Programs and Requirements

The Department of Art offers two majors: Studio Art and Art History. A minor in Art and Art History (which allows students to concentrate electives in either area) is offered for non-majors.

Studio specialty areas are ceramics, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture.

Major Requirements

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: STUDIO ART

A minimum of 44 semester credits, distributed as follows:

1. Three courses, 12 semester credits, in art history: one from Art 101 or 111, one from Art 152 or 153, and at least one art history course at the 200-level or higher.

2. One course in 2-D basic design/Art 102 or 3-D basic design/Art 103 to be taken before the junior year.

3. One course in drawing or painting: Art 115 or 117.

4. One course in sculpture or ceramics: Art 113 or 116.

5. Senior Seminar Art 411.

6. Senior Project Art 490A and Art 490B.

7. Three elective courses in studio art.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: ART HISTORY

A minimum of 44 semester credits, distributed as follows:

1. Choose three of five: Art 101, 111, 152, 153 or 207.

2. Choose any two Studio courses.

3. Choose one of three: History 300: Historical Materials; Anthropology 245: Visual Anthropology; Philosophy 203: Truth and Beauty.

4. Four elective courses in art history, at least two of which must be at the 300 or 400 level, and at least one must be in East Asian art or Pre-Columbian art at the 200 level or higher.

5. Senior Seminar Art 493. Must be taken the fall semester before graduation.

MINOR REQUIREMENTS: STUDIO ART and ART HISTORY

(The minor is for non-majors only).

A minimum of 24 semester credits (six courses), distributed as follows:

1. Two courses in art history: one from Art 101 or 111, one from 152, 153 or 207.

2. One course in 2-D studio art: Art 102, 115, 117, or 120.

3. One course in 3-D studio art: Art 103, 113 or 116.

4. Two elective courses in art studio or art history.