ART MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

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A student may concentrate in studio art or art history. An art major requires a minimum of 14 units of art courses. The art studio concentration consists of four units of art history, 411 (a two unit course), and eight additional units of studio art. Selected courses may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. The art history concentration consists of four units of art studio, a two block introductory survey (111, 112, 113, or 114), 412 and 415 and six additional art history courses, five of which must be at the 200 level or above. One course must be taken from each of four areas: (1) Ancient and Medieval Art: 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, or their equivalent; (2) Renaissance and Baroque Art: 221, 223, 228, 231, 232, or their equivalent; (3) Modern and American Art: 241, 242, 243, 245, 248, 342, or their equivalent; (4) Asian Art: 155, 255, 265, or their equivalent. Art majors are expected, depending on the concentration, either to submit a developed paper demonstrating their abilities to use the methods of art history or to prepare an exhibition of their studio work during their senior year. “Distinction in Art” is granted by vote of the art faculty to graduating seniors who have done consistently excellent work in art courses, contributed to departmental activities and presented an outstanding senior thesis or exhibition.