Category: Interdisciplinary Art + Design Courses

Participation in an internship experience allows,junior or senior status students to use,classroom-learned skills in a related employment,experience. Students must work a minimum of 135,hours over the course of the entire semester.,Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of,2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate,in an internship during their final semester.,Transfer students must have attended one semester,at CCS in addition to meeting the other,eligibility criteria.

Credits: 6

Prerequisites:

The Special Project class is offered on an,occasional basis, with course content specific to,the area being explored.,

,FALL 2026,

,PERFORMANCE: HOME/HOUSE/CITY ,,

,PERFORMANCE STUDIO (or, at Home in the House & the,City) is a studio-based investigation of,performance, broadly considered alongside,contemporary practices in performance art,,time-based art, and performing arts. Theoretically,grounded in performance studies, including,theories of performativity and performance of,everyday life, students will research and create,performance-solo, collaborative, and ensemble,work-that culminates in a public-facing event at,the Jam Handy in Detroit. The course follows a,critical framework for performance-as-research led,by a progression based on context: the home,(personal, private, phantasmagoric, domestic) to,”house” (denoting disciplinary specificity of the,black box/white cube and its trappings), to the,city (public, site-specific, participatory,,social). Part physical practice, part personal,research, part choreographic experimentation, part,collective experience, the rhythms, archetypes,,worldings, and non-sequiturs of everyday life will,provide the fodder for this performance studio.,Open to all majors

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

Independent Study is available to students who are,at Junior or Senior level standing with a,cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above.,The student may receive approval to work in an,area or on a project that is not otherwise offered,or addressed in the regular curriculum. An,Independent Study should include opportunities for,individual student voice and provide a space for,diverse perspectives. Students may receive credit,toward graduation for no more than 6 credit hours.,The student must submit to the chairperson of the,department in which they wish to study, an,Independent Study Proposal of 150 words (no less),of the student’s plan for study and her/his reason,for choosing to study independently. Once the,department chairperson provides approval and the,instructor for the Independent Study is,determined, the faculty member must write an,Independent Study Syllabus with education goals,,learning outcomes, meeting dates, course,expectations, timelines, and due dates. Art,Education candidates must pass DAE 490 with a,grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for,certification.

Credits: 3

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