2005 - 2006 Art Program (ART)

Program Goals | Objectives | Program Requirements | Academic Major | Teaching Major | Academic Minor | Teaching Minor | Course Descriptions

Faculty: David Baddley, Craig Glidden, Catherine Kuzminski

Program Goals

• Students will be exposed to, and gain experience in, a wide variety of fine art disciplines and ideas.
• Students will learn and develop the skills required to produce artwork of technical quality.
• Students will develop the sensitivity, understanding, and insight to produce artwork which is personally meaningful and creatively expressive.
• Students will develop the ability to write and speak articulately about their own and other's artwork.
• Students will learn skills needed for preparing, publicizing, and hanging art exhibits.
• Students will learn to produce materials for professional presentation of their art for the purposes of gaining acceptance into exhibits, finding gallery representation, applying for grants, seeking publication and applying for graduate school.

Objectives

The Art Program offers an academic major and a teaching major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, as well as an academic minor and a teaching minor. The program provides courses for students wishing to concentrate in teaching and performance, for students with an avocational interest in performing and studio arts, and for students who plan to pursue graduate studies in art.

The program is designed to give students the skills and confidence in their abilities needed to produce works of art. To this end, students are given general knowledge about art and art history and are schooled in the techniques of drawing, painting, photography, and pottery. Students are encouraged to use and expand their imagination and to express their ideas creatively.

Program Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in courses required for the Art major. With the approval of the instructor, students may repeat specified studio courses for additional credit.

Academic Major

Recommended Plan of Study for Art Majors

In order to complete all major requirements, Art majors should plan to take art courses in the following stages, in conjunction with other required courses and electives.

Freshman - Sophomore

ART 101 Beginning Drawing, LE
ART 103 Beginning Painting, LE
ART 110 Survey of Art, LE
ART 148 Fundamentals of Pottery, LE
ART 180 Photography, LE
ART 209 Composition and Design

These courses should be completed before or during the fourth semester - or spring of sophomore year - in which the student submits his or her portfolio for matriculation in the art department.

Sophomore - Junior

ART 310 Art History: Renaissance to Impressionism
ART 311 Art History: Impressionism to Contemporary
ART 350 Methods of Art for the Secondary Schools
(Art Teaching Majors only)

Senior

ART 475 Studio Seminar (Spring semester only)

Teaching Major

Academic Minor

Teaching Minor