FSAD 4190

Project Management for Creative Practice

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Project Management for Creative Practice introduces core project management principles through collaborative, studio-based design and curatorial work. Students develop a shared theme into an exhibition or installation, using project tools as design methods to structure collaboration, guide decision-making, and support concept-to-public realization.

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Learning Outcomes

• The course learning outcomes align with program-level student learning outcomes by developing collaborative, critical, and project-based skills that enable students to translate creative ideas into organized, public-facing, community engaged, design and curatorial outcomes.
• Translate research into coherent design and exhibition concepts, demonstrating how material evidence and historical context shape contemporary creative practice. — Integrative learning; creative inquiry; synthesis of theory and practice.
• Collaborate effectively within structured creative workflows, using defined roles, timelines, and shared responsibility to support team-based projects. —Teamwork and leadership; ethical and professional responsibility.
• Apply foundational project management tools as design processes to plan, organize, and execute creative work in studio and exhibition contexts. Problem-solving; planning and organizational skills; applied knowledge.
• Participate in and facilitate design charrettes as collective, time-bound methods for ideation, testing, critique, and iteration. Oral, visual, and interpersonal communication; collaborative inquiry.

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