Art and Art History, Studio Art Concentration, BA

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The art program is designed to offer the major a variety of courses and the opportunity to work in depth at the advanced level.

Required Credit Hours: 39

Core Requirements: 22 Credits

ART 211 - Drawing and Color (3)
ART 212 - Three-dimensional Design: Form and Space (3)
ART 461 - Capstone I (2)
ART 462 - Capstone II (2)
ART 463 - Capstone III (0)
ARTH 251 - Survey of the History of Art I (3)
ARTH 252 - Survey of the History of Art II (3)
ARTH 300 or 400 level (3)
ARTH 300 or 400 level (3)

Two-Dimensional Art Focus

For those students who will focus their study in Two-Dimensional Art, they will be required to take 17 additional credits.

ART 309 - Life Drawing I (3) and
ART 311 - Drawing (3) or
ART 317 - Color Drawing: Theory and Practice (3) or
ART 323 - Printmaking – Intaglio and Monotype (3) or
ART 324 - Relief Printmaking (3)
ART 315 - Painting: Basic Pictorial Structure (3) or
ART 316 - Painting: Basic Pictorial Expression (3)
300 level Art course in 2D (3)
300 or 400 level Art course in 2D or 3D for at least 2 credits
400 level Art course for 3 credits in drawing, painting or printmaking

Three-Dimensional Art Focus

For those students who will focus their study in Three-Dimensional Art, they will be required to take 17 additional credits.

ART 319 - The Figure and the Body I (3)
ART 309 - Life Drawing I (3) or
ART 311 - Drawing (3)
or a Drawing Topics course
300 level Art course in architecture, ceramics or sculpture
300 level Art course in architecture, ceramics or sculpture (in a different area than the first course)
300 or 400 level Art course in 2SD or 3D for at least 2 credits
400 Art course for 3 credits in architecture, ceramics or sculpture

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 39 credits in Art and Art History must be earned in the major; a maximum of 48 credits may be earned. There is an exception to this rule for the student preparing for graduate study in studio art. The student may apply for the opportunity to take up to an additional 12 credit hours in art in order to develop a graduate application portfolio. Application (using the Degrees Committee petition form) to the Department and then the Degrees Committee is usually made during the first semester of junior year and no later than second semester junior year but before registration for the first semester of senior year. To be considered for this honor, the student should have shown exceptional promise by maintaining as a minimum, a 3.3 GPA within the department and a 2.5 GPA within the university. In addition, the student should have the full sponsorship of two faculty members and will be required to submit a portfolio of ten works for review during this process.

All majors in Art are required to take Art 461, 462 and 463 in their last three semesters.

Major Writing Requirement

One art history course at the 300 or 400 level (including ARTH 490) will fulfill the requirement.

The Major Writing Requirement will be satisfied in the following way:

When prospective majors, in consultation with their major advisor, file the form required for a declaration of major, they will specify an art history course conforming to the above criteria that is most appropriate to their area of special interest. This course will satisfy the prospective majors Major Writing Requirement.
At the time of registration for the specified course, the student will consult with the instructor to make all necessary arrangements for a schedule that allows for the opportunity to go through the stages of writing and rewriting that is part of the requirement.
When the student has completed the courses with a grade of C or higher, the instructor will notify the department chair.

Major Computing Requirement

The Major Computing Requirement will be fulfilled during the completion of the Major Writing Requirement. In the process of writing their research papers, students will be expected to do research using all of the data bases and library resources that are computer accessible (World Web, On-line Journals, and Bibliographic Sources such as Art Index, Art Abstracts, RILA, RRA, BHA, Art Bibliographies Modern etc.) as well as to find and assess specific web sites related to their topic.