Program Overview

Students specializing in Studio Art enhance their creative skills by learning new techniques, working with various arts media, and gaining critical perspectives to contextualize and analyze their work. This track is focused upon the production of art. 

Major Requirements

Visual and Spatial Literacy (6 courses)

• ART 101: Intro to Visual Analysis: Ancient through Medieval Art & Culture
• ART 102: Intro to Visual Analysis: Renaissance through Contemporary Art & Culture
• ART 161: Introduction to Studio Practice
• ART 204: Drawing & 2D Media
• ART 207: Composition & Design Studio
• ART 304: Advanced Drawing
                                                           

Critical Media Fluency (1 course)

• ART 251: Design Communication        
• ART 325: Documentary Film
• ART 326: Fiction Film       
• ART 352: Print Design
• ART 451: Multimedia Campaign

 

Conceptual Studio (3 courses)

• ART 341: Identity Conceptual Studio - Painting & Performance
• ART 342: Place Conceptual Studio - Sculpture & Installation
• ART 441: Science Conceptual Studio - Multiples & Distributed
• ART 442: Time Conceptual Studio – Time-based Media

 

Capstone (2 courses)

• ART 472: Senior Exhibit: Production
• MUSM 450: Professional Practice