Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2014
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Debra Satterfield
Abstract
For a majority of undergraduate design students, their education will lead them to a professional career in professional design practice. It is important to understand how that outcome is connected with a design education. Graphic design and visual communication students are taught differently from university to university, college to college. The intent of this thesis is to fully understand curriculum and course design and how each can be best modified to allow for changing practices in the industry as well as constantly changing technology. There is great importance in understanding the needs for a design education as well as the needs for what that design education offers students.
A recursive method of curriculum and course design would allow for more frequent changes in a design education, allowing for flexibility in a student's education. Additionally, an assessment tool can be developed to regularly capture the needs of the industry and to collect data on where recent graduates of design programs feel they would have benefited from more education. How much of a design education should be taught in school and how much should be left up to experiential learning?
Copyright Owner
Ryan Gary Wilson
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
198 pages
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Ryan Gary, "Curriculum & course design: preparing graphic design & visual communication students" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 13677.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13677
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Art Education Commons, Graphic Design Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
