Each student will need to identify no less than 2 experts or no more than 4 experts, who will act as consultants, and make up your Thesis Committee,
a.k.a. Outside Experts.
You will get feedback,
suggestions, and advice from these outside experts through
in-person meetings, emails, phone calls, Skype, or even Google
Hangouts/Meet, or in-person meetings.
Expert Discussion: At our Fri. Sept. 3rd class, students will take turns talking about their possible Outside Experts. Experts cannot be family members, friends, co-workers, or friends of family members.
- Expert 0 (Zero): Jason Tselentis, a.k.a. Mr. T, is automatically your first expert and your thesis Advisor since he teaches the Thesis Class.
- Expert Option 1: Winthrop VCOM faculty member (cannot be Mr. T, your primary thesis adviser)
- Expert Option 2: Winthrop faculty member outside of VCOM, they may
be in the College of Visual and Performing Art, such as Art, or Theatre
and Dance, or Music, they could also be in Interior Design; they could
be in English or Math, or Computer Science, or any other college or
department on campus; if needed, you could have two VCOM Committee Members, such as Elizabeth & Jesse
- Expert Option 3: Regional Subject Matter Expert (a.k.a., SME), could be another designer, illustrator, artist, fashion designer, or a production expert such as a printer, engineer, etc., that is in South Carolina or North Carolina; it could also be a professor or teacher at another academic institution
- Expert Option 4: National Subject Matter Expert (a.k.a., SME), same as above but outside of South Carolina and outside of North Carolina
If your thesis idea changes come October, then your Thesis Committee may need to change.