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Course Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select 10 courses from the following list:40
ART 110BEGINNING PAINTING4
ART 115BEGINNING SCULPTURE4
ART 206INTERMEDIATE DRAWING4
ART 218FIGURE DRAWING4
ART 210INTERMEDIATE PAINTING I4
ART 215INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE4
or ART 219 BEGINNING FIGURE SCULPTURE
or ART 309 DIGITAL SCULPTURE
Select four 200/300-level ART Electives16

Area of Specialty

Select 4 courses (16 credits) from one of the following specialties:

Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking

Course Title Quarter Hours
DRAWING SPECIAL TOPICS
WATERCOLOR PAINTING
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING
SCREEN PRINTING
PAINTING: MIXOLOGY
ADVANCED DRAWING
ADVANCED PAINTING I
ADVANCED PAINTING II
FIGURE PAINTING
ADVANCED FIGURE DRAWING
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING: SCREEN PRINTING
FIGURE DRAWING IN CONTEXT
ADVANCED PAINTING: MIXOLOGY
DRAWING PROJECTS

Sculpture

Course Title Quarter Hours
THREE DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS (if not applied to the Core)
FOUR DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS (if not applied to the Core)
INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING
ADVANCED THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
BEGINNING FIGURE SCULPTURE
DIGITAL SCULPTURE (if not applied to the Major Requirements)
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION ART
ADVANCED SCULPTURE
ADVANCED SCULPTURE II
ADVANCED FIGURE SCULPTURE
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART (Kinetic Sculpture or other related rotational topics, if not applied to the Art, Culture, Theory, Criticism, and History Electives)
HON courses with approval of faculty advisor or Chair

Digital Imaging in Studio Art 

Course Title Quarter Hours
VIDEO ART
DIGITAL ART
PAINTING: MIXOLOGY
INTERMEDIA STUDIO
TEXT IN THE VISUAL ARTS
EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK
DIGITAL SCULPTURE
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION ART
INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
SPECIAL TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART
ADVANCED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
TOPICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE
GRAPHIC ART
WEB ART & DESIGN I
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION I

Graphic Art Specialty 

Course Title Quarter Hours
VISUAL COMMUNICATION (If not applied to Art, Culture, Theory, Criticism and History Elective)
TEXT IN THE VISUAL ARTS
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK
INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING: SCREEN PRINTING
TOPICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE
PORTFOLIO
GRAPHIC ART IN THE PUBLIC REALM (if not applied to Experiential Learning: Artists and Community)
GRAPHIC ART
PRINT MEDIA
GRAPHIC DESIGN: FORM
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION I
TYPOGRAPHY: FORM

Please note: ART 104 is not acceptable for major credit.

Prerequisites may be waived with the permission of the instructor.

Open Electives (24 credits)

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.​​​