As a final project in The Fine and Applied Arts course, students were required to complete a self-portrait. After fall 1999, students were also required to write a formal essay. Students presented these projects in class, and were required to explain the use of color, line, shape,texture, and the ways in which they integrated materials from the unit on Art as Self-Expression.

Prior to completing this project, students completed a unit on Art as Self-Expression, whose contents varied from term to term. See the sections below for a more complete description of each semester's enactment, and to view the students' projects and essays. In several course surveys, students remarked on the helpful nature of the active learning units in this class. According to the surveys, the active learning modules were one of the main differences students perceived between this course and their more traditional courses, and also one of the main features they identified with an interdisciplinary course. For further information on their remarks on active learning, see my reflection on the fall 1999.

To explore the students' projects, click on the links below.

Fall 1999 Self-Portrait Projects Images of the projects along with student responses to survey questions about the projects.

Spring 2000 Self-Portrait Projects Images of the projects along with formal essays.

Fall 2000 Self-Portrait Projects Video of the in-class presentations along with images and essays.

Spring 2001 Self-Portrait Projects Video of the in-class presentations along with images and essays. (under construction)

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