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Visual Arts, K-12

  • ART 118 Design: 2D/4D Arts (4) (Drawing Studio)
  • ART 119 Design: 3D Drawing (4) (Sculpture and Drawing Studio)
  • ART 208 Non-Western Art History (4)
  • ART 248 Sophomore Topics (2) --Fall semester only--
  • ART 300 Modern Contemporary Art (4) --Spring semester only--
  • ART 344 Critical Theory (4) (taken Fall semester of senior year)
  • ART 351 Senior Studio Thesis (4) (taken Fall semester of senior year) (CAPSTONE)
  • ART 355 Senior Thesis Exhibit (1) (spring senior year)

NOTE: Students concentrating in K-12 art education are required to have experience in SIX OR MORE diverse art studio areas with emphasis in at least TWO. Six specific introductory studio areas are required as follows:

  1. DRAWING - ART 118 (counts as an introductory Drawing studio course)
  2. SCULPTURE - ART 119 (counts as an introductory Sculpture studio course)
  3. FIBER ARTS - EDUC 340 (introductory Fiber Arts is covered in this Education requirement)

Following are the courses that complete your six introductory studio areas:

  1. PAINTING - ART 215 Painting I (4)
  2. GRAPHIC ARTS - ART 217 Photography I (4)
  3. COMPUTER GRAPHICS - ART 218 Computer Art I (4) OR ART 262 Digital Video (4)

Choose TWO AREAS OF EMPHASIS from the following options:

  1. DRAWING: ART 214 Drawing I (4)
  2. SCULPTURE: ART 216 Sculpture I (4) OR ART 220 Jewelry OR ART 219 Ceramics I (4) and ART 319 Ceramics II (4) (*Both Ceramics courses must be taken for the emphasis.)
  3. FIBER ARTS - not available as an emphasis
  4. PAINTING: ART 315 Painting II (4)
  5. GRAPHIC ARTS: ART 317 Photography II (prereq. ART 217) (4)
  6. COMPUTER GRAPHICS: ART 318 Computer Art II (4) OR ART 362 Digital Video II (4)

47 TOTAL ART CREDITS

Last updated: 9/13/11