Art, Art and Art History Track, B.A.

The Balanced Curriculum

This option allows a balance between studio and art history coursework. The balanced curriculum is designed to meet the needs of students with keen interest in both areas of study. It also provides much of the breadth (studio and art history) required by teacher credentialing standards in art. The senior presentation or project may be completed following the standards shown in either the Studio Art Track section or the Art History Track section.

Requirements

A minimum of 37 credits

Art History Component

Any 5 art history classes. 15 credits.

ART 102 - Image/Text in Visual Media 3 credits
ART 205 - Western Art: Cave Paintings to the Gothic Cathedral 3 credits
ART 206 - Western Art: 15th through 20th Centuries 3 credits
ART 207 - Women Artists from the Renaissance to the Present 3 credits
ART 208 - Introduction to Visual Culture/Media 3 credits
ART 209 - History of Photography 3 credits
ART 366 - From Watteau to Goya: European Art of the Eighteenth Century 3 credits
ART 368 - Age of Impressionism 3 credits
ART 369 - Picasso to Dali: Avant-garde art, 1900-1935 3 credits
ART 370 - Contemporary Art 3 credits
ART 371 - Modern and Contemporary Latinx Visual Culture 3 credits
ART 372 - Media Theory 3 credits
ART 381 - Art of Mexico 3 credits
ART 382 - Art of Colonial Spanish America 3 credits

Studio Art Component

21 credits

Foundation Courses

Among the required studio courses, these are to be completed first. 12 credits.

ART 100 - Introduction to Art 2-D 3 credits
ART 101 - Introduction to Art 3-D 3 credits
ART 210 - Drawing I 3 credits
ART 288 - Seminar in Visual Thinking 3 credits (offered spring semester only)

Intermediate Courses

Next, complete any 2 of the following 3 courses. 6 credits.

ART 200 - Digital Photography I 3 credits
ART 222 - Painting I 3 credits
ART 252 - Sculpture I 3 credits

Advanced Course

3 credits

ART 388 - Advanced Art Seminar 3 credits either after completing or while simultaneously enrolled in the Intermediate courses, take Advanced Art Seminar (offered fall semester only). Ordinarily this class is taken in the fall term of the senior year.

Senior Presentation or Project

1 credit

ART 389 - Senior Project in Studio Art 0 to 4 credits