ART 4850 - Contemporary Practices and Portfolio

5 credit hours
This senior capstone course for Photography and Digital Design majors integrates and examines art practices that reflect the university’s CORE curriculum, mission, and values with personal and professional development in the arts.Through critical readings of texts and class discussion, students will discover how artists comment upon larger social issues inclusive of political/social, environmental, and religious/spiritual aspects. The class will consist of lectures, presentations, several visiting artist lectures, and discussion. Individual term assignments combined with critical analysis of contemporary art promote understanding and link liberal arts education, with professional studies in the majors. Class sessions are discussion-oriented with an emphasis on seminar-style exchange, and you should be prepared to participate fully in each class. Photography and Digital Design majors only.