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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Art Major

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(60-61 credits)

The Art major offers a variety of concentrations that encourage students to think and work creatively, to master a specific area of art production or history, and to become engaged members of a variety of artistic and scholarly communities.  Programs are designed to develop broad and versatile creative skills that prepares students in the areas of studio arts, design, education, multimedia, and more.

*Accredited by National Association of Schools of Art and Design. For more information click here.

(ART) Core Curriculum:

The core curriculum is a prescribed program of study required of all Art majors—BFA, BA/BS, and Art Education—and is basic to a student’s choice of an area of concentration.

Required courses (18 credits):

Required Courses (9 credits):

  • 6 credits of art history courses

Culminating Experience:

Students with a concentration in studio must, in their last semester, present a representative example of their work (one-two pieces) in an approved gallery setting. The work presented is evaluated by the studio faculty of the students’ area of concentration and photographically documented. Students with a concentration in art history present a paper to faculty and students.

All students must choose one of the following concentrations:

 

2-Dimensional Arts Concentration (34 credits):

 

Required:

Choose 9 credits from the following:

 

Choose 15 credits from the following :

 

Choose one from the following:

3-Dimensional Arts Concentration (34 credits):

 

Required:

Choose 18 credits from the following:

 

Choose one from the following:

Graphic Design Concentration (33 credits):

 

Required:

Art History Concentration (33 credits)

 

Required Art History courses (15 credits):

At least one course from each of the three historical periods offered : ancient and medieval, Renaissance and Baroque; nineteenth and twentieth century.

Cognate courses (18 credits):

 

Choose 2 of the following:

  • 3 credits literary history
  • 3 credits music history
  • 3 credits of theater history

Select 9 credits from the 200-level language courses:

 

Choose one from the following:

 

Intermedia Concentration (34 credits):

This concentration allows students to combine directed study in two to three art mediums. A contract of study must be approved by the advisor. Coursework must include a four semester sequence in one medium, including the appropriate ARTS 400 course. Additional coursework from one to two other media will complete the program.

Required Course:

 

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