Art

B.A. Studio Art Program Requirements

B. A. STUDIO ART PROGRAM

Required Courses-

A total of TWELVE courses must be taken as follows:

- Eight courses in Studio:

One to be taken as soon as Studio Art Major is declared:

_____ Art 110 / 170 (Drawing I Foundation) or ARTS 165 (Studio Art Foundation)

Seven other courses in Studio:

                           At least one of these seven courses must be taken in a three-dimensional
                           area as soon as possible after the major is declared.

                                 At least two courses must be taken at the 300-level.

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- Two courses in Art History:

One to be taken as soon as Studio Art Major is declared:

                                    _____ Art 151   (Introduction to Art History)

                       One other course in Art History:

                                   _____ Art 284 (New Art)


         - Two semesters of Visual Arts Practicum:

_____ Art 401 (Visual Arts Practicum)

Each semester of Visual Arts Practicum (4 credits each) must be taken in conjunction
with either a 300-level studio course or an independent study in area of concentration.
(Drawing, Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting, Photography)

A limit of two courses toward the major may be taken outside of the department.
This includes off-campus programs. Students must get courses approved before they
go off-campus by the Chair of the department. Students are also required to bring a
portfolio of work done in these classes back to the back to the department for
evaluation before credit is granted toward the major.

Junior Day
All Juniors in Studio Art and Art History will make a formal 5-10 minute presentation
of current work or research (along with a statement about why the work is important
to them and why they have taken it in a specific direction, etc.) to the faculty and their
peers as a “mini-symposium” once during their junior year.

Senior Show and Symposium
Participation in a Senior Exhibition is also a departmental requirement. A single Art Department Symposium at which both Art History and Art Studio seniors will make a formal 10-minute presentation on their work/research to an invited audience will be held in the Denison Art Gallery on the afternoon of the opening of the Senior Show and the reception to follow will be for both Art Studio and Art History majors and their guests.