Learning Outcomes
The requirements, reviews, and curriculum for CCA's Glass program are designed such that graduating students successfully achieve the following program learning outcomes:
Written Communication
Student can effectively present their ideas in an artist statement that is specific and relevant to the work presented.
Oral Communication
Students can speak clearly and respond effectively to questions about their aesthetic intent, creative process, and the future trajectories of their work.
Visual Communication
Student can develop their ideas and make work that expresses themselves in their chosen discipline(s) with the conceptual, material, and technological skills expected for entry into the senior year.
- Concept
Student demonstrates the ability to make work that is conceptually rigorous. - Material
Student uses materials in consideration of their physical properties as well as their formal, poetic, social, or cultural implications. - Technique
Student demonstrates the technical skill necessary to undertake work on the senior level. - Presentation
Student has intentionally installed their work to effectively emphasize its visual impact and/or conceptual meaning.
Creative Thinking
Student combines or synthesizes ideas, images, materials, technique, form, color, and/or spatial dynamics to express themselves in original/innovative ways.
Visual Literacy
Student can apply their knowledge of historical and contemporary art and design practices to contextualize their work within historical landscapes and contemporary dialogues.
Artistic Voice
Student understands how meaning is formed through the interrelationship between multiple works, and is moving towards building an independent artistic voice and a cohesive body of work.