Thesis

Thesis Information

Your thesis project is a manifestation of your imagination, criticality, design skills and methods, and passion. It is a journey, beginning with your identification of an exploration space that speaks to your passion as well as your skills and aspirations. As you move through the Thesis R&D term, you will find a path through that exploration space which constitutes a focused inquiry. Your investigations through exploratory making, critical thinking, writing, testing, and critique will lead you to a thesis — a proposition or position that you can demonstrate in myriad ways. In your final term, you will work with your Thesis Committee and faculty to create work that has the power to persuade others of the value of your thesis through your research, designed work, writing, exhibition and presentation. In the end, your future colleagues and employers will evaluate you rather less on your specific line of inquiry and more on the methods, processes, courage and integrity of your work. Your thesis project functions as a “demo” of you as a designer.