Additionally, studio art majors may receive certification for teaching art in grades K-12. The studio art program offers courses in nine separate art disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, watercolor, art metals, and computer-assisted art. The art history program offers a large number of courses in the history of western art. The department also offers exhibition seminars designed to give advanced students an opportunity to research, mount, and publish exhibitions from the university's permanent collection. As a major, you will be expected to take classes in a variety of media.
All majors take Introduction to Studio Art and Drawing.
You also will take three art history classes, one of which must address 20th-century art. Advanced students are encouraged to do independent study in the form of honors projects, and all senior studio art majors participate in an exhibition of their work in the Wriston Art Center Galleries . For a minor in studio art, you must complete six courses, two of which must be Introduction to Studio Art and Drawing. As an art history major, you will take a variety of courses, including the introductory sequence Survey of Western Art I and II and at least two studio art courses. And you will be expected to take an upper-level seminar course.