Major Studio 2: Narrative

PGTE 5201 | Spring 2012 | Faculty: Stuart Cudlitz, Lucille Tenazas

The Major Studio 2 curriculum reinforces the theoretical practices inclusive of narrative, interaction and computation research while contextualizing how these new fields are situated within the larger field of art and design. The course continues the emphasis on design process, methodology and crafting research while expanding the scope of critique, presentation and integrating newly acquired technical skills within conceptual development. Individual research and creative practice is emphasized more heavily, as students refine their inquiries and identity towards their thesis year. As Major Studio 1, served as the core of the curriculum in the fall semester, Major Studio 2 also forms the center of the spring semester, but explicitly transitions graduate candidates away from coursework assigned by faculty towards self-directed, self-designed, self-originating projects and research. The course is run in a more conventional studio format with less of a reliance on required readings and seminar style discussions, and more of a focus on the critique of work in progress as a means to articulate research inquiry..Open to: