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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Studio Arts, B.A.


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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.

Major Requirements


As a Studio Arts major, you must complete a minimum of thirteen courses, which includes a senior seminar capstone project. The Studio Arts major establishes a strong understanding of the field of art, as well as allows you to specialize your unique interests and education through your coursework. Only three courses may be double-counted between the Studio Arts major and the Graphic Design major. However, one additional course must be taken due to the third overlapping course.

Elective courses


Choose four courses from the following, including at least two of which are at the 2000 level and one of which is at the 3000 level. A Directed Study may be substituted for a 3000 level course.

Senior Courses


Complete the following two required courses:

Highly Recommended Professional Courses


As a Studio Arts major it is important to have professional experience before you graduate. In your junior or senior year, you will have the opportunity to work with the O’Brien Center for Career Development to secure an internship. You can choose a professional internship with either a professional artist’s studio, a fabrication/artist craftsperson, artistic production company, or some other interesting creative art-making positions, or you might find an internship at a gallery, museum, auction house, or art conservation company. Another option is to complete the Arts Management or Professional Practice course as an additional elective.

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