Mentored Study provides one-on-one study each semester with a faculty mentor chosen. Regular meetings either in person or via email, telephone, or Skype are based on the work the student produces. The course gives students the freedom to pursue their own directions seriously and intensively, while faculty mentors engage and guide them through in-depth discussion and detailed critical commentary. In consultation with the mentor, a student may also choose to incorporate relevant reading into the course. This reading provides the basis for reflective or critical writing by the student that becomes part of the overall dialogue.


Students will strengthen their short-form story-telling and demonstrate these principles through responses
to readings, online discussion/feedback, and the creation of original work through writing exercises and
guided cartooning assignments.
This class will workshop assignments through Mural comments.
Students will work on short-form comic assignments in order to practice the principles of storytelling and the effect of tools and page design on the narrative. They will assemble a small publication by the end of
class, and begin to work and receive feedback on on their thesis project.

We will have occasional synchronous classes available, on a rotating schedule. All classes will be recorded and posted.