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Course Pacing Schedule


WK 1 Project #1
MON AUG 26 Convocation
TU AUG 27 Classes Begin - Introduction - Syllabus - material gathering - lockers
TH AUG 29 Project #1 Armor, Breast Plates + Protective Body Prosthetic
FRI AUG 30 End of Add / Drop

WK 2 Project #1 + 2
TU SEP 3 Project #1
TH SEP 5 Project #1

WK 3 
TU SEP 10  Project #1 (critique will occur following 2nd firing)
TH SEP 12  Project #2 Positive & Void: Plaster Bas-Relief

WK 4 Project #2 +3
TU SEP 17  Project #2
TH SEP 19  DUE: Critique Project #2 Project #3 Capturing Space & Covered Membranes

WK 5 - #10/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
TU SEP 24  Project #3
TH SEP 26  Project #3
SEP 27 - 29 Homecoming Weekend / Family Weekend / CAZ Art Trail 
SEP 28 Dean’s List Reception (SAT)

WK 6 #13/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
OCT 1  DUE: Critique Project #3
Project #4 Kinetic Forms Constructed from Planes
OCT 3 Project #4

WK 7 #16/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
OCT 8 Project #4
OCT 10 DUE: Critique Project #4
Project #5 Surrealism & Assemblage

 WK 8 #19/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
MON OCT 14 + TUES OCT 15 Autumn Break
TH OCT 17 Project #5
FRI OCT 18 Midterm

WK 9 #22/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
TU OCT 22 Project #5
TH OCT 24 DUE: Critique Project #5
Project #6 Scale Confusion & Location
OCT 26 Fall Open House (SAT)

WK 10 #25/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
TU OCT 29 Project #6
TH OCT 31 Project #6

WK 11 #28/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
NOV 4 Pre-Registration Week begins
TU NOV 5 Project #6
TH NOV 7 DUE: Critique Project #6 Project #7 Symbolic Wooden Graffiti

WK 12  #31/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
TU NOV 12 Project #7
TH NOV 14 Project #7
NOV 16 Fall Open House (SAT)

WK 13  #34/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
TU NOV 19 DUE: Critique Project #7 Project #8 Hard & Soft Wearables
Student Multi Media presentations
TH NOV 21 Project #8
Student Multi Media presentations
Hand in Research papers
NOV 22  Residence Hall Closes

 NOV 25 - 29 Thanksgiving Break
DEC 1 Residence Hall Opens 10 AM
DEC 2 Last Day to Withdraw from a course

WK 14 #37/45 Sketchbook Entries Due
( 8 entries in addition = extra credit)
TU DEC 3 Project #8
TH DEC 5 Project #8 Critique of Project #8 will occur during Final Exam Block

MON DEC 9 Last Day of Classes
Reading Day (professors have the option to hold classes)

DEC 11 - 14  Final Exams
DEC 19 Final Grades Due 9 AM

 ** Pacing Schedule may change at the discretion of the instructor. Students will be notified of any changes.

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