Exhibit a range of literacies—including reading and writing, digital, media, and cultural—necessary for the generation and revision of texts across current forms and genres relevant to print, digital, and other media platforms.
Cultivate and sustain a highly disciplined creative practice around writing, where narrative development, poetic exploration, and/or visual, aural, or hybridized experimentation and language-work form the core (or part) of the student’s practice; Incorporate curiosity, research, flexibility, and play into an ongoing practice, and create works suitable for publication, exhibition, serialization, etc.
Possess a strong sense of voice; recognize the conceptual, historical, and intellectual underpinnings of their work and its connection to potential audiences, including an understanding of the tools and processes used in editing, publishing, production, and distribution to relevant platforms and marketplaces, and a capacity to work with relevant processes and software, using industry-appropriate terminology, processes, and collaboration tools relevant to professional settings.
Work independently and collaboratively on projects; Manage multiple ongoing projects and timelines, including research and professional outreach; Present and defend work in relation to professional audience or industry (gallery/curatorial writing, publishing, content creation on print or digital platforms, creative teams, etc.).
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