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Nature of course request C02025 :

Prerequisite change		Change credit hours		Undergraduate
Description change

From:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
A429	Portfolio & Professional Preparation	3 - 0
To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
A429	Portfolio & Professional Preparation	4 - 0

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Portfolio Prof Prep

Current Course Description: Survey of professional practice in visual communication design. Career strategies, professional ethics, business practices, and preparation for portfolio presentation. Capstone experience for visual communication design students includes oral presentation of each student¿s portfolio. Prerequisite: A 332, upper division standing

New Course Description: Preparation for professional practice in visual communication design. Career strategies, professional ethics, business practices, and preparation for portfolio presentation. Capstone experience for visual communication design students includes oral presentation of each student¿s portfolio. Prerequisite: A 322 or A324 or A 327, upper division standing

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This is a new course, offered for the first time in Spring 2012. It is currently being developed as if it were a 4-credit course, and because of the amount of information and experience required to transition to professional practice, it will be heavy for a 3-credit load when taught this spring. The change in course description reflects minor rewording. Value/content added from original course proposal reflects the significant class time needed for interaction with professionals, through studio tours and campus visitors. That results in demanding expectations of students outside of class time. Prerequisite requirement changes reflect a typo correction as well as new upper division sequences added since the initial proposal of this course. This course change proposal is part of a larger reorganization process to shift all studio art courses from 3 credits to 4 credits. This change will enable students to complete the program efficiently in a four-year degree plan. As a result, the reduced course load will allow students to invest more time per course and increase the potential for greater progress in each subject. This change will also ease the department¿s scheduling grid, and permit increased student access to studio equipment and workspace as students prepare artwork between class sessions. This change in credits will align our program with art programs in both the 4-year universities and 2-year community colleges in Oregon. Students transferring from quarter and/or semester academic programs will typically experience more accurate credit equivalencies with WOU art courses under this proposed system.

Students/Program affected: BA/BS and BFA major studio art program courses offered in the Art Department.

Approval Queue C02025

Attached Files:

A429_4cr_form_&_syllabus.pdf

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