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)
  • World Art: Non-Western (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 Community (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-the 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 of Other (4 units)
  • Medieval Art (4 units)
  • Renaissance Art (4 units)
  • Baroque Art (4 units)
  • Issues in American Contemporary Art (4 units)
  • Issues in Modern Art (4 units)
  • Art Conservation and Restoration (4 units)
  • Art Conservation and Restoration / Art at Saint Mary's (1 units)
  • Seminar in Theory & Practice of Art (4 units)
  • Interdisciplinary Topics in Art Management: Art and Museums (3-4 units)
  • Academic Internship in Art History (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, & Context (1 units)
  • Art Capstone: Professional Practices (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)
  • Screenprinting for the Communi (3 units)
  • Screenprinting for Communi EL (1 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)
  • 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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