Undergraduate Catalog

B.A. in Art and Media Design

Summary of Requirements


2022-2023
Core Curriculum 43
Pre-Major Courses 6
Major and Related Courses 45
Major Concentration Elective Courses 9
Free Elective Courses 17
TOTAL 120

Required pre-major courses 6 hours

ART 140Art History

3

ART 150Fundamentals of Design in Art

3

Students formally apply to the major program upon completion of these courses.

 

Required art and media design major courses 45 hours

ART 131Beginning Photography

3

ART 135Digital Media I

3

ART 160Design I

3

ART 170Introduction to Drawing

3

ART 219Modern Art

3

ART 224Digital Media II

3

ART 255Digital Photography

3

ART 260Design II

3

ART 270Typography

3

ART 290Web Design I

3

ART 390Web Design II

3

ART 490Senior Studio

3

ART 491Portfolio/Senior Exhibit

3

ART 492Internship

3

ART 495Special Topics

1-5

Required concentration elective courses 9 hours

Choose one of the following areas of concentration:

Concentration in Art History 9 hours

ART 222Caves to Computers: The Evolution of the Graphic Arts

3

ART 251Women in Art

3

ART 450Studies in Art History: (topic to be specified)

3

ART 450:

1. Topic to be specified

2. Students may take this course two times as topics change.

 

Concentration in Digital Media 9 hours

ART 236Robotics and Interactivity

3

ART 342Advanced Digital Media

3

ART 495Special Topics

1-5

Concentration in Graphic Design 9 hours

ART 361Advanced Design

3

ART 392Studies in Graphic Design

3

ART 440Production Design

3

Concentration in Photography 9 hours

ART 232Intermediate Photography

3

ART 363Photojournalism

3

ART 460Studies in Photography

3

ART 460: Medium to be specified

 

Recommended free elective courses:

COM 150Introduction to Communication

3

COM 290Public Presentations

3

ITS 110Programming Fundamentals

3

THE 101Visual Gestural Communication

3

Concentration in Studio Art 9 hours

Choose three courses:

ART 126Ceramics:Basic Hand-building Techniques

3

ART 220Beginning Painting

3

ART 222Caves to Computers: The Evolution of the Graphic Arts

3

ART 227Ceramics:Advanced Hand-building & Wheel

3

ART 350Studies in Drawing: [medium to be specified]

3

ART 360Studies in Sculpture

3

ART 370Studies in Printmaking: [medium to be specified]

3

ART 426Studies in Ceramics : [medium to be specified]

3

ART 470Studies in Painting: [medium to be specified]

3

ART 350, ART 360, ART 370, ART 426 and ART 470: Medium to be specified

 

Program Outcomes

Provide evidence of creative, technical, and critical skills in art and media design via created products as visible within portfolio and exhibits.

 

Explain in writing and ASL the purpose and creative process of art/media design products through their artist statement.

 

Demonstrate ability to employ techniques of art criticism in analyzing their own as well as others' art/media design projects in writing and ASL.

 

Demonstrate ability to revise their and others' art/media design projects in response to self-analysis and critical/technical feedback.

 

Analyze the ethical responsibility of artworks and artists as an extension of art criticism via writing and ASL.

 

Subject:

Art