Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) for College of Art and Design (CAD)

Catalog description

The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) engage students in long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. VIP courses are project-based, team-based courses directly supporting faculty research and scholarship with a particular focus on technology, art, and design. The VIP teams are a mix of undergraduate and graduate students each semester. Graduates can participate through their tenure at RIT. Graduate students will have foundations within their discipline, pursue needed knowledge/skills, make meaningful contributions, assume technical/leadership responsibilities, and serve as mentors for junior members. Students will be required to make contributions to the project, maintain detailed notebooks describing their contribution to the project, attend and participate in team meetings, and explore topics specific to each VIP via tutorials and readings from appropriate literature. Presentations and reports on work created will also be required.