syllabus — ART 392 — SENIOR STUDIO SEMINAR (CAPSTONE)

Process Journal
5 Graded Entries

overview:

You will have five online Process Journal entries using the Quiz section of D2L. Each due date you will be provided with 1-3 prompts to respond to in writing (prompts are in the D2L quiz). Each entry is worth two points and due before midnight on the due date.

In addition to these required online entries you are strongly encouraged to have a dedicated analog process journal (sometimes referred to as a process book or research journal) where you compile information and record on an on-going basis all research activities related to your thesis project and the coursework.

What you might include in your suggested analog process journal

• your thoughts related to your thesis project and research topic such as interesting questions and problems that arise as well as possible solutions

• notations on your discoveries along the way

• notes from individual meetings with the professor, visiting artists and peers

• references to read or view

• notes on articles and books you read about your topic

• drawings or other preparatory studies for all aspects of the project

• reference and inspiration images or other art materials collected for the project

• documentation on your investigation of art supplies and/or processes

• lists of pertinent vendors, suppliers, stores etc. for materials or processes

• summarize your accomplishments in the studio, note goals for the next week and list any new conceptual developments or theoretical challenges they are processing.

• carry your journal with you at all times - you never know when you will get an idea or insight

• make short notations at any given time when ideas/solutions to problems come to you, but also when you are reading relevant material and/or collecting images or other visual information.

submission:

You will be provided with 1-3 prompts to respond to in writing.

Some prompts will require the submission of photographs/images.

Use the Quiz section of D2L and post by the time and date listed in the schedule.