At our university access to the Art Department shops is limited to majors/ minors as well as non-majors currently enrolled in a departmental class. Part of this is because of liability, part is because students in those classes are being taught or have been taught the skills to use the equipment safely, and part is because the fees associated with the classes taught go to purchase and maintain the equipment being used.
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At our university access to the Art Department shops is limited to majors/ minors as well as non-majors currently enrolled in a departmental class. Part of this is because of liability, part is because students in those classes are being taught or have been taught the skills to use the equipment safely, and part is because the fees associated with the classes taught go to purchase and maintain the equipment being used.