Art and Design Major - Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science

The major-minor combination provides breadth and depth of experience for professional performance while allowing students to minor in an area of art and design according to their interests or specific vocational aims.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Art and Design department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/home.htm

Total Credits Required

120

Liberal Studies	30-40
Health Promotion Requirements	2

Required Courses in Major	62


Art and Design Core Courses	26
AD 100 The Art and Design Experience	2
AD 110 Ideas in Art and Design History	4
AD 160 Physical Structures and Concepts	4
AD 175 Visual Structures and Concepts	4
AD 270 Social Structures and Concepts	4
AD 303 Individual Art Review	2
AD 403 Senior Exhibition	2
AD 485 Theories and Practices of Art and Design	4


Art History Electives	4
Choose one course from the following:
AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 230 History of World Art: Ancient to Medieval (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 240 History of World Art: Renaissance to Modern (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 280 History of Photography (4 cr.)
AD 300 Asian Influence in Modern Art (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 330 History of Renaissance Art (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 335 History of Baroque Art (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 345 Modernity in Art: The Nineteenth Century (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 365 History of Modern Design (4 cr.) [Div IV]


Art and Design Concentration	16


Art and Design Electives	16


Minor	20
Outside the School of Art and Design

*Students must take a foreign language through the intermediate 202 level in order to graduate with a bachelor or arts designation, which may be included in a minor.

Bulletin Year: 2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.