Studio Art Major

The Studio Art program courses include exposure to contemporary practice, visual culture theory and historical perspectives for the visual arts.

Students majoring in Studio Art develop an area of concentration that will be the focus of their Senior Seminar. This seminar workshop course introduces all students to professional standards and opportunities in the visual art world, provides individual and group critiquing, and allows each student to develop his/her own body of visual work.

The senior seminar culminates in a Senior Art & Design exhibit in the SXU Gallery. This group-venture calls for original individual work from each student, plus the cooperative effort of designing publicity materials and installing a professional show.

Studio Art majors complete nine Art & Design core courses and choose six elective courses for a major totaling 45 semester hours.

Art & Design Core Requirements (27 s.h.):

  • ART 101 - Drawing I (or equivalent)
  • ART 201 - Drawing II (or equivalent)
  • ART 102 - Design: Two-Dimensional
  • ART 202 - Design: Three-Dimensional
  • Three Art History courses:
    • ART 114 - History of Film I: up to 1950
    • ART 115 - Asia @ Internet
    • ART 213 - Selected Topics in Film
    • ART 214 - Film Theory and Criticism
    • ART 221 - Ancient and Medieval Art
    • ART 222 - Renaissance, Baroque and the Nineteenth Century
    • ART 223 - Modern and Contemporary Art
    • ART 224 - Contemporary Cinema
    • ART 228 - History of Design and Inspiration
    • ART 230 - Special Topics in Art History
    • ART 320 - Study in Aesthetics
    • ART 324 - History of Photography
    • ART 326 - Art of the Islamic World
  • ART 305 - Seminar Workshop I (with required Senior Exhibit)
  • ART 306 - Seminar Workshop II (with required Senior Exhibit)

Studio Electives (choose six - 18 s.h.):

  • ART 105 - Painting I
  • ART 205 - Painting II
  • ART 206 - Watercolor Painting
  • ART 209 - Figure Drawing I
  • ART 309 - Figure Drawing II
  • ART 112 - Photography
  • ART 317 - Advanced Photography
  • ART 219 - Digital Imagery
  • ART 212 - Digital/Darkroom
  • ART 315 - Web Site Art & Design
  • ART 327 - Multimedia
  • ART 207 - Collage and Assemblage
  • ART 208 - Ceramics: Hand Construction
  • ART 258 - Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
  • ART 215 - Sculpture I: Modeling & Casting
  • ART 310 - Sculpture II: Wood
  • ART 210 - Printmaking: Silkscreen & Lithography
  • ART 229 - Printmaking: Relief & Intaglio