Portfolio Matters: Integrative Arts Capstone

Catalog description

INART 420W : Portfolio Matters is the writing-intensive capstone course for the Integrative Arts degree. The course is based on the application of integrated learning to complex life and career questions through assignments that include self-reflection exercises, independent research, collaborative teamwork, participation in seminar-based discussions, peer critiques, resume writing, portfolio planning, and individual presentations that may include visual and written elements. The course prepares Integrative Arts majors to be able to evaluate and curate their creative, academic, and work experiences for the development of a strategic plan for a professional portfolio and resume. The course design provides students with the opportunity to use thought and creativity to develop a plan for a portfolio and resume that reflects their creative and intellectual accomplishments and the range of their capabilities. The skills, reflections, shared engagement, and written documentation of the work produced as part of the course will enhance students' preparation for post-graduate study and career activities. Through this course, students will gain experience in the definition, articulation, and design of life and career goals and how to incorporate them into focused actions. This course provides the opportunity for individual student and program assessment. Although designed specifically for Integrative Arts majors, the course may function as an elective course for students who are intent on pursuing professional goals that involve a synthesis of learning across creative disciplines. Students who enroll in the course should be sixth-semester standing or higher and have completed at least six credits or more of 400-level or equivalent courses in ARCH, ART, A ED, ART H, DANCE, GD, INART, LARCH, MUSIC, PHOTO, THEA, COMM or ENGL.