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School of Contemporary Arts 
Visual Arts (B.A.) 
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Visual Arts (B.A.)
Requirements of the Major


Subject Course # Title
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 180 GE-COLLEGE ENGLISH
SELECT ONE BADM 115 BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES
OR SOSC 101 SOCIAL ISSUES
SELECT ONE GE-MATHEMATICS
SELECT ONE GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT
SELECT ONE GE- HISTORY:  HIST 101-110
AIID 201 GE-READINGS IN HUMANITIES
SELECT ONE GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
SELECT ONE GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA
SELECT ONE GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS REQUIREMENTS
CNTP 101 FIRST YEAR TOPICS (satisfies first year seminar requirement)
SELECT TWO  CA Interdisciplinary courses (only one can double-count in major)
ARHT 301 AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940
ARHT 310 WOMEN AND ART HISTORY
ARHT 335 19TH CENTURY ART AND CULTURE
ARHT 338 AVANT GARDE ART
ARHT 341 IMPRESSIONISM AND AFTER
ARTS 331 ART AS THERAPY
ARHT 320 NORTH AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE 1700-1900
CNTP 310 BLACK EXPERIENCE/MEDIA
CNTP 312 CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM:FILM
CNTP 315 ART AND TECHNOLOGY
CNTP 323 SEXUAL POLITICS,GENDER AND FILM REPRESENTATION
CNTP 325 MEDIA SPORTS AND SOCIETY
CNTP 327 GLOBAL MULTICULTURAL MEDIA ISSUES
CNTP 347 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
CNTP 348 LATINO IMAGES AND HOLLYWOOD
CNTP 350 DIGITAL CULTURE
CNTP 363 MEDIA AND CULTURE-LATIN AMERICA
CNTP 404 THE DRAMATIC ELEMENT
CNTP 410 GLOBAL MEDIA, LOCAL CHANGE
CNTP 411 MEDIA IN SOCIETY
CNTP 414 FROM FICTION TO FILM
CNTP 415 JAZZ AND AMERICAN CULTURE
CNTP 444 ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CINEMA
CNTP 466 ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER
CNTP 468 ART AND EXILE
CNTP 487 FILM HISTORY CULTURE AND MYTH
COMM 317 MEDIA AND PERSUASION
COMM 334 HISTORY AND AESTHETICS:FILM EDITING
COMM 347 THE NEW TV CRITICISM
COMM 356 MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
INTD 305 THE MYTHS OF VENICE
MUSI 309 MUSIC AND GENDER
MUSI 325 WRITING ABOUT MUSIC
MUSI 328 SOUNDTRACKS
MUSI 335 AVANT GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
MUSI 345 DJ CULTURE
MUSI 365 CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC
MUSI 462 MUSIC AND IDENTITY
THEA 323 EXPERIMENTAL THEATER 1950-PRESENT
THEA 328 CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
THEA 331 THEATER AND SOCIETY I
THEA 334 THEATER AND SOCIETY II
VISUAL ARTS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED LOWER LEVEL STUDIO CORE COURSES (5)
ARTS  101  FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING
ARTS  201 BASIC PAINTING
ARTS  202  BASIC SCULPTURE
ARTS  207 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS  211 BASIC ART AND TECHNOLOGY


NOTE; Students must receive a C+ or better in the lower level requirements in the concentration to take upper level classes in that concentration, the Drawing and Painting Concentration requires a C+ in both ARTS 101 and 201.


REQUIRED ART HISTORY COURSES  (3)
ARHT 225

HISTORY AND CONCEPTS OF 20TH CENTURY ART
ONE ADDITIONAL ART HISTORY (ARTH) AT THE 200 LEVEL
ONE ART HISTORY (ARTH) AT THE 300 LEVEL
Note:
PHOTOGRAPHY CONCENTRATION must take
ARTH 214 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

     

UPPER LEVEL REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CONCENTRATIONS
 EXCEPT ART HISTORY CONCENTRATION (select 2 of 3)

ARTS 327 INSTALLATION
ARTS 420 IDENTITY AND CULTURE
ARTS 409

ADVANCED PROJECTS IN ART

     

CAPSTONE COURSE REQUIREMENT

ARTS 408

SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION (For Art History Concentration
substitute ARTH 410 ADVANCED RESEARCH IN ART HISTORY
Art Education students may substitute ART EDUCATION PORTFOLIO

     

SELECT  CONCENTRATION BELOW:

     
DRAWING AND PAINTING

(3 plus Capstone)

ARTS 301 INTERMEDIATE DRAWING AND PAINTING
ARTS 302 INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
ARTS 303 INTERMEDIATE PAINTING
ARTS 304 LIFE DRAWING
ARTS 3XX

FIGURE DRAWING AND SCULPTURE

ARTS 401 ADVANCED DRAWING
ARTS 403 ADVANCED PAINTING
  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARTS 408 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION
     
SCULPTURE

(3 plus Capstone)

ARTS 307 INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE
ARTS 308 BRONZE CASTING AND WELDING
ARTS 3XX

FIGURE DRAWING AND SCULPTURE

ARTS 402 ADVANCED SCULPTURE
  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARTS 408 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION
     
PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 206 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY (required of all photography concentrators)

(3 plus Capstone)

ARTS 312 INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 313 SEQUENTIAL/SERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 314 STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 315 LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS  4XX ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 410

ADVANCED DIGITAL PRINT PORTFOLIO

  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARTS 408 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION
     
ART AND TECHNOLOGY

(3 plus Capstone)

ARTS 313 SEQUENTIAL IMAGERY/SERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTS 3XX INTERMEDIATE 3-D MODELING AND ANIMATION
ARTS 315 INTERMEDIATE ART AND TECHNOLOGY
  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARTS 320 INTERMEDIATE VIDEO ART
  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARTS 408 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION
     
ART HISTORY
(3 plus Capstone)
ARHT 301 AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940
AMER 311 AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE
ARHT 320 NORTH AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE
ARHT   335 19TH CENTURY ART AND CULTURE
ARHT 338 AVANT GARDE ART
ARHT 341 IMPRESIONISM AND AFTER
ARHT 3XX WOMEN IN ART HISTORY
     

UPPER LEVEL REQUIREMENT FOR ART HISTORY CONCENTRATION       

ARHS 329 GALLERY MANAGEMENT AND CURATING
ARHT 3XX INTERNSHIP (to be set up with advisor/convener)
  PLUS CAPSTONE
ARHT 410 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS IN ART HISTORY
     

Related Information:
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