Headed into the home streach of the G2 packet 4. So much to do.

Besides a regular packet , as mentioned before in previous posts there is the G2 progress report.
Funny what really helped me to look at this entire thing was to talk to Josh Castle at Goddard. Josh is the person to go to if you are also wanting to petition for course equivelent credits as well as narrative credits.

Now remember the administration at the MFAIA program may be traditionalists and encourage you to do the narrative transcripts and not fret about such things as equivalents. I see the value in this. I really do. But for me who might want to teach at the college level I need those course equivalents. My goal—18 in sculpting and 18 in writing.

Today I set up a spreadsheet and went through each semester G1, G2, G3, G4 and finally G5. I was curious if you divide your semesters up into course equivalents how is that G5 portfolio/thesis designated? It was my opinion that I could divide those credits up 1/2 in writing 1/2 in sculpting as that is what I am defining in my final semester. Josh said it has never been done that way before, but he could see no reason why it couldn't be parsed apart. I have decided to also go ahead and be sure those credits are there before G5 My difficulty is that after not painting for years, I have this desire to work in color. I would love to do that next semester, maybe I can weave it into my study plan with the sculpture.

Doing this spread sheet actually helped me to see what I wanted to get out of Goddard. Doing it in conjunction with the G2 report helps me to know how to weave any "missing or lacking" degree criteria from Goddard into those semesters.

I hear a committee looks at this progress report. I just need someone to say, "yes, you are doing what we expect."

OH the dreaded G2 progress report.

I have to say that trying to get the progress report done and still get packets in during your G2 semester is a bit much. I am glad I started early. I'm entering into my 4th packet of my g2 semester. Just number 4 and 5 to go. My G2 progress report draft is due with packet number 4.

I guess I did it a little backward. I worked on my artist statements. I say statement's' because I have two tracks that I am on during graduate school. Writing and art. So I feel compelled to do the work for both. I guess it kind of means I doing 2 progress reports. Ahh, a glutton for punishment.

Then I moved to gathering my bibliography. I knew I should start pulling both G2 bib and G1 bib together. This is the perfect time to do that. I also picked some of my most influential resources from the bibs and wrote about that. Doing this first really helped me to understand what I would put in my narrative. I also put a table of contents in my G2 progress report. The table of contents is something that I have done since my first semester. My advisor Judy expected it with each practice, and I like the idea of it.

All the other portions are complete, now the narrative, but instead I am here posting. PROCRASTINATION! Anyway.. I found this website of Emily Dunbar. It has her progress report on her website. ( It was called a g3 previously and was due in g3. They changed this last semester and it is due in your g2 semester. I guess they decided since this report really helps to define if you are going in the direction that you need to and fulfilling all of the requirements to graduate it is better to do it a little earlier.)

I expect I will post mine at the end of this semester, just in case it helps anyone else with theirs. I have asked other classmates what theirs looked like and mine looks nothing like theirs. I expect it would be advisable for others to do the same.