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GRADUATE PROGRAM POLICIES 41 5. List of the resources, labs, and specific instruction anticipated 6. Production plan and budget 7. Expected needs for exhibition THESIS COMMITTEE The Thesis Committee will consist of five faculty members: three graduate faculty to be invited each year by the director of graduate studies, plus the director and the individual thesis advisor. In the case of duplication, the student will be asked to nominate an additional faculty member. THESIS PROPOSAL REVIEW Thesis proposals are reviewed by the Thesis Committee during the fifth week of the fall semester. The committee will pay special attention to: 1. Does the proposal demonstrate originality of investigation, project concept, or narrative idea 2. Does the proposal demonstrate originality of investigation, project concept, or narrative idea 3. Is the scope of work realistic in terms of the student’s abilities, experience, and time available 4. Is there a production plan that anticipates the possibility of delays and unexpected problems and describes how they would be addressed The committee may approve a proposal, request more information, or send the proposal back to the student for further development. In the case of the latter, the committee will provide a detailed explanation of its reservations, along with suggestions for improvement. Upon approval of the thesis proposal, students will begin research and work on their thesis project. During the final two weeks of the fall semester, the Thesis Committee will conduct a pre-thesis review. PRE-THESIS REVIEW The object of the pre-thesis review is to make sure candidates are progressing toward their final thesis semester and to help coordinate details of the thesis exhibition. The review will be with the Thesis Committee. —— At the pre-thesis review the student will discuss his or her thesis work to date. —— The committee and student will develop a more specific set of evaluation criteria for the exhibition, defense, and written thesis. —— A timetable for completion of the thesis and arrangements for the upcoming exhibition, setup, and logistics will be discussed. THESIS EXHIBITION Public display of the final thesis project is required. This may take the form of an exhibition, performance, web site, screening, or other appropriate form. Collaborative projects are allowed, but individual students must be able to demonstrate their contributions to the final project. The college will make traditional gallery space available, but students who require specific or non-traditional spaces are encouraged to make their own arrangements. Off-campus and community-based exhibitions are encouraged. The final exhibition must be presented at the highest professional level. Students are responsible for promotion, marketing, and opening arrangements. The thesis exhibition will be evaluated on: —— Artistic quality —— Originality of vision —— Conceptual unity —— Professionalism of presentation THESIS OVERVIEW A polished, professional overview of the thesis project that presents the context of the work is required. This overview must demonstrate that the student has a solid grasp of the theoretical, critical, and historical issues involved. Research, sources, and influences must be documented. This document should demonstrate relevant critical analysis, communication skills, and mature self evaluation. The length and mode of the thesis overview should be determined by the student and agreed upon by the Thesis Committee. The thesis overview will be evaluated on: —— Thoroughness of execution, touching on all salient dimensions of activity —— Clarity of presentation —— Citations where necessary —— Inclusion of notational material/text from blog/journal —— Presentation design The thesis overview must be presented to the Thesis Committee a minimum of four days before the thesis discussion. ORAL DISCUSSION The Thesis Committee will meet with the candidate during the thesis exhibition to discuss the exhibition and the overview. This will be a candid and frank discussion of the work. All previous criteria for the exhibition and overview will be discussed. In addition, the committee will be interested in the candidate’s ability to verbally present the work and in the correspondence of the overview to the work.
42 INDEX DOCUMENTATION OF THESIS PROJECTS All thesis projects are required to have an online presence. Relevant images, videos, and other supporting documentation should be available. The thesis overview should also be available online at this site. Students are encouraged, but not required, to link this site to their program learning blog. 2-D and 3-D exhibitions should include a minimum of 15 digital images documenting individual works and installation views. Video clips of timebased media should be included. The site should give a clear introduction to the project along with documentation of the final project and exhibition or screening. Projects that originate online should provide some form of introduction. The CCAD logo and program title are required to appear on the introduction page. THESIS SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The submission of a thesis marks the successful completion of the degree. College policy requires that students submit an electronic copy of documentation of exhibition, thesis overview, online component, and any additional related material of their theses to the CCAD Library. Each thesis will be listed in the library’s catalog. The electronic thesis will be published in the OhioLINK ETD Center and available for worldwide access. Students may submit electronic copies by email, CD-Rom or USB flash drive. OHIOLINK ETD CENTER FORMAT GUIDELINES The OhioLINK ETD Center accepts multiple formats and multiple files per paper, such as a main PDF file with supplementary data files and video clips. The list of acceptable formats is an institutional decision. As an overall rule, OhioLINK recommends file formats that are platformindependent, vendor-independent, non-proprietary, stable, and widely supported. The same criteria apply to audio and video codecs and other embedded software. Preferred formats include: —— For formatted documents: Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF files should have all fonts embedded and may not disable printing or text access. PDF files being uploaded to Proquest/UMI must be unlocked (no security options selected). —— For images: Portable Network Graphics format (PNG), TIFF, JPEG —— For video: MPEG, MP4, AVI —— For spreadsheets or data files: Comma-separated values (CSV) or other delimited text OhioLINK discourages the use of HTML unless authors take considerable care in ensuring that their markup conforms to published standards and that their use of links and inline images can stand alone in the ETD Center. For reasons of long-term accessibility and preservation, OhioLINK strongly discourages documents in proprietary word processing formats such as Microsoft Word or Excel. INDEX Absences .........................................05 Academic dismissal appeal process ...................06 Academic misconduct ...............................17 Academic standards policy ...........................06 Adding a class .....................................10 Advising ..........................................20 Appeals ...........................................06 Attendance ........................................05 Auditing classes ...................................09 Bike racks ........................................26 Bulletin boards & fliers .............................26 Career Services ....................................20 Change of address or name ..........................20 Class status .......................................11 Closed classes .....................................09 Code of Conduct ...................................16 Complaints or grievances, Filing ......................16 Computers, Campus use policies .....................26 Copies of records, Requesting ........................19 Counseling ........................................21 Credit load ........................................09 Delay of service ....................................07 Disability Services ..................................21 Disciplinary procedures .............................17 Disciplinary sanctions ...............................17 Discrimination and grievance procedures ..............16 Dropping a class....................................10 Drug and alcohol policy .............................17 Email ............................................22 Exhibitions, Student sales policy ......................28
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