Foundation

Foundation student work will demonstrate:

• Disciplinary Knowledge and Skills
  Student work will demonstrate essential skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, research, and communication while fostering social responsibility. Through hands-on projects and interdisciplinary learning, students develop both creative and practical competencies needed to navigate the evolving professional landscape.
• Proficiency in Industry-Standard Skills, Technologies, and Processes
  Student work will demonstrate proficiency in foundational art and design skills, such as foundational Drawing, 2D and 3D design, and multi-sensory fluency employing industry-standard tools, technologies, and methods across varied course projects.
• Cross-Disciplinary Awareness and Practice
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to connect and apply cross-disciplinary knowledge, integrating diverse perspectives, historical context, and varied technologies.
• Audience-Focused Research, Historical Context, and Field-Specific Discourse
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to conduct research with a clear audience focus, integrate historical and cultural contexts, and engage in field-specific discourse to develop informed and meaningful creative work.
• Capacity to Identify and Solve Creative Problems
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to analyze, experiment, and develop innovative solutions to creative challenges by applying foundational art and design principles, critical thinking, and iterative problem-solving processes.

Foundation student work will demonstrate:

• Innovation
  Student work will demonstrate innovative problem-solving skills by experimenting with new materials, concepts, and creative approaches.
• Experimentation and play
  Students’ work demonstrates experimentation and play as part of the creative process, exploring a variety of approaches and solutions.

• Challenge to the status quo
  Students can demonstrate a beginning understanding of art and design conventions, exploring how to challenge the status quo in coursework.
• Bravery in their work and their interactions with others
  Student demonstrate bravery by challenging subjective limits in coursework and actively engaging in discussions and critiques.

Foundation student work will demonstrate:

• Self-awareness
  Student work will demonstrate a deeper understanding of who they are as emerging artists and designers, reflecting on their strengths, challenges, and creative journey.
• Capacity to communicate (orally, written, and/or visually) about their practice
  Student work will demonstrate clear communication of ideas, processes, and outcomes through oral, visual, and written methods informed by reflections and critiques.
• Capacity to seek, assemble, evaluate, and ethically apply information and ideas from diverse sources
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to research, synthesize, and critically assess diverse sources of information and apply them in their creative practice.
• Analysis of both ethical and aesthetic impacts of art and design
  Students’ work demonstrates the ability to examine the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of art and design, considering their broader social, cultural, and historical implications.

Foundation student work will demonstrate:

• Understanding of themselves as parts of a larger whole made up of human and non-human beings.
  Student work will demonstrate a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between art and design practices and their social and environmental impacts, recognizing their role as contributors to a human and non-human ecosystem.
• Awareness of positionality – in the world, their field, their communities.
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on their evolving identity and role as artists and designers within a global context, informed by their personal experiences, communities, and disciplinary interests as they prepare to transition into their chosen majors.
• Ability to work well, collaborate, and build relationships across differences in identity, perspective, aesthetics and disciplines
  Student work will demonstrate meaningful connections and dialogue across differences in collaborative and interdisciplinary practices.
• Integration of skills, information, and concepts
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to synthesize and apply foundational art and design skills, concepts, and knowledge as a basis for future academic and professional success.

Foundation student work will demonstrate:

• Ability to define aspirations, future goals and their role within the creative economy.
  Student work will demonstrate the ability to identify and articulate their academic and professional aspirations through written statements or presentations, demonstrating alignment between their goals, creative identity, and role within the evolving creative economy.
• Awareness of audience and ability to cultivate relationships with others in their chosen fields.
  Student work demonstrates the ability to present their work to peers and faculty with clear articulation of concepts, methods, and creative intentions, demonstrating thoughtful organization, effective communication, and responsiveness to feedback.
• Compelling presentation and exhibition skills, through Annual Exhibition, Capstone, and portfolios
  Student work demonstrates the ability to present work effectively by completing assignments and critiques, demonstrating creativity, technical skills, and conceptual development growth.
• Proficiency in budgeting, time and project management.
  Students’ work demonstrates their ability to plan, organize, and manage projects effectively, balancing creative and logistical demands within given deadlines and resources.
• Career readiness, as evidenced by strong interpersonal skills, self-advocacy, adaptation, autonomy, initiative, and willingness to both receive and offer feedback
  Students demonstrate readiness to enter the major, as evidenced by active engagement with critique, showing an ability to both receive and offer constructive feedback.