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Studio Art, B.A.


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The Studio Art major offers a multidisciplinary view of current art practice. The Department emphasizes exposure to a range of media in small classes with individual attention. Through technical skill and creative thinking, students are encouraged to develop a personal, disciplined direction with an understanding of their place in art history and contemporary art. The curriculum provides studio experiences in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, printmaking and graphic design. Exhibiting artists in the Cultural Arts Gallery and visiting artists are a regular presence in the department and enhance student learning through lectures, collaborative projects and studio visits.
 

Oral Communication Requirement:


To satisfy the oral communication requirement for the B.A. degree in Art a student must successfully complete an oral defense of their senior exhibit for studio art or ARH 476  or ARH 495  for art history or any other approved oral intensive course (see list here ).

Applied Learning Requirement:


To satisfy the applied learning requirement for the B.A. degree in Art a student must successfully complete ART 476  for studio art or ARH 476  for art history.

Total: 58 hours


Additional Information:


No more than 3 hours of ARH 491  or 3 hours of ARH 498  may be counted toward the major.

A grade of “C” (2.00) overall average is required for all courses counted toward the major, and no more than one “C-” grade may count.

To complete a double major in studio art and art history, the student must complete ARH 476  and 18 additional hours in art history at the 300-400 level.

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