CLASS 06 | MARCH 13 | THE LAY OF THE LAND IN GRAPHIC DESIGN EDUCATION TODAY: WHO WHAT WHERE WHY

 

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LASS FOCUS

Today we'll be catching up on the challenges of assessing your own position on graphic design (portrait of who you are as an educator) on teaching and on what's happening in design education today.

 

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT

To better understand the lay-of-the-land of design education today, in groups we'll be visualizing the following based on the database on which you've been working the last few weeks.

 

GROUP 1: Visualize

• How many Programs in Art Schools vs in other Schools

• Program Titles: Graphic vs Visual Communication vs ?

• Other "design" programs on campus that potentially compete with Graphic Design? (If so, what are they?)

Visualization here.

 

GROUP 2: Visualize

• UNDERGRAD PROGRAMS

• Years program founded

• Types of Degrees Granted (BA, BFA)

• Definition of Design: What’s common vs what’s unique

• How big: Number of students enrolled per year

• Foundation year? How many programs

 

GROUP 3: Visualize

• GRAD PROGRAMS

• Year program founded

• Type of Degrees Granted (MA, MFA)

• Majors

• Program Character (Specialized Practice; Invention of

Visual Form)

• Number of students enrolled

 

 

 

CLASS FOCUS

Identifying your personal area of design research/expertise and community established through conferences, publications, listservs, etc.

 

READINGS:

Lists of conferences, publications, listservs for design educators/researchers

 

WORKSHOP:

10:00 - 12:00: Karen Baxter: Tutorial on research to identify resources on area of personal research/specialization