Professor:
Eduardo Navas (ean13@psu.edu)
Office hours: 11 AM -
12 PM Mon and Wed, 206 Arts Cottage
IDS
Capstone II provides arts and design students an opportunity to implement a
digital art and design undergraduate thesis.
Class is scheduled for Mondays and
Wednesdays. There will be just a few lectures throughout the course. Class, for
the most part will consist of individual meetings and presentations. The class
participants will be split into two groups. Students in each group will meet
individually with the professor according to the weekly schedule (see the end
of this syllabus). Students who do not meet with the professor on a class day
are expected to use the time for lab time, and should work on their projects
during class. Students can also schedule longer appointments of half an hour or
more with the instructor on Mondays from 10 AM to 12 PM or Thursdays from 10 AM
to 12 AM.
Students will have scheduled class
critiques (see the end of this syllabus for details). There will be two major
critiques, one around the middle of the semester, in which IDS faculty will be
invited to sit in, and a final thesis critique to be held at the end of the
semester. The final critique will take the form of an exhibition/presentation
open to the public and possibly available online.
Learning
Outcomes:
A Note on Plagiarism
Plagiarism
will not be tolerated. A student who commits plagiarism will be reported to the
office of the visual arts. The studentŐs behavior will be taken very seriously
and dealt with according to the guidelines provided by Penn State
University, School of Visual Arts.
To avoid plagiarism, please cite your sources when appropriate.
Academic Integrity
Statement
University Policies and Rules Guidelines states that academic integrity is the pursuit of
scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic
integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The
Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are
expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this
expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should
act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and
property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed
through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment
not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception.
Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the
University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.
Academic dishonesty includes but
is not limited to acts such as cheating on exams or assignments; plagiarizing
the words or ideas of another; fabricating information or citations;
facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others; claiming authorship of work
done by another person; submitting work completed in previous classes; and/or
submitting the same work to multiple classes in which a student is enrolled
simultaneously.
Accessibility
Statement
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Office for Disability Services (ODS) Web site provides contact information for every Penn State campus: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/dcl. For further information, please visit the Office for Disability Services Web site: http://equity.psu.edu/ods.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campusŐs disability services office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
Safety Information
Students in the School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or in their studios or classrooms using a variety of power and hand held equipment, which may cause injury. Students should use the shop only after having received an orientation in the use of such equipment and when supervised by faculty or shop personnel. Should any injuries occur, in the shop, studios, or classrooms in the School of Visual Arts please report them to Matt Olson, Shop Supervisor, Room 108-A Visual Arts Building, Phone: 814-865-3962, email: mjo5165@psu.edu.
This is a research based class. Required readings and resources will be assigned to each student individually.
Course
Requirements
Please
note that final grades are dependent upon consistent performance in all course
requirements.
Grading
Total 100%
Grade
Scale
Letter grade assignments are as
follows:
Attendance
Semester
Schedule
The schedule may change as the semester
progresses. For the latest updates, please check Angel, and check class e-mails
regularly.
Week
1:
Introduction | Go over schedule for the Spring semester | Develop order of presentation for the coming weeks | Discuss organization of discussion forums
Wednesday, January
10, 2018
Brief Individual meetings with each student to go over updates on projects | Continue to Provide Feedback on Canvas
Week
2:
Monday,
January 15, 2018
Martin
Luther King Day, No Classes
Wednesday,
January 17, 2018
Class presents as a group for general in-class
critique
Week
3:
Monday,
January 22, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
January 24, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
4:
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
January 31, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
5:
Lecture | Short Individual Meetings
Wednesday,
February 7, 2018
Lecture | Short Individual Meetings
Week
6:
Monday,
February 12, 2018
Class presents as a group for general in-class
critique, Part 1 | Provide feedback on Canvas discussion forum
Wednesday,
February 14, 2018
Class presents as a group for general in-class
critique, Part 2 | Provide feedback on Canvas discussion forum
Week
7:
Monday,
February 19, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
February 21, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
8:
Monday,
February 26, 2018
Class presents as a group for general in-class
critique
Wednesday,
February 28, 2018
Lab Day: Reflect on Group Presentation
| Provide feedback on Canvas discussion forum
Week
9:
Monday,
March 5, 2018
Spring
Break
Wednesday,
March 7, 2018
Spring
Break
Week
10:
Prepare for midterm presentation | Individual
Meetings with half of the class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
March 14, 2018
Prepare for midterm presentation |
Individual Meetings with half of the class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
11:
Monday,
March 19, 2018
Midterm Presentation to Faculty (May
change to next week, depending on faculty schedule)
Wednesday,
March 21, 2018
Lecture | Go over adjustment of Thesis
based on Presentation Feedback
Week
12:
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
March 28, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
13:
Monday,
April 2, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Wednesday,
April 4, 2018
Individual Meetings with half of the
class according to schedule | Lab Day
Week
14:
Monday,
April 9, 2018
Preliminary presentation for final
thesis part 1 | Provide feedback on Canvas discussion forum
Wednesday,
April 11, 2018
Preliminary presentation for final
thesis part 2 | Provide feedback on Canvas discussion forum
Week
15:
Prepare for final thesis presentation |
Individual Meetings
Wednesday,
April 18, 2018
Prepare for final thesis presentation |
Individual Meetings
Week
16
Monday,
April 23, 2018
Final Presentation | Exhibition Part 1
Wednesday,
April 25, 2018
Final Presentation | Exhibition Part 2
Week
17:
Friday, May 4, 2018
Submit adjustments to Presentation