SUMMER/FALL 2018 WINTER/SPRING 2019 2018 – 2019 | TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents From the Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Policy: General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Registration Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Academic Policies and General Graduation Requirements – Undergraduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Academic Policies and General Graduation Requirements – Graduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Off-Campus Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Other Programs on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Course Announcement Guide: Guide to Reading Course Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Credit Requirements for Undergraduate Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Interdisciplinary Studies, Non-major Electives, and Non-major Studio Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Degree Requirements and Course Descriptions: Division of Architecture + Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Apparel Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Furniture Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Industrial Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Interior Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Landscape Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Division of Experimental & Foundation Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 First-Year Program of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Digital + Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Division of Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Film/Animation/Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Jewelry + Metalsmithing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Printmaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Division of Liberal Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Global Arts and Cultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 History of Art and Visual Culture (is now Theory & History of Art & Design) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Liberal Arts and Science Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Literary Arts and Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Concentrations Computation, Technology, and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 History of Art and Visual Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 3 2018 – 2019 | TABLE OF CONTENTS History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Literary Arts and Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 European Honors Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 RISD in Seoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Graduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Teaching + Learning in Art + Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Wintersession: Wintersession Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Wintersession Course Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 The Course Announcement is published annually in April in limited print quantities. A PDF version is available (with bookmarks) at http://wa.risd.edu. The Course Announcement is not intended to constitute an agreement, contract, or offer to enter into a contract between any student and Rhode Island School of Design. The course offerings, requirements and policies of Rhode Island School of Design are under continual examination and revision. This Course Announcement presents the offerings, requirements and policies in effect at the time of publication and in no way guarantees that the offerings, requirements and policies will not change. RISD specifically (but without limitation) reserves the right at any time without notice, to delete, adjust, reschedule, or replace any course(s) published herein due to insufficient enrollment, faculty changes, budgetary restrictions, or unforeseen circumstances and to change requirements for any major during any particular year. Non-Discrimination Notice: Rhode Island School of Design does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law in admission to, participation in, or administration of its educational programs and activities; in employment; or in its other programs and activities. Additional information can be found at http://www.risd.edu/about/policies-disclosures. 4 2018 – 2019 | FROM THE PROVOST A MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST The 2018-19 Course Announcement provides you with information you need to plan your upcoming semester. Please review your graduation requirements and the academic policies of your department when you make your course selections to assure that your semester registrations consider overall degree requirements. Meeting with your Academic Advisor is a good way to consider options and discuss any relevant questions you may have. Please remember that it takes two to make advising work. Keep in mind as you put together a prospective schedule that some classes are in high demand. It is important to have alternative courses in mind in case your top choices fill. Registration for Fall classes takes place in May. Please take advantage of the planning and course browsing features of the student planning system for selecting classes. Offerings for the upcoming academic year provide an exciting array of courses that have been designed to help you develop your knowledge, abilities, and capacity to think and work critically. I encourage you to challenge yourself, to try something new, and to create an individual program that encourages your broadest growth as an engaged artist, designer, and scholar. Tracie Costantino Provost 5 POLICY 2018 – 2019 | GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION review by both NEASC and NASAD was conducted in 2016. The Course Announcement The Course Announcement is an important document Program Accreditation providing information about Rhode Island School of  Architecture Design (RISD). The Course Announcement is published The Bachelor’s of Architecture and Master’s of annually in April in limited quantities. Students and Architecture programs are accredited by the faculty may request a copy from the Registrar’s Office, National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) but the preferred use is to access the electronic pdf  Landscape Architecture which is accessible to RISD students, staff, and faculty as The Master’s of Landscape Architecture programs well as the general public. The pdf document is are accredited by the Landscape Architecture bookmarked and accessible from the Registrar’s Office Accreditation Board (LAAB) of the American Society website www.risd.edu/registrar. of Landscape Architects (ASLA)  Art Education Accreditation The Master of Arts in Teaching is accredited by the Rhode Island School of Design is accredited by the New Rhode Island Department of Elementary and England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), Secondary Education (RIDE) which accredits schools and colleges in the six New England states, and by the National Association of Information by Phone Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), which is the Inquiries about specific issues may be addressed to the principal national accreditor for schools of art and following offices. On campus calls need only dial the last design. 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Institutional and Regional Accreditation Building Hours Rhode Island School of Design is accredited by the Academic buildings and facilities are open and Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) accessible only for certain hours of the day and night. of New England Association of Schools and Colleges These hours adjust to allow for additional access (NEASC), the regional accreditation agency for colleges towards the end of the semester/term. The schedule of and universities in the six New England states. The available hours in academic buildings is available at the Commission is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of beginning of each academic year on the Registrar’s Education as a reliable authority on the quality of website. All academic buildings are accessible during education for the institutions it accredits. RISD is a available hours via your RISD ID card. See the posted charter member and has been accredited by the hours for more details on specific building access. Shops National Association of Schools of Art and Design and computer labs are accessible during many, but not (NASAD), the specialized, professional accrediting necessarily all, of the hours a building is open. Graduate agency, since 1948. RISD’s most recent comprehensive 9 2018 – 2019 | GENERAL INFORMATION students have 24-hour access to their graduate studios To add a Chosen Name, complete the Change of at the discretion of their department. Name form available on the Registrar website at www.risd.edu/registrar. The Academic Calendar Please note that we are in the process of updating The Academic Calendar is available electronically on the and streamlining the Chosen Name Policy and Registrar’s office website at ww.risd.edu/registrar in the procedure. The full, and most updated Chosen Name tab labeled ‘Academic Calendars’. Basic dates, detailed Policy, is available at: dates, as well as instructions on how to subscribe to the http://policies.risd.edu/academic/chosen-name-policy. Academic Calendar through Google are available. The academic year consists of Fall and Spring semesters and Change of Address a mandatory Wintersession term. Note that some Students must promptly notify the Registrar’s Office of programs start in the summer prior to their first Fall changes in permanent (home) address and telephone, enrollment. as well as local address and local phone number. Changes may be reported in person or via RISD email to [email protected]. Student Records International students on an F-1 Visa must report a Chosen Name Policy change of address within ten days of the address change Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is committed to a to the Office of International Student Services. All genuine inclusion of all. RISD recognizes that any students on F-1 Visas must report both local and foreign member of our community may choose a name to address information through both the Registrar’s Office identify themselves that differs from their legal name. and Office of International Student Services; a home RISD's Chosen Name Policy strives to accommodate this address in the native country must be on file at all times. self-identification. Students living in a RISD residence hall need not The use of a chosen first name will be recognized and report a local address. A RISD box number is not applied across as many RISD systems as possible, sufficient for a local address, and all students who are wherever legal name is not required by law and as long not living in RISD residence facilities should have their as it is not used for the purposes of misrepresentation local address and a local phone number on file at all or fraud. At present, your chosen name appears on the times. In addition, students need to inform the Registrar class roster, grading roster, and program evaluation in or Student Financial Services of the address to which WebAdvisor, as well as the My RISD student directory. bills and billing information is to be sent. This includes systems you may have given Online through Student Self Service, students are parents/guardians access to e.g., risd bucks, etc. requested to maintain emergency address information. A community member may want to utilize the A contact number in case of campus wide emergency as Chosen Name Policy for the following reasons: well as a phone number to contact in case of personal  A middle name instead of first name emergency should be provided.  An abbreviated name (Rob instead of Robert, Lizzie instead of Elizabeth) Transcripts  An Anglicized name (Wendy instead of Haiyan)  A name that better represents your gender Official Transcripts identity Students or alumni who need a copy of their academic The Chosen Name Policy applies only to first name. For record (called a ‘transcript’) must request an official legal first name and/or last name changes, refer to the transcript online. The official transcript arranges the college policy on official name changes at academic record in semester sequence, prints on official http://policies.risd.edu/academic/name-change-policy. paper, and contains the RISD seal and signature of the For F-1 or J-1 visa status, the first and last legal name Registrar. The fee for each transcript ordered is $7.25 must be used on all immigration documents including, which includes the processing fee. Transcripts are but not limited to I-20s and DS-2019s. normally mailed to recipients via regular 1st class United States Postal Service (USPS) mail, for no additional charge. Current fees for express delivery via FedEx are 10