where work will be presented.
In-class
work, testing components of projects.
Demonstrate the major technology of your project.
Discussion
with individual students.
Mid
quarter Work In Progress presentations.
I expect
to see the prototype of your thesis show complete and ready to present.
Presentations of mid-quarter project progress. Update timelines and
final goals discussed.
Discussions
with individual students about projects.
Due:
updated website.
In-class
work, troubleshooting, tweaking of project.
Work
on site when possible.
In-class
work, troubleshooting
If
it is possible, installation of projects begins.
5/26
FINAL
PROJECT presentations.
FINAL
PROJECT presentations.
FINAL
WRITTEN THESIS DUE: by 12 PM the Monday
of Finals week.