Art Minor

The Department of Art & Design offers a minor in Art. The minor is designed for students who focus on painting and sculpture.

A minor in Art consists of 18 credits. Two courses of the minor must be at the 3000-level or above.

Required Courses (6 credits)

• ARTS.1010 / ARTS.1020 Art Concepts I (for 2D concentration) / Art Concepts II (for 3D concentration)
• ARTS.1550 Drawing I

Electives (12 credits)

• xxxx.xxxx Studio Art Elective (9 cr.)¹
• xxxx.xxxx Aesthetics & Critical Studies Elective / Art History Elective (3 cr.)²

¹Studio Art Electives

• ARTS.1020 Art Concepts II
• ARTS.1130 Digital Foundations
• ARTS.1560 Drawing II
• ARTS.2010 Form and Content
• ARTS.2320 Ceramics
• ARTS.2350 Sculpture I
• ARTS.2420 The Language of Video
• ARTS.2560 Drawing III
• ARTS.2570 Monotypes
• ARTS.2590 Papermaking
• ARTS.2610 Photography I
• ARTS.2660 Alternative Photo Processes
• ARTS.2670 Printmaking
• ARTS.2690 Color
• ARTS.2700 Figure Drawing
• ARTS.2710 Painting I
• ARTS.2720 2D Animation I
• ARTS.2730 Water Media
• ARTS.2760 Intro 3D Modeling & Animation
• ARTS.2810 Introduction to Game Design
• ARTS.2900 Illustration
• ARTS.2950 Studio Workshop Abroad
• ARTS.2960 Character and Layout Design
• ARTS.3320 Ceramics II
• ARTS.3350 Sculpture II
• ARTS.3610 Photography II
• ARTS.3670 Printmaking II
• ARTS.3710 Painting II
• ARTS.3730 Professional Studio Photography
• ARTS.3780 Interactive Media II
• ARTS.3820 Art & Design of Data Visualization
• ARTS.4350 Sculpture III
• ARTS.4710 Painting III
• ARTS.4910 Advanced Studio
• ARTS.4940 Directed Studies
• ARTS.4950 Advanced Tutorial

²Aesthetics & Critical Studies / Art History Electives

• ARHI.2210 / AEST.2210 20th Century Art
• AEST.2250 History of Photography
• AEST.2310 Aesthetics and Critical Studies Seminar
• AEST.2800 From Collective to Per. Aesth.
• AEST.2990 Art/Aest/Crit Stud 200 Electives
• ARHI.3520 / AEST.3520 Contemporary Art and Culture
• AEST.3600 Aesthetics and Critical Studies of Graphic Design
• AEST.3610 Aesthetics and Critical Studies of New Media
• AEST.3800 Understanding Movies: Cinema as Social Commentary
• AEST.3990 Art/Aest/Crit Stud 300 Electives
• AEST.4900 Aesthetics and Critical Studies Seminar
• AEST.4940 Directed Study in Aesthetic Concepts
• AEST.4960 Practicum Experience in Aesthetic Concepts
• AEST.4990 Art/Aest/Crit Stud 400 Electives
• ARHI.2030 History of Art I: Prehistoric to Medieval Art
• ARHI.2040 History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern Art
• ARHI.2060 History of Architecture
• ARHI.2110 Nineteenth Century Art
• ARHI.2210 Twentieth Century Art
• ARHI.2250 History of Picturing
• ARHI.2310 Greek and Roman Art
• ARHI.3000 Art History, Music and Culture
• ARHI.3020 Studies In World Art
• ARHI.3130 American Art
• ARHI.3140 American Architecture
• ARHI.3150 Modern Architecture
• ARHI.3210 Italian Renaissance Art
• ARHI.3300 Italian Mannerism
• ARHI.3310 Asian Art
• ARHI.3320 Baroque Art in Italy
• ARHI.3400 Women and Art
• ARHI.3450 Pre-Raphaelite Art
• ARHI.3500 Post Modernism
• ARHI.3520 Contemporary Art and Culture
• ARHI.3530 History of Public Art in the Modern Era
• ARHI.3600 Museum Issues
• ARHI.3700 Art History and Film
• ARHI.4910 Art History Seminar

For additional information, contact the Art & Design Department.