Art Degree Requirements
The Art Program is a dynamic interaction of creativity, instruction, and experimentation. The program offers an intensive examination of fundamental principles in visual phenomenon coupled with a wide exposure to various techniques and media, tempered by an environment designed to encourage creative expression and experimentation. The individual’s inclinations and needs are considered in forming a program of study best suited to his/her tasks: those of utilizing technical skills, knowledge, and intuition to create an effective visual statement. The emergent major has a sense of self as creator and the tools necessary to put his/her creative flow into physical reality. Classes are small and each student receives generous amounts of individual instruction.
Requirements for Double Majors
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Requirements for a Minor in Art, 18 hours
Any six three-hour courses selected from the Art Department offerings.
Requirements for a Major in Art: Painting Emphasis, 51 hours
The Painting program includes four core courses designed to reveal and advance each student’s individual skills and personal vision. Faculty encourage investigation of diverse ideas, materials and techniques. Painting students each have a space within the art building to call their own, furnished with an easel and cart. Basic courses: Art 101, 102, 201, 202, 211, 230, 303, 304, 307, 309, 313, 320, 410, 411, and three semester hours in Art electives. Click here to see the suggested program for this emphasis.
Requirements for a Major in Art: Sculpture Emphasis, 51 hours
The Sculpture and Extended Media program engages students in a wide range of materials, media, and contexts, allowing for the expression of ideas and forms in three dimensional space and time from traditional processes such as casting, ceramics, stone carving and fabrication, to ephemeral matertials such as sound, light, video, performance art, intervention, installation and new genres. Basic courses: Art 101, 102, 201, 202, 211, 230, 240, 242, 313, 320, 410, 411, 420, 421, and three semester hours in Art electives. Click here to see the suggested program for this emphasis.
Requirements for a Major in Art: Photography and Digital Art Emphasis, 45-51 hours
The Photography and Digital Art program offers courses in traditional darkroom-based photography, digital photography, Photoshop, web art and video. Facilities include a new Mac lab with a full range of design and editing software. The program emphasizes fine art applications of media and materials and includes a course in the History of Photography. Assignments are designed to guide students toward developing a personal approach to creative expression. Basic courses: ART. 101, 102, 201, 202, 211, 230, 248, 250, 298, 313, 325, 330, 351, 410; and three to nine semester hours of Art electives. Click here to see the suggested program for this emphasis.