Studio Art majors are required to take a minimum of 12 courses for a total of 36 credits, to be distributed as indicated below. The program is to be worked out in consultation with the department advisor.

Take

FS 103 - Issues and Approaches to Studio Art (three credits)

Choose two of the following four courses (six credits):

• FS 101 - Drawing 1
• FS 102 - Painting 1
• FS 141 - Ceramics 1
• FS 161 - Photography 1
  (In consultation with an advisor, one of these choices should set the direction and future course choices of the major.)

Take

FA 356 - Art Since 1945 (three credits)

or

FS 211 - Hot Off the Shelf

Six additional courses with FS numbers over 100. (18 credits)
These must include at least three 300-level courses.

Two semesters of the senior project (FS 498). (six credits)
Students must have taken at least four semesters of work relating to their senior project prior to their senior year.

In addition to the required courses, the following courses are recommended:

• FA 101 - Introduction to Art History: Pre-History to Middle Ages
• FA 102 - Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Modern
• FA 109 - Aspects of Art
• FA 257 - Nineteenth Century Art
• FA 258 - Modern Art: 19th-20th Century II
• FA 285 - History of Photography
• FA 355 - From Gauguin to Dalí
• FS 325 - Studio/Critical Issues

Summer travel and summer courses are recommended for enrichment. Consult department advisor.