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Art Minor

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The Art major at SMCM provides a supportive environment in which a broad range of creativity is fostered.  Our curriculum introduces students to techniques and concepts that build progressively towards a self-determined artistic practice. In addition to developing art-making skills, students learn critical thinking, reflective self-evaluation, articulation of creative intentions, and art historical contexts. Because our curriculum values interdisciplinary thinking, many of our students complete second majors, and minors in other fields of study, and are encouraged to integrate these diverse interests into their work.

The core courses for the major teach basic technical skills, while emphasizing visual literacy and analysis as fundamental tools for both understanding and making art. Beyond this core, studio art majors choose electives from a range of mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital art, and photography.

Advanced courses expand students’ understanding of contemporary art and the interdisciplinary relationships between mediums, while continuing to improve their technical abilities. These upper-level courses include self-directed projects that lead to focused explorations of content relevant to each student. Students continue to build their historical understanding by taking additional courses in art history. The Art Major culminates in a yearlong capstone experience in which students create a body of work for exhibition or presentation accompanied by a written artist statement, and public talk.

The flexible requirements of the Art Major allow students to tailor their coursework to serve a variety of post-graduation goals. Our program prepares students for graduate school and careers in the arts including practicing artist, art education, community arts, graphic design, media production, and architecture, as well as a wide range of professional and personal activities for which practical skills, analytical abilities, and visual literacy are key components.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will create artwork that communicates effectively.

Degree Requirements

General College Requirements

  • General College requirements
  • All requirements in a major field of study other than art.

Required Courses

At least six courses carrying art credit that total no less than 22 credit hours, in all of which the student must earn a grade of C- or better, including the following:

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ART 205 - Introduction to Visual Thinking

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

Credit Hours: 4

Three 200-level ART courses chosen from:

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ART 204 - Introduction to Drawing Credit Hours: 4
ART 206 - Introduction to Painting Credit Hours: 4
ART 207 - Illustration Credit Hours: 4
ART 211 - Portrait Photography: Identity and Social Justice

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 212 - Introduction to Photography Credit Hours: 4
ART 213 - Book Arts: Text, Image, and Design

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 214 - Introduction to Digital Media Art Credit Hours: 4
ART 217 - Introduction to Digital Photography Credit Hours: 4
ART 223 - Introduction to Printmaking 1: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 224 - Introduction to Printmaking 2: The Matrix and the Painterly Print

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 240 - Landscape Drawing and Painting Credit Hours: 4
ART 233 - Topics in Art Credit Hours: 4
ART 239 - Painting and Drawing from Life Credit Hours: 4
ART 247 - Introduction to Animation: 2D Methods

Prerequisite(s): None

Credit Hours: 4
ART 248 - Introduction to Animation: Stop Motion Credit Hours: 4
ART 269 - Community Arts

Prerequisite(s): There are no Prerequisites for this course.

Credit Hours: 4

Two 300-level ART courses chosen from:

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ART 304 - Advanced Drawing

Prerequisite(s): ART 204 or permission of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 306 - Advanced Painting

Prerequisite(s): ART 206 or ART 239  or permission of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 309 - Advanced Drawing and Printmaking

Prerequisite(s): One of the following courses: ART 204, ART 223, ART 224, ART 239, ART 240, or permission of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 311 - Advanced Portrait Photography: Identity and Social Justice

Prerequisite(s): ART 212, or ART 211 or by permission of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 312 - Advanced Photography

Prerequisite(s): ART 212, ART 217 , or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: 

Credit Hours: 4
ART 314 - Advanced Digital Art

Prerequisite(s): ART 214 or permission of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 333 - Advanced Topics in Art Credit Hours: 4
ART 339 - Advanced Painting and Drawing from Life

Prerequisite(s): One of the following art studio courses: ART 204, ART 206, ART 239, ART 240,  or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 346 - Advanced Animation

Prerequisite(s): ART 214  - Introduction to Digital Media Art or ART 247  Introduction to Animation: 2D Hand-Drawn and Computer Drawn or ART 248  - Introduction to Animation: Stop Motion.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 347 - Advanced Book Arts: Text, Image, and Design

Prerequisite(s): One of the following art studio courses: ART 204, ART 205, ART 206, ART 211,  ART 212 , ART 213 , ART 223 , ART 224 , ART 233 , ART 239 , ART 240 , ART 247 , ART 269 , or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 367 - Color

Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level studio art course, or consent of the instructor.

Credit Hours: 4
ART 369 - Art for Educators

Prerequisite(s): ART 269  or consent of the instructor

Credit Hours: 4
ART 390 - The Artist Naturalist Credit Hours: 4

Note:

With the exception of ART 205, courses taken as part of the degree requirements for the art minor will not count for a major or minor in Art History.

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