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Sophomore-Year Proposal/Junior-Year Proposal(WAC 85/185)The proposal courses built into the WACD curriculum are designed to provide students with individualizedfaculty guidance in working towards a focused area of expertise and the successful completion of the degree.WAC 85/Sophomore-Year ProposalThis course offers the first opportunity to sit down with faculty advisors to consider courses to fulfill units ofindividualized concentration coursework (Topics plus Elective units). This course is only offered in the Fall ofthe sophomore year. Students and the faculty advisor will plan these courses and then meet again to fine-tuneand update the plan for the Junior-Year Proposal.WAC 185/Junior-Year ProposalIn this course students will meet with the faculty advisor to review their progress, to consider what othercoursework and experiences may be necessary to complete the degree, and to determine if the student will optfor coursework or choose the Senior Project to complete the degree. This proposal is written in the winter of thejunior year preceding the senior year. All students propose a Senior year plan. World arts and culturesconcentration students propose a senior honors project, or equivalent coursework, with faculty approval. Danceconcentration students propose their senior year course plan and have the option to propose a Senior HonorsProject (10 additional units).If the student chooses the Senior Project route, a specific proposal for the project is developed. Senior Projectproposals must be approved before the student moves forward to substitute senior year course work with thesenior project course sequence.22
SENIOR HONORS PROJECT(WAC 186AB)The Senior Honors Project is intended as a capstone experience, a creative culmination of the major stream(s) ofyour studies in WAC. It is an in-depth, rigorous endeavor. It is a venue for applying the skills and knowledgethat you have accumulated. It is a launching pad for individual career vectors. Through these projects youbegin developing networks of relationships with others working in your fields of interest within and outside theuniversity.The collective aspect of the experience is also very important. By tracking and supporting each other’s processes,you will have the opportunity to problem-solve for each other, to hone critical thinking skills across disciplinarylines, and to develop abilities to articulate that thinking.The senior project course sequence meets both winter and spring quarter with the final presentation in springquarter.Preparation for the Senior ProjectStudents planning to present work in any medium will need to work closely with their faculty advisors in orderto be appropriately prepared to present their work. Along with the required WAC 70 production credit,performance-based students may want to consider taking WAC 171 (Topics in Production Design) to strengthentheir knowledge of production. Prior completion of choreographic or project-creation work must be evident.Performance-based students are also strongly encouraged to present choreographic works on or off campusprior to their senior project year.Students making presentations based upon scholarly research and/or ethnographic documentation are expectedto have completed an individual course of studies specifically relevant to the content of their projects. (Forexample, a student whose project focuses on performance in South Africa should take relevant courses inAfrican Studies, both inside and outside of the Department.) Students planning to use video, HTML-based webdesign, or computer graphics must have prior experience in these technologies. (NOTE: If your project involvesa video component you are required to successfully complete Video Production in the Arts [WAC C180] prior toWinter quarter of your senior year.)Students planning to work collaboratively or to create interdisciplinary projects that cross the boundarybetween scholarship and performance should be prepared to specify their plans in considerable detail in theJunior year proposal (WAC 185). (While we do want to encourage collaborative work, you should be aware thatexpectations for a project involving two people are twice as high as those for an individual project.)SENIOR FOCUS OPTION FOR WAC/WAC CONCENTRATIONWorld arts and cultures concentration students propose a senior honors project, or equivalent coursework, withfaculty approval. The focus of 10 units’ coursework reflects an in-depth study in the student’s area(s) ofinterest(s).23
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