Here's what I care about:

I want to help you build a portfolio that shows your skills, your personality and your interests in a way that will intrigue and delight top professional designers.

I want you to have on the tip of your tongue, for the rest of your life, an eloquent, compelling description of what creative issues and life issues you are interested in at the moment. Interested people are interesting people.

I want you to be able to talk about your work fearlessly and professionally, at a moment's notice

I want to share with you the inside story of what it's like to work in professional design and give you a head start in your first year at a new job.

Attendance and participation in class for the full class period is mandatory. Studio classes provide the oportunity for interchange between student and teacher and among students. This interaction is vital to the learning process and cannot take place when a student is absent. Late arrival or early depature counts as 1/2 an absence. Any student who misses more than three classes will have final grade reduced one letter grade.

This course adheres strictly to UMD's Student Academic Integrity Policy, which can be found at www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/integrity.

The instructor will enforce and students are expected to follow the University's Student Conduct Code http://www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/code.

In-class "sprints," small homework assignments and in-class simulations are required and will be assigned throughout the semester.

Evaluation will be based 50% on the suite of your final marketing materials, 50% on attendance and engaged participation in all class discussions, exercises, simulations, sprints, homework, and critiques.

Special needs If you have any limitation which affects your ability to perform in the class, please see me at your earliest convenience to arrange for equitable participation.