GMDP-551: Thesis Prep

In this course students will reflect on and focus their developing and ongoing creative practice during their Concept year. The course is comprised of a mixture of individual meetings, group discussion, and design and short writing activities. These activities will help students develop their position; inform their curricular choices for Spring electives and the Summer "X-term" (eg internships, additional classes, on-campus research); and act as a foundation for their thesis year. In the later stages of the course, work will focus on preparing for the Thesis Gateway review, where students will present their foundation thesis frameworks and design explorations as demonstration of readiness to move into the critical work of the thesis year.?