Lecture: 2 hours/week
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Lab: 2 hours/week
Students will be guided through a self-managed work plan through focus groups, class presentations and one-to-one mentoring.
Criteria for selection of projects
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Students, in consultation with the instructor, select a project of appropriate scope and depth.
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A project must entail some form of community engagement, for example, working with a specific community, consultation with stakeholders, or collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
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Students need to demonstrate how this project pushes their artistic practice and development.
Project Planning, Ideation, and Proposal
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Needs assessment
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Feasibility assessment
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Evaluation criteria
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Impact on personal development and artistic practice
- Relationship to evolving cultural contexts, intellectual property and Indigenous cultural property rights, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, social and environmental responsibility, and emerging technologies and accessibility.
Project Management
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Scope and deliverables
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Deadlines, contingencies, and dependencies
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Scheduling tools
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Risk assessment and management
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Project progress check ins and updates
Project Research and Production
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Betabuild (sample of work)
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Skills development
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Consultation
Project Review and Revision
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Feedback
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Evaluation
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
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Formulate a well-defined proposal for a one-semester project that includes concept, scope, and deliverables;
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Produce a proof-of-concept or demonstrable segment of the final product;
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Assess the need for and potential professional benefits from the project;
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Conduct feasibility assessment including resources, dependencies, skills, and real-world impact;
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Consult with relevant collaborators, communities, contributors, clients, and stakeholders;
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Develop project-specific skills;
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Set metrics for success/goals;
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Develop realistic project timelines with measurable milestones and goals, that also factoring in possible challenges and potential contingencies.
Assessments will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Proposals will be evaluated using the framework of the Canada Council for the Arts "Artistic Creation" funding program.
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Example Evaluation Scheme
Proposal (40%)
Sample of proposed work (30%)
Consultation and research documentation (15%)
Presentation of work in progress (15%)
Total 100%
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
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