Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 124
Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.3
Minimum number of credits to complete the major: 52
School: School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Visual and Performing Arts
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As a Studio Arts major, you will investigate the Arts through the lenses of studio art, art history, and professional practice, as well as explore the interdisciplinarity of the Arts through coursework and experiential learning. Your studies will combine academic research, creative practice, craft-based skills and techniques, as well as communal and experiential learning. You will learn to sharpen your critical-thinking abilities, master a wide-range of artmaking skills and techniques, and embody an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary artworld. After completing foundational to advanced level studio art and interdisciplinary courses, you then layer art history courses that complement your practice. The program enables you to tailor the major to your specific interests. In addition to your academic studies and studio work, special consideration is paid to real-world experiences and learning with recommended internships.
The program seeks to graduate well-rounded citizen artists and historians, who have a keen understanding of both the art world and the larger contextual society in which it operates. The program emphasizes a post-structuralist, multi-channeled approach to exploring all aspects of the historical and contemporary artworld, and champions research, creativity, innovation, sustainable and ethical practices, and collaboration and community.
Through small class sizes that guarantee in-depth, personal mentorship from the Studio Arts faculty, and a curriculum designed to allow specialization, you will be able to tailor your major to your specific interests, weaving interdisciplinary courses, art-focused study abroad programs, and professional internships in regional art galleries and museums.
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