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April 19, 2007
2nd Year Thesis Presentations in ZML!!!
Presentation Group 1: Thursday 4/19 from 12 - 2:30
12:00 - 12:20: Mike Brazil
12:25 - 12:45: Matt Korba
12:50 - 1:10: Jesse Vigil
1:15 - 1:35: Garrett Rodrigue
1:40 - 2:00: Paul Belleza
2:05 - 2:25: Victoria Moran
Presentation Group 2: Thursday 4/26 from 12 - 2:30
12:00 - 12:20: Jorge Fernandez
12:25 - 12:45: Mike Stein
12:50 - 1:10: Scott Gillies
1:15 - 1:35: Ken Leung
1:40 - 2:00: Anthony Ko
2:05 - 2:25: Marc Tuters
April 5, 2007
The Gates Document
Interactive Media Division MFA Thesis Policy and Guidelines: The Four Gates
THESIS COMMITTEE
A Thesis Committee consists of three members: in most cases two CTIN faculty members and one outside advisor. The outside advisor may be from industry or from another USC department. Each thesis student will designate, from their thesis committee, one key faculty member and one key outside advisor who will, along with the CTIN555 instructor, be responsible for signing a Thesis Gating Sheet (TGS) four times throughout the year.
GATE ONE
Proposal
At the start of the fall semester, each thesis student must re-visit his or her thesis proposal, make any necessary revisions, and formalize their thesis committee. By the third week of the semester (September 7, 2006) students will present, in CTIN555a, an updated thesis proposal and plan. At this time, students will secure the first signatures on their TGS, thus passing through the First Gate.Research
By the beginning of the fall semester at the latest, thesis students will begin to keep a running bibliography of research and prior art to be posted on the division website.
Presentations
Over the course of the fall semester, several CTIN511 seminars may be devoted to presentations by thesis students of their project's progress. Thesis committee members are expected to attend at least one of these presentations. Wednesday, September 13 has been set-aside for the first presentation by the 555 class.
GATE TWO
Presentation: Exhibition
At the end of the fall semester (Thursday, December 7th) , students will mount a one-day 'work-in-progress' exhibition at the 555 space, and will present a verbal defense of their project, in which they will outline their project goals, progress to date (including user feedback), and their plan for completion of their project. Thesis committee members will be expected to attend both of these events, which will be open to the IMD community. At this time, students will secure the second signatures on their TGS, passing through the Second Gate.
Research
Students are expected to keep their research bibliographies current and submit them for review to their thesis committee.
GATE THREE
Presentation: Defense & Paper
Midway through the spring semester, students will present their final verbal defense, and will submit their final Thesis Paper. Rather than a retrospective account of the thesis project, the Thesis Paper should focus on the ideas and processes behind it, as well as highlighting the results of the work thus far. Based on their defense and paper, students can secure the third signatures on their TGS. After passing through this Third Gate, the goal will be for students to feel comfortable pushing the boundaries of their project, and to focus their energies entirely on the final exhibition.
GATE FOUR
Presentation: Exhibition & Documentation
At the end of the spring semester, students will be responsible for designing and mounting a Thesis Exhibition of their projects. They will participate in a short video documentation of their projects and the exhibition, to be incorporated into a presentation for friends, family, and the IMD community during Graduation Week. Following the exhibition opening, students will secure the final signatures on their TGS, thus passing through the Fourth Gate.
NOTES:
Every effort should be made to have outside thesis advisors attend 555a functions. Should this not be possible, then students should make arrangements for video and/or audio teleconferencing with their advisors during presentations, as well as making sure that their outside advisors have all necessary paperwork and presentation materials well before the presentation time. If your outside advisors will not be making presentations, ideally, they will have already signed-off on your presentation (if appropriate at that step), and will be able to take questions by phone or email from other committee members if needed. Also, be prepared to describe them to other committee members, having a copy of thier CV or resume would help in this regard.
While the Gate Two exhibition (and presentation) is scheduled for Thursday, December 7th, there is a good chance we will want to have the exhibiiton up on Friday, December 8th as well - so it might be nice to keep this day available for a Friday exhibition that more people could come to. This is not currently scheduled, however.
April 4, 2007
Thesis Prototype
RagnaRøkk:
The Twilight of the Gods has come a thousand years too soon. Odin has granted you, Knüt Metalsson, his greatest power in a desperate bid to ward off the doom of the Aesir: the power to play electric. Now, as the most trusted skald of the gods, you must rock and roll your way through midgard in order to stop RagnaRøkk!
Read Me First!!!
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