Bachelor of Arts

An art major requires 39 hours that include 18 hours of design and media core classes, 12 hours of art history and theory, and nine hours of media classes. Freshman students should take the design and media courses during the first two years. Transfer students may substitute equivalent design and media core classes if competence is reflected in their portfolio review.

I. Design and Media Core (18 credit hours)
• ART 112 Drawing Concepts (3)
• ART 122 Beginning Visual Design (3)
• ART 211 Intermediate Visual Design (3)
• ART 212 Beginning Photography (3)
• ART 255 Beginning Ceramics (3)
• ART 265 Beginning Sculpture (3)

II. Art History and Theory (12 credit hours)

Two of the following three courses:
• HUM 201 Western Culture I (3)
• HUM 202 Western Culture II (3)
• ART 296 Western Art History (3)

Two of the following three courses:
• ART 306 Contemporary Art (3)
• ART 401R Special Topics in World Art (3)
• ART 442 Readings in Aesthetics (3)

III. Media (2- and 3-D emphasis) (9 credit hours)

2-D Emphasis - Select three of the following:
• ART 221 Figure Drawing (3)
• ART 225 Beginning Painting (3)
• ART325 Intermediate Painting (3)
• ART 335 Watercolor Painting (3)
• ART 375 Printmaking (3)

3-D Emphasis - Select three of the following:
• ART 355 Intermediate Ceramics (3)
• ART 365 Intermediate Sculpture (3)
• ART 455 Advanced Ceramics (3)
• ART 456 Special Studies in Ceramics (3)
• ART 465 Advanced Sculpture (3)

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