Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by sailfast on Saturday August 12, 2023 @11:54AM
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Trying to imagine graduating with a degree in puppetry. Like, JUST puppetry and nothing else.
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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by joe5150 on Saturday August 12, 2023 @01:09PM
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Looks like there's a lot of emphasis on children's theater and education, and it's one of maybe two such majors in the US. Sounds like a great program!
Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by sailfast on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:10AM
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Children’s education is obviously important, but the degree on the paper doesn’t indicate what you studied in my opinion. Just want folks spending the money to get full credit.
Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by morelisp on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:58PM
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Try to imagine a world without any 3D graphics industry, which within living memory grew whole cloth out of puppetry, model-building, and related fx work.
(I watched puppeteers at my university giving soldering lessons to the freshman EEs. These days I suspect they're leading practical 3D printing.)
Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by sailfast on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:09AM
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That makes sense! I just wouldn’t call it puppetry. I’d also not merge it with theater.
Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by morelisp on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:26AM
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> I just wouldn’t call it puppetry.
Maybe you should do even the most cursory research before dumping a pile of garbage into a discussion then?
Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ...
by sailfast on Sunday August 13, 2023 @11:41PM
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Fair point! You're right - I made some assumptions based on its merger into theater rather than something like film or effects or engineering. Pushed me toward a focus on marionettes rather than how to build a puppet, how to engineer puppets, etc, how to use them in film, etc.