Art - Studio Art Option (ARTS) - BA Major

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48 S.H. (No Minor Required)

Purpose

The Studio Art Option offers training in the fine arts—painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and drawing—within the context of a broadly based liberal arts education.

Required Art Courses (30 S.H.)

Art History Electives (3-9 S.H.)

One 400-level art history course beyond the required △ ART 439 - Art Since 1945 (3 S.H.):

△ ART 435 - Italian Renaissance Art (3 S.H.)
△ ART 437 - Nineteenth Century Art (3 S.H.)
△ ART 438 - Early Twentieth Century Art (3 S.H.)
ART 440 - Realism in Modern and Contemporary Art (3 S.H.)
ART 452 - Advanced Survey of Women in Art (3 S.H.)

Note:

Majors may take any two -art history classes in place of one studio media sequence (see below). These two classes must be above the 200-level and in addition to the required △ ART 439 - Art Since 1945 and the chosen upper-division art history elective (6 S.H.)

Studio Electives (9-15 S.H.)

Two-course sequences in two areas of concentration as follows (12 S.H.):

Painting:

Drawing:

ART 318 - Advanced Drawing I (3 S.H.) AND
◆ ART 418 - Advanced Drawing II (3 S.H.)
OR

Ceramics:

Sculpture:

Printmaking:

ART 330 - Printmaking I (3 S.H.) AND
ART 430 - Printmaking II (3 S.H.)

Art History:

As noted above, any two art history courses (above the 100-level) in addition to △ ART 439 - Art Since 1945 and the required art history elective course (6 S.H.) may be substituted for a studio sequence.

One additional upper-division studio elective (3 S.H.):

This may be continued study in a sequence area, or it may be in a different medium. With the permission of their advisor, majors also have the option of choosing a single four-course sequence (12 S.H.) in a single medium.

Note:

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive