This course is an introductory course to be conducted jointly by all studio professors in the VAVCD program willing to participate. In the span4 ten weeks, every potential studio teacher will be exposed to students. Each instructor will occupy 2 to 4 weeks of expository teaching sessions during the course In the final four weeks individual assignments will be made on advisor basis. Students will be expected to start preparing a pre-thesis proposal (at least one proposal, there can be two), which will also help them to figure out their own advisors.