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| Total Credits Required | 120 |
| General Education |
30-40
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| Required Courses in Major* | 42 |
| Core Courses | 6 |
| AD 110 Ideas in Art and Design History | 4 |
| AD 303 Individual Art Review | 2 |
| Foundation Courses** | 16-20 |
| AD 101 Process and Design | 4 |
| 2D Studio selected from AD 117, AD 119, or AD 120 | 4 |
| 3D Studio selected from AD 111, AD 116, AD 122, AD 123, or AD 124 | 4 |
| Digital Studio selected from AD 112, AD 118, or AD 134 | 4 |
| AD 270 Concepts and Culture [INTT] | 4 |
| Art History Elective*** | 4 |
| Choose one course from the following: | 4 |
| AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture (4 cr.) | |
| AD 230 History of World Art: Ancient to Medieval (4 cr.) | |
| AD 240 History of World Art: Renaissance to Modern (4 cr.) | |
| AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.) [HUME] | |
| AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.) | |
| AD 280 History of Photography (4 cr.) | |
| AD 281 History and Culture of Animation (4 cr.) | |
| AD 285 History of Graphic Expression (4 cr.) | |
| AD 300 Art and Ideas in Asian Civilizations (4 cr.) | |
| AD 345 Modernity in Art: The Nineteenth Century (4 cr.) | |
| AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [HUME] | |
| AD 365 History of Modern Craft and Design (4 cr.) | |
| AD 376 Art, Gender, Psyche (4 cr.) | |
| Art and Design Concentration**** | 16 |
| Students must select a concentration from Ceramics, Computer Art, Digital Cinema, Drawing/Painting, Graphic Design, Human Centered Design, Illustration, Metalsmithing/Sculpture, Photography, or Woodworking/Furniture Design. | |
* Students must take a world language through the intermediate 202 level in order to graduate with a bachelor of arts designation.
** The 100 Level course in a concentration will also count for the appropriate Foundations requirement in 2D Studio, 3D Studio, or Digital Studio.
*** Students may substitute GR/HS 311X for an art history elective with advisor approval.
**** AD 181 may not be used for Art and Design electives or art history credit.
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
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