Art Practice Minor

Art Practice Minor

As an Art Practice major, you’ll try your hand at everything from traditional studio work to animation, graphic design, film, and other contemporary practices. 

The department’s instruction in art practice integrates technical fundamentals and conceptualization, creative experimentation and critical thinking, personal expression, and social responsibility. You will benefit from a community of shared inquiry, engaging in discussion and group critiques as part of your professional preparation.

 

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Curriculum

Art Practice, Minor

As an Art Practice minor, you’ll try your hand at everything from traditional studio work to animation, graphic design, film, and other contemporary practices. The department’s instruction in art practice integrates technical fundamentals and conceptualization, creative experimentation and critical thinking, personal expression, and social responsibility. You will benefit from a community of shared inquiry, engaging in discussion and group critiques as part of your professional preparation.

Requirements

Lower Division

The following lower-division courses are required for the MINOR

  • Introduction to Studio Art (4 units)
  • Digital Foundations (4 units)

Lower Division Elective

Choose one of the following courses

  • Western Art Survey (4 units)
  • Non-Western Art Survey (4 units)
  • Art Theory (3 units)
  • Basic Design (4 units)
  • Digital Photography (4 units)
  • Designing for the Web (4 units)
  • Introduction to Printmaking (4 units)
  • Screenprinting for the Communi (3 units)

Upper-division Electives

Choose at least 7 units from the following list. At least one course must be in Art Practice.

  • Women in Art (4 units)
  • History of Media Art (4 units)
  • Art Criticism, 1900-Present (4 units)
  • Art Since 1930 (4 units)
  • Arts of Africa (4 units)
  • Arts of the Americas (4 units)
  • Islamic Art (4 units)
  • East Asian Art (4 units)
  • Museums and the Construction (4 units)
  • Medieval Art (4 units)
  • Renaissance Art (4 units)
  • Baroque Art (4 units)
  • Issues in American Contemp Art (4 units)
  • Issues in Modern Art (4 units)
  • Art Conservation & Restoration (4 units)
  • Art Conservation & Restoration (1 units)
  • Seminar Theory & Pract of Art (4 units)
  • Topics in Art Management (3-4 units)
  • Academic Internship in Art His (1-2 units)
  • 3D Animation (4 units)
  • Advanced Painting (4 units)
  • Experimental Photography (4 units)
  • Advanced Design (4 units)
  • Experimental Film/Video (4 units)
  • Advanced Screenprinting (4 units)
  • Interdisciplinary Arts (4 units)
  • Media Archaeology (4 units)
  • Artist's Bookmaking (4 units)
  • Special Topics in Art (4 units)
  • Introduction to Curating (4 units)

Capstone Project

Students complete one 1-unit capstone course during their senior year, choosing one of the following:

  • Art Capstone:Form Meaning & C (1 units)
  • Art Capstone: Professional Pra (1 units)
  • Introduction to Studio Art (4 units)
  • Basic Design (4 units)
  • Digital Photography (4 units)
  • Sequential Art (1 units)
  • Printmaking: Screenprinting (1 units)
  • Painting: Acrylic & Watercolor (1 units)
  • Drawing: Life & Figure Drawing (1 units)
  • Special Topics in Art Practice (1 units)
  • 2D Animation (4 units)
  • Digital Foundations (4 units)
  • Designing for the Web (4 units)
  • Introduction to Printmaking (4 units)
  • 3D Digital Design and Fabricat (1 units)
  • Art + Practice Elective (4 units)
  • Screenprinting for the Communi (3 units)
  • Screenprinting for Communi EL (1 units)
  • ART Elective (1-5 units)
  • 3D Animation (4 units)
  • Advanced Painting (4 units)
  • Experimental Photography (4 units)
  • Advanced Design (4 units)
  • Experimental Film/Video (4 units)
  • Advanced Screenprinting (4 units)
  • Interdisciplinary Arts (4 units)
  • Media Archaeology (4 units)
  • Artist's Bookmaking (4 units)
  • The Art of Game Design (4 units)
  • Special Topics in Art (4 units)
  • Introduction to Curating (4 units)
  • ART UD Elective (1-5 units)
  • Art Capstone:Form Meaning & C (1 units)
  • Art Capstone: Professional Pra (1 units)
  • Introduction to Curating (4 units)
  • Independent Study - Art Prac (1-4 units)

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