Imagination & Collaboration

Catalog description

This course will create an environment in which students can learn about, and build strategies for, their involvement in creative collaborations. They will examine their own individual characteristics, what they know and what they value, and then explore how those characteristics affect their ability to effectively work as part of a creative team. Students will be asked to step outside of their comfort zone to put collective ideas ahead of their own, with the hope of finding collaborative success with their team, but without a guarantee of success, challenging each student to improve the way they communicate, interpret, build trust, brainstorm, compromise, and resolve conflict. Students will work on their creative problem-solving abilities within a group of students from different disciplines in order to achieve a common goal, and they will examine and experience a variety of roles and power dynamics within a team setting, from project manager to contributing member. They will develop stronger competencies in teamwork, professionalism, communication, and leadership as artists and designers.