This minor is an introduction to a cross-disciplinary approach to a creative arts practice in art-making and creative writing. This minor is not available to English majors in the Creative Writing concentration. Six courses are required.
The Art School Course Requirements
Three courses are required from one Art, Media, and Design area of focus from the following list:
Digital Photography Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 224 | BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 |
| ART 321 | INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 |
| 4 |
| THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| ADVANCED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS | |
| THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Drawing Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 106 | BEGINNING DRAWING | 4 |
| ART 206 | INTERMEDIATE DRAWING | 4 |
| 4 |
| ADVANCED DRAWING | |
| DRAWING PROJECTS | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Figure Drawing Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 106 | BEGINNING DRAWING | 4 |
| ART 218 | FIGURE DRAWING | 4 |
| 4 |
| ADVANCED FIGURE DRAWING | |
| FIGURE DRAWING IN CONTEXT | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Graphic Art Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 101 | DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS | 4 |
| ART 264 | TEXT IN THE VISUAL ARTS | 4 |
| 4 |
| GRAPHIC ART | |
| VISUAL COMMUNICATION | |
| TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Painting Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 105 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS | 4 |
| or ART 106 | BEGINNING DRAWING |
| ART 110 | BEGINNING PAINTING | 4 |
| 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE PAINTING I | |
| PAINTING: MIXOLOGY | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Photography Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 225 | BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 |
| ART 323 | INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 |
| 4 |
| THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS | |
| THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK | |
| TOPICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Printmaking Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 105 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS | 4 |
| or ART 106 | BEGINNING DRAWING |
| ART 229 | BEGINNING PRINTMAKING | 4 |
| or ART 231 | SCREEN PRINTING |
| 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING | |
| INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING: SCREEN PRINTING | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Sculpture Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 113 | THREE DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS | 4 |
| or ART 114 | FOUR DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS |
| ART 115 | BEGINNING SCULPTURE | 4 |
| or ART 117 | INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING |
| 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE | |
| ADVANCED SCULPTURE | |
| PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION ART | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Video Art Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 226 | VIDEO ART | 4 |
| ART 289 | EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO | 4 |
| 4 |
| THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
Web Art & Design Focus
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ART 114 | FOUR DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS | 4 |
| or ART 101 | DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS |
| ART 224 | BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 |
| 4 |
| WEB ART & DESIGN I | |
| WEB ART & DESIGN II | |
| GRAPHIC ART | |
| ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART | |
The English Department
Creative Writing Requirements
Three courses are required from the following list:
Requirements
Elective Requirement
Select two writing workshops from the following list:
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| TOPICS IN WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| CREATING CHARACTERS (may be taken only once) | |
| THE CRAFT OF CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| THE CRAFT OF FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| THE CRAFT OF POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| ADVANCED FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| ADVANCED POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice) | |
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN WRITING (repeatable with different topics) | |
For additional programming information: ART website and English-Creative Writing website