On Jun 22, 2008, at 6:47 PM, kim Lenox wrote:
5 year BFA programs are not uncommon. My BFA was a 5yr program, but it took me 6 yrs because it was a California State University. CSU's never have enough general ed classes available, so it took that long just to get IN to some classes. But the benefit was I had 6 full years of art, design and theory courses as well as 6 years of gallery exhibitions. You can't beat time for building your craft. Dan's list is a good one, but I agree adding in some anthro and perhaps cog sci would be nice too.
I did include a basic Cog Psych class in there (Year 2). And Research (Year 3).
But honestly, I think we're smoking our own crack if we think it's necessary for us to need a 5 or 6 year undergraduate degree. I hate to break this to everyone, but what we do Isn't. That. Hard. Sure, there are a lot of facets to it, but many of us on the list seem to be able to do what we do without many years of intense preparation. I think we need to expect that a lot of learning and growing is going to happen on the job. And this is probably how it should be. Increasing the barrier to entry for new practitioners is not something we should strive to do.
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